“Dr. Cross is a brilliant scholar who we ranked at the very top of our pool of applicants when we hired her, from a field of hundreds, on the strength of her scholarship.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...
I appreciate the Chronicle of Philanthropy coverage of Gen Z non-profits rising to meet pandemic needs-now also featured in the @washingtonpost.comwww.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Nothing has spurred the entrepreneurial spirit of Gen Z quite like the COVID-19 pandemic and that extends to launching nonprofits
Our "From Gods to Satire" seminar visited the Cooper Gallery for African & African American Art this week for the "Day One DNA" exhibition exploring the origins and impact of hip hop culture through the archives of Ice T and DJ Afrika Islam. Fascinating discussion of music, identity and resistance.
Our "From Gods to Satire" seminar met Camran Mani and Hannah Gadway from Harvard Art Museums to discuss cultural ownership and contestations in art. Drew on ideas of "distributed sovereignty" to understand complicated relationships between artworks and the state.
Sam Stabler and I have an interview about our book Moral Minefields on @faculti.bsky.socialfaculti.net/moral-minefi...
“From Gods to Satire” seminar explored how German artists Vostell, Bergemann, and Wüst grappled with post-WW2 memory through their works. Connected to analyses of how art shapes collective memory of trauma+discussed creative processes of remembrance from our reading of Wagner-Pacifici and Schwartz.
Just days after the Alabama Supreme Court held that frozen IVF embryos were “unborn children” covered by Alabama’s Wrongful Death Of A Minor Act, the University of Alabama health system shut down all IVF clinics. 2% of American babies born last year came as a result of IVF. So did my 21yo daughter
The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system is pausing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment following an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that found frozen embryos are children, the health sys...
"From Gods to Satire" wk 5:we explored how art depicts the relationship between dying for one's nation and belonging. Works by Winslow Homer, Kent & others from the @harvartmuseums shed light on portrayals of death and the national myths/controversies they consolidate or provoke.
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