Faculty Research

New website features work by CCS faculty and students

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on September 6, 2023

Congratulations to the Martin-Springer Institute on the completion of their digital exhibition “Stories of the Spanish Civil War.” The project featured student interns from across campus and several from CCS major and minor programs under the direction of CCS Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions and director of the Martin-Sprinter Institute Dr. Bjorn Krondorfer.

About the exhibit:

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Congratulations to Assistant Teaching Professor Dr. Katrina Maggiulli on her recent publication!

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on August 27, 2023

Assistant Teaching Professor of Humanities Dr. Katrina Maggiulli recently published an essay in the Routledge Handbook of Ecomedia Studies titled “Fear and Loathing in Ecomedia: Channeling Fear through Horror Tropes in Invasive Species Outreach.” Read her chapter in the open access version of the book.  

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CCS awards our inaugural Clara M. Lovett Humanities in Action grants

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on May 15, 2023

The department of Comparative Cultural awards our first Clara M. Lovett Humanities in Action grants this month. The Clara M. Lovett Humanities in Action Fund supports Public Humanities programming that is community focused and advances the professional development of students. Thanks to a generous grant from past NAU president Dr. Clara Lovett (1993-2001), we will award two annual grants to teams comprised of NAU faculty and students who are engaged in community-based Public Humanities projects. Two grants for… Read more

Faculty News: CCS Professor of Art History and Asian Studies Dr. Zsuzsanna Gulácsi releases the catalogue of her publication Manichaean Art in Berlin Collections (Breplos 2001) in Persian translation

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on April 7, 2023

CCS Professor of Art History and Asian Studies Dr. Zsuzsanna Gulácsi has released the catalogue of her Manichaean Art in Berlin Collections (Breplos 2001), in Persian translation by Sonia Mirzaie (Iranian Academy of Arts 2023). The 2001 publication addressed Manichean artwork and illuminated pieces from Turfan (in East Central Asia)  found in two German institutions. Learn more in Global Art Magazine.

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The Clara M. Lovett Humanities in Action Fund Call for Proposals

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on March 28, 2023

The Clara M. Lovett Humanities in Action Fund supports Public Humanities programming that advances the professional development of students and is community focused. Thanks to a generous grant from past NAU president Dr. Clara Lovett (1993-2001), NAU’s Department of Comparative Cultural Studies will award two annual grants to teams comprised of NAU faculty and students who are engaged in community-based Public Humanities projects. Two grants for up to $2000 each will be awarded each year. The deadline for submission… Read more

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