Archive: 2017

December 15, 2017 - The exchange between Peter Park, Dan Flory and Leah Kalmanson on Park’s book Africa, Asia and the History of Philosophy: Racism in the Formation of the Philosophical Canon (Albany: SUNY Press, 2013) took place during the APA’s 2016 Central Division meeting (Chicago, Illinois) on a panel sponsored by the Committee on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers […]

December 13, 2017 - To read the full article, as it appears in the Fall 2017 Edition of UT Dallas Magazine, please visit blurred lines.The excerpt appearing below has been sampled to feature only School of Arts & Humanities staff and faculty who appeared in the original article. Blurred Lines: Artists and Scientists Are More Alike Than Different While […]

December 7, 2017 - Texas in Paris is a musical written and directed by two Bass School alumni: Alan Govenar, who wrote the script, and Akin Babatunde, who directed the show. A production of the show ran at the Eisemann Center from Nov. 16 through Nov. 19, 2017. The lead actress, Tony award winner Lillias White, was nominated for […]

December 6, 2017 - The University recognized faculty and staff members’ employment milestones at the 31st Annual Service Awards on Nov. 17, honoring 347 employees who have collectively accrued 2,780 years of service. Two employees reached their 40-year milestone: Dr. Zsuzsanna Ozsváth, director of the Holocaust Studies Program and professor in the School of Arts and Humanities, and Dr. […]

December 4, 2017 - The November 30, 2017 launch party for Reunion: The Dallas Review, Volume 7, was held at Deep Vellum Books in Deep Ellum. The staff, graduate students Chelsea Barnard, Kenady Toombs, Jennifer Crumley and Brian DiNuzzo, organized a warm and cordial gathering in an intimate space. The issue itself is a grand accomplishment, and it is one in […]

December 4, 2017 - The fall 2018 semester will welcome the first students admitted to the master’s program in the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History (EODIAH). The curriculum is tailored around faculty members’ varied backgrounds and access to extensive catalogs, collections and institutions throughout the Dallas area. The new degree is a major milestone in a plan first […]

November 21, 2017 - Kevin Yu MS’03 — a professional violinist with the Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra — was appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to serve on the Texas Commission on the Arts through August 2021. The mission of the commission, which was created by the Texas Legislature in 1965, is to advance economic and cultural development in the […]

November 20, 2017 - Desmond Blair BA’07, MFA’09 received the 2017 Undergraduate Alumni Achievement Award in the spring. Raised in the Pleasant Grove area of Dallas, Desmond is an acclaimed visual artist who was born with a limb difference — he never uses the term “disability.” His works — primarily portraits in oils on canvas — have helped raise […]

September 28, 2017 - The University of Texas at Dallas will unveil a new 6,000-square-foot visual arts gallery complex with an inaugural exhibition celebrating the works of noted alumni artists. “Critical Mass” features 45 artists who received visual arts degrees from UT Dallas and went on to have successful careers in the arts. The show includes works in video, computer-generated graphics, constructed […]

September 25, 2017 - Dr. Whitney Nell Stewart, an expert on race and 19th-century American history, has joined the faculty of the School of Arts and Humanities in the department of Historical Studies and Philosophy. Stewart’s work examines the role of material objects and structures, including homes, in debates over slavery and freedom throughout the 19th century. “Dr. Stewart’s […]