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Professor Katey Borland Wins The Ronald and Deborah Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award in the Division of Arts and Humanities
Associate Professor Katey Borland was named today as one of the inaugural winners of the Ratner Teaching Awards. …
Noah Tamarkin publishes article in Cultural Anthropology; presents at STS Conference
Assistant Professor Noah Tamarkin has just published an article "Genetic Diaspora: Producing Knowledge of Genes and Jews in Rural South Africa" published in the current issue of the journal Cultural…
Dorry Noyes publishes article in volume on cultural heritage
Professor Dorry Noyes recently published an article entitled "Heritage, Legacy, Zombie: How to Bury the Undead Past" in Cultural Heritage in Transit: Intangible Rights as Human Rights,
Dr. Katherine Borland is new CFS director
Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Borland who is the new Director of the Center for Folklore Studies!
Dorry Noyes gives Keynote Address and Finishes Fellowship
Dorry Noyes, Professor of Comparative Studies and English, gave the keynote address "Résister au blocage? Exit, Voice and Loyalty dans les…
Julia Watson Presents Invited Talk at Cultures of Privacy Conference
As an invited speaker, Professor Julia Watson, Comparative Studies, presented "Getting or Losing a Life: Privacy and Online Self-Presentation" at the Cultures of Privacy conference of the Bavarian…
Nina Berman gives talk at University of Leeds
On June 18, 2014, Nina Berman gave a talk at the University of Leeds, entitled “The Cool Empire: German Turcomania in the 17th and 18th centuries.” The lecture was followed by comments from Dr. James…
Isaac Weiner's Book Reviewed by Marginalia Book Review
Professor Issac Weiner's book Religion Out Loud (2013 NYU Press) was recently reviewed by Richard Kent Evans of Marginalia Review of Books in an article entitled "Social Power, Pluralism,…
Prof. Julia Watson participates in Queer Places, Practices, and Lives Symposium
Julia Watson, Professor of Comparative Studies recently served as a session chair for the panel “Locating Desire: Reading Queer Identity and Resistance across Space and Time" as part of the Queer…