April 12, 2017
For 38 years Don Wayne applied his time and talent to the University of California San Diego in various capacities, from graduate student in literature to provost of Revelle College. Wayne, now professor emeritus in the Department of Literature, returns to campus as the department’s featured Alumni Lecture speaker.
April 19, 2023
University of California San Diego faculty members Patrick Anderson and Jac Jemc are newly announced Guggenheim Fellows, a prestigious distinction awarded annually by the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
May 1, 2014
…a book collection containing literature about the history, culture, language and architecture of Mexico and Central and South America. Center, Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla “We are constantly reminded that we need places, somewhere to be, somewhere to go,” said Padden. “This center will help us to reshape our campus in…
January 9, 2014
…include representatives from the departments of literature, music and visual arts, as well as IRPS. “A transnational approach is rare,” Henry said, “but looking to have equal strengths in arts, humanities and social sciences is even more rare. There are very few universities in the U.S. who do all of…
February 8, 2018
…with UC San Diego literature alumnus Luis Alberto Urrea at the San Diego Central Library Feb. 1. Photos by Farshid Bazmandegan. From Borders to Bridges Work of UC San Diego alumnus highlighted in Department of Music’s Reed Family Concert Called a “border writer more interested in bridges,” Luis Alberto Urrea…
October 31, 2024
…an assistant professor of literature in the School of Arts and Humanities, has always been drawn to gothic stories. She is currently writing a conference paper on the 2022 television adaptation of Anne Rice’s “Interview with the Vampire,” as well as taking a transhistorical look at how contemporary authors of…
January 8, 2015
…San Diego professor of literature and recipient of the Alexandar the Great Award from the Hellenic Cultural Society of San Diego; and Thespine Kavoulakis, Associate of the Chancellor, UC San Diego (spouse of UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla).UC San Diego’s Division of Arts and Humanities Launches Center for…
November 5, 2015
UC San Diego Department of Literature Professor Daisuke Miyao is interested in silent era films, but he also appreciates the connections between early films and modern cinema. His interests inspired him to invite Kuji Yoshida, a legendary figure of postwar Japanese cinema, with films famous in the 1960s, to UC…
May 17, 2023
Established with an endowment from longtime campus supporters Chiu-Shan Chen Ph.D. ’69 and Rufina Chen, the Center for Taiwan Studies aims to connect local and international communities with diverse events and programming that expands the cultural understanding of Taiwan and Taiwanese Americans.
June 20, 2014
Cristina Della Coletta, a professor of Italian and an associate dean at the University of Virginia, has been appointed dean of the Division of Arts and Humanities at the University of California, San Diego. Effective Aug. 15, 2014, the appointment follows an extensive national search.
