Archive: 2020

October 23, 2020 - Steven V. Randall (left) and Dr. Davis Smith-Brecheisen (right) are among the four new tenure-track faculty who have joined the School of Arts and Humanities this fall. Here is more information on Randall and Smith-Brecheisen: Steven V. Randall is an assistant professor of visual and performing arts, with a focus on sculpture. He studies interdisciplinary […]

October 15, 2020 - As reported by My Sweet Charity, the School of Arts and Humanities has added five new members to its advisory council that serve as liaisons between the school and the Dallas-area community. Suzanne Cole double majored at UT Dallas in Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Arts and Humanities in 1999. She is the Medical Director […]

September 29, 2020 - In this vital transnational study, Kimberly D. Hill critically analyzes the colonial history of central Africa through the perspective of two African American missionaries: Alonzo Edmiston and Althea Brown Edmiston. The pair met and fell in love while working as a part of the American Presbyterian Congo Mission — an operation which aimed to support […]

September 23, 2020 - COVID-19 has presented many challenges for the current school year. The University has put together a page of resources available to students to meet those challenges. The resource list includes financial aid, technology resources, learning resources, health and counseling services and a host of links provided by specific centers on campus. Student Resources

September 23, 2020 - A new series of exhibitions at the Nasher Sculpture Center, called Nasher Windows, features several artists who are related to UT Dallas. The installations are viewable through the windows from the outside of the Renzo Piano-designed museum and provide exhibition space for North Texas-based artists, while offering the public an accessible way to view art. […]

September 23, 2020 - The Center for Translation Studies has launched a new podcast that highlights translation, translators, international writers, editors, and publishers. Targeting those who are interested in international literature and cultures, the Translating the World podcast is primarily hosted by Dr. Rainer Schulte, professor of arts and humanities and the Katherine R. Cecil Professor in Foreign Languages, […]

September 23, 2020 - Dr. Stephen Rabe, professor emeritus of history, recently released a new book, Kissinger and Latin America: Intervention, Human Rights, and Diplomacy. In his book, Rabe said Henry Kissinger devoted more time and effort to Latin America than any of his predecessors—or successors—who served as the national security adviser or secretary of state. Rabe served as […]

September 23, 2020 - In conversations recorded for the Athenaeum Review podcast, Frederick Turner and Zsuzsanna Ozsváth offer reflections on diverse aspects of their work and careers, as well as read selections from their poetry. Listen online: Poetry, Nature and Science: A Conversation with Frederick Turner Modernity and History in Hungarian Poetry: A Conversation with Zsuzsanna Ozsváth

September 23, 2020 - Dr. S. Deborah Kang (left) and Dr. Amy Kerner (right) are among the four new tenure-track faculty who have joined the School of Arts and Humanities this fall. Dr. S. Deborah Kang is an associate professor of history and Fellow of the Anne Stark and Chester Watson Professorship of History. Kang studies immigration issues relating […]

August 27, 2020 - The Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies has released a series of podcast episodes in which three long-time University of Texas at Dallas professors reflect on their memories of World War II. The series, called “Portraits of World War II,” features Dr. Rainer Schulte, professor of arts and humanities and the Katherine R. Cecil Professor in […]