Erik anderson
Erik anderson
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Assistant Professor of English
Bird
Bird
Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury
Hope, as Emily Dickinson famously wrote, is the thing with feathers. Erik Anderson, on the other hand, regards our obsession with birds as too sentimental, too precious. Birds don't express hope. They express themselves. But this tension between the versions of nature that lodge in our minds and the realities that surround us is the central theme of Bird.
This is no field guide. It's something far more unusual and idiosyncratic, balancing science with story, anatomy with metaphor, habitat with history. Anderson illuminates the dark underbelly of our bird fetish and offers a fresh, alternative vision of one of nature's most beloved objects.
Rachel anderson-rabern
Rachel anderson-rabern
Associate Professor of Theatre
Staging Process: The Aesthetic Politics of Collective Performance
Staging Process: The Aesthetic Politics of Collective Performance
Northwestern University Press
Northwestern University Press
Staging Process examines contemporary collective creation practices, with particular focus on the work of four “third wave” American performance ensembles: Goat Island, Elevator Repair Service, Nature Theater of Oklahoma, and the TEAM. The book examines ways in which these groups create blueprints for developing collaborative performance, arguing that for these groups methodology entwines with emerging performance aesthetics.
lina bernstein
lina bernstein
Emerita Professor of Russian
Humanities
Humanities
Magda Nachman: An Artist in Exile
Magda Nachman: An Artist in Exile
Academic Studies Press
Academic Studies Press
This is intended as an overview of jazz rhythm forThe political and social turmoil of the twentieth century took Magda Nachman from a privileged childhood in St. Petersburg at the close of the nineteenth century, artistic studies with Léon Bakst and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin at the Zvantseva Art Academy, and participation in the dynamic symbolist/modernist artistic ferment in pre-Revolutionary Russia to a refugee existence in the Russian countryside during the Russian Civil War followed by marriage to a prominent Indian nationalist, then with her husband to the hardships of émigré Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s, and finally to Bombay, where she established herself as an important artist and a mentor to a new generation of modern Indian artists. music theorists and jazz scholars.
Магда Нахман: художник в изгнании
Магда Нахман: художник в изгнании
Academic Studies Press, БиблиоРоссика
Academic Studies Press, БиблиоРоссика
Translation of my book Magda Nachman: An Artist in Exile (translated by the author).
"Magda Nachman: An Artist in Exile"
"Magda Nachman: An Artist in Exile"
Annual Convention of ASEEES
Annual Convention of ASEEES
My book is the first biography of the artist Magda Nachman Acharya, author of the only oil portrait of Marina Tsvetaeva done during the poet’s lifetime (1913), and a pastel portrait of Vladimir Nabokov (1933). Magda’s biography gave me the opportunity not only to reintroduce a forgotten artist and her work, but to write about the time that shaped her—about the fateful events of the first half of the twentieth century at which she was present. Using letters, diaries, archival documents, and interviews with those who knew her, I was able to create a patchwork—alas full of holes—of her life.
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The Russian-Indian Artist Magda Nachman Acharya
The Russian-Indian Artist Magda Nachman Acharya
Moscow State Museum of Oriental Cultures
Moscow State Museum of Oriental Cultures
Online exhibition.
"The Zvantseva Art Academy in St. Petersburg (1906–1917). Léon Bakst and His Students"
"The Zvantseva Art Academy in St. Petersburg (1906–1917). Léon Bakst and His Students"
Globus–Books, San Francisco
Globus–Books, San Francisco
Invited talk/keynote.
MATTHEW BUTTERFIELD
MATTHEW BUTTERFIELD
Professor of Music
"Jazz Rhythm: The Challenge of Swing"
"Jazz Rhythm: The Challenge of Swing"
The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm
The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm
This is intended as an overview of jazz rhythm for music theorists and jazz scholars.
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michael clapper
michael clapper
Associate Professor of Art History
"Exciting Reassurances: Popular Art and Contemporary Life in Currier & Ives Prints"
"Exciting Reassurances: Popular Art and Contemporary Life in Currier & Ives Prints"
Revisiting America: The Prints of Currier & Ives
Revisiting America: The Prints of Currier & Ives
An analysis of the cultural significance of specific types of subjects in Currier & Ives print, including trains, disasters, and hunting and camping scenes. Why were these sorts of images of interest to their original audience, and what social functions did such inexpensive, mass-reproduced popular art serve?
