Juliana Ramírez Herrera, a new faculty member in History of Art, specializes in the arts and archaeology of the Indigenous Americas. She addresses the relationship between Indigenous material culture and Western art history, with a special interest in the ethical challenges of researching material that is primarily looted.
The Townsend Center is pleased to support Clio’s Scroll, the Berkeley undergraduate history journal, which celebrates its 45th anniversary. Produced twice yearly by students in the Department of History, the journal provides undergraduates with the opportunity to publish outstanding historical scholarship.
Arts & Humanities Dean Sara Guyer was reappointed for a second term after leading transformative growth in Berkeley’s programs. Under her leadership, the division has hired 50 faculty members, expanded research initiatives, increased undergraduate majors by 47%, and raised over $83 million — all while positioning the arts and humanities as essential to the university and public life.