🚨 REMINDER: CALL FOR ARTISTS 🚨 Submit your artwork for the IHC's Platform gallery by 8/17! Learn more about the gallery and theme: www.ihc.ucsb.edu/platformgall...

UCSB IHC@ihcucsb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨 CALL FOR ARTISTS 🚨 Submit your artwork for the IHC's Platform gallery that engages with the 2026–27 public events series theme, Bodies Politic. Learn more about the gallery and theme: www.ihc.ucsb.edu/platformgall... DEADLINE: 8/17

Are you a graduate student who is interested in preparing for a career as dynamic, socially engaged humanist? Learn more about the Public Humanities Graduate Fellows Program and apply at: www.ihc.ucsb.edu/public-human...

Last week, LIFTED staff sat down with students at California State Prison, Corcoran to map out their path to UC admissions—from required coursework to preparations for University of California Personal Insight Questions (PIQ). Some students are already UC‑ready, and others now have a clear roadmap.

The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center welcomes Jo Cristan as its inaugural LIFTED Program Manager. In this role, she assists students at California State Prison, Corcoran through the UC transfer admission process and serves as a liaison between UCSB program administration, faculty and students.

The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center welcomes Dr. Peichi (Paige) Waite as its new Associate Director. In this role, she manages a portfolio of IHC awards and programs. Prior to this role, she spent two decades in higher education as an advisor, instructor, researcher, and administrator. (1/2)

Thank you to Josephine Metcalf, Ben Olguín, Luis J. Rodríguez, Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval, and everyone who joined us to hear about Metcalf and Olguín's new co-edited volume, The Life, Literature and Legacy of Luis J. Rodríguez: In the Long Run!

🚨 CALL FOR ARTISTS 🚨 Submit your artwork for the IHC's Platform gallery that engages with the 2026–27 public events series theme, Bodies Politic. Learn more about the gallery and theme: www.ihc.ucsb.edu/platformgall... DEADLINE: 8/17

Thank you to Alicia Boswell, Heather Blurton, Howard Chiang, and everyone who joined our 2025–26 Faculty Fellows for a great conversation about their works-in-progress!

CONGRATULATIONS, AWARD WINNERS! Learn more about the exciting interdisciplinary projects of the 2026–27 IHC Dissertation Fellows: www.ihc.ucsb.edu/spring-2026-...

Thank you to Bench Ansfield and everyone who joined us for their talk on the links between the urban crisis of the late twentieth century and the climate crisis of the present!

TOMORROW!

UCSB IHC@ihcucsb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

PUBLIC HUMANITIES GRADUATE FELLOWS PROGRAM CAPSTONE PRESENTATIONS Join us to celebrate our 2026 program graduates, hear about their projects, and learn more about the Public Humanities Graduate Fellows Program! 5/28, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB Learn more: www.ihc.ucsb.edu/event/public...

Thank you to Ahilan Arulanantham and everyone who joined us for his talk on mass deportation as racial engineering!

PUBLIC HUMANITIES GRADUATE FELLOWS PROGRAM CAPSTONE PRESENTATIONS Join us to celebrate our 2026 program graduates, hear about their projects, and learn more about the Public Humanities Graduate Fellows Program! 5/28, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB Learn more: www.ihc.ucsb.edu/event/public...

TOMORROW!

UCSB IHC@ihcucsb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

HUMANITIES DECANTED | JOSEPHINE METCALF AND BEN OLGUÍN WITH SPECIAL GUEST LUIS J. RODRÍGUEZ Join us for a dialogue with Josephine Metcalf and Ben Olguín and interlocutor Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval about their new co-edited volume, The Life, Literature and Legacy of Luis J. Rodríguez: In the Long Run.

TOMORROW!

UCSB IHC@ihcucsb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

IHC FACULTY FELLOW PRESENTATIONS Join us in celebrating our Faculty Fellows, Alicia Boswell (History of Art and Architecture), Heather Blurton (English), Howard Chiang (EALCS), and David Stein (History), who will each give a short presentation of their work. 5/19, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB

RESEARCH FOCUS GROUP TALK: RE-NEGOTIATING THE ALGORITHMIC CONTRACT The Low-Resource Research Ethics RFG invites you to a talk by Jose Marichal that will explore the unwritten social contract we have with the algorithms that shape what we see, hear, and think. 5/22, 3:30 PM | 3605 South Hall

Research Focus Group Talk: Re-negotiating the Algorithmic Contract: The Need for a Politics of Potentiality - Interdisciplinary Humanities Center UCSB

Jose Marichal is a professor of political science at California Lutheran University specializing in studying the role that algorithms and AI play in restructuring social and political institutions. Hi...

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HUMANITIES DECANTED | JOSEPHINE METCALF AND BEN OLGUÍN WITH SPECIAL GUEST LUIS J. RODRÍGUEZ Join us for a dialogue with Josephine Metcalf and Ben Olguín and interlocutor Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval about their new co-edited volume, The Life, Literature and Legacy of Luis J. Rodríguez: In the Long Run.

Humanities Decanted: Josephine Metcalf and Ben Olguín - Interdisciplinary Humanities Center UCSB

WITH SPECIAL GUEST LUIS J. RODRÍGUEZ Join us for a dialogue with Josephine Metcalf (University of Hull) and Ben Olguín (English), who will be speaking with Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval (Chicana and Chica...

