Shu-han Luo is a new faculty member in English who specializes in medieval literature.
She is at work on a book that examines Old English poetry, Tang Chinese verse, and later imperial commentary in an effort to deepen our understanding of aesthetic experience in early medieval England.
This semester she teaches Introduction to Old English, which gives students the tools to read the earliest texts written in English — including heroic poetry, travel narratives, and riddles.
The Critical Approaches to Russia's "Peripheries" working group focuses on the relationship of Russia to its so-called "peripheries."
It considers the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and post-Soviet countries alongside Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Siberia/the Russian Far East, to query the linkages and discontinuities that constitute Russia’s “near abroad.”
Faculty Books
Bear's-Eye View is a chronicle of students' engagement with the vibrant humanities culture at the Townsend Center and across the Berkeley campus. Each semester our undergraduate humanities writer soaks up the wealth of humanities events and writes about what they've learned.
Our Fall 2024 writer was Grace Nelligan, a senior from San Francisco. She tackled topics including the unsung Dust Bowl writer Sanora Babb, Weimar cinema, and art historian Alexander Nemerov.