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Interview with first-gen History of Art alum who works as a curator and art consultant

berkeleyartshumanities — 2024-10-02 20:21:20 UTC

Interested in curatorial careers? Check out this interview with Patricia Cariño Valdez (History of Art '10)!

Stop-motion animator creates immersive worlds for Indigenous stories

berkeleyartshumanities — 2024-11-25 16:53:38 UTC

Amanda Strong was the Arts Research Center's fall artist-in-residence. She screened her films on October 30 and participated in an artist talk on November 1 at BAMPFA. Anne Brice interviewed her for Berkeley News.

Berkeley Talks: Computational folklorist on how storytelling becomes belief

berkeleyartshumanities — 2024-11-25 16:59:00 UTC

In Berkeley Talks episode 213, Timothy Tangherlini, a UC Berkeley professor in the Department of Scandinavian and director of the Folklore Graduate Program, discusses the vital role that storytelling plays in many cultures around the world, and how it can influence belief, for good and for bad.

Professor Tangherlini regularly offers URAP projects for undergrads!

New fund helps East Asian Languages and Cultures reflect California's linguistic diversity

berkeleyartshumanities — 2024-11-25 17:08:49 UTC

A new gift helps ensure that the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures can offer classes in Cantonese, Taiwanese/Hokkien, and other sinitic languages.

New Student Newsletter: Performing Arts on Campus Callboard (PACC)

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-01-21 17:13:50 UTC

Performing Arts on Campus Callboard (PACC) is a brand new student newsletter that delivers all of the upcoming opportunities, performances, and happenings of Cal's performing arts community straight to your email each Monday morning. We make it easy for organizations and independent producers to source their teams and promote their work. PACC provides a consistent, accessible space for student artists, technicians, organizations, and audiences to find each other. To find more information and sign up, visit www.paccberkeley.org!

Comp Lit Alum, Roxana Wang, Wins Prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-02-19 22:47:39 UTC

Roxana (Qinhong) Wang, a recent graduate of the UC Berkeley class of 2024, has been awarded a 2025-26 Schwarzman Scholarship. Wang, who studied Comparative Literature and Ancient Greek and Roman Studies in the College of Letters & Science, was selected as one of 150 scholars from a pool of nearly 5,000 candidates. She is Berkeley’s sixteenth recipient of the award since its inception in 2013.

Professor Nicole Starosielski (Film & Media) launches world's first certificate in internet infrastructure at Berkeley

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-04-01 00:49:27 UTC

This month, The Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) at the University of California, Berkeley, launched the Certificate in Global Digital Infrastructure, the first and only program of its kind in higher education. Created and led by internet infrastructure expert and Professor Nicole Starosielski of UC Berkeley’s Department of Film & Media, this groundbreaking certificate will begin in Summer 2025 and is available to all UC Berkeley students and universities around the world. The curriculum is designed to introduce students to the multifaceted world of global digital infrastructure, encompassing technical, economic, legal, environmental, and social dimensions.

Three Arts & Humanities Students Win Critical Language Scholarships

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-04-01 00:53:38 UTC

Congratulations to Giselle Carreño (Spanish & Portuguese and Business Administration '25), Abigail Klein (Russian Language & Culture and Psychology '26), and Arya Vishin (English and South Asian Studies '25)!

Schwarzman Scholars | Apply by September 10, 2025

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-06-18 20:40:53 UTC

Schwarzman Scholars supports 150 Scholars annually from the U.S., China, and around the world for a one-year M.A. in Global Affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. The curriculum bridges the academic and professional worlds to educate students about leadership and about China’s expanding role in the world. The residential program also provides Scholars with learning opportunities with leaders from China and the world through high-level interactions at lectures, an internship program, a mentor network, and intensive deep-dive travel seminars.

Prospective applicants should make an individual advising appointment with Keila Diehl, the Schwarzman Scholars campus representative.

Luce Scholarship | Apply by September 15, 2025

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-06-18 20:42:24 UTC

The Luce Scholars Program was launched by the Henry Luce Foundation in 1974 to enhance the understanding of Asia among potential leaders in American society. The program provides stipends, language training, and individualized professional placement in Asia for 18 Luce Scholars each year. We welcome applications from college seniors, graduate students, and young professionals in a variety of fields, with a range of backgrounds and experiences, who have had limited exposure to Asia.

Prospective applicants should make an individual advising appointment with Alicia Hayes in the OURS National Scholarships Office.

