humanities

Philosopher Paul Taylor has a unique story to tell — about comedy, Hallmark movies and Black aesthetics in the U.S.

All across campus, UCLA faculty and staff are preserving endangered pieces of cultural heritage, allowing us to better understand our world — and our place in it. 

The linguistics professor studies how children from a wide range of backgrounds learn speech and language from their environments.

The textbook for Zrinka Stahuljak’s winter 2025 course is generated by the Kudu platform.

In his new book and a Dec. 3 lecture, William Schniedewind offers bold new answers to the eternally fascinating question.

Alumnus Tom Bye and husband David Bohne continue to celebrate a linguistics love story.

He joined UCLA in 1966 as an assistant professor of English and in 1978, he became a full professor and English department chair.

We challenged ChatGPT to write narratives about UCLA in the style of two iconic 20th-century authors. Here’s what it came up with.

The executive and philanthropist’s gift, which will support the Japan Past & Present initiative, is the largest in the history of the Humanities Division.

UCLAの人文科学部への寄付として過去最高額。

The article draws upon the experience of falling in love to rebut a premise about how people make choices in pursuit of fulfillment.

Live performances, which are free to the public, will take place at the UCLA Nimoy Theater from Sept. 12 to 17.

The annual award honors a mid-career faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching, research and service.

“Grand Theft Eco” considers the city’s environmental future, along with economic and social justice issues.

By transcribing a once-forgotten scientist’s writings, a UCLA doctoral candidate is teaching students about female representation in STEM.

He plans to use his grant to support the writing of his next novel, which considers the role of triadic relations in structuring life.

Even among other leading lights in his field, Loukota’s extraordinary talent for learning, understanding and analyzing languages stood out.

A forthcoming anthology showcases the genius of UCLA’s master bard.

A UCLA-led project aims to increase the availability of Spanish-language neuroscience research.

UCLA alumna Carribean Fragoza wins the prestigious Whiting Award.

How Bruins are shining new light on one of the world’s oldest and most mysterious publications.

McClure, a UCLA professor of political science, English and comparative literature, died Dec. 21, 2023.

The UCLA senior’s first novel, “Arya Khanna’s Bollywood Moment,” is scheduled to be published in January.

UCLA scholars contributed to Getty project, which makes 16th-century Indigenous Mexican knowledge and culture available online.

A UCLA doctoral student imagines how the giants of British literature might react to the world’s most famous doll.