In June Cleaver’s home, reproductions of Thomas Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy (1770) and Sir Thomas Lawrence’s Pinkie (1794) hang in the foyer. For television viewers who tuned in to watch…
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Humanities Seminar: Works in the Works – Music by Harris, Lyrics by Shakespeare
Matthew Harris’s award-winning Shakespeare Songs, Books I-VI is performed by choruses worldwide. Come hear him play selections and discuss the texts. Professor Harris’s contrarian approach to Shakespeare’s texts sometimes involves…
Humanities Seminar: Works in the Works – Prof. Zhijian Qian presents Is There a Chinese Type of Abstraction?
Professor Zhijian Qian writes: In the recent worldwide resurgence of abstract art, Chinese artists are making their unique contribution with works inspired by the tradition of Chinese ink painting and…
Humanities Seminar: Works in the Works – Professor David Sanchez Jimenez presents 400 Years: Cervantes in the Spanish Language and the Spanish Language in Cervantes
Professor David Sanchez Jimenez writes: In 2016 we celebrate the death anniversaries of Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare, two of the most influential authors of all time in Spanish…
Humanities Seminar: Works in the Works – Professor Khalid Lachheb presents The “Modern” Arabic Dictionary: Truth or Fallacy?
[icon name=”map-marker” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Place: A-631 [icon name=”calendar” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Date: May 17, 2016 [icon name=”clock-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Although the first Arabic dictionary was developed with Al-Khalil…
Humanities Seminar: Works in the Works – Prof. Christopher Swift presents The Cantinas de Santa Maria: Illuminating a History of Performance in 13th-Century Seville and Toledo
[icon name=”calendar” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2016 [icon name=”clock-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Time: 1 – 2 pm [icon name=”map-marker” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Location: A631 Christopher Swift discusses evidence of performance in…
Humanities Seminar: Works in the Works: Exploring Persuasion in Health Communication (from Stating to “Shoulding”) A Talk by David Lee
[icon name=”calendar” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Date: Thursday, March 10, 2016 [icon name=”clock-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm [icon name=”map-marker” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Location: A631 Globalization, migration, extreme weather events and…
Humanities Seminar: Works in the Works – The Golden Venture Paper Sculptures at the Museum of Chinese in America
[icon name=”map-marker” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Venue: A631 [icon name=”calendar” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Date: Thursday, February 11th, 2015 at 1:00 pm Housed in New York City’s Museum of Chinese in America is the Fly to…
Humanities Seminar: Works in the Works – Becoming American: Constructing Mexican Immigrants in Local Newspapers
[icon name=”map-marker” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Place: A631 [icon name=”calendar” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Date: Thursday, December 10th, 2015 at 1 pm This study critically investigates how new articles published in WA represent Mexican…
Humanities Seminar: Works in the Works – Prof. Michael McAuliffe presents The Poetics of the Private Collection: Delectare et Docere the Janos Scholz Italian Drawings Study Collection
[icon name=”map-marker” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Place: A631 [icon name=”calendar” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2015 [icon name=”clock-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Time: 1 – 2 pm Prof. Michael McAuliffe presents The Poetics of the…