The College of Arts and Letters (CAL) at San Diego State University offers undergraduate and graduate programs and courses in the humanities and social sciences.







	HOME PAGE ABOUT CAL DEAN'S OFFICE AREAS OF STUDY STUDENT AFFAIRS FACULTY & RESEARCH NEWS & PUBLICATIONS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL EMERITUS FACULTY ALUMNI GIVING TO CAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT CONTACT US SITE MAP Office Location: AL 600 Phone: (619) 594-5431 Fax: (619) 594-6281 Email Us \| Mailing Address Map CAL Alumni Chapter Dean's Advisory Council View the list of all the members of the Dean's Advisory Council CAL Volunteers Thank you to our hard working volunteers! Last update: May 12, 2008 *To view pdf files you will need Adobe Reader.		News & Events Student Research Symposium 2008 Of the 65 CAL participants in the SDSU Student Research Symposium held from February 28 through March 1, 4 CAL students won awards for their presentations. Read more... A Day in Pompeii A new exhibition, A Day in Pompeii, will reveal daily life in a city steeped in legend and mystery. Dr. Joseph A. Smith, the chair of the Department of Classics and Humanities at San Diego State University, will curate the exhibition in San Diego. Read more... Darwin Symposium 2009 Throughout the year of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of "Origins of Species," San Diego State University will be hosting a variety of events honoring Charles Darwin and exploring the impact of his work on contemporary thought and culture. Read more... Meet the Professor Wednesday, March 19, 2008, was the Arts & Letter Alumni Chapter's fourth annual "Meet the Professor." This social and educational gathering brought alumni and faculty together on the SDSU campus. Read more... Islam in the World: Middle Ages to the Modern Era In collaboration with the SDSU Center for Arabic and Islamic Studies, ISTEP is offering a two-part series of workshops exploring the world of Islam - its origins, fundamental beliefs and practices, and its influence and impact on the world, both historically and today. Read more... Alumni Travel Back in Time Mr. Nordin did his undergraduate work at San Diego State University and received his legal training at the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California, where he was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award and a member of Phi Alpha Delta. Read more... Monty Award Winners Pam Slater-Price(’70, English, ’85 teaching credential) has been involved in local government for nearly two decades, serving as an Encinitas councilwoman and mayor before her election to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. Read more... View the list of all the College of Arts and Letters Monty Awardees Over the Years HOT Topics Check out the latest news from: Department of Anthropology Dr. Lynn Gamble's forthcoming book: The Chumash World at European Contact Power, Trade, and Feasting Among Complex Hunter-Gatherers will be published by University of California Press. Dr. Lynn Gamble presented a paper in a symposium entitled Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Hunting and Gathering in North America at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting in Vancouver in March 2008. Judges chose this symposium to participate in the Amerind Seminar Series next fall. Department of English and Comparative Literature Tex[t]-Mex by Dr. Nericcio, has been nominated for a Modern Language Association (MLA) Award. Read the article... Choice Magazine's annual Outstanding Academic Titles lists Dr. Nericcio's book: Tex[t]-Mex: Seductive Hallucinations of the "Mexican" in America. To learn more about Dr. Nericcio, please visit his blog at http://textmex.blogspot.com/ Associate Professor June Cummins-Lewis has scheduled her Jewish-American lecture series in Encinitas this Spring 2008 semester. Read the article... Professor Marilyn Chin is one of this year's recipients of the $50,000 United States Artists grants. Read the article... Department of Geography Professor Li An secured a five-year National Science Foundation award totaling $2.5 million. Read the article... Department of History Dr. Ed Blum was recently interviewed for Newsweek. Read the article.. Dr. Ed Blum's book, W.E.B. DuBois, American Prophet (Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 2007) has received honorable mention for the 2007 Gustavus Myers book awards. Dr. Ed Blum was recently featured on the History News Network's list of "Top Young Historians." Read the article... David Christian has been invited by the Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, to accept an appointment as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the John W. Kluge Center of the Library for four months in 2009.		Calendar of Events April-May 2008 The Mind of Krishnamurti: World Citizen, World Teacher Exhibition at the Love Library, San Diego State University May 18, 2008 2pm The Humanism of Confucius Lecture by Prof. Julius Tsai, Department of Religious Studies (SD Public Library, Downtown Branch). May 19, 2008 6pm Lecture: The Art and Mystery of San Diego County Cemeteries by Dr. Seth Mallios, Chair and Professor of Anthropology at the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park. Tickets are $15 for adults, $7 for students, and $12 for members. New Courses Study Aboard in Ireland Women’s Studies 380 June 2-19, 2008 Archaeology Field School: Nate Harrison Site Anthropology 312/560 May 27-June 20, 2008 Archaeology Field School Whaley House Anthropology 583 July 14-August 8, 2008 Anth 360 From the Grave: Modern Forensic Anthropology Fall 2008

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