Congratulations to CCS majors Ella Conner (focus in Art History… Read more
Congratulations to CCS majors Ella Conner and Joce Dolezal on their upcoming conference presentations!
Student Research
CCS at the CAL in Action Showcase on March 7
CCS students and faculty represented the department at the CAL in Action Showcase on March 7, 2024! Dr. Becky Pratt-Sturges, Dr. Diana Coleman, and Dr. Gioia Woods set up and worked our table filled with swag and flyers with CCS majors Joce Dolezal and Ella Conner as well as CCS intern Colin Grosvenor. Dr. Woods also moderated the featured panel, Entangled Spaces: Past, Present, & Future with the CAL 2023-2024 Arts & Humanities Fellows, which included CCS Assistant Teaching… Read more
Summer 2024 research support for NAU students at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
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
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.
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Join CCS for a special screening of the documentary film “Demon Mineral” by CCS alum Hadley Austin
The department of Comparative Cultural Studies presents a special screening of the film Demon Mineral on Wednesday March 6 at 4 p.m. in Liberal Arts room 120. This event is free and open to the public. CCS alum Hadley Austin’s debut feature tackles the dangers of uranium mining for America’s indigenous people.
Demon Mineral is an account of life in the wake of uranium mining on sacred lands. Shot over the course of four years with Diné (or Navajo)… Read more
New exhibit by the Martin-Springer Institute “The Disappeared: Portraits of Absence” opening on Feb. 29
Join the Martin-Springer Institute for the opening of their latest exhibition, “The Disappeared: Portraits of Absence,” with receptions on Thursday Feb. 29 at the Coconino Center for the Arts from 6-8 p.m. and Monday March 4 in the Riles building (3rd floor) on the NAU campus. The reception in Riles includes a presentation in Spanish with live translation with Araceli Salcedo. This public humanities project exhibits photographs of victims and family members of disappeared individuals in Mexico… Read more