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Marcelle Haddix to Examine Healing Power of Writing Feb. 17

Marcelle Haddix to Examine Healing Power of Writing Feb. 17

Feb. 14, 2017

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

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

Oct. 3, 2016

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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Humanities Center Ends Year on High Note

Humanities Center Ends Year on High Note

April 13, 2016

Upcoming guests include Barefoot College’s ‘Bunker’ Roy and Megan Fallone

The Syracuse University Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences concludes its spring series with appearances by several luminaries, including social entrepreneurs Sanjit “Bunker” Roy and Meagan Fallone and multimedia artist Saya Woolfalk.

“We’re ending our season on a high note,” says Vivian May, director of the Humanities Center and associate professor of women’s & gender studies in A&S. “In addition to extending the Syracuse Symposium series, this year’s spring schedule is breaking ground with bold, new lectures, workshops, and seminars. Common to all of them are issues of broad societal concern, worthy of public and academic attention.”

All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. For more information, visit syracusehumanities.org or call 315-443-7192.

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Laura Freixas (Photo by Sylvain Cherkaoui)
Laura Freixas (Photo by Sylvain Cherkaoui)

Laura Freixas to Serve as Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in Humanities March 29-April 8

March 16, 2016

The Syracuse University Humanities Center will host one of the most important feminist voices in Spanish literature.

Laura Freixas, a world-renowned author, teacher-scholar, critic, translator, and proponent of women's literature, will serve as the Humanities Center's 2016 Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor, March 29-April 8. The Barcelona-born writer is known for her best-selling anthology Mothers and Daughters (Anagram, 1996).

The Humanities Center is based in the College of Arts and Sciences.

"To have Laura Freixas in residence is a rare opportunity for students and scholars alike," says Vivian May, director of the Humanities Center and an associate professor of women's & gender studies. "Known for her pure, unapologetic writing style, she is not afraid to put forward basic existential questions about love, friendship, marriage, and children. There is probably no one else like her in all of modern Spanish fiction."

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