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Syracuse Symposium to Host Scholar of Modern Italian Literature April 4-5

Article by Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong study of “Place” with a visit by a scholar of modern Italian literature.

Mauro Novelli, associate professor of contemporary Italian literature at The University of Milan, will discuss “Places of Resistance: Simulation and Dissimulation in Modern Italian Provincial Literature” on Tuesday, April 4, from 3:30-4:45 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons (114 Bird Library)...

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Syracuse Symposium to Present Conservation Ecologist Eric Sanderson March 30-31

Article by Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong look at “Place” with a visit by an expert in ecosystem and landscape ecology.

Eric Sanderson, senior conservation ecologist of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), will present “The Welikia Project: Discovering a Natural Sense of Place in New York City,” on Thursday, March 30, from 4-5:30 p.m. in 100 Falk. The following day, he will lead a workshop titled “Onondaga Lake: Visualizing the Natural/Historical Continuum” from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in 304 Tolley..

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Syracuse Symposium, Urban Video Project to Present ‘Haunted Ethnography’ Screening, Artist Q&A

Article by: Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong look at “Place” with an evening of video and experimental film.

Urban Video Project (UVP) will present a program titled “Haunted Ethnography: new experimental documentary” on Thursday, March 9, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Hosmer Auditorium of the Everson Museum of Art (401 Harrison St., Syracuse).  

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Cherríe Moraga to Serve as Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor Feb. 20-March 3

Article by Rob Enslin

Cherríe Moraga—a prominent figure in Chicana, feminist, queer and indigenous activism, art and scholarship—is participating in a two-week residency at Syracuse.

Moraga is this year’s Jeannette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities. In this capacity, she will headline a dozen lectures, performances and dialogues on campus from Monday, Feb. 20, to Friday, March 3. All events are free and open to the public...

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Marcelle Haddix to Examine Healing Power of Writing Feb. 17

Professor will discuss writing practices of urban youth within, beyond school contexts

Article by: Rob Enslin

The healing power of writing is the subject of an upcoming “Brown Bag” event, co-sponsored by the Humanities Center and the Contemplative Collaborative.   

Marcelle Haddix, Dean’s Associate Professor and chair of the Reading & Language Arts (RLA) Department in the School of Education (SOE), will discuss “Writing Our Lives as a Space of Healing in Troubling Times” on Friday, Feb. 17, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in 123 Sims Hall... 

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Syracuse Symposium Announces Spring Schedule

Series resumes yearlong study of ‘Place’ with public events, activities

Article by: Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong examination of “Place” with events through the end of April. The schedule includes nearly a dozen lectures, workshops, exhibitions and performances. 

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Vivian May, Visionary Humanist

Article by: Rob Enslin

Humanities Center director an expert on black feminist educator Anna Julia Cooper

The director of the Humanities Center is bringing national distinction to Syracuse University, thanks to a recent flurry of scholarly activity. 

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Syracuse Symposium to Host Mohawk Artist Alan Michelson Nov. 1-2

Article by: Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong exploration of “Place” with a visit by Alan Michelson, a Mohawk member of the Six Nations of the Grand River and an award-winning artist, Nov. 1-2.

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Syracuse Symposium Invites People to Discover USC Visual History Archive

Online database features interviews with survivors, witnesses of Holocaust and other genocides

Article by: Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong examination of “Place” with a special visit by an audiovisual historian from the University of Southern California (USC).

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North Indian Musicians, USC Visual Historian Part of Syracuse Symposium Lineup, Oct. 4-14

Article by Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its theme of “Place” with a robust series of events in early October.  Upcoming events feature a workshop and concert by North Indian musicians, on Tuesday, Oct. 4; a workshop and lecture by place-conscious educator Robert Brooke, Thursday, Oct. 6; a lecture by visual artist Todd Gray, Friday, Oct. 7; the Skä·noñh—Great Law of Peace Center’s Wooden Stick Festival, Saturday, Oct. 8; a workshop by visual historian Emilie Garrigou-Kempton, Monday, Oct. 10; and a reading and workshop by poets Adrian Matejka and Stacey Lynn Brown, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 13-14.

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