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by Sean Brenner | December 15, 2025. This obituary was originally shared on the UCLA Humanities Division website.  Efrain Kristal, a distinguished professor of comparative literature and of Spanish and Portuguese, died…

  This story was originally posted on the Humanities Division website.  By Sean Brenner | December 3, 2025 Four Humanities Division professors are among the first recipients of new UCLA grants intended…

Seven scholars whose research interests span centuries, languages, cultures and continents have joined the Humanities Division faculty for the 2025–26 academic year.

As we welcome our newest professors, here are profiles of their areas of inquiry and a preview of the courses they plan to teach.

In a new episode of the UCLA College podcast “Tell Us What You Know,” Jennifer Noji is one of three Bruin scholars who speak about the unique ways in which their specific research focus sheds light on the human mind.

Sophia Zhao graduated from UCLA in June with a degree in neuroscience and a minor in comparative literature. This piece was originally featured on the UCLA Humanities site and the UCLA Newsroom.

I stumbled upon the class “Medical Humanities in Comparative Contexts: Health and Illness,” taught by Professor Whitney Arnold, in my sophomore year at UCLA.

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Reposted from UCLA Humanities website Sean Brenner | April 14, 2025 Award-winning author, journalist, editor, artist and teacher Carribean Fragoza will be the keynote speaker for the 2025 UCLA Humanities Division commencement ceremony…

What does it look like when faculty lead the charge in building AI-powered learning tools—without losing their human-centered roots? In this live episode from the AI Show at the ASU+GSV Summit,…

From the Prize Committee: Jennifer Noji’s article offers an innovative conceptualization of reader address, thus providing profound insights into the ethical dimensions of reading and illustrating the sociopolitical potential of…