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RESEARCH FOCUS GROUP EVENT: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND CREATIVE SHOWCASE The Global Childhood Media RFG invites you to a research presentation by Fiona Boborci. Following the talk, the event will continue with a curated showcase of undergraduate creative projects. 5/20, 5 PM | 6206C Phelps and Zoom

RESEARCH FOCUS GROUP TALK: THE FUNNY THING ABOUT NOISE The Sounding Transpacific Asia RFG invites you to a talk by Evelyn Shih that will examine how Taiwanese and South Korean cinema stretched the limits of audio-vision and invented a new rhetoric of film sound. 5/20, 2 PM | 6020 HSSB

TOMORROW!

UCSB IHC@ihcucsb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ON FIRE TALK: THE FIRES LAST TIME Join us for a talk by Bench Ansfield on how the strange career of the FAIR plan illustrates the links between the urban crisis of the late twentieth century and the climate crisis of the present. 5/14, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB Learn more: bit.ly/IHCAnsfield

IHC FACULTY FELLOW PRESENTATIONS Join us in celebrating our Faculty Fellows, Alicia Boswell (History of Art and Architecture), Heather Blurton (English), Howard Chiang (EALCS), and David Stein (History), who will each give a short presentation of their work. 5/19, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB

ON FIRE TALK: THE FIRES LAST TIME Join us for a talk by Bench Ansfield on how the strange career of the FAIR plan illustrates the links between the urban crisis of the late twentieth century and the climate crisis of the present. 5/14, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB Learn more: bit.ly/IHCAnsfield

TOMORROW!

UCSB IHC@ihcucsb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ON FIRE TALK: MASS DEPORTATION AS RACIAL ENGINEERING Join us for a talk by Ahilan Arulanantham on the role race discrimination has played in immigration and refugee policy and the current struggle over the Temporary Protected Status program. 5/7, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB Learn more: bit.ly/IHC-Arulanan...

RESEARCH FOCUS GROUP TALK: "CHILDREN ARE AN EXTRAORDINARY PLASTIC MATERIAL" The Global Childhood Media RFG invites you to a talk by Alexandra Noi exploring the politics of the nascent Soviet state towards childhood. 5/11, 4 PM | 6206C Phelps Learn more: ihc.ucsb.edu/event/resear...

Research Focus Group Talk: “Children are an Extraordinary Plastic Material”: Juvenile Homelessness and Delinquency in the Early Soviet Union - Interdisciplinary Humanities Center UCSB

The symbol of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution in public memory in Russia and abroad has been the tragedy of the Romanovs’ family in which five children of Nicholas II and Alexandra had been executed by ...

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“A degree in the humanities is more than an academic milestone; it is a profound act of empowerment." -HFA Dean Daina Ramey Berry The UCSB LIFTED BA in Comparative Literature for students incarcerated at CSP-Corcoran is launched! Read more in The Current about this groundbreaking program.

UCSB launches bachelor’s degree for incarcerated individuals at Corcoran State Prison

Beginning in 2027, a B.A. in comparative literature will be offered to qualified students incarcerated at CSP-Corcoran. It is the first B.A. in literary studies to be given by a UC in a California pri...

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ON FIRE TALK: MASS DEPORTATION AS RACIAL ENGINEERING Join us for a talk by Ahilan Arulanantham on the role race discrimination has played in immigration and refugee policy and the current struggle over the Temporary Protected Status program. 5/7, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB Learn more: bit.ly/IHC-Arulanan...

Thank you to Shana Moulton, Casey Haughin-Scasny, and everyone who joined us for a discussion about Moulton's recent exhibition at MoMA, Meta/Physical Therapy!

RESEARCH FOCUS GROUP TALK: GILGAMESH AND THE MANY FACES OF MESOPOTAMIAN HEROISM The Low-Resource Research Ethics RFG invites you to a a virtual lecture by Eric Harvey illustrating the strikingly varied vision of heroism produced in the ancient Near East. 5/1, 1:30 PM | Zoom

Research Focus Group Talk: Gilgamesh and the Many Faces of Mesopotamian Heroism - Interdisciplinary Humanities Center UCSB

Please join us on Friday, May 1 at 1:30PM PST for a virtual lecture by Eric Harvey on “Gilgamesh and the Many Faces of Mesopotamian Heroism.” Harvey will introduce the Epic of Gilgamesh alongside othe...

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TODAY!

UCSB IHC@ihcucsb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

HUMANITIES DECANTED | SHANA MOULTON Join us for a discussion between Shana Moulton (Art) and Casey Haughin-Scasny (IHC Assistant Director) about Moulton's recent exhibition at MoMA, Meta/Physical Therapy. 4/21, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB Learn more: ihc.ucsb.edu/event/humani...

HUMANITIES DECANTED | SHANA MOULTON Join us for a discussion between Shana Moulton (Art) and Casey Haughin-Scasny (IHC Assistant Director) about Moulton's recent exhibition at MoMA, Meta/Physical Therapy. 4/21, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB Learn more: ihc.ucsb.edu/event/humani...