Arts Archives

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From Woolf to Hemingway: The Transformation of Literary Dialogue

January 9, 2020

Prof. Elizabeth Alsop looks at the development and transformation of literary dialogue in fiction novels throughout the centuries, giving it a "greater capacity for signification." Read more ›

Graduate Center student Valerie Gritsch next to David Bowie mural in Brixton, South London

How David Bowie Fans Transformed Brixton with a Street Party

January 8, 2020

| The Graduate Center

It's been four years since hundreds gathered in front of a mural in Brixton to mourn David Bowie's death with music and community. Brixton hasn't been the same since. Read more ›

William Penn and colonial leaders meeting with Native Americans

American Christianity’s Obsession with Native American Salvation

December 30, 2019

| Queensborough Community College

"Messianic Fulfillments: Staging Indigenous Salvation in America" by Prof. Hayes P. Mauro examines Christian evangelical movements of the 16th-19th centuries' efforts to transform Native Americans into the "ideal American." Read more ›

‘Middlemarch’ and George Eliot’s Scientific Aspirations

November 22, 2019

| The City College of New York

A new essay by City College of New York Prof. Renata Kobetts Miller takes a deeper look at George Eliot's 1872 masterpiece Middlemarch. Read more ›

The green, yellow, and red Ethiopian flag is superimposed on the country's map with its star and sunray emblem.

A Novel Brings Ethiopia’s Women Warriors Out of the Shadows

November 20, 2019

| Queens College

Queens College Professor Maaza Mengiste's new novel, The Shadow King, follows the Ethiopian women warriors who fought the Italian army. Read more ›

Cavehill, hill overlooking Belfast, in Northern Ireland

The Art of ‘Silence’ in the Poetry of Northern Ireland’s Medbh McGuckian

November 15, 2019

| Kingsborough Community College

Kingsborough Community College Professor Maureen Fadem deciphers the eclectic poetry of Northern Ireland’s Medbh McGuckian in a new book titled Silence and Articulacy in the Poetry of Medbh McGuckian. Read more ›

A ceremonial gathering in Victorian Singapore

New Book Journeys to Singapore’s Rough-and-Tumble 19th Century

November 13, 2019

| The Graduate Center

Prof. John D. Greenwood's latest book, Chasing the Dragon, evokes the history and cultural complexity of Singapore's pre-colonial era. Read more ›

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‘Call Me By Your Name’ Characters Return, But Don’t Call This A Sequel

November 6, 2019

| The Graduate Center

The characters from André Aciman's novel "Call Me By Your Name" reappear in his latest book, "Find Me," but the author says he does not consider the new work a sequel. Read more ›

Transparent sheet music on 16mm camera and film. Sheet music is by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major

The Unexamined Power of Classical Music in Modern Cinema

October 30, 2019

| Queensborough Community College

A new book looks at why modern filmmakers choose classical music to frame their narratives. Read more ›