Museum Studies

Summer 2024 research support for NAU students at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on March 4, 2024

The Martin-Springer Institute (MSI) is offering a stipend for one qualified NAU graduate or advance undergraduate student to pursue a research-based project at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington D.C.

Application deadline: Friday April 5, 2024 (noon)

 The MSI provides financial support of up to $4,000 to cover expenses for one NAU student spending a minimum of 10 weekdays in the USHMM archives and library in Washington D.C. The stipend is meant to cover expenses for airfare, local… Read more

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

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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

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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 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

Paid summer internship with Special Collections and Archives at Cline Library in Flagstaff

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Great opportunity for a CCS major or minor, especially for students interested in museum studies, digital humanities, curation, and the environmental humanities! Deadline is March 11.

Cline Library invites applications for the 2024 Elizabeth M. and P. T. Reilly Internship. The intern will work closely with Special Collections and Archives staff to develop an exhibit that explores the relationship between forests, forestry, and the city of Flagstaff.The intern will research, design, and create both a physical display and a virtual… Read more

Department of Comparative Cultural Studies
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Room 104 Main Office Building 15
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317 W Tormey Dr.
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
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P.O. Box 6031
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011