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Films For The Humanities And Sciences | John Malkovich Stars In Pre-performance Student Workshop

… place in the Quick Center’s Wien Experimental Theatre, and was sponsored by Fairfield University’s Humanities Institute of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Quick Center for the Arts. John Malkovich has acted in approximately seventy films. …

Humanities Studies | Howard Talks Acoustics, Renaissance Venice

Francesco Casetti, a film and media studies professor, said he was impressed by the fusion of humanities knowledge and scientific research Howard’s lecture presented. He praised Howard’s choice to create a field experiment for her humanities-based …

American Humanities | Robert Fulford: A Caricature Of The Humanities, Posing As Their Saviour

Certainly there’s no hint that humanities professors themselves should in any way change what they do in order to improve their contribution to learning. A widely published American study recently indicated that most students, tested at different times …

National Endowment Humanities | Nea Our Town Grant Recipients Include Alaska Arts Southeast

The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the inaugural round of Our Town grants, totaling $6.575 million in funding to 51 communities in 34 states. The grants recognize communities that have created public/private partnerships to strengthen …

Sociology | Divorce Can Hurt Kids’ Math Scores, Friendships

"Somewhat surprisingly, children of divorce do not experience detrimental setbacks in the pre-divorce period," noted study author Hyun Sik Kim, a doctoral candidate in the department of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. …

Postdoctoral Fellowships | Lovenheim To Study Teacher Incentives With Award

Cornell economist Michael Lovenheim, assistant professor of policy analysis and management in the College of Human Ecology, has received a 2011 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship to support his research …

Humanities Literature | "letters About Literature": The Memphis Winners Are

Back in November, the Flyer carried a story about "Letters About Literature," an annual statewide contest presented by Humanities Tennessee in which students are asked to write to a favorite author. Winning letters on the state level then advance to …

Art Humanities | Impressionist Artist Group Presents Art Show Benefit

The event is free and open to the public. Harwelden Mansion is located at 2210 S Main in Tulsa. 25% of proceeds from art sales will benefit the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa. For more information call Mary Freeland at 599.9658.

Music Humanities | Long Family Bringing Mountain Music To The Coast

… American Roots Music is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the North Carolina humanities council, …

Music Humanities | The Arts Can’t Be Reduced To An Equation

Ever since the Royal Society’s founding document condemned the excesses of humanist rhetoric back in 1660, the sciences and the humanities have been moving …