2011-12 Feature Stories

June 11, 2012:
Hands on Humanities: Restore/Restory Develops Community Collaborations

June 4, 2012
Game On: Milburn and Colleagues Win 6-year, $2.5 Million Grant
CCI Seminar Examines Environmental and Health Risks in California

May 29, 2012
New Book Spotlight: Miroslava Chávez-García’s States of Delinquency
Galleries Create Vibrant Arts Community on and off Campus

May 21, 2012
Graduate Student Composers Write for Silent Films
Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic Cultures to Reach Broader Audience

May 14, 2012
Boom Gets “Best of 2011” Nod from Library Journal
UC Davis Faculty and Graduate Students Receive Humanities Network Grants

May 7, 2012
Lightning Talks Connect Digital Humanities Projects
The Critical Value of Practice As Research

April 30, 2012
Book Spotlight: Beth Levy’s Frontier Figures

April 23, 2012
Magagnini Explores Media as a Force for Social Change in Pakistan

April 16, 2012
Conversation Series Addresses Histories of Blindness and Citizenship
Gaming at the Intersection of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences

April 9, 2012
Samba School Brings Rhythms of Brazil to UC Davis

April 2, 2012
Students Learn the Place of Performance in Protest

March 19, 2012
Research Group Plans for the Future of California Design

March 12, 2012
Noon Concerts Provide Intimate Musical Experience
UC Society of Fellows Meeting Takes the Humanities to the Public

March 5, 2012
Remixing Education at the 2012 Digital Media and Learning Conference
Faculty Research Seminar Takes a Closer Look at Surveillance

February 27, 2012
Human Rights and the Humanities Week Begins March 5
Students and Faculty Speak Out at Social Justice Teach-In with Angela Davis
Granada Artist Directs House of Bernarda Alba for Theatre & Dance

February 21, 2012
New Faculty Profile: Robyn Rodriguez, Asian American Studies

February 13, 2012
What is An Ethics of Nature?
MFA Thesis Choreographies Light Up Mondavi Center

February 6, 2012
Oliver Stone Participates in Q&A with UC Davis Students

January 30, 2012
CCI Awards Three Course Development Grants
Arts Initiative Introduces Faculty Showcase

January 23, 2012
Finding Visions for the Future of the UC by Looking to the Past
Art Studio Lecture Series Offers Window into Artistic Practice
Provost Presides over Launch of Oxford Handbook

January 17, 2012
Pivot Research Tool Connects Scholars and Grants

January 9, 2012
American Studies Professor Reflects on Dissent Lectures in POV
ARC Wins $20,000 UCHRI Award for Public Events

December 5, 2011
English Seminar Inspired by California Cultures Initiative
New Faculty Profile: Maceo Montoya

November 21, 2011
Film and Technocultural Studies Join Forces to form CaTS

November 14, 2011
Sherman Alexie’s “Diary” Spurs Community Conversations

November 7, 2011
Mellon Initiative Seeds New Work in Environments & Societies
Religious Studies Launches Graduate Degree

October 31, 2011
Civility Project Debuts Multimedia Works

October 24, 2011
Multi-Campus Research Group Asks: What is California Design?
California Cultures Initiative Launches Calls for Proposals

October 17, 2011
Sawyer Seminar to Bring International Scholars to UC Davis
UC Society of Fellows Announces Spring Meeting

October 10, 2011
Our Brains Online: Cathy Davidson Opens Chancellor’s Series
Rogues and Vagabonds Kick Off 2011-2012 Early Modern Events

October 3, 2011
Civility Project Registration Opens
Militarization Working Group Launches New Collaboration

October 3, 2011
What can humanists learn from gamers?

September 26, 2011
UC Davis Faculty Awards, 2011-2012

September 19, 2011
DHI is now home to the UC Davis Human Rights Initiative