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Mission & History

The Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities offers opportunities for advanced research and creative teaching initiatives at UC Berkeley. It also sponsors a wide range of programs designed for members of the academic community and for the general public. Building on a history of strong alliances with scholars in the social sciences and in the arts, the Center concentrates on the topics and methods that make the humanities vital and unique in the contemporary world.

The Center was established at the University of California, Berkeley in 1987 to promote research and ongoing conversation among and within academic disciplines. It began with a newsletter, a fellowship for Berkeley graduate students and untenured faculty, and a modest program of support for lectures and conferences. Much more was to come: a vast expansion in grant and fellowship programs for all levels of the campus community; the Avenali and Una endowed lectureships; collaborations with the arts; and programs that address significant public issues in human rights, health, medicine, and social suffering.