Life News (Arts & Humanities)

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Four indigenous writers will participate in a new residency program at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), one of the nation’s premier colleges focused exclusively on the study of the environment, developing renewable technologies, and building a sustainable future. Through the Indigenous Writer Residency Program, each writer will spend three weeks at Cranberry Lake Biological Station, ESF’s satellite campus nestled in the heart of the Adirondack Park on the ancestral lands of the Mohawk Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

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Virginia Tech media expert Megan Duncan provides context for the dramatic resignation of CNN CEO Chris Licht after 13 months as head of the cable news network.

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A research study from Queen’s University Belfast, Aston Law School and Newcastle University Law School, has suggested that greater societal awareness of ‘ghostbots’ and a ‘Do not bot me’ clause in wills and other contracts could prevent us from being digitally reincarnated without our permission when we die.

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Richard Bownas has a personal connection to Nepal. Rather than keeping that to himself, Bownas will be focusing his work and research around the Nepalese Civil War traveling to the country from January to July 2024 to conduct an oral history project. He's able to do this through a U.S. Fulbright award.

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Forty films from around the world will be screened at Rutgers during the 2023 New Jersey International Film Festival, which marks its 28th anniversary.  The festival – sponsored by the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center and the interdisciplinary cinema studies program at the School of Arts and Sciences – will be held on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between Friday, June 2, and Sunday, June 11.

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A new collection of essays from a dozen Iowa State University faculty underscores how all of us can play a role in cultivating a more peaceful world. The authors demonstrate this by drawing from their own disciplines – agriculture, architecture, business, education, engineering, history, music, nutrition and food systems and philosophy.

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Public is invited to watch the dedication at 11 a.m. Eastern June 7 via C-Span, the website of the Speaker of the House, or at viewing parties at two Nebraska locations.

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Each Memorial Day, James Dubinsky takes some time to reflect. A retired U.S. Army veteran and now an associate professor of English at Virginia Tech who works with veteran communities, Dubinsky said each Memorial Day he remembers friends who died while serving, often by reading what other veterans have written. He also reflects on the meaning of Memorial Day.

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Summer exhibitions at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center will open June 17. They feature the first U.S. museum showing of black and white photographs of rural communities in pre-war Ukraine; prints and posters from a trailblazing artist from the Chicano Art Movement; glass sculptures by Rhoda Baer; Spanish artist Pilar Albarracín and Taiwanese-American artist Leigh Wen; and an artistic and poetic collaboration on the struggles of displaced people.

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The Property Management of Chulalongkorn University (PMCU) invites all those interested to the Art thesis exhibition “THESIS PROJECT 2023.” This exhibition provides a platform for the younger generation to showcase their perspectives and pave the way to actualize their dreams through various works, including designs, creative activities, and arts exhibitions. The event is open for the public from April to May 2023 at SIAMSCAPE, Lido Connect, and the area CU Centenary Park.

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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, a large group of University of Nebraska–Lincoln undergraduates stood quietly and reflected near the Nebraska Holocaust Memorial in Wyuka Cemetery.

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The Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye®, the world’s only free, public museum dedicated to the science of sight, today announced the opening of Decoding the Eye: Signs and Symbols, a new exhibit exploring how the eye appears as a symbol throughout time.

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IThe Beall Center for Art + Technology at the University of California, Irvine has received a $200,000 exhibition grant from the Getty Foundation to present “Future Tense: Art, Complexity and Predictability,” a thematic show and artist residency program. The Beall Center is among more than 45 Southern California awardees participating in the third collaboration of Getty’s Pacific Standard Time initiative.

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Hollywood screenwriters have gone on strike. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) seeks higher pay, upfront fees from streaming services, better working conditions and reassurance that studios won’t use artificial intelligence programs to generate scripts. The last WGA strike, 15 years ago, led to permanent changes in the entertainment landscape, such as the rise of reality television.

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By: Kathleen Haughney | Published: May 4, 2023 | 2:41 pm | SHARE: With the sporting world turning its attention to Churchill Downs this week, the racing industry is preparing for the 149th Kentucky Derby.Katherine Mooney, the James P. Jones Associate Professor of History, has authored a new book on three-time Kentucky Derby winner, Isaac Murphy.

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As Westminster Abbey plans to host its 40th coronation in 900 years, members of the University of Miami community consider the role of a monarch in today’s society.

