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Home Page - School of Humanities

Critical thinking, storytelling, ethics and human understanding: these are the enduring foundations of a humanities education, and are essential in addressing today’s grand challenges.

We invite you to learn more about the School of Humanities.  

Humanities in the 21st Century

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Stories

Explore how scholars in the humanities enrich the human story.

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Diversity

Learn about the global reach of the humanities, and how they shape our collective future.

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Values

Discover how humanities scholars center values in a world of bytes.

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Literacies

Delve into the literacies that students develop while studying the humanities.

Stories

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Helen J. S. Lee
April 22, 2026
Alumni Through the Decades: 2000s
Helen J.S. Lee ‘03 (Ph.D. East Asian languages and literature) was among the first doctoral students in her program
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April 21, 2026
A heritage that belongs to the world
UCI scholars of Persian history examine the war’s damage to Iran’s cultural heritage and identity
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April 22, 2026
Social Media Storytellers: Students explore academic freedom at UCI
New undergraduate course trains humanities students to examine what academic freedom means and why it matters
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April 20, 2026
How Disneyland explains modern life
Art history professor’s new book investigates links between the theme park and automation technologies  
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Neurologist
English | 1994
Pedram Navab
Tatum Larsen
Journalist
Literary Journalism | 2021
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Professor
Ph.D. Spanish | 1994
José Mario Martín-Flores

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April 23, 2026 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Self-Determination in the Age of Globalization, Brad Simpson: 9th Keith L. Nelson Lecture in U.S. International History
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April 23, 2026 | 5:30pm
Merry Wives of Windsor Cove: Inside the Art of Musical Adaptation
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April 24, 2026 | 10:00am
What is Public Rhetoric?: US Immigration Policy Post-1994
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April 24, 2026 | 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Grad Talk Series: Yunlong Cao (UCI Philosophy Graduate Student)
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