Article by Rob Enslin
“Stories” is the theme of the 2018-19 Syracuse Symposium, hosted by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). Now in its 17th year, the annual public events series explores the humanities through...
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Article by Renée K. Gadoua
Two Syracuse University projects have received 2018 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awards. Glenn Wright, director of Graduate School Programs, and Vivian May, director of the Humanities Center and professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, received funding to enhance doctoral training for humanities Ph.D.s in ways that prepare them to pursue a wide range of meaningful careers, both within the academy and outside it...
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The Syracuse University Humanities Center will host its third annual Books in the Humanities Reception on Tuesday, April 17, from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center. Free and open to the public, this year’s event features more than 50 books by Syracuse University scholars...
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The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) thrives on transdisciplinary mettle—from Syracuse Symposium’s yearlong survey of “Belonging,” exploring issues of structural and political power, as well as interpersonal relationships, to the Mellon-sponsored Democratizing Knowledge (DK) Summer Institute...
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At Syracuse, the confluence of science and the humanities has spawned myriad partnerships. Digital humanities, for one, is a vast academic enterprise, spearheaded by members of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and Syracuse University Libraries...
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Since the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) opened its doors in 1871, the humanities have been the bedrock of a Syracuse education...
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Last fall, Romita Ray, an art historian in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), launched a series of panel discussions called “Creative Conversations.” Interdisciplinary in scope, the inaugural event focused on the interplay between water and photography to show how science, art and the humanities are tightly interwoven...
Article by Rob Enslin
Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong look at “Belonging” with a visit by renowned zine maker and librarian Jenna Freedman. A member of Columbia University’s Barnard College, Freedman will headline a lecture and workshop collectively titled “Classification and Language(s) of Belonging,” April 5-6. On April 5, Freedman will discuss “Zine Librarianship as Critical Practice” from 5:15-6:30 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons (114 Bird Library)...
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This Arts & Culture piece spotlights one of the Humanities Center's frequent collaborators, Sydney Hutchinson, associate professor of music history and cultures in the College of Arts and Sciences. She conducts research in ethnomusicology, where music and culture intersect...
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