Alexandra Lossada, a new faculty member in English, is a scholar of Latinx and Chicanx writing. She is at work on a book exploring the figure of the interpreter in post-9/11 literary works that depict detention, deportation, and family separation. Before coming to Berkeley, she taught at Berry College.
Why return to the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci? In a time of authoritarianism and environmental crisis, the Gramsci Working Group turns to a thinker who faced fascism by thinking across disciplines and genres, from the critique of political science to detective fiction.
Campus Humanities Events
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.