Student News

Summer internship opportunity at the Fort Tuthill Military Museum

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on March 16, 2024

Internship announcement! Non-paid Internship Vacancy Number: 2024-01 | Fort Tuthill Military Museum

Position Overview

The Fort Tuthill Military Museum (FTMM) invites applications for two Spring/Summer 2024 Internships. The interns will work closely with the General Manager and FTMM staff to develop exhibits related to Arizona’s military history from 1865-present.  This internship is an opportunity for the intern to research, design, and create/complete two physical exhibits for the 2024 season which runs from May through October.

The museum is located in two original… Read more

CCS at the CAL in Action Showcase on March 7

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on March 14, 2024

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

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

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on March 4, 2024

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

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on

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 CCS for a special screening of the documentary film “Demon Mineral” by CCS alum Hadley Austin

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on February 26, 2024

The department of Comparative Cultural Studies presents a special screening of the film Demon Mineral on Wednesday March 6 at 4 p.m. in Liberal Arts room 120. This event is free and open to the public. CCS alum Hadley Austin’s debut feature tackles the dangers of uranium mining for America’s indigenous people.

Demon Mineral is an account of life in the wake of uranium mining on sacred lands. Shot over the course of four years with Diné (or Navajo)… 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
Riles
317 W Tormey Dr.
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 6031
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011