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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We are grateful to Chancellor and Mrs. Assanis and Dean Berry for visiting our Open House and helping us inaugurate our 2026-27 programming year. Visit our website for more information: www.ihc.ucsb.edu/.

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Read more about our Finding Fiesta exhibit in The Current: news.ucsb.edu/2026/022852/.... The exhibit is open 12–4 p.m., Thursday-Sunday, and runs through Sunday, Oct. 25, at Casa de la Guerra. Thanks to @sbthp and @ucsblibrary and those who participated in creating artwork for this event.

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🚨 Faculty Funding Opportunities 🚨 UCSB faculty can apply for fellowships and grants to support collaborative, interdisciplinary projects. Apply by Monday, 11/16! Learn more and apply: www.ihc.ucsb.edu/research-sup...

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This engagement has given Mingyi a valuable opportunity to explore how social media can foster connection and help build an inclusive community. Learn more about the Public Humanities Graduate Fellows Program: bit.ly/IHC-PHGFP

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In this role, she creates content for the café’s Instagram account, designs posters for community events, and conducts interviews highlighting the experiences of community members.

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Public Humanities Graduate Fellows are nearing the completion of their summer internships with local non-profits! Mingyi has been serving as a Social Media Fellow at State of Mind Café, a non-profit organization dedicated to the disability community and the broader pursuit of belonging.

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

He has also been utilizing his academic training to expand public knowledge and place-based public programming through the Asian American Film Series and the Indigenous Film Series. Learn more about the Public Humanities Graduate Fellows Program: bit.ly/IHC-PHGFP 3/3

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Maisnam has been developing public education materials about the lesser-known histories of the Indigenous Chumash people and the Asian American community of the Presidio neighborhood for the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation. 2/3

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Public Humanities Graduate Fellows are nearing the completion of their summer internships with local non-profits! 1/3

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Join us for the IHC's Open House on October 1! Meet new faculty and IHC fellows, learn about IHC events, programs, and funding opportunities, and enjoy good food, drink, music, and conversation. We hope to see you there! Learn more: www.ihc.ucsb.edu/event/ihc-op...

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

She has been excited to apply her research and communication skills by gathering information about community needs and promoting the café's wide-ranging activities to the public. Learn more about the Public Humanities Graduate Fellows Program: bit.ly/IHC-PHGFP 2/2

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Public Humanities Graduate Fellows are nearing the completion of their summer internships with local non-profits! Katya has been developing public messaging and programming for State of Mind Café, Santa Barbara’s first fully accessible non-profit coffee shop, which is set to open this December. 1/2

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

DEADLINE EXTENDED Submit your artwork for the IHC's Platform gallery by September 4th! Learn more about the gallery and this year's theme, Bodies Politic: www.ihc.ucsb.edu/platformgall...

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🚨 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...

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

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...

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Next up: PIQ writing workshops. We are building their futures together.

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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.

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Prior to this role, she spent 26 years as a prison educator, where she served as a GED instructor, a high school diploma unit recovery program coordinator, and a college coordinator. (2/2)

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

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.

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

At Rutgers University – New Brunswick, she launched a campus-wide program that taught students to draw upon diverse arts practices to maintain and enrich their social and emotional well-being. (2/2)

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

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)

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

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!

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🚨 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

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

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!

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

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

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

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!

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

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

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

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...

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

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

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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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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

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.

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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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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

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

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

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

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

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

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

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

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

“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.

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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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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

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...

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

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!

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

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

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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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