Humanities

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Humanities

Berserkers to bigfoot: Computational folklore explained in 101 seconds

By using computational methods to study folklore, UC Berkeley professor Tim Tangherlini is untangling the spread of conspiracies online, tracking pop music's meaning in Korea and more.

a map with 3D shadowing. The countries of the Middle East are in an orange hue whereas the other countries are black, and the ocean is blue. Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Iraq, and Jordan are a paler shade.

Humanities

How scholars in the Middle Eastern languages and cultures department understand a complex region

A wall in an art exhibition of replicas of many famous artworks, like van Gogh's Sunflowers and da Vinci's Mona Lisa

Arts & culture

Is a second ‘Mona Lisa’ still special? What about the thousandth?

Sarah Gold McBride and Christine Palmer face one another at a desk, smiling at each other, conveying their close friendship

Arts & culture

This class traces the evolution of American friendship

A group of seven UC Berkeley scholars stand in front of an art piece during their travel seminar to Senegal

Creative Berkeley scholars traverse the globe to experience international art

UC Berkeley architect Ronald Rael pictured next to an image that displays an example of earthen architecture.

Mud and robots: Why earthen architecture is the future

Poulomi Saha stands in front of a huge fireplace surrounded with decorative wrought iron.

Who decides the difference between a cult and a religion? The IRS

Two images side by side: on the left, two knights fight each other on horseback; on the right, the knight ask a woman for forgiveness after he killed her husband

Why did medieval readers kiss, smudge and deface their books?

Emily Thompson, clad in a cap and gown, holds her 2-year-old, Caspian, also wearing a small gown, while her other kid, River, stands next to her. She's smiling widely.

After wilderness therapy, this graduate found her own path at UC Berkeley

Two Berkeley professors receive prestigious Guggenheim fellowships

two images side by side: on the left, the cover of the book Open Socrates and on the right, Judith Butler and Agnes Callard in a conversation

Berkeley Talks: The case for a philosophical life, with Agnes Callard and Judith Butler

a multistory museum with a brown lattice exterior pictured at night, with a white obelisk rising in the background.

Executive actions aim to reshape America’s cultural institutions. UC Berkeley scholars react

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Watch a professor explain the internet’s series of subsea tubes in 101 seconds

Berkeley Talks: J Finley on how Black women use sass to claim their humanity

the Ratliff family of two parents and three adult children walk in the sun

Ahead of ‘The White Lotus’ finale, Berkeley professor unpacks show’s Freudian themes and fantasies

Ethnic Studies marks its PhD program’s 40th anniversary

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