Archive: 2021

February 23, 2021 - The University of Texas at Dallas has been selected to participate in a music exchange program with the Conservatory of Music in Malaga, Spain. The exchange program commenced after the conservatory received an Erasmus grant from the European Union. UT Dallas is the first exchange partner in North America. The program window will last until […]

February 23, 2021 - After a successful first season, the Ackerman Center Podcast has launched a second season with a new series: “A Year in the Third Reich.” Developed by Dr. Sarah Valente, visiting assistant professor of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, the new season will devote one episode to each year that Adolf Hitler was in power, […]

February 23, 2021 - The upcoming issue of the Translation Review, published by the UT Dallas Center for Translation Studies, provides an in-depth look at Korean literature. Guest edited by translator Bruce Fulton, the issue includes a Weblogger’s Roundtable featuring Tony Malone, Philip Gowman, and Colin Marshall; and the transcript of a speech given by Jennifer Crewe of Columbia […]

February 23, 2021 - The fifth issue of Athenaeum Review features work from Arts & Humanities faculty and students, including Ashley Barnes, Mark Rosen, Thomas Riccio, Andy Amato, Kendra Greene, Zsuzsanna Ozsváth and Frederick Turner, Nomi Stone, and Jane Saginaw. You can learn more about the new issue in the School of Arts and Humanities News Center, or read it online at athenaeumreview.org.

February 23, 2021 - UT Dallas’ School of Arts and Humanities recently recognized three Comets for their dedication and service to the University. Carlos Palomino (top), Sydney Taylor (middle) and Amanda Field (bottom) were honored during a recent staff and faculty meeting. Carlos Palomino, senior software systems specialist, received the Jo Ellen Roach Staff of the Year Award. He […]

February 4, 2021 - Fellowship will support the translation into English of the Romanian novel Solenoid, by Mircea Cărtărescu Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that Sean Cotter will receive a Literature Translation Fellowship of $25,000 to translate Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu into English. Cotter is one of 24 Literature Translation Fellows selected for fiscal year 2021. In total, the Arts Endowment will award […]

January 26, 2021 - The Winter 2021 issue of Athenaeum Review includes new work by several faculty of the School of Arts and Humanities, as well as artwork by significant Black artists including Riley Holloway, Jammie Holmes, Letitia Huckaby, Sedrick Huckaby, Evita Tezeno, and Desireé Vaniecia. The front cover is by taylor barnes. Reviewing a new translation of Max […]

January 12, 2021 - After receiving her bachelor’s degree in humanities from Bucknell University, Stacey Knepp MA’09 knew she wasn’t done with the work she had started as an undergraduate. “I had taken numerous years of ancient Greek, translating Greek text,” Knepp said. “UTD was one of a few universities in the country offering a graduate-level program in translation […]