Comparative Study of Religions

Assistant Preparator Internship Opportunity with the NAU Art Museums

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on September 14, 2024

Internship announcement! Email Senior Curator Ty Miller at ty.miller@nau.edu as soon as possible if you are interested.

Position: Assistant Preparator Intern

Hours and Compensation:

The NAU Art Museums will work with interns to create a schedule that fits the needs of both the students and the department. The internship is unpaid, but the student may earn credit hours towards his/her degree through his/her home department. The internship is available for up to 3 credit hours per semester, but the student must… Read more

Dr. Murtaugh Coleman chaired a panel and presented on human rights in Austria this summer

Posted by Katrina Maggiulli on September 7, 2024

A woman with dark hair holding a coffee standing behind a podium laughs as she speaks.Dr. Diana Murtaugh Coleman presented a paper and chaired a panel at the Second Graz/Puerto Rico International Conference on Human rights from an Inter-American Perspective: Camps, Carceral Imaginaries, and Critical Interventions at the University of Graz in Austria this summer. Her… Read more

Congratulations to Dr. Jelesijevic on her recent publication!

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on August 30, 2024

The image shows the book cover which has two Japanese Noh masks on the front. Assistant Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions Dr. Dunja Jelesijevic recently published the chapter essay “The Serpent Dancer: Multiple Identities and Competing Rituals in Noh Play Dōjōji” in the anthology Premodern Monsters: A Varied Compilation of Pre-modern Judeo-Christian and Japanese Buddhist Monstrous Discourses (Vernon Press,… Read more

Internships at Riordan Mansion in Flagstaff

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Applications are accepted year round for internships at Riordan Mansion in Flagstaff, Arizona. Interns are selected through a competitive process.
Application deadlines:
Summer internships: January 31st (applicants will be notified by March 1)
Fall semester internships: February 28th (applicants will be notified by April 1st)
Spring semester internships: Sept 30th (applicants will be notified by Nov 1)

Goal of Internships: To provide Public History, Museum Studies, Arts and Cultural Management, Parks and Recreation Management and other students in appropriate
fields… Read more

The McDonald-Anderson Scholarship application now open

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on August 28, 2024

The College of Arts and Letters McDonald-Anderson Scholarship is now available for CAL students each semester who meet the following criteria:

  • An undergraduate major in one of the following departments: Comparative Cultural Studies, English, Global Languages and Cultures, History, and Philosophy
  • Has expenses incurred from one of the following: attending a Professional Development Conference or presenting at a Scholarly Conference (students presenting as individuals rather than as members of a group have priority)

Amount of Support
Two awards of up to $500… Read more

Exhibition Opportunity for Fall 2024

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Apply today! Application will close once 5 qualified students are identified.

This internship opportunity is for “Casta Paintings: Colonial Peoples’ Classification and Its Repercussion on Modern Mexico,” and is a NAU Student-Faculty Public Humanities Project with the department of Comparative Cultural Studies and the Martin-Springer Institute. Dr. Pedro Gonzalez Corona (Future Faculty Fellow with CCS and Criminology/Criminal Justice) and Dr. Bjorn Krondorfer (Director of MSI) will mentor students for the exhibit.

During the Spanish colonial rule in the New Spain—and other… 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