SCU Center for the Arts and Humanities

SCU Center for the Arts and Humanities Celebrating the arts and humanities through creative, intellectual, and experiential learning at Santa Clara University's College of Arts and Sciences.

It's still summer, but it's not too early to sign up for our annual CAH Pop-Up Event in celebration of national arts & ...
08/21/2026

It's still summer, but it's not too early to sign up for our annual CAH Pop-Up Event in celebration of national arts & humanities month! In past years, attendees have had the opportunity to participate in the arts and humanities in various ways, including sharing their favorite lines from a piece of writing or music, taking digital photos with friends, painting rocks, designing tote bags, creating beaded bracelets, and writing original flash writing pieces alongside campus creative writers. We look forward to all these and more in 2026.

This is a fun opportunity to learn more about the activities your peers, and friends are involved in, and in the process, learn more about the arts and humanities at SCU! It's also a fantastic opportunity to advertise upcoming events or meetings for your own organization and increase your visibility at the beginning of the year.

The Pop-Up will be held on Friday, October 23rd from 11am-3pm on Benson Plaza and Alameda Lawn A. If you are interested in tabling or performing, please fill out the interest form here: https://bit.ly/49Aym6t . To attend, you can register here: bit.ly/3RFWlem or just show up! You can also reach out to [email protected] with any questions.

Department of English Chair Kirstyn Leuner discusses the art of manual printing and its impact on creativity, censorship...
08/19/2026

Department of English Chair Kirstyn Leuner discusses the art of manual printing and its impact on creativity, censorship, and collaboration.

08/04/2026

Six Santa Clara student fellows presented interdisciplinary research at this year’s Center for the Arts and Humanities showcase, including projects on music therapy and augmented-reality based storytelling.

The SCU Digital Humanities Initiative invites you to its 11th Annual DHI Student Showcase on May 28, Thursday, 1-2.30 pm...
05/27/2026

The SCU Digital Humanities Initiative invites you to its 11th Annual DHI Student Showcase on May 28, Thursday, 1-2.30 pm in California Mission Room in Benson basement, featuring and celebrating student projects from across campus. The Digital Humanities Initiative is engaged with scholarship and creative work in innovative digital forms as well as societal examinations of technology.

Please stop by to support students and check out their work. This Showcase is meant to be interactive! It will be great to have your engagement!

Come out to the Forge Gardens today, Wednesday, May 27th for a mural reveal party! SCU students will present live music,...
05/27/2026

Come out to the Forge Gardens today, Wednesday, May 27th for a mural reveal party! SCU students will present live music, poetry, and art! Free Chipotle and bundt cakes will also be provided. You won't want to miss this joyful event. Please direct any accommodation requests to [email protected].

Brown Bag Series in the Humanities presents:Tim Myers (English)Wednesday, May 27 at 11:45-12:50 PM in Learning Commons 1...
05/26/2026

Brown Bag Series in the Humanities presents:

Tim Myers (English)

Wednesday, May 27 at 11:45-12:50 PM in Learning Commons 129

ChatGPT and Teaching Writing: There's a Way to Handle It!

The sudden explosion of ChatGPT and other gen AI is a crisis for writing teachers, with the very real threat of entire generations of students being "de-skilled" when it comes to writing and critical thinking. And the problem isn't going away--ever. But there's a way to maximize genuine student learning and minimize damaging reliance on robot "writing." It's far from a full solution, but under current circumstances it may be the best we can do. Let me tell you about it.

Please bring your lunch!

Address your questions to Daniel Turkeltaub at [email protected]

Thank you Cashea Airy for the beautiful article about our CAH Student Fellow Showcase and Ava Garcia's project.“I wanted...
05/22/2026

Thank you Cashea Airy for the beautiful article about our CAH Student Fellow Showcase and Ava Garcia's project.

“I wanted to bridge music therapy and healthcare and figure out how something so universal could improve health outcomes, especially for pediatric patients,” Garcia explains. “I kept asking myself: If I were to open my own practice, work in a hospital, or become an advocate one day, what could I do to understand my patients better and actually make a difference?”

You can read the full article here:

https://www.scu.edu/news-and-events/feature-stories/2026/stories/broadening-the-horizons-of-what-arts-and-humanities-work-looks-like.html

Faculty Lunch Time Conversation with Robin Tremblay-McGaw, Teaching Professor (English)Wednesday, May 20, 202612-12:45 p...
05/19/2026

Faculty Lunch Time Conversation with Robin Tremblay-McGaw, Teaching Professor (English)

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

12-12:45 p.m.

Join us for the final Faculty Lunch Time Conversation of the academic year with Teaching Professor Robin Tremblay-McGaw (SCU Department of English) for an informal and conversational walk-through of Jonathan Calm’s exhibition To Wherever, Forever.

Professor Tremblay-McGaw’s creative and research interests are currently taking the form of writing and hybrid art that examines whiteness and racism as they intersect with questions of form, aesthetics, and social justice.

This series is co-presented by SCU’s de Saisset Museum and Center for the Arts & Humanities.

Brown Bag Series in the Humanities Presents:Mohammad Ali Chaichian (Sociology)Tuesday, May 19th12:10-1:15 PM Learning Co...
05/18/2026

Brown Bag Series in the Humanities Presents:

Mohammad Ali Chaichian (Sociology)

Tuesday, May 19th
12:10-1:15 PM
Learning Commons 129

Competing Paradigms for the Management and Design of Maximum‑Security Prisons in the United States and Norway

Drawing on a comparison of punishment- and rehabilitation‑oriented justice models, I examine how these contrasting paradigms shape the management and design of two maximum‑security prisons: ADX Florence in the U.S. and Halden in Norway. Linking social and spatial justice, I argue that equitable prison environments are impossible without humane institutional practices. By comparing each nation’s treatment of high‑risk inmates and the architectural features of their facilities, I show that the U.S. punishment model emphasizes retribution and uses harsh spatial design as an added layer of control, while Norway’s rehabilitation model invests in inmate growth and creates safe, community‑integrated, and aesthetically supportive environments regardless of offense severity.

Please bring your lunch!

Address your questions to Daniel Turkeltaub at [email protected]

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