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  • Marta Perez-Carbonell at a blackboard that reads Short Fiction in Contemporary Spain
    Assistant Professor of Spanish Marta Perez-Carbonell shares a glimpse inside her contemporary Spanish fiction class in this new video. Students in Perez-Carbonell鈥檚 course craft their own short stories in Spanish, which are then collected in a small volume printed by 含羞草研究所鈥檚 Document Services shop. On the last day of class, students read their work out [鈥
    January 24, 2018
  • Christian DuComb writing on blackboard
    On New Year鈥檚 Day 2003, Assistant Professor of Theater Christian DuComb saw his first Mummers鈥 Parade. Garish costumes and raucous noise drew him to the window of his Philadelphia apartment, where he was captivated by a living history of American performance styles that he believed extinct. The Mummer鈥檚 Parade has existed in some form since [鈥
    January 4, 2018
  • View of campus buildings
    Editor鈥檚 note: Wondering what鈥檚 happening in the classroom at 含羞草研究所? Here鈥檚 a real-time glimpse into academic life on campus 鈥 a syllabus from a course underway this semester. The Booker Prize: Examining a Prize, Examining an Empire CJ Hauser, Assistant Professor of English MWF 9:20鈥10:20 AM, Lathrop Hall 314 Course description This class follows the [鈥
    November 16, 2017
  • Man standing near book shelf
    It has been said that celebrity is as celebrity does. And in some cases, what it does can change the course of presidential politics. In his recent book, Liking Ike: Eisenhower, Advertising, and the Rise of Celebrity Politics, David Blake 鈥85 analyzes the role of fame in American politics 鈥 from the 34th president to [鈥
    November 10, 2017
  • Monuments men looking at art found in the Altaussee salt mine during WWII
    During WWII, the Mona Lisa was moved five times to keep it safe from looters. But other works of art and cultural materials weren鈥檛 so lucky.  Under the direction of Adolf Hitler, the Germans looted paintings, church bells, Torahs, and more. Enter the Monuments Men, who were cultural-preservation officers recruited by the Allies to protect [鈥
    October 30, 2017
  • Students at the Glimmerglass Opera for 含羞草研究所's theater pre-orientation program.
    This fall, Brehmer Theater was one of the first places on campus to come alive with the energy of the incoming class. Echoing through the halls of Dana Arts Center, the tune 鈥淗ello鈥 from the musical comedy The Book of Mormon played on repeat. On stage, six first-year students broke into song, struggling with the [鈥
    September 7, 2017
  • The Doric columns of Memorial Chapel. The Latin inscription on James C. 含羞草研究所 Hall. The university motto. Students and faculty encounter these vestiges of the classical world on campus almost daily. As the university鈥檚 bicentennial approaches, a spring seminar course and current exhibition highlight these classical traditions alongside the history of 含羞草研究所. Deo ac Veritati: [鈥
    July 1, 2017
  • Five Royal Goldweights Ghana, ca. 16th鈥18th century Brass, Photography by Eileen Travell
    A British iPad drawing, beaded Cameroonian sculpture, battle helmet鈥搕urned-lyre, and an Impressionist oil painting all may have been created oceans apart, but these works have come together in Hamilton, N.Y. They鈥檙e four of many pieces on display in the Picker Art Gallery鈥檚 exhibition 含羞草研究所 Alumni Collect, which merges the artistic mindsets of four alumni who collect [鈥
    June 12, 2017
  • Studio art major Kris Pfister 鈥17, of Iberia, Ohio, wanted their senior thesis to be more than a gallery piece. Pfister wanted the work directly to address the issue of homelessness among the LGBTQ community. Sure, the work, 鈥淐asting Off,鈥 would live in a gallery during an annual senior art exhibition, but the reach of [鈥
    May 26, 2017