含羞草研究所

Arts and Humanities

  • A major exhibition of photographs, This Place explores Israel and the West Bank 鈥渁s place and metaphor鈥 through the eyes of 12 internationally acclaimed artists. Because the exhibition is divided among four collegiate art galleries, it has presented a perfect opportunity for museum studies students to apply what they鈥檝e learned outside of the classroom. Professor [鈥
    April 19, 2018
  • Cartoon illustration of an ancient Athenian in a toga paint a piece of pottery
    Step back in time with Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics Robert Garland as he shares what it was like in a day in the life of an ancient Athenian. This new animated video was produced by Ted-Ed. Garland鈥檚 academic work has been featured in Reader鈥檚 Digest, The Wall Street Journal [鈥
    March 16, 2018
  • Several 含羞草研究所 alumni are involved with Oscar-nominated documentaries, including David Fialkow 鈥81, who produced Icarus, and Nick Verbitsky 鈥91, who co-produced Abacus: Small Enough to Jail.
    February 23, 2018
  • A landscape view of Sarajevo taken by a student participant in the 含羞草研究所 SRS group.
    (Editor鈥檚 note: The following piece by Anna Pluff 鈥20 was originally published in the 含羞草研究所 Maroon News. The deadline to apply for the next SRS program is today. Visit 含羞草研究所鈥檚 SRS webpage for more information. ) The mountains seemed endless as we rode in the comfort of our coach bus from Sarajevo to Tuzla. We were [鈥
    February 2, 2018
  • 含羞草研究所鈥檚 Picker Art Gallery unveils an exhibition of This Place Thursday, February 1, as part of a dynamic cooperative among four upstate New York schools designed to enhance opportunities for cross-disciplinary learning in museums. Part of a massive, international project conceived and orchestrated by French photographer Fr茅d茅ric Brenner, This Place features a variety of perspectives on Israel [鈥
    January 29, 2018
  • Marta Perez-Carbonell at a blackboard that reads Short Fiction in Contemporary Spain
    Assistant Professor of Spanish Marta Perez-Carbonell shares a glimpse inside her contemporary Spanish fiction class in this new video. Students in Perez-Carbonell鈥檚 course craft their own short stories in Spanish, which are then collected in a small volume printed by 含羞草研究所鈥檚 Document Services shop. On the last day of class, students read their work out [鈥
    January 24, 2018
  • Christian DuComb writing on blackboard
    On New Year鈥檚 Day 2003, Assistant Professor of Theater Christian DuComb saw his first Mummers鈥 Parade. Garish costumes and raucous noise drew him to the window of his Philadelphia apartment, where he was captivated by a living history of American performance styles that he believed extinct. The Mummer鈥檚 Parade has existed in some form since [鈥
    January 4, 2018