2018 is proving to be a watershed year for the humanities at Syracuse. Despite ongoing threats to federal arts and cultural funding, the Humanities Center is entering its second decade, awash in experience and excellence, while one of its signature programs, the Mellon-funded Central New York Humanities Corridor, is the new recipient of $6.5 million of permanent support. “Our research excellence in the humanities and humanistic social sciences has never been stronger,” says Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, noting a recent uptick in humanities research expenditures at the University.
As humanists mine new, alternate forms of support, they also push the boundaries of teaching and research. Projects aimed at unifying humanities inquiry, artistic practice and scientific research are no longer the exception, but the rule at Syracuse. “Creative Conversations” is the first in a four-part series about faculty research in the humanities—how it is advancing discovery at Syracuse and, in the process, rethinking the University’s strategic position.
The renowned creative writing program in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of English has a reputation for nurturing some of the top writers from diverse backgrounds, voices and interests. Faculty include widely recognized, award-winning writers, and many M.F.A….
Syracuse Stage Artistic Director Robert Hupp and Managing Director Jill Anderson announced they will close the 2022/2023 season with a production that celebrates the pure joy and simple fun of live theatre, the fan favorite and ultimate whodunnit, “CLUE.” The…
The Syracuse University Art Museum is one of 10 university art museums nationwide chosen for inclusion in the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation’s 2023 Frankenthaler Prints Initiative. The award includes a gift of selected original prints by the renowned artist and $25,000…
Internationally renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems H’17, Syracuse University’s first-ever artist in residence, was the guest of honor at the 12th Annual Brooklyn Artists Ball, presented by Dior, held April 25, at the Brooklyn Museum. Weems was honored for “her innumerable contributions…
The title poem in the debut collection of Mosab Abu Toha G’23 begins with a plea that the surgeon repairing his punctured eardrum save the things he cherishes: his mother’s voice, songs in Arabic, poems in English, chirping birds. “When…
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