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Thoreau Edition publishes final volume of Henry David Thoreau’s correspondence

The UC Santa Barbara Library’s Thoreau Edition has published the third and final volume of “The Correspondence of Henry D. Thoreau,” a scholarly edition covering the author’s final years. The publication coincides with renewed attention to Thoreau through a PBS documentary produced by Ken Burns and Don Henley.

Arts, dance and public humanities highlighted in chancellor’s inauguration events

Events marking the inauguration of Chancellor Dennis Assanis highlighted the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts through a UCSB Dance Company performance and references to campus strengths in film, public humanities and library scholarship.

Five HFA faculty and graduate students honored with 2025-26 Academic Senate awards

Recognizing excellence in teaching, diversity and student mentorship across UC Santa Barbara’s Division of Humanities and Fine Arts.

Threads of survival: One doctoral candidate reframes histories of conflict

UC Santa Barbara doctoral candidate Alida Jekabson explores how craft and textiles carry memory, identity and survival through war, displacement and resettlement.

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