We are pleased to announce the formation of a new research and programmatic center at UC Berkeley devoted to the study of the State of California. The CSC was established by a group of eminent faculty and staff who felt that scholarship and teaching on California needed a home on campus, in order that they might be promoted with greater vigor, cooperation, and direction.

The goals of the Center are:

To advance scholarly research on the past and present of the State of California, unbounded by disciplinary restrictions
To promote understanding of California in all its aspects, including nature, culture, institutions, politics, science and technology.
To provide better guidance on issues of moment for the state and its people
To promote the teaching and discussion of California at the university, better to prepare our students to be knowledgeable citizens and leaders for tomorrow
To provide the incomparable Bancroft Library archives on California and the West with an allied research and teaching arm
To complement the research program of the Institute of Industrial Relations with wide-ranging studies on the welfare of the people of California

The California Studies Center is based at the Institute of Industrial Relations at UC Berkeley.

San Francisco Pedestrian Wharf
The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA
(1991)

Dumbarton Crossings
Vehicle and Rail Bridges, Near East Palo Alto, CA
(1990)