Dr. Deborah Galante’s article “The Column by Adrian Paci” was published just this month in the journal Friction. The article explores Adrian Paci’s short film that follows a group of Chinese laborers as they sculpt a marble column destined for France. As Dr. Galante describes in her work, the “piece opens… Read more
Faculty news
Dr. Cabrera Geserick Keynote Speaker at Napoleonic Historical Society Conference 2024
Dr. Marco Cabrera Geserick, the Latin American Studies Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Humanities, was recently invited as a keynote speaker for the Napoleonic Historical Society conference this year, which was held in Mexico City at the Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico. The event began at the Mexico City campus of the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (the Mexican version of MIT), where speakers were welcomed by masked students (pictured below). 
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Dr. Pratt-Sturges to Speak at Panel on Creative Technology and AI
CCS Associate Teaching Professor of Public Humanities and Museum Studies, Dr. Becky Pratt-Sturges is scheduled to speak at a panel of humanities scholars on “Creative Technology and Artificial Technology.” The FREE event will be held on Thursday, December 12 at 6:30-7:30pm at the Coconino Center for the Arts. In addition to Dr. Pratt-Sturges, the panel also includes Jaewook Lee and student representatives and will be moderated by Chris S. Johnson.
According to the Coconino Center for the Arts: “Panelists… Read more
Faculty-run Dia de los Muertos workshop featured in campus paper!
As part of the week-long Dia de los Muertos celebrations at NAU this year, CCS Assistant Professor of Humanities Dr. Anabel Galindo and Future Faculty Fellow of Human Rights Dr. Pedro Gonzalez Corona held flower-making workshops at the Cline Library. In an interview with The Lumberjack, Dr. Galindo said, “It’s part of learning and building community within NAU…. Some students don’t know each other when they come in, but now they’re talking with each other and getting to know… Read more
Dr. Gulacsi Sabbatical Lecture on October 31st
Professor of Art History and Asian Studies, Dr. Zsuzsanna Gulacsi will be sharing her sabbatical research she conducted as a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, NJ in Spring 2024 on Thursday, October 31st at 4:30pm in Liberal Arts room 136. The lecture is entitled “Sacred Waste along the Medieval Silk Roads: Buddhist, Christian, and Manichaean” and will uncover Dunhuang’s story through religious art and text from the Tang China period. This event is free and… Read more
Congrats to Dr. Murtaugh Coleman on her recent publication!
Associate Teaching Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions, Dr. Diana Murtaugh Coleman recently published her article “Suspended in al Barzakh” in the August volume of Sargasso: A… Read more