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Office of the Dean
Division of Arts and Humanities
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive # 0406
La Jolla, CA 92093-0406
tel: (858) 534-6270
fax: (858) 534-0091
dean-ah@ucsd.edu
UCSD Division of Arts and Humanities
News & Notables
Music graduate student and composer Bryan Christian wins prestigious commission
from the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University. (2.17.10)
Playwrights Project, the San Diego theater-education organization, rolls out its annual “Plays by Young Writers” festival this week at the Lyceum Theatre. Two of this year's judges are UCSD
Theatre founder Arthur Wagner and DAH associate dean Judith Dolan.(2.17.10)
Art history is repeating itself at UCSD, where grads and faculty are hogging the art-school headlines, from museum showcases of standout grads to a high-tech detective hunting for a lost Leonardo. (2.17.10)
History Professors in the news: Robert Edelman in The Vancouver Sun and Michael Parrish in the San Diego Union Tribune. (2.12.10)
Three members of our faculty are recipients of a 2009-10 Chancellors' Associates Faculty Excellence Award: Samuel Rickless (Philosophy) for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Lisa Lowe (Literature) for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, and Naomi Iizuka (Theatre and Dance) for Excellence in Performing and Visual Arts. (2.10.10)
Calit2 names Christopher Ashley as its first Director in Residence. Ashley also holds the 2010 Quinn Martin Guest Chair in Directing in the Department of Theatre and Dance, and he has served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director since October 2007. (2.8.10)
UC San Diego will celebrate Black History Month during February with a series of programs and activities focusing on the achievements of African Americans. (2.04.10)
Poet and Literature Professor Rae Armantrout has been nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Prize for her book entitled Versed. The National Book Critics Circle is a nonprofit organization
consisting of more than 600 active book reviewers who are interested in honoring
quality writing and communicating with one another about common concerns. (1.26.10) If you know a music lover, the Department of Music has a gift opportunity
that is hard to resist this holiday
season. Just $200 will reserve a named seat in the acoustically perfect Conrad
Prebys Concert Hall on the campus of UC San Diego—a unique gift that will honor
friends and family for a lifetime. (12.07.09)
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