The UCI School of Humanities serves as a hub for LGBTQ+ scholarship. In addition to a major and minor in gender and sexuality studies as well as a queer studies minor, students across campus learn about LGBTQ+ issues in a wide range of fields such as film, history, literature, art history, philosophy and ethnic studies classes.
In the environmental humanities, we bridge the traditional divide between the sciences and humanities to look holistically at the past and present’s environmental problems.
Sometimes, it’s as simple as being the voice at the table to ask, “Good for whom?” and “At whose expense?”
Within the UCI School of Humanities, there are a number of ways to engage with Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander scholarship, events and initiatives. We are home to the Department of East Asian Studies, where you can major or minor in East Asian studies, Chinese studies, Japanese language and literature, and Korean literature and culture, and minor in Asian studies and Japanese studies. We also house the Department of Asian American Studies, where you can major or minor in Asian American studies. Our Center for Critical Korean Studies is a hub for research and programming around the study of Korean subjects across disciplinary boundaries.
Meet 10 graduating humanities students and the school's commencement speaker.
“Humanities: It’s Time" is an outdoor museum that reflects how humans across cultures, geography and time have responded to social conflict and change with innovative literature, film, architecture, social movements, and industries that influence the course of history.