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Dennis Deslippe
Dennis Deslippe
Professor of American Studies and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
“BUILD, Baltimore’s Working Poor, and Economic Citizenship in the 1990s"
“BUILD, Baltimore’s Working Poor, and Economic Citizenship in the 1990s"
Journal of Civil and Human Rights
Journal of Civil and Human Rights
A case study on the importance of citizen power organizations in the history of economic citizenship.
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rachel feldman
rachel feldman
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
"Jewish Theocracy at the Biblical Barbeque: The Role of Third Temple Activism and Sacrificial Reenactments in Shaping Self and State"
"Jewish Theocracy at the Biblical Barbeque: The Role of Third Temple Activism and Sacrificial Reenactments in Shaping Self and State"
Contemporary Jewry
Contemporary Jewry
In this article I examine a messianic biblical revival movement in contemporary Israel known as the "Third Temple Movement." Focusing specifically on the movement's attempt to revive animal sacrifices (long discontinued in Judaism), I argue that sacrificial reenactments function as important socialization exercises, providing a spectacle of Jewish "indigeneity" that reshapes participants' sense of self and state, preparing them for an imagined theocratic future.
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bruce gustafson
bruce gustafson
Charles A. Dana Professor of Music, Emeritus
"Les Sources musicales du Divertissement royal"
"Les Sources musicales du Divertissement royal"
Molière à la cour: Les Amants magnifiques en 1670
Molière à la cour: Les Amants magnifiques en 1670
This chapter was originally a paper delivered at a conference at the University of Rennes on a comédie-ballet by Lully and Molière from 1670.
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Kabi hartman
Kabi hartman
Director of the Program in Support of Academic Excellence and Senior Teaching Professor of English
"Eighteen Takes on Being Jewish"
"Eighteen Takes on Being Jewish"
Carve Magazine
An author's personal exploration of what it means to be Jewish.
Joshua katz-rosene
Joshua katz-rosene
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
"Protest Song and Countercultural Discourses of Resistance in 1960s Colombia"
"Protest Song and Countercultural Discourses of Resistance in 1960s Colombia"
Resonancias
Resonancias
The article examines three countercultural-oppositional movements that captivated youth in Colombia’s biggest cities during the 1960s: the protest song movement, rock and roll subculture, and a literary movement known as nadaísmo (“nothingism”). It analyzes the different ways that adherents of these movements conceived of social, cultural, and political resistance. This article received an honorable mention in the competition for the 12th Samuel Claro Valdés award for Latin American Musicology.
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kostis kourelis
kostis kourelis
Associate Professor of Art History
"Sites of Refuge in a Historically Layered Landscape: Camps in Central Greece"
"Sites of Refuge in a Historically Layered Landscape: Camps in Central Greece"
Change Over Time
Change Over Time
Study of Syrian refugee camps in Greece and questions regarding their historic preservation.
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"Three Elenis: Archaeologies of the Greek American Village"
"Three Elenis: Archaeologies of the Greek American Village"
Journal of Modern Greek Studies
Journal of Modern Greek Studies
The archaeology of Greek-American immigration through the lens of three field-project presenting the experience of three women (coincidentally all named Eleni).
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"The Greek Communities of Harrisburg and Lancaster: A Study of Immigration, Residence, and Mobility in the City Beautiful Era"
"The Greek Communities of Harrisburg and Lancaster: A Study of Immigration, Residence, and Mobility in the City Beautiful Era"
Pennsylvania History
Pennsylvania History
A study of spatial distribution of immigrant communities in Harrisburg and Lancaster focusing on Greek immigration in the early 20th century
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L'Oreal lampley
L'Oreal lampley
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre
Mixed Magic Theatre's, "Theatre at a Distance: We, They and The People"
Mixed Magic Theatre's, "Theatre at a Distance: We, They and The People"
Pawtucket, RI
Pawtucket, RI
Mixed Magic Theatre is a non-profit organization located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, whose mission is to create more literate and arts-active communities. Their commitment to recognizing a need within the community and filling it with the gift of theater was encouraged during the COVID-19 lock-down in August 2020 and resulted in an exclusive interview with the writer, Ricardo Pitts-Wiley and an early release of new music from the original musical, "Spirit Warrior's Dream."
