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Remembering Kameshwar C. Wali, Longtime Physics Professor and Friend of Both the Sciences and Humanities at Syracuse University

The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) mourns the loss of Kameshwar C. Wali, Steele Professor Emeritus of Physics, who passed away January 14 at the age of 94. An eminent theoretical physicist, Wali was internationally recognized for his research into the symmetry properties of fundamental particles and their interactions.

Wali’s daughters Alaka, Achala and Monona, founded the Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture series in honor of their father’s commitment to science and the humanities... a partnership with the Syracuse University Humanities Center.

Vivian May, director of the Humanities Center and the CNY Humanities Corridor, says, “Professor Wali's longtime passion for thinking across cultural and historical boundaries, convening people for intellectual exchange, and bridging disciplines has offered an important model of scholarly community to continue to build upon. His interest in and ability to link scientific and humanistic inquiry will be greatly missed.” Read the full article at A&S News.

Disability Justice Advocate Eli Clare is the CNY Humanities Corridor’s 2021 Distinguished Visiting Collaborator

The Syracuse University Humanities Center, in partnership with the Cornell Society for the Humanities, welcomes author and social justice educator, Eli Clare, as a Distinguished Visiting Collaborator in the Central New York Humanities Corridor. A leading thinker at the intersection of queerness, race, and disability, Clare is widely recognized for his work highlighting how mental and physical processes interrelate.

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A Decade to Celebrate: La Casita Cultural Center

“Corazón del Barrio (Heart of the Barrio),” an exhibition reception celebrating La Casita Cultural Center's 10th anniversary, coincided with the launch of 2021 National Hispanic Heritage Month, observed mid-September through mid-October and helped launch the Humanities Center's Syracuse Symposium on "Conventions." Read the full story at SU News.

‘Books in the Humanities’ Celebrates University Writers

Article by Ellen de Graffenreid

More than 40 Syracuse University authors and editors—some with multiple works—are being showcased in the sixth annual Books in the Humanities celebration, hosted by the Syracuse University Humanities Center, in collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences, the Office of Research and the Syracuse University Libraries...

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Curating the Bigger Picture: Evan Starling-Davis Approaches Literacy from Multiple Entry Points

By Ellen de Graffenried

Evan Starling-Davis is a narrative artist, curator and producer. More precisely, he names himself a digital-age “griot”—a term used for traveling poets, musicians and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history derived from the African diaspora’s culture and history...

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Bringing an Earlier Era of Activism to Digital Life

Article by Dan Bernardi

Bringing seven decades of nineteenth-century Black organizing to digital life is the mission of the Colored Conventions Project (CCP). Co-founded by faculty director P. Gabrielle Foreman, the CCP is a scholarly and community research project focused on digitally preserving Black political activism from the 1830s to 1890s, some of which occurred in this region, near Syracuse University and across Central New York...

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A Vital Space: CNY Humanities Corridor Offers Unique Resource to Writers

Article by Dan Bernardi

Collaboration can be a key element in the process of taking a book from rough draft to print. It often takes many sets of eyes to provide the necessary clarity writers might not see on their own. To gain such valuable feedback, it helps to find a trusted group of peers who have knowledge of a book’s subject matter and who are committed to a collaborative, give-and-take research ethos. Thanks to support from the Central New York Humanities Corridor, scholars are connecting with colleagues from across the region who specialize in corresponding areas of study...

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Skepticism of Masks, Vaccinations Isn’t New: Ph.D. Candidate’s Research on 19th-Century Britain Provides Lessons for Today

Article by Brandon Dyer

Haejoo Kim, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English, is currently researching and writing her dissertation “Medical Liberty and Alternative Health Practices in Nineteenth-Century Britain.” She is exploring 19th-century British anti-vaccination periodicals and pamphlets to examine the rhetoric. “When the pandemic first hit in early spring, I was thinking I should have been working on epidemics and contagious diseases instead of alternative health practices,” Haejoo says. “And then people started to protest against mask wearing, and vaccine refusal resurfaced with full force..."

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Bringing Personal Stories to Life

Article by Jay Cox

Through the Narratio Fellowship, refugee students immerse themselves in filmmaking that reflects their unique perspectives. Felone “Abigail” Nganga arrived in the U.S. with her sister in November 2019 following a harrowing journey that began several years earlier at their home in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their father was assassinated by government forces, and they lost touch with their mother after she fled...

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Sarah Workman’s Role Helps Humanities Professors Across Campus

Article by Brandon Dyer

As assistant director for proposal development, Sarah Workman applies her academic background to help Syracuse University humanities faculty develop research proposals and find funding and support to make their ideas a reality. “I’m constantly looking at what’s out there in terms of funding, especially as it pertains to the humanities faculty..."

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