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Faculty of Arts

Our mission is to reflect on the world and our place in it through critical inquiry, creative practices and collaborative exploration.

Why Arts? Learn more about UCalgary’s most diverse faculty

Neural Netfics

This talk explores the literary significance of the under-recognized contributions that Alan Turing, the progenitor of computer science, made to the field of artificial neural networks, a now pervasive form of AI that deploys simulations of biological neurons.

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Critical and creative research

Our research engages communities and fosters innovation, leadership and creative practice.

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Teaching excellence and expertise

We promote, celebrate and reward innovations in teaching practices. We prepare our students for a variety of academic and non-academic careers.

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Internationalize your degree

Study at a partner university or take part in an international field school organized by the University of Calgary. Work for a vetted international organization. Or take part in a research placement at a partner institution.

Discover the world as part of your Arts education

Embracing equity, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to understanding cultural and social differences both locally and globally, and to promoting equal rights and opportunities across our constituencies.

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Our undergraduate students are curious and driven

Want to make a difference? We offer nearly 40 undergraduate programs. Which one is right for you?

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Our graduate students are bold leaders, innovators, creators

Join our vast and multidisciplinary academic community and take your research to the next level.

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Latest news

2023 Faculty of Arts Killam Award winners

In the media

In the News Abiba Yayah in The Conversation Canada

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Together, we will create and share vital knowledge.

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Faculty of Arts

Neural Netfics

Engage, Inspire and Discover

Critical and creative research

Teaching excellence and expertise

Internationalize your degree

Embracing equity, diversity and inclusion

Our undergraduate students are curious and driven

Our graduate students are bold leaders, innovators, creators

Latest news

2023 Faculty of Arts Killam Award winners

2023 Killam Postdoctoral Scholars focus on health of pre-term babies and childhood cancer survivors

UCalgary prof in partnership to help reduce boreal forest disruption from oil and gas exploration

2023 Killam Emerging Research Leaders celebrated for their scholarly achievements

In the media

Ghana’s shea industry is not taking care of the women behind its growth

Dance Research Conference

Taylormania: The Unstoppable Rise and Pop Dominance of Taylor Swift

Trudeau shatters myth of ‘ideal’ carbon tax

Trudeau says he's exercised 'fiscal restraint.' That's ... not true

10 years after Haiyan, are mangroves protecting Philippine coastal areas?

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Anthropology and Archaeology

Art and Art History

Classics and Religion

Communication, Media and Film

Creative and Performing Arts (School of)

Economics

English

Geography

History

Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures (School of)

Philosophy

Political Science

Psychology

Sociology

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