Join us for the Cline Community Lecture in the Humanities on April 21 at 7 p.m. in Cline Assembly Hall! This spring marks 40 years for the Cline Lecture Series, which was established and endowed by Platt Cline, Flagstaff and NAU Historian and newspaper editor, bring speakers of international stature to Flagstaff. Previous Cline Lecturers include Juan Felipe Herrera, Luis Valdez, Rebecca Solnit, Sherman Alexie, Sarah Vowell, and T.C. Boyle. Cline Lecturers are asked to… Read more
Public Humanities
Upcoming lecture “Electrifying Mexico” with Dr. Diana Montaño on April 11
The department of Comparative Cultural Studies presents Electrifying Mexico: Technology and the Transformation of a Modern City, a talk by Dr. Diana Montaño (Associate Professor of History, Washington University at St. Louis) on April 11 at 6 p.m. in Liberal Art room 136. This event is free and open to the public. Learn more about visitor parking at https://in.nau.edu/university-transit-services/guest-parking/.
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CCS at the CAL in Action Showcase on March 7
CCS students and faculty represented the department at the CAL in Action Showcase on March 7, 2024! Dr. Becky Pratt-Sturges, Dr. Diana Coleman, and Dr. Gioia Woods set up and worked our table filled with swag and flyers with CCS majors Joce Dolezal and Ella Conner as well as CCS intern Colin Grosvenor. Dr. Woods also moderated the featured panel, Entangled Spaces: Past, Present, & Future with the CAL 2023-2024 Arts & Humanities Fellows, which included CCS Assistant Teaching… Read more
Upcoming Career Workshops in March
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
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The Clara M. Lovett Humanities in Action Fund Call for Proposals
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.
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