Near the end of the fall semester, students in the public humanities course HUM 382 The Maus Project presented their group research projects exploring themes from the class during the poster session and reception on Nov. 29 in Cline Library. The department of Comparative Cultural Studies offered HUM 382 The Maus Project… Read more
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Regents’ Professor and director of the Martin-Springer Institute Dr. Björn Krondorfer will moderate the panel Home & Identity: The Refugee Experience on refugees at the Coconino Center for the Arts on Thursday Dec. 1 at 7 p.m.
Regents’ Professor and Director of the Martin-Springer Institute Dr. Björn Krondorfer will moderate the panel Home & Identity: The Refugee Experience on refugees at the Coconino Center for the Arts on Thursday Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. To be a refugee is not an identity but the result of losing one’s home. In this vibrant… Read more
The Maus Project Reception and Poster Session on Nov. 29
Join HUM 382 The Maus Project students, speakers, and faculty for a presentation of student research posters and a reception to celebrate their accomplishments on Nov. 29 at 4:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Regents Gallery of Cline Library (second floor). For more information, contact Dr. Gioia Woods.
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CCS Professor Dr. Björn Krondorfer featured in the NAU Review for International Religious Freedom Day
The NAU Review recently featured Regents’ Professor Dr. Björn Krondorfer for International Religious Freedom Day, Oct. 27, 2022. You can read Dr. Krondorfer’s essay here.
Faculty News: Professor of Humanities Dr. Gioia Woods gave a presentation for AZ Humanities’ “Climate Conversations” on Thursday, Feb. 10, at 6:00 p.m. MST Arizona.
Professor of Humanities Dr. Gioia Woods gave a presentation for AZ Humanities’ “Climate Conversations” on Thursday, Feb. 10, entitled “Hippie modernism: literature, counterculture and transforming our natural world.” You can read more about the presentation and a view a recording here.
The NAU Plague Project Featured in the Podcast “Making Meaning: Why the Humanities Matter”
In fall 2020, CCS Professor of Humanities Dr. Gioia Woods embarked on an ambitious initiative, the NAU Plague Project, to bring students, faculty, and community together to read Albert Camus’ 1947 novel The Plague and to participate in a wide variety of events, including panel presentations with local health professionals, collaborative reading and discussion between university students and area high schools, an interfaith panel discussion, and a workshop on how to collect pandemic stories to record and express… Read more