University of California, Irvine, School of Humanities publications, 1969-2006

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
University of California, Irvine. School of Humanities
Abstract:
The collection comprises publications of the University of California, Irvine, School of Humanities and its departments and programs. It includes promotional brochures, event fliers, manuals, newsletters, course descriptions, and student literary journals.
Extent:
2 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

University of California, Irvine, School of Humanities publications. PS-053. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection documents the activities, events, academic requirements, and course offerings of the University of California, Irvine, School of Humanities and its departments and programs. It contains publications from all programs and divisions of the School of Humanities except for the Department of English and Comparative Literature. Included are promotional brochures, event fliers, manuals, newsletters, course descriptions, and student literary journals.

Biographical / historical:

The Division of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine was founded in 1965 with Departments of English, Foreign Languages and Literatures, History, and Philosophy. The name changed to the School of Humanities in 1968. Over time new departments were formed and new majors added.

As of 2007 the School included 12 departments and nearly 30 majors and interdisciplinary programs. The School strives to offer a diverse curriculum to help students develop an understanding of global cultures. Students can choose majors and minors in African American studies, art history, Asian American studies, East Asian languages and literatures, classics, comparative literature, English, European studies, film and media studies, French, German, global cultures, history, humanities and arts, humanities and law, Italian studies, Latin American studies, literary journalism, philosophy, Portuguese, queer studies, religious studies, Russian studies, Spanish, visual studies (graduate only) and women's studies. Courses in 16 languages are offered.

The School of Humanities also sponsors a number of special programs. Humanities Out There (HOT) offers workshops for intermediate and high school students. The California History-Social Science Project works with high school teachers to improve and innovate history curricula. The Humanities Internship Program employs humanities undergraduates in businesses and nonprofit organizations in Orange County, California.

Chronology
Date Event
1965
The Division of Humanities was founded along with the Departments of English, Foreign Languages and Literatures, History, and Philosophy. There was also an Interdepartmental Program in Comparative Literature.
1967
The Department of English and the Interdepartmental Program in Comparative Literature combined to become the Department of English and Comparative Literature.
1968
The name changed from Division of Humanities to School of Humanities. The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures dissolved. The Department of Classics was founded.
1969
The Department of French and Italian, the Department of German and Russian, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese were founded.
1970
The Program in Linguistics was founded.
1972
The Department of German and Russian split into the Department of German and the Program in Russian.
1976
The Program in Hebrew and Judaic Studies was founded.
1987
The Program in Film Studies was founded.
1990
The Department of East Asian Languages and Literature was founded.
1991
The Program in Linguistics moved to School of Social Sciences.
1992
The Interdisciplinary Program in Women's Studies and the Interdisciplinary Program in African American Studies were founded
1993
The Interdisciplinary Studies Program in Asian American Studies was founded.
1995
The Department of Art History moved from the School of Fine Arts to the School of Humanities.
1997
Humanities Out There (HOT) was founded.
1999
The Graduate Program in Visual Studies, a joint program between Art History and Film and Media Studies, was founded.
2000
Interdisciplinary programs in women's studies, African American studies, and Asian American studies moved from Interdisciplinary Studies to the School of Humanities. The minor in Latin American Studies moved from Interdisciplinary Studies to the School of Humanities to become the Interdisciplinary Minor in Latin American Studies.
2001
The Undergraduate Program in European Studies was founded.
2002
The Undergraduate Program in Global Cultures, the joint program between Claire Trevor School of the Arts and School of Humanities, and the Department of Asian American Studies were founded.
2003
The Department of Film and Media Studies was founded.
2005
The Department of English and Comparative Literature split into independent departments.
2004
The Program in Hebrew and Judaic Studies ceased.
2006
The Group for the Study of Early Cultures was founded. The Interdisciplinary Program in Religious Studies moved from Interdisciplinary Studies to the School of Humanities to become the Program in Religious Studies.
2007
The Interdisciplinary Program in Jewish Studies was founded.
Acquisition information:
Acquired periodically from the School of Humanities.
Processing information:

Processed by Jeanine Scaramozzino in 2007.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by division or department, then chronologically or by format as appropriate. Some titles are shelved separately in Special Collections and Archives and described individually in UCI's online catalog Library Search.

Accruals:

Additional material is expected.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights and copyright reside with the University of California. In certain publications, literary rights are retained by the creators and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the University Archivist.

Preferred citation:

University of California, Irvine, School of Humanities publications. PS-053. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Location of this collection:
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries, P.O. Box 19557
Irvine, CA 92623-9557, US
Contact:
(949) 824-3947