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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 […]

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 […]

Jin-Ya Huang BA’05 has been chosen to participate in the Nasher Prize Dialogues, an event sponsored by the Nasher Sculpture Center. Huang will be talking with Nasher Prize Laureate Michael Rakowitz, discussing the difficulties and opportunities of food and community-centered social practice artwork in the time of social distancing. The Nasher Dialogues are intended to […]

Five students in the fall semester of the Contemporary Art Practices class have had their work published in the online art journal Swifts & Slows out of New York. According to A&H lecturer Colette Copeland, Swifts & Slows typically features only published/exhibited artists, authors, playwrights, and musicians. “I’m thrilled that the students have the opportunity […]

The Fall Arts Festival, sponsored annually by the School of Arts and Humanities, is continuing its tradition of sharing the work of our arts students. While the pandemic has necessitated moving the festival to a virtual format, you can see what our students have been working on this semester by visiting the festival website. The […]

Dr. Ben Wright, assistant professor of history in the School of Arts and Humanities, is preparing to release a new book about how religion structured the possibilities and limitations of American abolitionism during the early years of the republic. The book, Bonds of Salvation: How Christianity Inspired and Limited American Abolitionism, will be available December […]

The School of Arts and Humanities is pleased to honor its December 2020 graduates. This semester there are 40 undergraduate students and 10 graduate students earning degrees. The school is creating a Facebook page to recognize these students and their accomplishments. On Friday, Dec 11, at 4 pm, there will be a virtual celebration/end of […]

Dear Students, Staff, Faculty and Friends, As we wrap up the fall semester, I want to thank each of you for continuing to persevere during this pandemic. The last few months have not been easy for the School of Arts and Humanities, but you all have demonstrated fortitude, strength and creativity.  It was particularly difficult […]

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The School of Arts and Humanities is presenting numerous events in November including: Nov 12-14 & 19-21: Falling Into the Unknown Nov 18: Nuclear Okra Nov 18: Nuclear Okra Nov 20: CUSLAI Introduction to New Faculty Nov 20: Matthew Brown’s “Science and Moral Imagination” book launch