Speaker: Zheng Zhu, Humanities Department This talk analyzes a Hong Kong-based newspaper’s representation of African countries and how it constructs the mainland government’s neo-imperialistic domination of Sino-Africa trade relations. The…
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Weaving Fragments: On The Connoisseurship of Italian Renaissance Tapestry Cartoons
The Humanities Department cordially invites you to October’s Works-in-the-Works event In this talk Prof. McAuliffe will examine the design of sixteenth-century European tapestries and the cartoons, or full-size colored…
Musings on Music’s Muse: Searching for Truth at the Intersection of Formal and Aesthetic Beauty.
In this talk Dr. David Smith presents the case for a reinterpretation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s full throated entrance into the world of popular commercial theatre with his last Opera…
Works in the Works:Internet Metaphors and Arabic Translation by Khalid Lachheb
In this talk Khalid Lachheb draws on cognitive semantic studies to explore the cognitive dimension of metaphor and the metaphoric structure of internet terminology. This presentation also sketches recent terminological…
Works in the Works: The Phonologist’s Craft—and Obligation
A talk by Ann Delilkan After determining the number of meaning-creating sounds (also known as ‘phonemes’) in a language, generative phonologists aim to formulate the abstract rules understood by native…
Works in the Works: Straight Acting:The Changing Image of Queer-Masculinity in Media Representation
A Talk by Dr. Zheng Zhu This talk investigates the mainstream media’s discursive construction of Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas, with a specific focus on the construction of his masculinity…
Humanities Department presents Works in the Works: Truth in Health and Safety Messages
Truth in Health and Safety Messages Communication campaigns are important parts of public health interventions, raising awareness about health and safety. More than just transmitting facts, health and safety campaigns…
Humanities Department presents Works in the Works:A Talk by Sarah Standing
350.org as Localized Trans-Global Performance
On a single “Day of Climate Action” in 2009, 350.org created over 5,000 eco-actions in 180 countries around the world. The next year, they initiated the “Planet-Scale Art Project.” In this talk, Professor Standing investigates the implications of 350’s trans-global activism as art and performance.
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Works in the Works: Cathy Santore
Delight in Disorder “A sweet disorder in the dress Kindles in clothes a wantonness;… Do more bewitch me, than when art Is too precise in every part.” Sixteenth-century Venetian painters…
Works in the Works: Beyond Broadcasting presented by Professor Robert Redding
Veteran broadcaster for over 20 years, Professor Robert Redding has been heard in all 50 states. This best-selling music artist and author of seven best-selling books has now brought his…