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Featured Initiatives

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UC Underrepresented Scholars Fellowship Program
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UCHRI Manuscript Workshop and Research Development Program
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Climate Action and WUICAN
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Introduction: Foundry AI Paradigm Series

Jaimey Fisher (AI Paradigm 1/5) introduces the AI Paradigm: From Personhood to Power series.

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Toward a Critical Theory of Active Language in the Age of “Generative AI”

Lauren Goodlad (AI Paradigm 2/5) advances a theory of language use and writing in the age of AI.

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AI Mania

Lisa Parks (AI Paradigm 3/5) discusses the wonder and dread associated with AI.

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Featured Events

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Sustenance Conversations: On Hunger
Mar 5, 2026
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Latest News

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UCHRI Welcomes Lucy Fang, Graduate Student Researcher

I am a PhD Candidate in English at UC Irvine with interests in early 20th-century Asian/American literature, historical materialism, and the novel. My dissertation is supported in part by Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and examines Chinese North American novels between 1931 and 1955 as they mediate racial form and Asian/American literary history. »

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UCHRI Welcomes a New Director: Jaimey Fisher

As I begin my five-year term as director of UCHRI, I think back to the many achievements of UCHRI and the UC Humanities Network—it has been incredibly inspiring to collaborate with colleagues around the system and to contribute to the dynamic work being done far and wide in our state. This kind of active and »

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Interim Director Julia Lupton on Relationships, Sustenance, and the Art of Listening

Julia Reinhard Lupton served as Interim Director of UCHRI from 2022 until 2025. As a Distinguished Professor of English at UC Irvine, she also served as Associate Dean for Research, directed the Humanities Commons, and created the Illuminations program. She continues to co-direct the New Swan Shakespeare Center, which she co-founded with Eli Simon. The »

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