

The Ph.D. program in Interdisciplinary Humanities is an innovative comparative humanistic program applying analytical and theoretical approaches to the study of societies and cultures in relation to power and difference through social practices and cultural expressions across time and space.

Students in a UC Merced course stepped off campus and into the real world, developing flyers, website pages and even a TikTok account for a downtown arts center. Staff at the center became clients...

Students who arrive at UC Merced planning on specific careers often discover along the way that their interests — and strengths — are broader than they first imagined. A new initiative called...

Spending an hour with one of California’s most accomplished storytellers left a mark on Rowan Alcocer. “I was impressed by his ability to find a metaphor in almost anything,” the UC Merced student...