Public Humanities

Elevate your education by studying abroad with CCS! NAU in Italy: Nature, Culture & Sustainability in Tuscany Summer 2024

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on September 7, 2023

Summer Sustainability Program with Dr. Woods in Siena Tuscany: Nature, Culture, and Sustainability

May 27-June 28, 2024

Led by Professor of Humanities Dr. Gioia Woods gioia.woods@nau.edu

Medieval hill towns, ancient castles, iconic cuisine, and stunning landscape are part of the charms of Italy’s Tuscan region. The home of Michelangelo’s David and the birthplace of gelato, Tuscany boasts many treasures—chief among them the millennia-old relationship between nature and culture. This 6-unit program explores that relationship as it’s embodied in Tuscany’s art, architecture, agriculture, and… Read more

New website features work by CCS faculty and students

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on September 6, 2023

Congratulations to the Martin-Springer Institute on the completion of their digital exhibition “Stories of the Spanish Civil War.” The project featured student interns from across campus and several from CCS major and minor programs under the direction of CCS Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions and director of the Martin-Sprinter Institute Dr. Bjorn Krondorfer.

About the exhibit:

What can a simple fan tell us about war? Explore with us the Spanish Civil War through a fan signed in 1938 by… Read more

Congratulations to Assistant Teaching Professor Dr. Katrina Maggiulli on her recent publication!

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on August 27, 2023

Assistant Teaching Professor of Humanities Dr. Katrina Maggiulli recently published an essay in the Routledge Handbook of Ecomedia Studies titled “Fear and Loathing in Ecomedia: Channeling Fear through Horror Tropes in Invasive Species Outreach.” Read her chapter in the open access version of the book.  

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CCS awards our inaugural Clara M. Lovett Humanities in Action grants

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on May 15, 2023

The department of Comparative Cultural awards our first Clara M. Lovett Humanities in Action grants this month. The Clara M. Lovett Humanities in Action Fund supports Public Humanities programming that is community focused and advances the professional development of students. Thanks to a generous grant from past NAU president Dr. Clara Lovett (1993-2001), we will award two annual grants to teams comprised of NAU faculty and students who are engaged in community-based Public Humanities projects. Two grants for… Read more

CCS End of Year Celebration!

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on May 12, 2023

CCS celebrated our spring 2023 Outstanding Senior Katherine Leddy, our scholarship winners Joce Dolezal (Lakeview United Methodist Scholarship), Kieran McKinney (Lakeview United Methodist Scholarship), and Morgan Wood (Lois Kellogg Duncan Scholarship and the Gary Kane Study Abroad Scholarship), and our junior book prize winners Joce Dolezal (Public Humanities, Lee Wiechmann (Museum Studies), and Mckenzi Monical (Art History) at our end of semester reception on May 11! Learn more about CCS awards and scholarships at Read more

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