Hispanic Heritage Month has just finished up for 2024 and The NAU Review “Views from NAU” blog series featured Comparative Cultural Studies’ own Dr. Marco Cabrera Geserick! Dr. Cabrera Geserick is not only an Assistant Professor specializing in Latin American history and cultural history, but also the Coordinator for the Latin American Read more
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Dr. Murtaugh Coleman chaired a panel and presented on human rights in Austria this summer
Dr. Diana Murtaugh Coleman presented a paper and chaired a panel at the Second Graz/Puerto Rico International Conference on Human rights from an Inter-American Perspective: Camps, Carceral Imaginaries, and Critical Interventions at the University of Graz in Austria this summer. Her… Read more
Congratulations to Dr. Cabrera Geserick on his latest publications!
Assistant Professor of Humanities Dr. Cabrera Geserick recently published his articles “Mercenaries and Filibusters in 19th-Century Latin America” in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History (June, 2024) and “Cultural Imperialism in Latin… Read more
Congratulations to Dr. Jelesijevic on her recent publication!
Assistant Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions Dr. Dunja Jelesijevic recently published the chapter essay “The Serpent Dancer: Multiple Identities and Competing Rituals in Noh Play Dōjōji” in the anthology Premodern Monsters: A Varied Compilation of Pre-modern Judeo-Christian and Japanese Buddhist Monstrous Discourses (Vernon Press,… Read more
Dr. Marco Cabrera Geserick presented in Costa Rica on May 3 and May 6
CCS Assistant Professor of Humanities Dr. Marco Cabrera Geserick presented this week on the topic of Memory and the Filibuster War in Costa Rica this May. Sponsored by the Secretary of Culture of the government of Costa Rica, he talked about “The Rise and Fall of May 1st: Commemoration and Politics in the Memory of the Filibuster War” at the Cultural Historical Juan Santamaria Museum, in Alajuela, on May 3rd, and at the Museum of Popular Culture, in Barva,… Read more
Congratulations to Dr. Björn Krondorfer on his latest publication!
Congratulations to CCS Regents’ Professor Dr. Björn Krondorfer on his recent co-authored article with Katya Tolstay, “Holocaust***Gulag: Repressing, Rescuing, and Regulating Recalcitrant Legacies,” an expanded review of the 2023 symposium of the same title published in the journal Eastern European Holocaust Studies (2024).… Read more