Artists in the time of Coronavirus, an ongoing virtual exhibition
Artists in the time of Coronavirus, an ongoing virtual exhibition
Artblog
"Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)"
"Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)"
Appraisers Association of America Conference
Virtually everyone knows of the Works Progress Administration and its artist projects of the 1930s, but few know of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and its artist projects of the 1970s. This presentation about CETA's employment of 10,000 artists nationwide and the resulting impact on the arts was given as part of the AAA's for-credit professional enhancement program.
"The Forgotten Federally Employed Artists"
"The Forgotten Federally Employed Artists"
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic
Why are the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) artist programs less well known than the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects for being an instance when the federal government employed artists en masse?
"Interview with Virginia Maksymowicz"
"Interview with Virginia Maksymowicz"
Philadelphia Sculptors
MYTHOS - Sculpture, "Panis Angelicus,"
MYTHOS - Sculpture, "Panis Angelicus,"
Exhibition at the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, September 19 - October 25
The exhibition offers a new perspective on ancient mythologies and folklore. In my sculpture, hollowed-out Corinthian capitals are transformed into cornucopias overflowing with breads, among which are hidden a variety of tiny angels. It references Vitruvius' and Joseph Rykvert's theories of the origin of that architectural form.
"Old Myths, New Stories"
"Old Myths, New Stories"
Curtis Center for the Arts
In connection with the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, this group exhibition pauses to consider where women have come, where they are and where they’re going as women and artists. The works express ideas about the experience of women throughout time, focusing on their unique voices, while asking questions about the feminine/sacred feminine in art. A documentary catalogue will accompany the exhibition; it is still in production.
"Papermaking and Casting"
"Papermaking and Casting"
University of the Arts, Philadelphia
Invited lecture/workshop
“What’s next? Visual Arts on the downside of the Covid-19 curve”
“What’s next? Visual Arts on the downside of the Covid-19 curve”
Artblog
Speculations on the aftermath of the Covid-19 closures in the arts community. What measures will museums and galleries take upon reopening? Will some initiatives, like virtual tours, continue after quarantine is lifted?
David McMahan
David McMahan
Charles A. Dana Professor of Religious Studies
"Buddhism and Global Secularisms"
"Buddhism and Global Secularisms"
Buddhism in the Global Eye: Beyond East and West
Buddhism in the Global Eye: Beyond East and West
Buddhism illustrates the diversity, fluidity, and constructedness of the categories of "religious" and "secular"; yet the deployment of these categories has very real-world effects and drives change in belief and practice. Examples include meditation practices that have gone global, but take on very specific forms in different countries due to laws governing how “secular” and “religious” are understood, as well as the reconfiguration of Buddhism by political forces in China with its laws regarding “religious” and “secular” activities and institutions.
"Secularism Is Not Secular: Investigating the Urge to Purge Secularism of Buddhist and Hindu Influence"
"Secularism Is Not Secular: Investigating the Urge to Purge Secularism of Buddhist and Hindu Influence"
Religious Studies Review
Religious Studies Review
This discussion and critique of Candy Gunther Brown’s Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools argues that the book asserts a too reified conception of both secularism and religion, one that privileges “post-Christian” secularism and attempts to purge elements of Buddhism and Hinduism.
The Age of Undress: Art, Fashion, and the Classical Ideal in the 1790s
The Age of Undress: Art, Fashion, and the Classical Ideal in the 1790s
Yale University Press
Yale University Press
The Age of Undress explores the emergence and meaning of neoclassical dress in the 1790s, tracing its evolution from Naples to London and Paris over the course of a single decade. Amelia Rauser investigates this sudden transformation and argues that women styled themselves as living statues, artworks come to life, an aesthetic and philosophical choice intertwined with the experiments and innovations of artists working in other media during the same period. Although neoclassicism is often considered a cold, rational, and masculine movement, Rauser’s analysis shows that it was actually deeply passionate, with women at its core—as ideals and allegories, as artistic agents, and as important patrons.
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jennifer redmann
jennifer redmann
Professor of German
"Leveraging General Education Requirements to Strengthen Foreign Language Majors"
"Leveraging General Education Requirements to Strengthen Foreign Language Majors"
ADFL Bulletin
ADFL Bulletin
The article argues that instituting an integrated, literacies-based collegiate foreign language curriculum provides a rationale for "counting" lower-level courses toward language majors and minors, thereby improving access and strengthening programs.