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Author Jamaica Kincaid will receive the 2024 St. Louis Literary Award from the Saint Louis University Libraries. Kincaid will come to St. Louis next spring to accept the award.

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UCI Libraries is hosting a reception to celebrate the opening of its newest exhibit, “400 Years of Shakespeare’s First Folio.” The event begins at the Irvine Barclay Theatre with a discussion between Derek Quezada, exhibit curator and rare-books librarian at the University of Southern California, and Eric Rasmussen, Regents Teaching Professor and Foundation Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Acclaimed anthropologist, author and professor Leo Chavez from the University of California, Irvine – best known for his work in international migration, particularly among Latin American immigrants – has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The 243rd class of inductees includes nearly 270 people from around the world, recognized for their accomplishments and leadership in academia, the arts, industry, public policy and research.

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April 13, 2023 marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, “Casino Royale.” The book, which introduced the world to the suave, sophisticated and daring British secret agent, became an instant classic and paved the way for a franchise that has since become one of the most successful in history.

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University of California, Irvine writers and scholars Roland Betancourt and Héctor Tobar have been awarded 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships. They join 169 other American and Canadian scientists and scholars in the social sciences and humanities, as well as writers and artists of all kinds, receiving the prestigious grants this year.

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The St. Louis Literary Award, presented annually by the Saint Louis University Libraries, is partnering with St. Louis County Library (SLCL) on programming around the honoree.

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A Cornell research scientist, working in partnership with an organization representing a consortium of 20 Native Alaska groups, used ground-penetrating radar and AI modeling to locate the communal graves of approximately 93 victims of the Spanish influenza at Pilgrim Hot Springs on the Seward Peninsula – a finding that helps clarify the historical record for the Indigenous communities devastated by the 1918-19 pandemic.

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The 10th annual UWF Dance Marathon raised $30,109.48 on March 25 in support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

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“We live in such a global world nowadays that knowing even a little bit of another language or two languages is something that can really open doors for people career wise,” Kiara Cronin said. The 2022 honors graduate studied Swahili in the Critical Language Scholarship Program.

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Jewish-Muslim relations have been complicated for centuries, but assumptions that all Jews and Muslims are eternal enemies are proven wrong by a comprehensive survey review conducted by a researcher in Indiana University’s Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism.

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International team of scientists deciphers renowned composer’s genome from locks of hair.

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Walter Isaacson, the renowned bestselling biographer, Tulane professor of history and co-chair of the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University, will be awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Joe Biden at a White House ceremony on March 21 at 3:30 p.m. CDT. The event will be livestreamed here.

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UWF theatre and English literature student Deja Gamble will present her original play “Wishful Thinking,” March 24-25 at 7:30 p.m. on the Pensacola campus.

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The Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity at Binghamton University, State University of New York unveiled the first of 12 markers on the Downtown Binghamton Freedom Trail. The markers will identify key Binghamton locations on the iconic Underground Railroad and other notable abolitionist sites.

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During his nearly five-decade conducting career, Gerard Schwarz has amassed a large, artistically significant collection of printed music, all bearing his performance notations. Now, he has given that repertoire to the Frost School of Music for the benefit of future generations of music students and scholars.

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The LaundryCares Foundation welcomes the community of Gainesville, Florida, to experience a Free Laundry and Literacy Day event at two laundromat locations throughout the greater Gainesville area on Tuesday, March 28.

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The Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA) at Saint Louis University presents work from artists Vicente Telles and Brandon Maldonado in the “Cuentos Nuevomexicanos” exhibition opening on Sunday, March 19.

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In a new study, archaeologists compared the colors on pieces of ancient Peruvian pottery. They found that potters across the Wari empire all used the same rich black pigment to make ceramics used in rituals: a sign of the empire’s influence.

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The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University has announced its 2022 class of SMFA at Tufts Traveling Fellows. The five artists will journey to places around the world to conduct research and find inspiration for their art.

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Nick Spitzer, a Tulane University professor and folklorist, has produced and hosted the popular public radio program American Routes for the last quarter-century.

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Krista Goff, an associate professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, is a 2023 recipient of the prestigious Dan David Prize for her work in illuminating the past in bold and creative ways.

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New research from the Georgia Institute of Technology offers a unique framework for understanding queer communities and their histories.

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The second annual New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University announced its full schedule and lineup for its 2023 event, which features over 130 renowned and rising authors participating in 78 panels, book signings, a culinary symposium, family day festivities and a musical performance.