For UC Irvine historian Jessica Millward, the story of Juneteenth has always followed a predictable arc. “It’s all cyclical,” she explained on the UCI Podcast. “African American oppression, African American resistance to that oppression and…
Led by Jung-Hsien Lin, assistant director and lecturer in the Program in Global Languages and Cultures (GLC), UC Irvine has been awarded a $90,000 IMMERSE Essentials Funding Award for the 2026-27 academic year. The grant will provide 300 st…
UC Irvine’s School of Humanities is proud to announce that 15 of our faculty have received the Unit 18 Faculty Professional Development Award this year. Granted by the UC-AFT Council on Professional Development, the award supports non-Senat…
Clovis Hung was 13 – the age of most eighth graders – when he enrolled at UC Irvine. This June, at 15 years old, he will make history as the youngest person to graduate from UCI’s School of Humanities. In the meantime, his mom still drives
In the fall of 2003, Joseph Jonghyun Jeon was serving as a juror at the San Diego Asian Film Festival when a Korean film called Memories of Murder screened for its U.S. premiere. He left the theater knowing he had seen something remarkable,…
Since he joined the UC Irvine faculty in 2016, English Professor Theodore Martin has been teaching a course on the history of detective fiction. The syllabus starts in the 19th century with Edgar Allan Poe and ends with contemporary authors…
Curating Korean Treasures: An Online Conversation with Curators Yeonsoo Chee and Sunwoo Hwang Tuesday, April 14, 3:30 - 4:50 PM Webinar registration required:https://uci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_knQhpLGeRSWNiwq3Id6d8Q#/registration The N…
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 Humanit…
Not many dietitians can trace their career back to a women’s studies degree – though Jocelyn Dubin ‘94 can. Our 60th anniversary alumni series continues with Dubin, who arrived at UC Irvine planning to become a therapist, left as one of the…
Feminist activist Gloria Steinem called the 1977 National Women’s Conference “the most important event nobody knows about.” Over 20,000 participants gathered in Houston that November from across the United States and 56 countries worldwide.…
In August 1816, a small ship called the Rurik set out from St. Petersburg. Sponsored by a Russian financier, it aimed to locate a route from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic. That elusive route, known as the Northern Passage, was one of th…
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies brings together an active group of faculty and students who promote dialogue and collaboration in the study of Latin America across disciplinary boundaries and organize educational activit…