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7 posts tagged "American Studies"

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University uncovers Columbus Murals in Main Building for instructional purposes

Angela Mathew | Friday, February 3, 2023

This past week from Jan. 30 to Feb. 3, the Columbus murals on the second floor of the University’s Main Building were uncovered for instructional purposes. The 12 paintings depict Columbus’ arrival in the “New World,” his interactions with Indigenous people in the Caribbean and images of Spanish royals like Queen Isabella. They were covered

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Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey delivers poetry reading on background, identity

Redmond Bernhold | Friday, November 11, 2022

Natasha Trethewey, two-term 19th U.S. Poet Laureate and winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, gave a poetry reading focused on her identity and inspiration as a poet Wednesday night for the Notre Dame community. “I think of myself as an elegiac poet as well as a poet concerned with remembrance and memorialization with the intersections between

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In defense of Arts and Letters

Eva Analitis | Tuesday, October 5, 2021

We’ve all heard the comments — and probably even made them: “Arts and crafts” along with other taunts meant to deride Notre Dame’s oldest and largest college. We students of the College of Arts and Letters ourselves often indulge in self-deprecating jokes about our seemingly foolish majors that supposedly offer us no job security or

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‘Black history is American history’: Community discusses importance of Black History Month

Gabrielle Penna | Wednesday, February 17, 2021

In celebration of Black History Month, Notre Dame professors have pledged themselves to educate students of all studies on issues related to art, monuments and material culture, segregation and integration, civil rights, race and politics, race and ethnicity and race and human behavior. One of these professors, Dory Mitros Durham, associate director of the Klau

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Course examining epidemics provides students with new perspective on COVID-19 pandemic

Trinity Reilly | Wednesday, October 28, 2020

We’ve all been living through a pandemic for months, but some students on campus are studying them, too. Laurel Daen, assistant professor of American Studies, is teaching a course this semester titled “Epidemics in America,” which meets over Zoom. The course covers illnesses from cholera, to smallpox, to HIV/AIDS and how they affected American life

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Gallivan program advisors debate ‘traditional’ versus digital media outlets

Ann Marie Jakubowski | Monday, December 1, 2014

Members of the advisory committee for Notre Dame’s Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics and Democracy gathered Nov. 24 for a panel discussion about “traditional” versus digital news and how online publications are changing the face of journalism. The event, titled “The New York Times vs. BuzzFeed: Can Traditional Journalism Compete with Digital News?,” gathered six

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Group examines NFL in America

Katie Galioto | Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Annie Gilbert Coleman, associate professor of American Studies, led a group discussion titled “America and the NFL: A Couple’s Therapy Session” on Tuesday evening to explore the institution of professional football. The conversation, sponsored by the American Studies Club, focused on the division between the longtime success and fame of the sport and the recent controversies brought to

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