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UCI’s Special Collections & Archives

The main floor of Langson Library currently hosts an exhibition celebrating the 60th anniversary of UC Irvine. Scans and copies of significant documents appear...

UCI museum explores past through gardening and portraits

Michaëla Mohrmann, curator at UC Irvine’s Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art (IMCA), led California art enthusiasts on a guided...

The undervalued humanities

Often dismissed as soft or easy, the academic pursuits associated with humanities are deeply undervalued in today’s world. As the number of students enrolling...

History movies aren’t history books

Whether recreating a monumental event or reanimating a historical figure on screen, history films offer a tantalizing prospect: truth. It’s alluring to believe that...

The Philippines’ Historical Revisionism Reflects A Growing Global Erasure of Facts

Following the 2022 Philippine elections and the rise of the Marcos family to power, a bigger issue has been spotlighted within the Filipino community: historical revisionism or the reinterpretation of historical events.

Actress Anna May Wong Makes History as the First Asian American Featured on the U.S. Quarter

Anna May Wong — who is considered to be the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood during the 1920s and 30s — is...

KABA Celebrates Filipino-American History Month

Filipino-American History Month (FAHM) is celebrated in the United States during the month of October.  This month-long commemoration honors the first Filipino immigrants to arrive...

Why Are Iranian Women Being Siphoned Out of Their Own History

With this attention has come worldwide civilian commentary about the state of Iran and its religion. However, the one group that seems to be excluded from this discourse is Iranian women themselves.

OCHC Hosts Annual Black History and Unity Festival

The Orange County Heritage Council (OCHC) held the 42nd annual Black History and Unity Festival in Anaheim as part of the OC Car and...

Three OC Visual Arts Organizations Receive $300,000 in Grants From the Getty Foundation

The Laguna Art Museum (LAM), the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) and the Beall Center for Art and Technology at UCI will each...

The Life and Times of Peter the Anteater

By Ashley Alvarez Commencement is in the air! As Peter the Anteater prepares to bid the graduating class of 2018 farewell, he concurrently prepares to welcome...

A Piece of Time: Professor Kopstein Talks About the Fall of the Berlin Wall

by Elyse Joseph As news spread of the fall of the Berlin Wall in November of 1989, as Eastern and Western Germans — now known...

Voices of UCI’s Past

by Jessica Resendez When school assignments call for research these days, the typical response is to fish for information online. Sure, scholarly articles and eBooks...

War Diaries Exhibit Portrays Piece of the Veteran Experience

by Roy Lyle In 2003, Tim McLaughlin was shipped overseas to invade Iraq, Peter Maass was sent to write about the invasion by New York...

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