Arts and humanities

An image of the Pulitzer Prize medal shows the front and the back. The medal is gold, with the image of Ben Franklin on one side and on the back is someone operating a printing press.

Arts & culture

Six UC Berkeley alumni named 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners

Also honored were Pulitzer finalists from Berkeley Journalism — several alumni, a faculty member and the Investigative Reporting Program.

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

Arts & culture

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

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

Berkeley Voices: Fakes, replicas and forgeries: What counts as art?

Fiona McFarlane juxtaposed next to the cover of her book Highway 13

Arts & culture

In 12 short stories, ‘Highway Thirteen’ traces the ripple effects of one man’s violence

A performance on stage of the chamber opera The Great Yes, The Great No. There is a projected image of a woman on a backdrop with three performers with spotlights on them in three corners of the stage.

William Kentridge’s ‘The Great Yes, The Great No’ is a voyage of chaos and creativity

An illustration shows a man being manipulated like a string puppet by a disembodied hand.

Why conspiracies are so popular — and what we can do to stop them

A robotic hand types on a computer keyboard, signifying the advances in AI technology's ability to be creative and craft stories.

Don’t worry. Study shows you’re likely a more creative writer than ChatGPT. For now.

A student reads a book in a campus library and is sitting at a large wooden table.

World Humanities Report, directed by UC Berkeley’s Sara Guyer, warns of extinction risk to human knowledge

Circle-shaped headshots of Jennifer Redfearn and John Connelly, UC Berkeley's newest recipients of Guggenheim Fellowships, are in shades of blue.

UC Berkeley historian, documentary filmmaker are 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

Two students smile as they speak into a microphone while sitting at a table. They are also wearing headphones and speaking as part of a podcast.

No longer forgotten: Berkeley researchers innovate to shine light on hidden histories