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Division of Arts and Humanities
University of California, San Diego
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La Jolla, CA 92093-0406
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News from 2007
Michal Belknap, adjunct professor of modern American legal and constitutional history in the Department of History, has been named Earl Warren Professor of Law at his home institution, San Diego's California Western School of Law. Belknap's particular area of interest is the history of civil rights and civil liberties in 20th century America. (12.13.07)
UCSD's Philosophy Department mentioned in New York Times article about recent movement known as "experimental philosophy." (12.11.07) After years of planning, research and design, the state-of-the-art Music Center is finally taking shape, thanks to the vision of Rand Steiger, chair of the Department of Music. (12.10.07)
Los Angeles performance of "In Memoriam Dylan Thomas " featured Music Professor and percussionist Steven Schick. (12.7.07)
Literature Professor Rae Armantrout's Next Life named one of "100 Notable Books of 2007" by the New York Times. Also on "Most Recommended List" by National Book Critics Circle. (12.3.07)
Interim Dean Van Young named as corresponding member to the Mexican Academy of Sciences. (11.19.07)
$100,000 matching gift pledged to support UC San Diego's Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society. (11.16.07)
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer and Music Professor Roger Reynolds to premiere new work"Sanctuary" at National Gallery of Art on November 18th. (11.14.07) Update: Washington Post article and review.
Three History graduate students selected as Fulbright Grantees.
(11.9.07)
UCSD awards 2007 Roy Harvey Pearce Prize to poet and UCSC Professor Nathaniel Mackey. Ceremony to be held on December 7th in the Seuss Room of Geisel Library. (11.9.07)
History Professor Naomi Oreskes has been awarded the distinction of "fellow" by the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science. (10.30.07)
CISA3 Director Maurizio Seracini talks about his latest project in Wired magazine. (10.30.07)
Acclaimed percussionist Steven Schick talks about his new role as music director of the La Jolla Symphony. Professor Schick is also featured on KPBS' These Days. (10.30.07) Update: Schick's Nov. 3rd debut a success.
Visual Arts MFA showcase to take place at the University Art Gallery November 10-18, 2007. (10.18.07)
Union Tribune article "Principles over protagonists" written by History Professor Everard Meade. (10.18.07)
Visual Arts MFA student Iana Quesnell has two high-profile exhibitions this year including one currently at the MCASD. (10.18.07)
Visual Arts undergraduate student Autumn Hays recently won the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke scholarship to help her pursue her life’s passion to become an artist. (10.16.07)
Union Tribune article "America's real choices in Iraq" co-written by History Professor Michael Provence. (10.11.07)
Music's Shlomo Dubnov has a new interdisciplinary project that takes a unique approach to understanding stories and myth. (10.9.07)
Washington Post review of Well , a play directed by Theatre Professor Kyle Donnelly. (10.9.07)
History Professor Naomi Oreskes discusses global warming on KPBS's These Days. (10.9.07)
Dance Steps Up: New Graduate Program in Dance Theater will develop 'Next Generation of Voices' in Choreography. (10.2.07)
Why College Matters: History student Travis Weinger is a finalist in a New York Times essay contest. (10.2.07)
Visual Arts graduate student and filmmaker Elyse Montague receives prestigious Princess Grace Foundation Award. (9.10.07)
The 2007/08 season of UCSD's ArtPower! includes an expanded chamber music series, a new cabaret-style venue and a new film series. See Events page for more information. (9.5.07)
We are pleased to welcome twelve new faculty members to the Division effective 7/1/07. Their Bios are listed here. (8.30.07)
Letter to the editor written by Theatre Professor and Marshall Provost Allan Havis in the San Diego Union Tribune. (8.27.07)
Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop concludes its successful first year here at UCSD. (8.23.07)
Letter to the editor written by Literature Department Chair Don Wayne in Financial Times. (8.22.07)
Cutting-Edge Director and Theatre Professor Darko Tresnjak orchestrates the 2007 Summer Shakespeare Festival and brings his version of Hamlet to the stage at the Old Globe in Balboa Park. (8.21.07)
Chancellor's Office Spotlight on Research: Music Study and Performance features several Arts and Humanities faculty members. (8.21.07)
Eric Watkins, Professor of Philosophy, wins book prize from JHP, the leading journal in the history of philosophy. (8.14.07)
Theatre Professor Jorge Huerta honored for Lifetime Achievement from the ATHE. (8.14.07)
Floyd Gaffney, one of the founders of the theatre and dance department and a pioneer of black culture and dramatic arts in the city, died of stomach cancer on July 19th. He was 77, held the title of Professor Emeritus at UCSD and was artistic director of Common Ground Theatre. (7.20.07)
A year after the Lebanon war - article in San Diego Union Tribune written by History Professor Michael Provence. (7.20.07)
Calit2 and CRCA to host three days of digital art performances and installations at Atkinson Hall, August 4 - 6, 2007. (7.19.07)
San Diego Union Tribune article on global warming written by History Professor Naomi Oreskes. (7.13.07) Update: Newsweek article features Professor Oreskes.
