Assistant Teaching Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions Dr. Diana Murtaugh Coleman and Regents’ Professor Dr. Björn Krondorfer will both present public talks in November 2023 as part of the exhibit Tom Kiefer: El Sueño Americano / The American Dream at the Coconino Center for the Arts. His work is a photographic documentation of the personal belongings carried by migrants and those seeking asylum that were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at a processing facility near the… Read more
Public Humanities
Love museums? Interested in a career in museums? Join the Museum Studies Club during the last Thursday of every month in Cline Library room 249 at 7 p.m.!
Love museums? Interested in a career in museums? Join the Museum Studies Club during the last Thursday of every month in Cline Library room 249 at 7 p.m.!
Upcoming lecture by Assistant Teaching Professor of Humanities Dr. Kent Linthicum in HUM 382 on Oct. 18 at 4 p.m.
Join HUM 382 The Climate Project on Wednesday Oct. 18 at 4 p.m. in HLC room 3108 for “The Energy Humanities” featuring a presentation by CCS Assistant Teaching Professor Dr. Kent Linthicum. Our lives are suffused with fossils fuels—from the gasoline in our cars, to the asphalt we drive on, to the plastics that shape everything from our clothing to our computers, and even (in many cases) the electricity we use… Read more
Study abroad in Italy next summer! Information session on Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. at the Center for International Education
Learn more about the CCS study abroad program in Italy at the information session on Oct. 24 at 5:00 p.m. at the Center for International Education!
Summer Program with Dr. Woods in Siena Tuscany: Nature, Culture, and Sustainability
May 27-June 28, 2024
Led by Professor of Humanities Dr. Gioia Woods gioia.woods@nau.edu
Medieval hill towns, ancient castles, iconic cuisine, and stunning landscape are part of the charms of Italy’s Tuscan region. The home of Michelangelo’s David and the birthplace of gelato, Tuscany boasts… Read more
Tackling Antisemitism in Mexico’s Politics
Many find it difficult to grasp that prejudiced views against Jews continue to exist in the present-day world.
However, many Hispanic and Latinx community members fear the increase of antisemitic propaganda that has appeared in Mexico’s news outlets.
Pedro Gonzalez Corona, a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, illuminates this issue. He has been deeply involved in researching the resurgence of antisemitic propaganda in Mexico. Dr. Gonzalez Corona is the 2023-2024 Martin-Springer Institute Postdoctoral… Read more
Faculty News: Professor of Humanities Dr. Gioia Woods recently presented her research at the joint Association for the Study of Literature and Environment and Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences conference in Portland, Oregon in July 2023
Professor of Humanities Dr. Gioia Woods recently presented the paper, “Reclaiming the Italian Commons,” at the joint Association for the Study of Literature and Environment and Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences conference in Portland, Oregon in July 2023. Her talk sought to understand and problematize historic and contemporary practices and representations of the commons in Italy and the Italian peninsula. Dr. Woods explored how land use practices—from the… Read more