Summer 2026
Ted and Shirley Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award — Award-Winning HSP Course — Each year, Humanities Seminars Program students select a small group of professors whose teaching rises to the highest level of excellence. Chosen entirely through student evaluations, the Ted and Shirley Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award recognizes faculty who combine deep scholarly expertise with the […]
Ted and Shirley Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award — Award-Winning HSP Course — Each year, Humanities Seminars Program students select a small group of professors whose teaching rises to the highest level of excellence. Chosen entirely through student evaluations, the Ted and Shirley Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award recognizes faculty who combine deep scholarly expertise with the […]
Ted and Shirley Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award — Award-Winning HSP Course — Each year, Humanities Seminars Program students select a small group of professors whose teaching rises to the highest level of excellence. Chosen entirely through student evaluations, the Ted and Shirley Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award recognizes faculty who combine deep scholarly expertise with the […]
Ted and Shirley Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award — Award-Winning HSP Course — Each year, Humanities Seminars Program students select a small group of professors whose teaching rises to the highest level of excellence. Chosen entirely through student evaluations, the Ted and Shirley Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award recognizes faculty who combine deep scholarly expertise with the […]
Ted and Shirley Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award — Award-Winning HSP Course — Each year, Humanities Seminars Program students select a small group of professors whose teaching rises to the highest level of excellence. Chosen entirely through student evaluations, the Ted and Shirley Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award recognizes faculty who combine deep scholarly expertise with the […]
This seminar examines the complex legal and political dynamics that shape Jerusalem’s Old City, a place where the histories of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam converge. As the symbolic and spiritual center of three major faith traditions—and a focal point of global attention—the Old City presents distinctive questions about sovereignty, governance, and cultural heritage. Together, we […]
Many people associate eugenics with forced sterilization campaigns and the promotion of “breeding” among those deemed the nation’s “fittest” (whitest) citizens. In the decades before and after the turn of the 20th century, eugenics was embraced world-wide through all branches of science and sponsored by prestigious universities. Only after the horrors of Nazi genocide, which […]
What does it mean to pursue happiness, and why do so many struggle to attain it? This course examines the nature of happiness through multiple lenses, asking whether it can be defined, measured, cultivated, or even bought. Together, we will explore how personal values, social position, and cultural background shape individual and collective wellbeing. We […]
Experience acclaimed films with expert faculty insight in Tucson’s premier independent theater. This summertime series provides our community of lifelong learners with a trio of film screenings paired with expert analysis from our faculty. Join us at The Loft Cinema and escape the summer heat while enjoying an educational and entertaining experience in Tucson’s favorite […]
Plants form the backdrop of daily life, yet most of us can name only a handful of familiar species—those we eat, grow in gardens, or encounter in iconic landscapes. Our broader understanding of the botanical world is often built around potatoes and apples, or celebrated “charismatic” plants such as orchids, saguaros, and redwoods. This course […]
Zeus, Hades, Hermes, Apollo, Dionysus, Demeter, and Aphrodite—these enduring figures stand at the heart of the myths that have shaped Western imagination for millennia. This seminar explores the gods of Olympus through the poems, hymns, and plays of ancient Greece and Rome, enriched by close study of visual art that depicted and reinterpreted them across […]
This six-week seminar examines the often-overlooked contributions of women writers to the Bildungsroman—or novel of development—in the Hispanic world. Focusing on landmark works from Spain and Mexico, the course explores how female protagonists come of age amid the political upheavals of the Spanish Civil War and the Mexican Revolution, two defining crises that reshaped national […]