Professor of Humanities Dr. Gioia Woods recently presented the paper, “Reclaiming the Italian Commons,” at the joint Association for the Study of Literature and Environment and Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences conference in Portland, Oregon in July 2023. Her talk sought to understand and problematize historic and contemporary practices and representations of the commons in Italy and the Italian peninsula. Dr. Woods explored how land use practices—from the… Read more
Public Humanities
Upcoming talk by Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Pedro J. Gonzalez Corona, “Echoes of Racial Fantasies: The Politics of Mexican Antisemitism” on Thursday Sept. 28, 2023 at 7 p.m.
Join the Martin-Springer Institute for a talk by Dr. Pedro J. Gonzalez Corona, the 2023-2024 MSI Postdoctoral Scholar. He will present his inaugural lecture, “Echoes of Racial Fantasies: The Politics of Mexican Antisemitism” on Thursday Sept. 28, 2023 at 7 p.m. in the Liberal Arts building, room 120. His current research focuses on Mexican antisemitism and the phenomenon of forced disappearances. He will also teach a course on this topic in… Read more
Elevate your education by studying abroad with CCS! NAU in Italy: Nature, Culture & Sustainability in Tuscany Summer 2024
Summer Sustainability Program with Dr. Woods in Siena Tuscany: Nature, Culture, and Sustainability
May 27-June 28, 2024
Led by Professor of Humanities Dr. Gioia Woods gioia.woods@nau.edu
Medieval hill towns, ancient castles, iconic cuisine, and stunning landscape are part of the charms of Italy’s Tuscan region. The home of Michelangelo’s David and the birthplace of gelato, Tuscany boasts many treasures—chief among them the millennia-old relationship between nature and culture. This 6-unit program explores that relationship as it’s embodied in Tuscany’s art, architecture, agriculture, and… Read more
New website features work by CCS faculty and students
Congratulations to the Martin-Springer Institute on the completion of their digital exhibition “Stories of the Spanish Civil War.” The project featured student interns from across campus and several from CCS major and minor programs under the direction of CCS Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions and director of the Martin-Sprinter Institute Dr. Bjorn Krondorfer.
About the exhibit:
What can a simple fan tell us about war? Explore with us the Spanish Civil War through a fan signed in 1938 by… Read more
Congratulations to Assistant Teaching Professor Dr. Katrina Maggiulli on her recent publication!
Assistant Teaching Professor of Humanities Dr. Katrina Maggiulli recently published an essay in the Routledge Handbook of Ecomedia Studies titled “Fear and Loathing in Ecomedia: Channeling Fear through Horror Tropes in Invasive Species Outreach.” Read her chapter in the open access version of the book.
CCS awards our inaugural Clara M. Lovett Humanities in Action grants
The department of Comparative Cultural awards our first Clara M. Lovett Humanities in Action grants this month. The Clara M. Lovett Humanities in Action Fund supports Public Humanities programming that is community focused and advances the professional development of students. Thanks to a generous grant from past NAU president Dr. Clara Lovett (1993-2001), we will award two annual grants to teams comprised of NAU faculty and students who are engaged in community-based Public Humanities projects. Two grants for… Read more