Faculty and Staff Notes
Cal Biruk Organized, Co-Hosted Workshop in Malawi
June 25, 2019
Associate Professor of Anthropology Cal Biruk organized and co-hosted, with Alister Munthali of the University of Malawi, a two-day workshop focused on research with key populations in Malawi. The workshop was funded by a Wenner Gren Community Engagement Grant and was held June 20-21, 2019 at University of Malawi’s Centre for Social Research.
Bara Watts Joins Advisory Board
June 23, 2019
Director of Entrepreneurship Bara Watts joined the Cognitive and Creative Learning Advisory Board for Project Lead the Way, an American nonprofit organization that develops STEM curricula for use by U.S. elementary, middle, and high schools.
Stiliana Milkova Co-Organizes International Conference
June 23, 2019
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian Stiliana Milkova co-organized the first international conference on Elena Ferrante, held June 7-8, 2019 at Durham University (UK). The conference gathered scholars from around the world to discuss the global phenomenon of the contemporary Italian writer whose identity is unknown. In spring 2019, Professor Milkova taught a related course titled The Global Phenomenon of Elena Ferrante.
Alice Blumenfeld Presents Paper
June 21, 2019
Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Alice Blumenfeld presented the paper "Beyond Compás: stepping outside flamenco's performance norms" at 7th Biennial New Perspectives in Flamenco History and Research Symposium at Festival Flamenco Internacional.
Abby Aresty Teaches Workshop in Hong Kong
June 18, 2019
TIMARA Technical Director and Lecturer Abby Aresty taught a workshop on multimodal, interactive storytelling for 40 college students from around the world as part of a summer institute on humanitarian entrepreneurship at Lingnan University in Hong Kong.
Sandy Zagarell Chairs Conference Panel and Meeting
June 17, 2019
Donald R. Longman Professor of English Sandy Zagarell chaired the panel "Globalizing American Women Writers" and a meeting of the Advisory Board of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers, of which she is president, at the American Literature Association Conference held on May 25, 2019 in Boston.
John Duca Presents Invited Paper
June 14, 2019
Danforth-Lewis Professor of Economics John Duca was invited to present a paper at the 4th International Conference on Financial Markets and Macroeconomic Performance held May 20 to 21, 2019 at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.
Alice Blumenfeld Performs (Des)Encaracolarse
June 13, 2019
Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Alice Blumenfeld performed a short excerpt from her evening length work (Des)Encaracolarse at Dance Showcase on Thursday, June 13 at the Key Bank Theatre in Playhouse Square.
Lisa Ryno Publishes Blog Entry
June 11, 2019
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Lisa Ryno published a blog post titled "Tackling Summer Boredom" on the Council on Undergraduate Research's Division of Chemistry website.
Kirk Ormand Gives Two Public Talks
June 10, 2019
Professor of Classics Kirk Ormand ended the academic year by giving two public talks. He presented "Women in and out of Time: Atalanta and Sappho," on May 17 at the University of Washington in Seattle. He presented a paper on the reception by American classicists of Michel Foucault's History of Sexuality on May 25 at a conference in Paris. The conference, Bien Avant la Sexualité, was held in celebration of the first complete translation into French of Before Sexuality: The Construction of Erotic Experience in the Ancient Greek World. David Halperin '74, one of the editors of the original volume, also spoke at the conference, on the topic "Mais que s’est-il passé en 1990?"