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Office of the Dean
Division of Arts and Humanities
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive # 0406
La Jolla, CA 92093-0406

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UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities

News & Notables


Congratulations to Visual Arts student Reinhart Selvik, who has been awarded a coveted graduate fellowship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. (5.24.13)
The UC San Diego Graduate Student Association selected Visual Arts Professor Lesley Stern as the recipient of the 2013 Community Award for Faculty Graduate Teaching.(5.24.13)
Literature Professor and Dean Seth Lerer on KPBS Radio "Midday Edition" and "Evening Edition," talked about the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination and the Starship Century Symposium. (5.22.13)
History Professor Naomi Oreskes interviewed on KPBS Radio "Midday Edition" regarding climate change. (5.20.13)
On May 18, Theatre & Dance will be celebrating its 40th anniversary and honoring Arthur Wagner, founding chair of the department, for a legacy of innovative work. (5.17.13)

Visual Arts Professor Teddy Cruz is a recipient of the 2013 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Architecture. (5.17.13)
Literature Professor Emeritus David K. Crowne, an expert on English poetry of the Great War, passed away on May 12. He joined the Department in 1964 and served as chair in 1982-85. A memorial celebration will be held on June 15, 2013. (5.17.13)
Literature Professor Ben Doller has been selected as one of the 2013-14 Hellman Faculty Fellows. This valuable program provides financial support to young faculty who show the capacity for great distinction in their research and creative activities. (5.13.13)
Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination will celebrate its opening this May with a symposium series that explores the future of starships, and features some of the best known figures in science and science fiction. (5.2.13) Updates: (5.9.13) (5.21.13) (5.22.13) (5.23.13)

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New Publications



Prospero's Son: Life, Books, Love, and Theatre

by Seth Lerer, Dean-Arts and Humanities,
Department of Literature; Reading and book signing at Warwick's on May 7 at 7:30 p.m.


Writing Mexican History
by Eric Van Young,
Department of History

Just Saying
by Rae Armantrout,
Department of Literature;