Arts & Humanities

The Berkeley chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society has made its first round of invitations to Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 graduates to join the liberal arts and sciences honors society founded in 1776. Over 700 seniors, almost all from the College of Letters & Science, are receiving emails notifying them of selection and detailing how to join.

If you are a Berkeley student and receive an invitation, please be sure to consider joining.

Fee waivers to cover the enrollment fee are available for those who face financial...

On 31 March 1817 the New York legislature decided that enslavement within its borders had to come to an end. Final emancipation would occur on 4 July 1827. Coincidentally, the date of choice was almost exactly two centuries after the Dutch West India Company’s yacht Bruynvisch arrived at Manhattan on 29 August 1627. The ship transported the first group of...

When Lenora Lee, an artistic director, dancer and choreographer, debuted Within These Walls in 2017, she had no idea what the impact would be on the audience.

Lenora Lee first debuted Within These Walls in 2017. Now, it’s the 2023 Berkeley Dance Project, presented in conjunction with a Year On Angel Island. (Photo by Hien Huynh)

The immersive work was performed...

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) creates an environment in a foreign country to efficiently and effectively learn a new language. Housing, meals, and paperwork are taken care of so that scholars can focus all their energy on learning a new language and being immersed in the country. CLS recipients have proven, in my case, that the Turkish language can help them in their academic and career development. This makes the cohort...