Cal Humanities

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

Malcolm Margolin, Author & Publisher

“What the humanities can offer us is a way of getting into other people’s lives.”

Margolin, author of eight books, is also a publisher, and the founder of Heyday Books, an independent nonprofit publisher and cultural institution in Berkeley.