College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences News

Japan Friendship Ties Program

Kakehashi Japan Friendship Ties exchange program gives students insight into Japanese culture, history, society, technology and language.

December 8, 2022

How to Spot Fake News

Cal State East Bay Lecturer of History and Communication Nolan Higdon gives tips for being a conscious news consumer.

March 3, 2022

Acknowledging Our History

Why it's critical to remember the Japanese internment on the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066

February 17, 2022

Alumna Chalia La Tour Nominated for Tony Award

Alumna Chalia La Tour (BA 鈥12, Theatre) is one of five nominees for 鈥淏est Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play鈥 at this Sunday鈥檚 Tony Awards for her role in 鈥淪lave Play.鈥

September 23, 2021

The History and Significance of Juneteenth

A question and answer series with with Cal State East Bay ethnic studies professor Nicholas Baham and lecturer Steven Cleveland on the cultural and historical significance of Juneteenth.

June 18, 2021

Ethnic Studies professor publishes award-winning book

Enrique Salm贸n describes his family as a living library of plant knowledge, which informed his newest book, 鈥淚w铆gara,鈥 an anthology of plants native to the Americas. It details the cultural, culinary and medicinal significance these ingredients have to the tribes that use them.

May 27, 2021

Returning to Indigenous Ways to Manage Fire

Wildfire season is starting earlier and ending later each year. While wildfires are an inevitable occurrence in California, our relationship with them can be vastly improved by learning from and applying ancient ways of relating to the land, shows research by Cal State East Bay professor Tony Marks-Block.

September 16, 2020

Humanizing History

Cal State East Bay faculty, students spend month in Okinawa capturing oral histories

January 8, 2020