Museum Studies

Upcoming Career Workshops in March

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on March 4, 2024

Join the College of Arts and Letters for a series of career workshops in March! These are designed to support students with essential skills for their professional journey at NAU and beyond. The workshops will cover a variety of topics critical to career readiness and success, including resume building, interview preparation, networking strategies, and more. Learn more at https://nau.edu/college-arts-letters/events/workshops/. 

March 6 Networking and Your Personal Narrative

3 p.m. SBS Castro Room 225

March 18 Internship Basics: Applying

1 p.m.… Read more

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

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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

Summer 2024 research support for NAU students at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

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The Martin-Springer Institute (MSI) is offering a stipend for one qualified NAU graduate or advance undergraduate student to pursue a research-based project at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington D.C.

Application deadline: Friday April 5, 2024 (noon)

 The MSI provides financial support of up to $4,000 to cover expenses for one NAU student spending a minimum of 10 weekdays in the USHMM archives and library in Washington D.C. The stipend is meant to cover expenses for airfare, local… Read more

Opening of “Disappeared: Portraits of Absence” at Coconino Center for the Arts

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CCS Museum Studies minors often complete internships with the Martin-Springer Institute each semester. Several students contributed this last semester to the planning of the exhibit “Disappeared: Portraits of Absence” at the Coconino Center for the Arts, which opened this past Thursday. Missed the opening? Check out the exhibit March 2-23 in the Project Gallery. Learn more here.The image depicts a gallery with white walls with black and white photographs hanging from the ceiling… <a href=Read more

Alumni news: CCS alum Holly Filsinger now the Collections Specialist at Black Mountain College Museum

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Congratulations to CCS alum Holly Filsinger on her new position as the Collections Specialist at Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center. Holly recently graduated from Illinois State University with a M.A. in Visual Culture in 2023. She graduated from NAU with a B.A. in Comparative Cultural Studies with an emphasis in Arts & Cultural Management in 2018. Holly writes, ”

I’m happy to share that I’ve started a new position as the Collections Specialist at Black Mountain College… Read more

Join the College of Arts and Letters (and CCS) for the CAL in Action Showcase on March 7 at 5:30 p.m.

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on February 23, 2024

Join the College of Arts and Letters for an evening celebrating collaborative learning, impactful scholarship, creative activity, and community engagement at the first annual CAL in Action Showcase on March 7 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Ashurst Auditorium. During the first and final half hours of the event, faculty and students will be on hand to discuss and demonstrate some of the work that is contributing to the college’s academic, creative, and artistic footprint and outreach to the NAU &… Read more

Department of Comparative Cultural Studies
Location
Room 104 Main Office Building 15
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317 W Tormey Dr.
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 6031
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011