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Ann Stachura
Ann Stachura
Coordinator of the Spanish Community Based Learning and Community Outreach
"Latin American Literature, the Hispanic Patient, and Professionalism in Healthcare"
"Latin American Literature, the Hispanic Patient, and Professionalism in Healthcare"
From Reading to Healing: Teaching Medical Professionalism through Literature
From Reading to Healing: Teaching Medical Professionalism through Literature
Studying works of literature from Latin America that portray medical interactions gives future healthcare professionals a chance to reflect on bioethical and cultural issues in the delivery of healthcare. In this chapter, I provide strategies on how to use two texts to initiate discussions with medical students and residents that focus on addressing issues of cultural competence and the development of a greater self-consciousness regarding bias and stigma.
Translation: "Peyo Mercé and the Dietician" by Abelardo Díaz Alfaro
Translation: "Peyo Mercé and the Dietician" by Abelardo Díaz Alfaro
From Reading to Healing: Teaching Medical Professionalism through Literature
From Reading to Healing: Teaching Medical Professionalism through Literature
Jon Stone
Jon Stone
Associate Professor of Russian and Russian Studies
"The Journal as Archive: Vesy and the Russian Reader’s Encounter With Decadence"
"The Journal as Archive: Vesy and the Russian Reader’s Encounter With Decadence"
Volupté
Volupté
By capitalizing on the belatedness of Decadence’s introduction in Russia, the journal Vesy functioned as an instrument that archived the many fruits of European Decadence while also fostering the creation of new Decadent works in Russian. Through this combination of its retrospective and future-oriented functions, Vesy helps explain how readers first experienced Decadence and came to understand, and even emulate, it in the aftermath of that encounter.
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"O!?!?!: Reading and Readers in the Silver Age (1890s-1900s)"
"O!?!?!: Reading and Readers in the Silver Age (1890s-1900s)"
Reading Russia. A History of Reading in Modern Russia, Vol. 2
Reading Russia. A History of Reading in Modern Russia, Vol. 2
A new era of modernism, called the “Silver Age” of Russian literature and the arts, can be experienced through the new ways in which literature was published and read. Calls for a paradigmatic shift in all aspects of Russian cultural production became increasingly resounding in the early 1890s causing Russian modernism to be packaged and presented to the reader in the intentionally vague term “the new art.”
sherali tareen
sherali tareen
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
"South Asian Qur'an Commentaries and Translations: A Preliminary Intellectual History"
"South Asian Qur'an Commentaries and Translations: A Preliminary Intellectual History"
ReOrient: Journal of Critical Muslim Studies
ReOrient: Journal of Critical Muslim Studies
The first article length study of Qur'an commentaries and translations in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu in South Asia from the 14th to 20th centuries. Interrogates the emergence of Qur'an translation as an important field of knowledge in South Asia's transition to colonialism.
"Beyond Revival and Reform: Reorienting the Study of South Asian Islam"
"Beyond Revival and Reform: Reorienting the Study of South Asian Islam"
ReOrient: Journal of Critical Muslim Studies
ReOrient: Journal of Critical Muslim Studies
Introductory essay to a special volume on new avenues of research in the field of South Asian Islam from the premodern and modern period, drawing on wok from multiple disciplines in the Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences.
"The Problems and Perils of Translating Sufism as 'Moderate' Islam"
"The Problems and Perils of Translating Sufism as 'Moderate' Islam"
Modern Sufis and the State
Modern Sufis and the State
A commentary essay in a major new volume on the relationship between Sufism and the modern state. The essay explores some of the problems involved in the common tendency to champion Sufism as "moderate Islam" set against the Shari'a or Islamic Law.
pamela vail
pamela vail
Associate Professor of Dance
Last Audience: a Performance Manual
Last Audience: a Performance Manual
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
This new publication is an adaptation of a live performance piece, where audiences are asked to become the actors, the set designers, and the directors of their own performance. The manual contains five booklets containing 28 scores, along with other materials, which guide them through rituals of mercy, judgment, communion, blessing, and liberation. The manual lives on in both the digital and physical worlds—as an ongoing shared archive at Lastaudience.com and as a lasting memento in this collection of booklets.
The live work of "Last Audience," in which I performed in October 2019 in NYC, was nominated for a prestigious "BESSIE" award in the "outstanding production" category. All nominees were honored in a virtual ceremony on Dec. 14, 2020.
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