Tag Archive for: Humanities

Author Amitav Ghosh in a white long sleeve collar shirt with a black vest standing outside, with green overgrown vines hanging all around him.

Amitav Ghosh delivers UCLA’s Edward W. Said Lecture

The internationally acclaimed Indian author shared insights into…
Foster and Snelson
Ava+Boehm

A movement of her own

Graduating senior Ava Boehm designed her own major to further…
Ancient Greek Mosaic

Dive into the classical work of professor Alex Purves

This 2023 Guggenheim Fellow plumbs the depths of the ancient…
book

Connecting worlds through words with professor Michael Berry

This 2023 Guggenheim Fellow is found in translation Peggy…

Reviving the endangered Western Armenian language for a new generation

Courtesy of Shades of L.A.: Armenian American Community Classroom…
UCLA

$1.2 million from Kachigian family trust establishes UCLA lectureship in Armenian studies

Armenian language scholar Hagop Kouloujian has been appointed…
Image of Alex SternImage credit: University of Michigan

UCLA names Alex Stern dean of humanities

By Sean Brenner | April 14, 2022 Alexandra Minna Stern,…
Image of Doctoral student Isaac GimenezCourtesy of Isaac Gimenez

Living life like Brazilian poetry

Doctoral student Isaac Gimenez finds wisdom and whimsy in the…