UC San Diego Arts and Humanities Moments May 2019
With Reza, visiting artist under the Roghieh Chehre-Azad Distinguished Professorship
Dear Colleagues and Friends,

The Division of Arts and Humanities closes the academic year highlighting the strength of our faculty members: their care in providing instruction and guidance to all students at the university; their dedication to inquiry and research that uncovers new components of equity, diversity and inclusion; and their passion for supporting the arts and humanities on our campus, in our region and beyond.
I am once again grateful for your commitment to making UC San Diego a destination. From hosting famed photographer Reza as part of the Roghieh Chehre-Azad Distinguished Professorship, to establishing the first Institute for Practical Ethics conference on the social implications of gene drives, we recognize the division as the center of learning and activity for our students, researchers and artists, and greater community.
 
I believe we all are key in developing a campus of inclusive excellence, and as a public institution, we have a duty to serve our entire population. As all-campus commencement draws near, I want to extend my sincerest thank you for your dedication to enhancing the student experience.

Dean Cristina Della Coletta
 UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities
Breaking down barriers to success

PATH transfer students from Philosophy and Literature shine in the campus-wide McNair Program, with support from faculty mentors.


Uncovering Icons of Dissent

From Bob Marley and Tupac to Che Guevara and Osama bin Laden, History professor Jeremy Prestholdt explains the importance and changing faces of global figures.
European Research Council awards Jann Pasler €2.5 million for study 

Distinguished Professor of Music will conduct a five-year study of the musical dimension of the French empire to expand the understanding of contemporary cultural relations.

Faculty celebrated for extraordinary teaching, research and service

Robert Brill '87 of Theatre and Dance and Craig Callender of Philosophy were honored at the 45th annual Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Awards for innovative research and extraordinary teaching.
Decolonization and the settler-Indigenous relationship

Theatre and Dance Ph.D. faculty Julie Burelle '14 published her research that uses performance and art to expand the field of Indigenous studies.
$1.2 million joint grant will advance research on free will, responsibility

In partnership with the Universidad de los Andes, the three-year program led by Manuel Vargas of Philosophy will help develop scholars between the U.S. and Latin America.

Guggenheim award 'a milestone' for professor Katharina Rosenberger

Music composer and professor will research the relationship of movement and sound, premiering a new composition as part of the prestigious fellowship.

Giving Day 2019

Join us May 16-17 and support Literature's New Writing Series, Visual Arts' Undergraduate Senior Exhibition and Philosophy's Ethics in  the Public Sphere.  Alumni story of support: Kim MacConnel '68, MFA '72, Visual Arts.



Music professor Anthony Davis spoke with KPBS Midday Edition about his new opera "The Central Park Five" ahead of the inaugural Arts and Community Engagement Catalyst Conversations series event.
Adam D. Kamil Media Awards

Undergraduate students submit their films to be evaluated by a committee of Visual Arts faculty and graduate students for the 9th Annual Media Awards, exhibiting May 21-23 at the Adam D. Kamil Gallery in Mandeville Center.

The Times of San Diego: " Eccentricity Has Room," at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego downtown location, includes work by 13 artists graduating from the Visual Arts MFA program, on display through May 27.

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