Year: 2025

The Endowed Chair, established by in loving memory of the donor’s son, will be held by a distinguished member of the humanities faculty and will support research and teaching about the Sikh community from a multicultural and global perspective, including, but not limited to foci ongender, diaspora, and literary, historical, and cultural studies. The chair…

Made possible by the generosity of David A. Kadish (History, ‘73), this endowment provides an award that recognizes an undergraduate student with financial need who displays a strong interest in the study of the Humanities.

The Gary Lease Fellowship was established in 2006 for History of Consciousness professor Gary Lease by his current and former students, colleagues, and friends. This fund was created to mark the completion of his dedicated deanship, to acknowledge the remarkable influence he has had, and to express deep affection and respect. The Lease Fund will…

Satyajit Ray was a filmmaker born in India in 1921. He earned a degree in science and economics from Calcutta University, then attended the Tagore’s University art school, Kala Bhavan; however he did not complete his degree there. Ray’s first movie, Pather Panchali (1955), won several international awards, and was the beginning of his career as a…

Peggy Downes Baskin, PhD is an author, university professor, photographer and philanthropist. She graduated from Vassar Magna cum laude in 1953. Thirty years later she earned a doctoral degree in politics from the Claremont Graduate school of Government. She went on to infuse her professional career at Santa Clara University and The University of California,…