UCSB Humanities and Fine Arts

GAUCHO GOLD! 🏆 Huge congrats to @famstucsb alum Andy Jurgensen ’04 for winning the #Oscar for Best Editing for "One Battle After Another"! From the Pollock Theater to Hollywood’s biggest night—we couldn't be prouder! Read more: keyt.com/news/top-stori… #Oscars2026 @ucsantabarbara

Andy Jurgensen makes the final cut! Congratulations on the Oscar for Best Film Editing! #Oscars

Catch @ucsantabarbara Prof & Carsey-Wolf Interim Director Ross Melnick tonight at 10pm PT on @CNN! He discusses the high-stakes world of Oscar campaigning in the new FlashDoc "Hollywood and the Oscars: Still Golden?" Stream it now: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2026/03/06/cnn…

⏳ 48 HOURS LEFT! The 2026 UCSB Creativity Contest closes this Sunday, March 15 at 11:59 pm. We want to see your visual art, writing, music, theater, and more! 🔗 Submit your work here: ucsbcreativitycontest.assemblage.place/home #UCSBHFA #UCSBArts #GauchoCreators

Did you know many movie theaters originally banned popcorn? 🍿 Great read in @WSJ by @HeidiSMitchell featuring Carsey-Wolf Center Interim Director and @famstucsb Professor Ross Melnick. 🔗 wsj.com/arts-culture/f…

Big night at the Thunderdome! Great to see Religious Studies Chair Juan E. Campo recognized at center court during HFA Gaucho Appreciation Night. 🏀💛💙 #GoGauchos @UCSBathletics @UCSB_WBB @ucsantabarbara

"Too long have others spoken for us." — Freedom's Journal (1827). This project combines machine learning with public crowdsourcing to ensure early Black journalists' voices are heard. Proud to join the inaugural #HAVI2025 cohort! (Image Credit: Fitsum Beyene) @schmidtsciences

BREAKING: @ucsantabarbara Prof. Jim Casey awarded $750k from @schmidtsciences to lead national AI & Black History coalition! 📰🤖 The team will use community-centered AI to digitize & recover scattered 19th-century Black press archives. Read more: hfa.ucsb.edu/news/schmidt-s…

@mathildepapillo @geometric_intel @UCSB Congrats, Mathilde! 👏

Really enjoyed this recent interview on my work with the Dodgers and how the @geometric_intel lab prepared me for it! Thank you for having me @UCSB⚾️ Check it out here science.ucsb.edu/news/geometry-…

Love seeing this intersection of disciplines! ⚾️ 📐@mathildepapillo's work with the @Dodgers is a home run for #InterdisciplinaryResearch. Proof that #UCSB scholars are changing the game (literally). 💙💛

The Public Voices Fellowship has helped faculty publish 90 op-eds in 35+ major outlets. Congrats to the '25 cohort for their incredible work reaching millions of readers!✍️ UCSB faculty, want to share your expertise with the world? Apply for 2026 today! hfa.ucsb.edu/news/scholars-…

Congrats to our very own Prof. Catherine Nesci for her fantastic interview on @franceculture! She joined the "Avec philosophie" podcast to discuss the "tyranny of urgency" and the power of flânerie (strolling) as resistance. 🎧 Listen here: radiofrance.fr/franceculture/… @ucsantabarbara

Professor Giuliana Perrone from @ucsantabarbara's Department of History wrote an op-ed in the @latimes about the federal government’s $1 billion request from UCLA and its potential impact on California’s public university system. latimes.com/opinion/story/… #StandUpForUC

Beep, bop, boop… the sound of the ‘90s, says @ucsantabarbara tech historian Prof. W. Patrick McCray in @NPR. He was interviewed on the rise and fall of AOL’s iconic dial-up internet, giving us a nostalgic look back at the early days of connecting online. npr.org/2025/08/12/nx-…

What can a 1906 spiritual revival in a Los Angeles horse stable teach us about democracy today? In @latimes Opinion Voices, @ucsantabarbara Prof. Cori Tucker-Price shows how faith, migration & moral courage have shaped — and still shape — democratic life. latimes.com/opinion/story/…

On April 9, the UCSB Music Department hosted renowned Balkan musicians Tzvetanka and Ivan Varimezovi for the World Music Series at the UCSB Music Bowl. The husband-and-wife duo previously co-directed the UCLA Balkan Ensemble for over 20 years.

Five years after COVID-19’s initial outbreak across the U.S., Letty García, Nomi Morris and Nathan Roberts from HFA gathered to unpack its impacts on film, the performing arts, writing and academia for a UC Santa Barbara audience. shorturl.at/f4tUT

Religious Studies Professor Aazam Feiz and her students at UCSB held a vibrant potluck to celebrate Persian cuisine, culture, and connection. The event shows the true power of food to bring people together. Check out our video using the link: youtu.be/X4Y3SgK194Y?si…

The UCSB M.A.T. Glass Box Gallery student showcase took place last week on Thurs. January 16th.

Join us in the Student Resource Building Multipurpose Room on Tuesday, January 18th, for a panel discussion featuring academic scholars who will explore the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.