Mary Hancock, a cultural anthropologist at UC Santa Barbara, is one of 23 distinguished scholars to be appointed a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.
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Letters and Science, Philosophy
Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker, whose books have won numerous prizes, will open a four-day conference on the philosophy of the mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara, with "So How Does the Mind Work?" at 5 p.m.
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Chicano Studies
At an age when most people would be content to reflect upon their accomplishments, 95-year-old Luis Leal, professor of Chicano Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has published another book.
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Letters and Science, Chicano Studies
The University of California has approved a proposal by UC Santa Barbara to establish the nation's first doctoral program in Chicano studies.
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Letters and Science, Religious Studies
Best known as a literary theorist and as the father of deconstruction, philosopher Jacques Derrida also has devoted much of his career to the contemplation of religion.
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Letters and Science, Religious Studies
Americans are among the most diverse people in the world, a heterogeneous mix of all the world's races, cultures, and beliefs.
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Letters and Science, Political Science
An engaged citizenry is crucial to the success of a democratic society.
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Letters and Science, Spanish and Portuguese
Ellen McCracken, a professor of Spanish at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to write a book on the life and works of Fray Angélico Chávez.
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Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
Faculty and graduate students from UC Santa Barbara's Gevirtz Graduate School of Education will be presenting research papers at the annual American Educational Research Association (AERA) meeting in Chicago April 21-25 on a wide range of...
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Letters and Science, Religious Studies
Catherine Albanese, a professor of religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been awarded a prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship to continue work on a book about metaphysical religion in the United...
