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Graduate Students, News, Teaching

How a Channel Islands excursion brought environmental humanities vividly to life

Doctoral fellow Anatoli Ulyanov reflects on lessons learned during an excursion led by Professor Vetri Nathan.

Ianthe Marini, in profile, singing with UCLA student Vasken Ohanian in background
Events, Faculty/Department, News

1625 opera – first ever by a woman – to be performed March 23 at UCLA Clark Library

The performance, featuring students from the UCLA Early Music Ensemble and members of L.A. Camerata, coincides with Women’s History Month and Early Music Month.

Tara Prescott-Johnson (center) in a water tank at the California Science Center with UCLA students Samantha Calva and Evelyn Cuxeva-Ortega
Faculty/Department, News, Students, Teaching

A community-engaged English composition course is building more confident writers

Students spend 20 hours at local nonprofits; their observations turn into papers for the class

Portrait of Albert R. Braunmuller
Faculty/Department, In Memoriam, News

In memoriam: Albert R. Braunmuller, 79, leading authority on Renaissance English drama

“Al was an absolutely brilliant teacher at every level,” said his longtime colleague Robert Watson.

Portrait of Professor Kristopher W. Kersey and the cover of his book, "Facing Images"
Awards and Honors, Books, Faculty/Department, News

Kristopher Kersey’s first book honored by Medieval Academy of America

The art history professor was recognized for “Facing Images: Medieval Japanese Art and the Problem of Modernity.”

La’Tonya Rease Miles holding a copy of her book
Alumni, News

Alumna and author La’Tonya Rease Miles shares her ‘first-gen origin story’

A fan of the comic book hero the Flash and a Ph.D. in American literature, she is now a champion for first-generation students.

UCLA student Makayla Rawlins in conservation lab repairing a basket
Faculty/Department, News, Research

The past is present

Humanities scholars are preserving endangered pieces of cultural heritage, allowing us to better understand our world.

Volunteers with a visitor at the Near Eastern Languages and Cultures table at World Languages Day
Events, News, Students

Hundreds celebrate UCLA language offerings at World Languages Day

Even a steady rain couldn’t dampen students’ excitement for the return of the annual event.

Crowd of people photographing the Mona Lisa
Faculty First Person, News

Mona Lisa beyond borders: Of hordes, theft and nationalism (and Leonardo in Westwood)

Art historian George Baker considers the painting’s turbulent recent history and UCLA’s hidden connections to the artist.

Black and white portrait of philosophy professor Paul Taylor
Faculty/Department, News

Paul Taylor has a unique story to tell

UCLA’s Presidential Professor of Philosophy shares his insights about comedy, Hallmark movies and Black aesthetics in the U.S.

Hand with blue pigment on fingertips
Faculty/Department, News

True blue: Art historian Thiago Puglieri explores nature’s most precious color

Though he is a professor of art history, the native of Brazil earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in chemistry.

Portrait of Zrinka Stahuljak and cover of her book "Fixers"
Awards and Honors, Books, Faculty/Department, News

Zrinka Stahuljak’s book ‘Fixers’ honored as one of year’s best by History Today

The acknowledgment, she said, is gratifying because “historians are recognizing the work of a literary historian as historical work.”

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