Emerging UCSD playwright featured in New York Theater Festival. (7.9.07)
Chicago Sun-Times op-ed piece by Literature Professor Jorge Mariscal. (7.9.07) Update: USA Today article features Professor Mariscal.
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) names Music Professor Roger Reynolds as its first Composer-in-Residence. (6.29.07)
History Professor David Noel Freedman discusses the Dead Sea Scrolls - on exhibit at the San Diego Natural History Museum through the end of the year. (6.28.07)
Celebrated composer Philip Glass to attend the US premiere of his Concerto for Cello and Orchestra which will be conducted by Music Professor and La Jolla Symphony music director Steven Schick on November 3-4, 2007. (6.27.07)
Department of Philosophy featured in San Diego Reader cover story. (6.14.07)
CISA3's Director Maurizio Seracini featured on KPBS's These Days.(6.13.07) Update: Seracini also featured in People magazine.
Sheldon Brown, Visual Arts Professor and CRCA Director, exhibits his interactive multimedia art installation "Scalable City" at National Academy of Sciences. (6.4.07)
Dance instructor Jean Isaacs retires after 22 years of service with UCSD. (5.29.07) Update: Isaacs directs final show.
Sound check two - latest showcase of music at UCSD. (5.29.07)
Science Fiction and Fantasy writers to convene on UCSD campus this summer at Clarion workshop. (5.29.07)
The official groundbreaking ceremony for UCSD's $53 million Music Building was held on May 25th at the site located on Rupertus Drive and Russell Lane, near Gilman Drive. Expected to open in the spring of 2009, the state-of-the-art facility includes a 400-seat concert hall, designed in conjunction with celebrated acoustician Cyril M. Harris. UCSD's music building will be named The Conrad Prebys Music Center in honor of the Point Loma developer and philanthropist who has donated $6 million. (5.29.07)
Foreign Policy op-ed piece on Iraqi Shiite politics by Literature Professor Babak Rahimi. (5.17.07)
Subject to formal approval by the UC Regents, History Professor Eric Van Young will assume duties as Interim Dean of Arts and Humanities on July 1, 2007. (5.10.07)
Review of Ernest Silva's "Domestic Deviation" exhibit - the last in a year-long series devoted to the winners of the San Diego Prize. (5.10.07)
SHNS op-ed piece by Literature Professor Jorge Mariscal. (5.10.07)
Amelia Glaser (Literature) and Rebecca Plant (History) have been named recipients of the 2007-08 Hellman Faculty Fellow award. (5.9.07)
UC San Diego’s Taiwan Studies Initiative Enhanced by $100,000 Gift; Presentation at May 7th concert features musician Matthew Lien. (5.4.07)
Theatre & Dance Professor Judith Dolan nominated for the 2007 Drama Desk Award and the 2007 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Costume Design for the Broadway musical LoveMusik. (4.27.07) Update: article on BroadwayWorld.com. (5.3.07)
Congratulations to Ursula Meyer (Theatre & Dance) and Stephen Potts (Literature) for receiving 2007 Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Awards. (4.24.07)
Professor Louis Hock's art installation, "Pyramid del Sol: A Monument to Invisible Labor," featured in SDSU exhibit and San Diego Union Tribune article. (4.23.07)
Theatre & Dance's Baldwin New Play Festival showcases emerging writers. (4.16.07)
Music Professor and percussionist Steven Schick has been named Music Director of the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus. (4.10.07)
San Francisco Bay Guardian article featuring Literature Professor Eileen Myles. (4.2.07)
Open Studios exhibition to show work of over 50 Visual Arts graduate students on April 6th. (3.26.07)
Union Tribune op-ed piece written by Literature Professor Jorge Mariscal. (3.26.07) Update: article in Capitol Hill Blue.
