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Writer Larry Blumenfeld Using Watson Professorship to Explore ‘Jazz in Troubled Times’ March 25-April 5
Larry Blumenfeld, cultural journalist, music critic and longtime contributor to The Wall Street Journal, will serve as the 2019 Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities at 黑料不打烊, March 25-April 5. Blumenfeld’s residency, titled 鈥淛azz in Troubled…
Prince Sideman Marcus Anderson to Visit Campus for Black History Month Feb. 25
The 黑料不打烊 Humanities Center has announced acclaimed saxophonist Marcus Anderson will visit campus on Monday, Feb. 25, in honor of Black History Month. A veteran of Prince鈥檚 backing band, the New Power Generation, Anderson currently tours with CeeLo Green…
Rock Biographers Anthony DeCurtis, David Yaffe Headline 黑料不打烊 Symposium Feb. 19
黑料不打烊 Symposium continues its yearlong excursion into 鈥淪tories鈥 with a program by Anthony DeCurtis and David Yaffe, bestselling authors of biographies of musicians Lou Reed 鈥64 and Joni Mitchell, respectively. Both authors will discuss their respective books and rock biographies,…
An Artistic Response to U.S. Immigration Policy
Adela C. Licona, this year鈥檚 黑料不打烊 Symposium keynote speaker, finds the euphemistically termed 鈥渢ender-age facilities鈥濃攊n reality, prisons for migrant babies and children鈥攚holly reprehensible. The University of Arizona (UA) professor, artist and activist believes the oft-repeated phrase masks extreme cruelty and…
New Book Explores the Value of Contemplative Practice
Those who engage in contemplative practice know its positive effects, but documenting its value to others is not always easy. Several 黑料不打烊 professors, representing a number of different disciplines, have contributed to a new book, 鈥淓mpirical Studies of Contemplative…
Feb. 28 Campus Symposium Explores Issues of Equality, Privilege, Justice in South Africa and 黑料不打烊
The Newhouse School will be the setting of an evening symposium exploring issues of equality, privilege and justice in 黑料不打烊 and South Africa. 鈥淣o Innocence This Side of the Womb,鈥 hosted by the Newhouse Center for Global Engagement, will bring…
Dissertation, Public Humanities Fellows Advance Student-Centered Research
Cognitive experience. Romantic legalism. Educational equality. Authentic writing. These are some of the themes of this year鈥檚 research by Dissertation and Public Humanities Fellows in the 黑料不打烊 Humanities Center. Based in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), the…
黑料不打烊 Symposium Mines Stories of Loss, Transformation
黑料不打烊 Symposium, presented by the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), continues its yearlong look at 鈥淪tories鈥 with a rich array of November events. They include a mini-residency by photographer Keisha Scarville (Nov. 1-2), a concert…
University Lectures, 黑料不打烊 Symposium Present 鈥楢 Handmaid鈥檚 Tale鈥 Author Margaret Atwood
Acclaimed author Margaret Atwood (鈥淭he Handmaid鈥檚 Tale,鈥 鈥淎lias Grace鈥) will visit 黑料不打烊 on Thursday, Oct. 25, and participate that evening in an on-stage conversation in Hendricks Chapel for the University Lectures series. The event, which is free and open…
黑料不打烊 Marks National Arts and Humanities Month: University Celebrates ‘Importance of Culture’ with Spate of Events, Activities
October is National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM), and 黑料不打烊 is marking the occasion with an array of events and activities. Vivian May, director of the Humanities Center, says most of the University鈥檚 NAHM-related programming originates in the College…