humanities

Arts & culture

Why we still can’t get enough of Shakespeare after all these centuries

UC Berkeley Professor Oliver Arnold explores the 16th‑century playwright’s enduring appeal and the way ‘Hamnet’ imagines a small‑town son of a glovemaker becoming a global icon.

Humanities

The Nordic folklore behind the Joffrey Ballet’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Humanities

The U.S. housing crisis looms large. Could a Thai model help solve it? - Audio

Arts & culture

How Emily Dickinson’s musical poetry pushes us to live more expansively

In 18th‑century China, these artists made Europeans’ portraits. Only now are their identities emerging.

Berkeley Talks: Ramzi Fawaz on the psychedelic power of the humanities - Audio

This Berkeley professor is exposing the hidden physical toll of our digital world

Come in, sit, stay a while: How alum Sarah Cain invites visitors into her paintings

How Greek myths and Hollywood hits can help us understand AI today

23 boxes and a suitcase full of tapes: How a linguist’s lifelong work is shaping Indigenous language today

What history scholar Carlos Noreña is trying to discover about the Roman Empire

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

Do vowels have colors? According to some with synesthesia, yes.

Berkeley Voices: From Victorian-era letters to Swiftie bracelets, an evolution of American friendship - Audio

Berkeley Voices: As crises escalate, so does our fascination with cults - Audio

Berkeley Talks: Computational folklorist on how storytelling becomes belief - Audio

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