Read about Son's work building a website for the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County's Foodboss curriculum....
December 11, 2020 | By Christopher MacMahon...
The IHC is pleased to announce the results of its Fall 2020 awards competition. Congratulations to the winners of IHC Faculty Collaborative and Fellowship Awards!...
Read about Ahdifard's work developing interpretive programming for Santa Barbara's Casa de la Guerra....
Susan Derwin and Neil Kreisel discuss the role of the humanities in democratic society and the IHC's community engaged programs....
Read about Zaynetdinova's recently completed internship with Direct Relief....
Watch IHC Director Susan Derwin's interview with Ana Rosa Rizo-Centino on KZAA Radio's ¡Que Madre! show, which aired on October 15, 2020....
As we embark on another academic year, we at the IHC are looking forward to partnering with you in pursuit of our mission to advance knowledge about human experience in cultural, historical, and social contexts, through programs that foster human agency, social connectivity, and civic...
Read about Uppal's recently completed fellow-designed community project with the American Red Cross....
September 1, 2020 | By Mika Thornburg...
This new grant enables HFA faculty to integrate collaborative possibilities into their remote teaching....
Read about Thornburg's recent internship with Digital Delano, an archive hosted by Bakersfield College Delano Campus Library....
The Disability Studies Initiative RFG engages with the Medical Humanities and strives to destigmatize impairment and illness by examining the political, social, and cultural constructions of disability as a political identity and literatures, cultures, and histories so as to shed light on current ideas of disability within broad contexts. Bringing...
August 4, 2020 | By Nathan Cox...
July 30, 2020 | By Jordan Tudisco...
July 28, 2020 | By Shannon Toribio...
July 16, 2020 | By Kenzie Wade...
Read about Jasmine's fellow-designed community project working with the Pan-African Movement for Justice (PAMJ), a non-profit organization based in Sweden....
The Asian/American Studies Collective aims to further the interdisciplinary study of the historical and contemporary experiences of racialized Asian populations in the US. We also seek to highlight the various intersections of positionalities and experiences within Asian American communities and to connect these to broader...
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The IHC congratulates seven UCSB recipients of UC-wide humanities research awards....
This collection of recent articles explores the value and interventions of the humanities in the midst of pandemic, both historically and currently....
This week, a group of IHC Public Humanities Graduate Fellows will begin internships with nonprofit and cultural organizations in the Santa Barbara area as part of the IHC’s Public Humanities Graduate Fellows Program, which prepares Ph.D. students for careers as dynamic, socially engaged humanists both within...
The IHC is delighted to announce that Ben Olguín, Professor and Robert and Liisa Erickson Presidential Chair in English, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Art Works Grant....
The IHC is pleased to announce the 2020-21 Research Focus Groups (RFG). The RFG program brings together faculty and graduate students with shared research interests from different fields and departments/programs to foster the development of interdisciplinary research agendas....
Watch Public Humanities Graduate Fellow interns Francisco Beltrán and Mika Thornburg discuss their work with Digital Delano, an archive hosted by Bakersfield College....
Alesha Claveria is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Theater and Dance. Her research interests include contemporary Native North American drama and Indigenous theory. As an IHC Public Humanities Graduate Fellow, Claveria interned at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB)....
IHC Director Susan Derwin asked Reuben Jonathan Miller, Assistant Professor in the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA), a few questions about his work in light of the current pandemic....
IHC Director Susan Derwin asked Aaron Huey, Creative Director of Amplifier.org, a few questions about his work in light of the current pandemic....
The IHC is pleased to announce the results of its Spring 2020 awards competition. Congratulations to the winners of IHC Faculty and Dissertation Fellowships....
IHC Director Susan Derwin asked Roland Geyer, Professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UCSB, a few questions about his work in light of the current pandemic....
IHC Director Susan Derwin asked Jared Diamond, UCLA Professor of Geography, a few questions about his work in light of the current pandemic....
Although the McCune Conference room remains dark and our offices unoccupied, we have been enthusiastically at work on programs that support UCSB faculty and students and that serve our broader community....
The IHC has postponed all events that were scheduled for Spring 2020....
The IHC is pleased to announce the winners of its Winter 2020 awards applications. Congratulations to the winners of Graduate Collaborative and Visual, Performing, and Media Arts Awards!...
The IHC is delighted to announce that Mona Damluji, Professor of Film and Media Studies, has won an NEH Faculty Fellowship for her book project, Pipeline Cinema....