Comparative Study of Religions

Digital outreach internship opportunity at the NAU Art Museums for spring 2024

Posted by adl245 on December 1, 2023

Image shows the inside of an art gallery. The text repeats the long descriptionThe NAU Art Museums is now accepting applications for internships in Digital Outreach for spring semester 2024! 

About the NAU Art Museums:

Our internship program gives students interested in a museum career meaningful, real-world experience working with museum professionals on the Flagstaff campus of Northern Arizona University. The Art Museums feature the Margaret Hettel Weiss Museum, a permanent collection… Read more

Professor Paul Donnelly presented at the 51st Annual Conference in South Asia in Madison, Wisconsin in October

Posted by adl245 on November 29, 2023

Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions Dr. Paul Donnelly presented a paper, “The Buddhist Goddess Kurukullā and her Rituals of Subjugation” at the 51st Annual Conference in South Asia in Madison, Wisconsin last month.

Abstract: The tantric Buddhist goddess Kurukullā is perhaps the most important of the tantric deities of subjugation (vaśya, vaśīkaraṇa). Kurukullā has been propitiated across the tantric Buddhist world and is especially important in Tibetan cultural areas, with all… Read more

CCS Virtual Internship Showcase Dec. 8 from 3-4 p.m.

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Please join CCS for a celebration of our student interns at our virtual fall 2023 Internship Showcase from 3-4 p.m. MST on Dec. 8, 2023! The showcase will feature presentations from CCS majors and minors with internships at the Museum of Northern Arizona, NAU Art Museums, Riordan Mansion, and more. Contact the CCS Internship Coordinator Dr. Diana Coleman to RSVP or for any questions.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://nau.zoom.us/j/82398046893?pwd=dzU4RU5rUFZNc1VOQ08vdjBWcHA4UT09

Meeting ID: 823 9804 6893

Password: 609951

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CCS Professor Dr. Björn Krondorfer lecture at Coconino Center for the Arts on Nov. 30, 2023

Posted by adl245 on November 27, 2023

CCS Professor and Director of the Martin-Springer Institute Dr. Björn Krondorfer will reflect on ways of “seeing” objects and photography in violent-traumatizing contexts in his lecture “The Aesthetics and Ethics of Representation” at the Coconino Center for the Arts on Thursday November 30 at 6:30 p.m. The talk is part of the current exhibition (in partnership with the Martin-Springer Institute): El Sueño Americano / The American Dream, on display until December… Read more

Faculty news: Dr. Zsuzsanna Gulácsi invited presentation at Rutgers in October

Posted by adl245 on October 26, 2023

Congratulations to CCS Professor of Asian Studies and Art History Dr. Zsuzsanna Gulácsi on her recent invited presentation at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, on Oct. 17, 2023! Dr.  Gulácsi’s presentation, “The Life Cycle of the Sacred: Manichaeans Artifacts and their Curious Preservation at Buddhist Archaeological Sites across Medieval East Central China,” focused on a unique body of text and art that was produced for the purposes of Manichaean communities between the mid 8th and early 11th… Read more

Anime: an old way to tell new stories

Posted by Laura on October 24, 2023

The popularity of anime television shows like Naruto (2002-2007) and Demon Slayer (2019) highlight the longevity and continued impact of anime across the globe. So, it might come as a bit of surprise to discover that the origins of anime are in the centuries old practice of kabuki theater in Japan, an influence that still informs anime today.

Incredible showmanship, elaborate costumes, and exaggerated performances are long standing characteristics of kabuki theater and manifest in the the bright colors, high… Read more

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