April 19, 2012
Although perceived as sheer fantasy by many, the magic depicted in the popular Harry Potter novels by author J.K. Rowling can be traced to Renaissance traditions that played a pivotal role in the development of modern science and medicine. The UC San Diego Libraries have been selected by the U.S.…
April 12, 2019
The UC San Diego Department of Literature’s New Writing Series has introduced hundreds of writers to the greater San Diego community since 1986. The six events set for Spring Quarter kicks off April 17.
August 11, 2021
When this year’s San Diego Festival of Books returns Aug. 21, UC San Diego will once again be well represented, from faculty as featured authors and professors leading key panels, to staff who have helped shape the cultural event in our region for years.
August 13, 2020
…years. Wisdom and passion Literature major Emily Vastola with her UC San Diego Class of 2022 swag, hand delivered for the PATH Summer Academy. Transfers enter the university as third-year students, when the majority of their classmates have already acclimated to and learned how to function successfully within the university,…
August 2, 2017
…San Diego Department of Literature ranks among the best in the nation for creative writing. Alumna Kaitlin Solimine’s (MFA, ’11) “Empire of Glass” demonstrates that excellence with its inclusion on The Center for Fiction’s 2017 First Novel Prize long list. Her premier novel, which emerged from her MFA thesis, is…
December 5, 2012
If you’ve grown weary of the same old holiday gift giving ideas, here’s a novel gift idea that is historically significant, reasonably priced, and will also support University of California libraries: a book digitized from the University of California’s own library collections.
March 27, 2013
Amos Oz, one of Israel’s most distinguished novelists and public intellectuals, will deliver a free public talk in UC San Diego’s Mandeville Auditorium on April 22, at 7 p.m.
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…
April 24, 2014
…books, collector’s items and literature-based art pieces for one day only, as well as a 25 percent discount on all general books in the store. “California Bookstore Day is an event dedicated to celebrating everything that an independent bookstore can offer their community that an online retailer or a big…
October 31, 2012
…the Department of Political Science and the Department of literature.
