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Department of Art MFA students to debut 'Fault Lines' exhibition at AD&A Museum

Graduating Master of Fine Arts students from the UC Santa Barbara Department of Art will showcase their dynamic final projects in the upcoming "Fault Lines" exhibition at the campus Art, Design & Architecture Museum.

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.

New LAUNCH PAD play explores activism and civil disorder from the confines of a yoga studio

Award-winning playwright Melinda Lopez brings her new play "Standing Still" to UC Santa Barbara's LAUNCH PAD, exploring themes of activism and democracy through the lens of a weekly yoga class.

Two UC Santa Barbara doctoral students named 2026 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellows

Becca Hamilton and Chelsea Kai Roesch receive prestigious national funding to pursue unconventional humanities research. 

Ph.D. candidates Becca Hamilton (left) and Chelsea Kai Roesch (right) have been named 2026 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellows.

Shaping the national conversation: UC Santa Barbara announces third cohort of Public Voices Fellows.

Through a year-long partnership with The OpEd Project, 21 UC Santa Barbara faculty members will translate their academic research into national impact and shape public discourse.

Department of English Chair co-curates library exhibition exploring the infinite variety of Shakespeare’s texts

UC Santa Barbara Department of English Chair James Kearney has co-curated "Infinite Variety," a new exhibition at the UCSB Library showcasing rare Shakespeare folios, scripts and historical artifacts that highlight the playwright's enduring cultural legacy.

Associate Professor David Novak awarded prestigious ACLS fellowship

Backed by a prestigious ACLS fellowship, ethnomusicologist David Novak is completing a new book that explores how collectors and activists across the Global South use independent archives of physical media to preserve transnational sonic memory.

Department of Art Chair Shana Moulton details creative process at Humanities Decanted

UC Santa Barbara Department of Art Chair Shana Moulton recently presented her surreal, multi-media performance work, including her MoMA exhibition, at the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center.