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Matthias Lehmann awarded Fulbright research fellowship to write biography of Jewish philanthropist
The subject, Maurice de Hirsch, will broaden our perspective of modern Jewish history
  • Gifts & Grants
  • History
  • Jewish Studies
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Aijaz Ahmad joins UC Irvine's Department of Comparative Literature
Aijaz Ahmad, renowned political and literary theorist, joins the School of Humanities as Chancellor's Professor in the Department…
  • Comparative Literature
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Mellon Foundation Awards School of Humanities $175,000 for “Documenting War” Sawyer Seminar
Starting in 2016, the Sawyer Seminar will create a temporary research center for cross-disciplinary, intensive study of how war…
  • Art History
  • English
  • Gifts & Grants
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The death of the painter: new book by James Herbert challenges the place of the artist in his/her work
Brushstroke and Emergence: Courbet, Impressionism, Picasso (University of Chicago Press, 2015) uses emergence theory to challenge…
  • Art History
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UCI Welcomes Noureddin Zarrinkelk as First Artist-In-Residence at Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture
Zarrinkelk will be in residence at UCI through spring 2016
  • Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies
  • Persian Studies
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J. Hillis Miller awarded Ian P. Watt Prize for Excellence in Conrad Scholarship
A renowned literary critic and theorist, Miller has been writing about Joseph Conrad for decades
  • Critical Theory
  • English
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Studies of Ancient Iran Receive Support from Farhang Foundation
Foundation Pledges Yearly Support of UC Irvine's Sasanika: Late Antique Iran Project
  • Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies
  • Persian Studies
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