McCall MacBain Scholars | Apply by September 24, 2025

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-06-18 20:43:31 UTC

The McCall MacBain Scholarship provides a fully funded master’s or second-entry professional undergraduate program at McGill University in Montréal, Canada. The scholarship covers tuition and fees for the full normal duration of the program, a living stipend of $2,300 CAD per month during academic terms, summer funding options, and a one-time relocation grant for moving to Montréal. As part of a cohort of scholars from different fields, participants also receive leadership training and mentorship.

Prospective applicants should make an individual advising appointment with Keila Diehl in the OURS National Scholarships Office.

URAP Global Lives Project: Web Development, Web Analytics, Digital Art Preservation, and Digital Art Accessibility | Apply by September 2, 2025

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-08-27 19:01:43 UTC

REMOTE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS to work with an arts, film, culture nonprofit organization - 9-11 hrs/wk (3 units), including mandatory online weekly meetings (day TBD).

We are looking for students interested in gaining work experience across our two distinct workstreams: Web development and art preservation. You do not need to be interested in both our web development team and our art preservation team.

When you apply, please specify which workflow you are interested in!

URAP Exhibition Research Assistant: Jewish Timeline Exhibition | Apply by September 2, 2025

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-08-27 19:03:07 UTC

This project offers an exciting opportunity to serve as an Exhibition Research Assistant for a Jewish timeline exhibition at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, slated to open in Fall 2027. You'll delve into the extensive Magnes Collection to identify, research, and interpret objects that illustrate or respond to pivotal moments in Jewish history. The goal is to research material culture objects and art pieces, exploring their biographies and diverse uses, and crafting compelling texts for both database records and exhibition labels.

BAMPFA Latinx Research Center Undergraduate Fellowship | Apply by September 5, 2025

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-08-27 19:07:52 UTC

The BAMPFA Latinx Fellowship supports student learning in an applied setting on art museum projects. The Fellow’s focus may include assisting on collection-based exhibitions as well as smaller exhibitions of contemporary art, loan procedures from the collection, acquisition processes, and general collections management. The fellowship begins with practical exposure to ongoing projects within the exhibitions and curatorial departments and will advance to specific exhibition-related tasks. Sample projects include checklist preparation, exhibition planning, artists research, image/document maintenance, general communications, and reference organization. Inclusion in departmental meetings, regular supervisor check-in meetings, and mentoring sessions will be provided.

Discovery Undergraduate Research Scholar | CICI: Italiano di Partenza: Rethinking Italianness Across Borders and Languages | Apply by August 31

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-08-27 19:11:41 UTC

Are you interested in migration, language, and literature? Join a new interdisciplinary research cluster that explores how translingual writers reimagine Italian identity beyond national borders. This project focuses on authors who write in languages other than Italian—particularly English—to trace how “Italianness” transforms across time and space.

In Defense of Black Studies Small Grants Program | Apply by September 26

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-08-27 19:15:35 UTC

The In Defense of Black Studies Small Grants Program will accept applications from undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff at UC Berkeley conducting projects that affirm and model the significance of Black study in light of the recently reinvigorated attacks against it. These grants of up to $1,000 will support research, teaching, curriculum development, and related projects drawing on our theme.

Fall 2025 L&S Recruiting Kickoff (Virtual)

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-08-27 19:26:14 UTC

Tue, Sep 2 · 3:30 PM-5 PM PDT

Attend this event to get ready for the Fall job/internship search, including engaging with employers who will be attending our career fairs and talking to campus partners about on-campus opportunities! In Fall 2025, organizations DO want to recruit all majors for positions in a wide variety of fields and industries. In this multifaceted program, you will hear from a panel of diverse recruiters and campus partners to learn about opportunities, the hiring process, and how to best market yourself for success.

A Career Educator will also briefly explain the recruiting timeline as well as share tips for identifying jobs and internships using Handshake. The program will conclude with casual networking with our employer panelists in breakout rooms.

2025-2026 Berkeley Undergraduate Journal | Submit by October 6

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-08-27 19:35:50 UTC

The 2025 issue of the Berkeley Undergraduate Journal has been published and is available on eScholarship, the open access publishing platform subsidized by UC. The new issue features peer-reviewed research articles by nine UC Berkeley undergraduates. Take a look!

