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The Human Trace
The great anthropologist Loren Eiseley once compared mankind to a twisted stem of wisteria—a “rooted vine in space” on an immense, if not impossible journey. It’s one that each of us must attempt, regardless of outcome. This is the premise…
Professor Eyes New Books, International Humanities Appointment
When Gregg Lambert stepped down as founding director of the Syracuse University Humanities Center in 2014, he did what any self-respecting professor would do. He hit the books. Nearly two years later, Lambert is still at the top of his…
Laura Freixas to Serve as Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in Humanities
The Humanities Center will host one of the most important feminist voices in Spanish literature March 29-April 8. Laura Freixas, a world-renowned author, teacher-scholar, critic, translator and proponent of women’s literature, will serve as the Humanities Center’s 2016 Jeanette K….
La Casita Celebrates ‘Diversity in Reading’ in April
April is “Diversity in Reading” month at La Casita Cultural Center in the College of Arts and Sciences. All month, the center is presenting various events and activities, beginning with two book-launch parties, designed to raise awareness of and support…
Poet JoEllen Kwiatek to Read for Carver Series on March 23
Poet JoEllen Kwiatek will be the next writer to give a reading in the spring 2016 Raymond Carver Reading Series on Wednesday, March 23. The series, which brings 12-14 prominent writers to campus each year, is presented by the M.F.A….
Singer Ola Onabulé, Hip-Hop Activist Harry Allen to Visit March 22-23
The Humanities Center will get its groove on with back-to-back music speakers March 22-23. On Tuesday, March 22, British-Nigerian singer Ola Onabulé will give a lecture-recital from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library. In a…
La Casita Seeks Writers
La Casita Cultural Center welcomes original poetry and prose to be included in its first edition of Musa, a multilingual publication project.This new collection of works by Syracuse University students, faculty, staff and alumni, will be presented at an open mic and…
‘Father of Posthumanism’ to Serve as CNY Humanities Corridor Visiting Collaborator
Cary Wolfe, a leading cultural theorist at Rice University, will serve as the Central New York Humanities Corridor Mellon Distinguished Visiting Collaborator at Syracuse University. A pioneer of posthumanist thought and animal studies, he will headline three local events, March…
‘Oriented’ to Be Screened March 9
LIME: An Israeli Palestinian Dialogue Group is pleased to announce the screening of “Oriented” on Wednesday, March 9, at 7 p.m. in Kittredge Auditorium. “Oriented” is a documentary film following the lives of three gay Palestinian men living in Tel…
Carver Series Presents Poet, Memoirist Brian Turner March 9
Poet Brian Turner will be the next writer to give a reading in the spring 2016 Raymond Carver Reading Series on Wednesday, March 9. The series, which brings 12-14 prominent writers to campus each year, is presented by the M.F.A….