Professor of Humanities Dr. Gioia Woods published the article “‘The Scope of an Epigram’: Quickness, Magic, and Marcovaldo’s Environmental Eye” in California Italian Studies volume 12 on October 15. The special issue on Italo Calvino marks the centenary of his birth. Read the article.
Abstract: “Quickness”, the second lecture collected in Six Memos for the New Millenium, is an essential value linking the… Read more
Join the department of Comparative Cultural Studies for another Let’s Anime! lecture on October 26 at 5:30 p.m. in Liberal Arts room 120. Professor of Japanese Christopher Smith (University of Florida) will present “Staging Anime: Performance and Gender in Kabuki Adaptations of Anime.” This event is free and open to the public.
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The Martin-Springer Institute at NAU presents a forum about Israel and Gaza on Tuesday Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Liberal Arts room 136. The session will be a student-centered discussion with faculty panelists, which include:
Emily Schneider, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Paul Lenze, Politics and International Affairs
Bjorn Krondorfer, Martin-Springer Institute and Comparative Cultural Studies
Leah Mundell, Anthropology and Sustainable Communities
Moderated by Julie Piering, Philosophy
The forum will start with short reflections shared by the panelists. They will then open the floor-in the… Read more
CCS Assistant Professor of Humanities Dr. Anabel Galindo will present her paper In The Land of Sunshine: Yaqui Mobility, 1770-1920 at the end of October as part of the 63rd Annual Western History Association Conference in Los Angeles.
Abstract: Little is… Read more
We wanted to hear more from our students about why they are a part of the department, so we interviewed… Read more
Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions Dr. Jason BeDuhn will present an invited public lecture, “Rethinking Asceticism through the Example of the Manichaeans” at The Catholic University of America on Oct. 11, 2023.
Abstract: Manichaeans and Christians share many ascetic practices and common ideals of the disciplined, perfected body. Yet the respective motivations and purposes of these… Read more