Would you like to see your scholarship published in BUJ? The fall deadline to submit papers for the 2025–2026 issue is October 6, 2025. We look forward to receiving your original humanities and social science research papers for review! Complete information about eligibility and formatting requirements can be found on the journal's submissions page.

12 New Faculty Join the Division of Arts & Humanities for Fall 2025

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-08-27 19:37:38 UTC

We are thrilled to welcome 12 outstanding new faculty members to the Division of Arts & Humanities at UC Berkeley. These scholars — artists, writers, historians, archaeologists—bring diverse perspectives, innovative research, and deep commitment to teaching that will enrich our departments and communities across campus. We look forward to the many ways their work will contribute to the intellectual and creative life of the division. Please join us in welcoming them to Berkeley.

A&H Dean's Leadership Team | Apply by August 29

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-08-27 19:39:07 UTC

With guidance and mentorship from the Arts & Humanities Dean’s Office, members of the DLT collaborate with their peers on creative strategies to showcase the division and build an undergraduate A&H community. Most importantly, they serve as ambassadors to prospective and current students who may be interested in studying A&H at Berkeley. Apply at the link above by Friday, August 29!

Art of Writing Internships | Apply by August 31

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-08-27 19:40:29 UTC

Art of Writing provides UC Berkeley undergraduates with paid literary internship opportunities (writing, editing, social media, etc.) with partner organizations. Four publications are hiring for fall interns: Guernica, ERIS Press, Split Lip, and The Dial. Click the link above to learn more about each internship.

Luce Scholars | Apply by September 15

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-08-27 19:41:30 UTC

Prospective applicants should make an individual advising appointment with Alicia Hayes in the OURS National Scholarships Office.

Community Outreach Intern for Documentary | Apply by September 15

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-08-27 19:43:27 UTC

Prodigal Daughter is an award-winning documentary about a Latina immigrant artist whose emotional reunion with her Peruvian family opens up vital conversations across the U.S. about family bonds,identity, mental health, and what it means to belong.

The hiring team is looking for a motivated, outgoing, and friendly individual interested in gaining experience in documentary film outreach and impact. This internship offers the opportunity to build skills while working directly with the film’s director and producer.

Burial and Belonging: Rethinking Death and Society through Mycenaean Tombs with Sophie Cushman

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-08-27 19:44:28 UTC

Sophie Cushman is a Ph.D. candidate in Classical Archaeology in the Department of Ancient Greek & Roman Studies at UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on Aegean prehistory, with particular interest in Mycenaean mortuary practices, non-palatial communities, and material culture. Her dissertation, "Death and Taxes: Mortuary Perspectives on Non-Palatial Communities in the Mycenaean Argolid (ca. 1600–1070 BCE)," explores how small communities in the northeastern Peloponnese used chamber tombs in response to the rise of regional palatial authority during the Late Bronze Age. Click the link to read the full interview with Sophie.

Is a second ‘Mona Lisa’ still special? What about the thousandth?

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-08-27 19:45:16 UTC

Winnie Wong, professor of rhetoric at UC Berkeley, spent six years in China's Dafen Oil Painting Village, researching its artists and its relationship to the global art market. At its height in the early 2000s, thousands of artists in Dafen produced replicas of artwork in mass quantities. These paintings were then exported mostly to Europe and the U.S., where they hung in hotels, restaurants and second-home condominiums. Read on about Wong's observations and how they inform the question: what counts as art?

From Senegal to Uzbekistan, a rare opportunity for U.S. students to experience international art

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-08-27 19:46:29 UTC

UC Berkeley’s influence traverses the globe, and thanks to the Judith Stronach Travel Seminar, its creative scholars can as well.

This past November, art history professors Zamansele Nsele and Ivy Mills led a group of six graduate students to Senegal for an immersive, nine-day trip to the 2024 Dak'Art Biennale — a major art exhibition that showcases contemporary African art every other year. Click the link to read the full story.

John Gardner Fellowship | Apply by October 20

berkeleyartshumanities — 2025-09-22 03:55:52 UTC

The John Gardner Fellowship selects six outstanding seniors each spring from UC Berkeley and Stanford University. Each Fellow receives a $52,000 stipend to work for ten months in a nonprofit or government organization aligned with their public service interests.

Fellows have previously been placed at high-impact institutions such as:

• California Governor’s Office

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Oversight Committee

• Environmental Law Institute

• San Francisco Public Defender’s Office

Application Deadline:

Monday, October 20, 2025 | 11:59 PM