History Professor Jeremy Prestholdt writes op-ed piece for Union Tribune. (3.23.07)
Literature Professor Rae Armantrout featured in Sunday's New York Times book review section. (3.19.07)
Visual Arts Professor Natalie Jeremijenko's Feral Robotic Dog project on display at National Design Museum. (3.13.07)
These Days on KPBS features Literature Professor Eileen Myles and Lecturer Ali Liebegott. (3.13.07)
Union Tribune article features Music Professor Anthony Davis and his new opera “Wakonda's Dream.” (3.2.07)
Maurizio Seracini to be Director of The Center of Interdisciplinary Sciences for Art, Architecture, and Archaeology (CISA3). This Center is a jointly sponsored collaborative program of the UCSD Division of Arts and Humanities, Jacobs School of Engineering, and California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (CalIT2). Seracini has been featured in many recent articles: New York Times, Time Magazine, San Diego Union Tribune. (3.1.07) Additional article and alumni award.(3.6.07)
Congratulations to Literature Professor Rae Armantrout who has been awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. (2.28.07)
Two faculty members, Grant Kester and Eileen Myles, awarded Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grants. (2.26.07)
'Allan Kaprow: Art as Life' salutes the late UCSD Visual Arts Professor. (2.21.07)
New America Media article written by Literature Professor Jorge Mariscal. (2.15.07)
New Yorker article features Philosophy Professors Patricia and Paul Churchland. (2.9.07)
New York Times Review of Merchant of Venice, directed by Theatre & Dance Professor Darko Tresnjak. (2.5.07)
Washington Post article on climate change by History Professor Naomi Oreskes. (2.1.07)
Congratulations to Philosophy Professor Craig Callender - the recipient of the 2006-07 Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Award for Graduate Teaching. (1.30.07)
Review of "California Triple Feature" featuring choreographer and Dance Professor Liam Clancy. (1.30.07)
San Diego City Beat article featuring Literature Professor Eileen Myles. (1.24.07)
IN MEMORIAM: Tony Award-winning lighting designer Chris Parry and Jazz musician Jimmy Cheatham. (1.22.07)
The Division is beginning a nationwide search for a new director of the Center for the Humanities, while also undertaking a three-year pilot research program, “Rethinking the Humanities: Transcontinental Archives. " (1.22.07)
Congratulations to History Professor William H.C. Propp on his appointment to the Harriet and Louis Bookheim Endowed Chair in Biblical Hebrew and Related Languages. (1.16.07)
The Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, a new annual ranking of U.S. graduate programs according to the scholarly output of professors, places two of the Division’s departments among the nation’s top 10: Philosophy at six and Theatre & Dance at four. Story in the Chronicle of Higher Education. (1.12.07)
Music Professor Steven Schick discusses The Beatles on KPBS. (1.11.07)
Liam Clancy, Professor in the Theatre & Dance department, curates local Sushi Performance and Visual Art's 4X4 series. (1.9.07)
Telecommunications media artist and Visual Arts Professor Adriene Jenik discusses her work in Union Tribune article. (1.5.07)
Natalie Jeremijenko, Visual Arts Professor, featured in Seed Magazine. (1.3.07)
