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.
November 17, 2016
…explore the music, art, literature and history of Persian culture. The fund memorializes Nemat-Nasser’s mother, “Chehre-Azad,” who pursued her passion of acting at great personal risk when women performing on stage in Iran was taboo. Ultimately, her courage led to her repute as the “Mother of Theatre and Film,” in…
November 5, 2015
…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 San…
January 17, 2017
…Pickowicz and Department of Literature Chair Yingjin Zhang, who have coedited the new book, “Filming the Everyday: Independent Documentaries in Twenty-First Century China” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017). The book includes essays about a Chinese film group led by Wu Wenguang, a former artist-in-residence at UC San Diego, who first revealed…
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…
August 10, 2016
The University of California San Diego’s Institute of Arts and Humanities (IAH) is adding two programs to its already culturally rich offerings—Chicana/o and Latina/o Arts and Humanities (CLAH) and Third World Studies (TWS). Both are established campus programs now administered through the institute. CLAH provides a broad introduction to the…
November 14, 2013
…history—Spain Ann Dimitras—B.A. in literature, 2013—Kosovo Harrison Gill—B.A. in international studies, 2013—Czech Republic Casey McCoy—Ph.D. student in philosophy—Austria David Morales—B.A. in Latin American studies, 2013—Ecuador Kristina Pistone—Ph.D. student in oceanography—Chile Luis Sanchez-Lopez—Ph.D. student in history—Mexico Sharon Seegers—B.A. in political science, 2012—Vietnam Sarika Talve-Goodman—Ph.D. student in literature—Israel The full list of…
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.
March 22, 2012
Gordon Brown, who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010, will present a free lecture on “Meeting the Millennium Development Goals” at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at the Estancia La Jolla Hotel and Spa across from the…
May 12, 2016
…who will major in literature when she begins this fall. “I’m still young and my kids are young, so I made the decision to go all in and follow my passion.” Wilborn said she was planning to be on campus all day to take full advantage of Transfer Triton Day.…
