2019: The Center for Ideas and Society celebrated 30 years at UC Riverside

"For me, one of the best things about the Center is the fact that it brings together faculty and students from many disciplines, resulting in excellent conversations and new ideas."

~Carlos Cortes, Professor Emeritus, Department of History
Resident Faculty Fellow, 1990
"When I read the acknowledgements section of academic books, I see how scholars had created working groups with others on their campus, but I didn't know how they came about doing that. CIS offered this kind of cross-campus, interdisciplinary support to hone my research and make me engage with the work of my colleagues. This is how those acknowledgement sections happen."

~ Donatella Galella, Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre, Film & Digital Production
Casting in Color Conference, PI
Performing Difference , Convener, Faculty Commons Project
“It is impossible to understand our program, Bilingualism Matters at UCR, without the Center for Ideas and Society. The Center provided our first funding, but more importantly they provided us with the administrative and emotional support."

~Covadonga Lamar Prieto, Associate Professor, Department of Hispanic Studies
Judith F. Kroll, Professor, Department of Psychology
Bilingualism Matters at UCR, Directors
"The Center serves, in a real way, to provide a ground for cross-disciplinary research and communication. This is a strength of UCR and the CIS is a jewel of the campus as the exemplification of this tendency."

~Brandon Lattu, Associate Professor, Department of Art
Resident Faculty Fellow, 2012
"The CIS is vitally important to the campus in supporting faculty, graduate students, programming of the highest caliber and connections with the community. I cannot emphasize enough the importance and impact of the Center's lectures, fellowships, opportunities for interaction among faculty, recognition of faculty achievements (prizes and books) and over all fostering of academic excellence and community."

~Erith Jaffe-Berg, Professor, Department of Theatre, Film & Digital Production
"The Center has consistently fulfilled its mission, at least in my career, of lifting a scholar’s eyes beyond his or her discipline while respecting the value of disciplines in contact."

~Randolph C. Head, Professor, Department of History
Resident Faculty Fellow, 1995, 2000 & 2011

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In 2019, the Center for Ideas & Society celebrated 30 years of collaborative research on the UCR campus. Our gala celebration in fall 2019 included a short panel discussion moderated by Professor Rickerby Hinds with three past associate directors of the Center: Steve Axelrod, Joe Childers, and Sharon Salinger.

Also part of the year-long celebration were two featured series: ‘From the Archives,’ a set of monthly posts that highlighted a program or project from our history, and ‘In Focus,’ brief interviews with affiliated researchers. In addition, we announced a new, multi-year faculty fellowship program sponsored by a $1,000,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

2019: The Center for Ideas and Society celebrated 30 years at UC Riverside

"For me, one of the best things about the Center is the fact that it brings together faculty and students from many disciplines, resulting in excellent conversations and new ideas."

~Carlos Cortes, Professor Emeritus, Department of History Resident Faculty Fellow, 1990

~ Donatella Galella, Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre, Film & Digital Production Casting in Color Conference, PI Performing Difference , Convener, Faculty Commons Project

“It is impossible to understand our program, Bilingualism Matters at UCR, without the Center for Ideas and Society. The Center provided our first funding, but more importantly they provided us with the administrative and emotional support."

~Covadonga Lamar Prieto, Associate Professor, Department of Hispanic Studies Judith F. Kroll, Professor, Department of Psychology Bilingualism Matters at UCR, Directors

"The Center serves, in a real way, to provide a ground for cross-disciplinary research and communication. This is a strength of UCR and the CIS is a jewel of the campus as the exemplification of this tendency."

~Brandon Lattu, Associate Professor, Department of Art Resident Faculty Fellow, 2012

~Erith Jaffe-Berg, Professor, Department of Theatre, Film & Digital Production

"The Center has consistently fulfilled its mission, at least in my career, of lifting a scholar’s eyes beyond his or her discipline while respecting the value of disciplines in contact."

~Randolph C. Head, Professor, Department of History Resident Faculty Fellow, 1995, 2000 & 2011

~Carlos Cortes, Professor Emeritus, Department of History
Resident Faculty Fellow, 1990

~ Donatella Galella, Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre, Film & Digital Production
Casting in Color Conference, PI
Performing Difference , Convener, Faculty Commons Project

~Covadonga Lamar Prieto, Associate Professor, Department of Hispanic Studies
Judith F. Kroll, Professor, Department of Psychology
Bilingualism Matters at UCR, Directors

~Brandon Lattu, Associate Professor, Department of Art
Resident Faculty Fellow, 2012

~Randolph C. Head, Professor, Department of History
Resident Faculty Fellow, 1995, 2000 & 2011