Arts & Culture

“The Mathematics of Being Human” Reviewed in Siam News

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Ahead of a scheduled performance of “The Mathematics of Being Human” on July 29 at the BRIDGES Conference in Baltimore, the play received a positive review in Siam News. It debuted at UMBC on November 4, 2014, and has since been performed across the country in San Antonio, New York City, and Washington, D.C. Featuring Michele Osherow, associate professor of English, Manil Suri, mathematics professor, Savannah Jo Chamberlain ’16, theatre, Chaz Atkinson ’16, theatre, and directed by Alan Kreizenbeck, associate professor of theatre, the play chronicles the struggles of two professors trying to develop a joint seminar studying the intersection of math and literature. “I… Continue Reading “The Mathematics of Being Human” Reviewed in Siam News

Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher: Where to Draw the Line: Cartooning in the Shadow of Charlie (5/5)

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Interdisciplinary Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher: “Where to Draw the Line: Cartooning in the Shadow of Charlie” Tuesday, May 5 | 4:00 p.m. 104 ITE Building In celebration of his ten years as artist-in-residence at the Imaging Research Center, the celebrated political cartoonist Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher presents a lecture, “Where to Draw the Line: Cartooning in the Shadow of Charlie.” A reception will follow at 5:00 p.m. in the Imaging Research Center, 108 ITE Building. The recent brutal massacre in Paris sparked by the publication of controversial cartoons in the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo shocked the world. It also launched an emotional debate over the… Continue Reading Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher: Where to Draw the Line: Cartooning in the Shadow of Charlie (5/5)

Constantine Vaporis, History, To Serve as Smithsonian Journeys Expert in Japan

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In April 2014, Asian Studies Program Director Constantine Vaporis was selected as a Smithsonian expert for tours of Japan. Vaporis is leaving next week to deliver five formal lectures and will also be providing the informal educational component for the tour, Eternal Japan: From Tokyo to Kyoto. The formal lectures are as follows: From Edo to Tokyo The Countryside and Agriculture in Japan: Past and Present Sake: From Rice to Ritual Samurai and the Castle Towns of Tokugawa Japan Buddhism & Japan’s Ancient Capitals To read a profile of Vaporis on the Smithsonian Journeys website, click here.

Craig Saper, LLC, Co-Edits New Publication on Critical Studies in the Humanities

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Language, Literacy, and Culture (LLC) Professor and Director Craig Saper, with contributions to the manuscript preparation and index from LLC doctoral students Felix Burgos and Kevin Wisniewski, has co-edited and introduced a new book Electracy: Gregory L. Ulmer’s Textshop Experiments (2015). According to a description on the book’s website, “‘Textshop’ in the title refers to a pedagogy for teaching rhetorical invention, with application to any form of production of texts or works in Arts and Letters fields, or for teaching creative thinking in general. More specifically this book provides background and context for the published work of Ulmer, filling in gaps… Continue Reading Craig Saper, LLC, Co-Edits New Publication on Critical Studies in the Humanities

Ellen Handler Spitz, Honors College, Participates in Community Development Program 2015 in Appalachia

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Honors College Professor Ellen Handler Spitz recently traveled to Sewanee, Tennessee to participate in the Program on Child, Family, and Community Development in Rural Appalachia. The program is co-sponsored by the University of the South, Scholastic Books, and the Yale Child Study Center. In addition to presenting a public lecture at the University of the South library on Appalachian-based children’s books, Spitz taught several classes jointly sponsored by the psychology and arts departments and read aloud to children at three elementary schools and two day care programs sponsored by the program and the university. The trip took place April 14-18,… Continue Reading Ellen Handler Spitz, Honors College, Participates in Community Development Program 2015 in Appalachia

Jean Fernandez, English, Presents at BMA and Everyman Theater

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On April 11, Jean Fernandez, English, delivered a talk on Reading Chairs as a panelist for the Baltimore Museum of Art’s exhibition event “Ten Chairs.” The panel consists of a cross-disciplinary group of thinkers who addressed one of the chairs in the collection as seen though the eyes of their discipline. Other featured speakers came from Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, and the Smithsonian Institution. On the same day, Fernandez also participated as a panel member in a discussion of Henrik Ibsen’s “Ghosts,” as part of Everyman Theater’s World of the Play Series. The discussion was hosted… Continue Reading Jean Fernandez, English, Presents at BMA and Everyman Theater

Humanities Forum: An Artist’s Life at the Border: Critical Partnerships with Science, History, and the Community (4/16)

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Thursday, April 16  5:30 – 7 PM Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery Liz Lerman, choreographer, performer, writer and educator What happens to our various fields of study and action when we collaborate across disciplines and domains? What research methods do we employ in concert and separately that lead to problem solving? How does sharing these creative research ideas sustain inquiry, innovation, and the emergence of new knowledge? In this talk, MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow choreographer, performer, writer, and educator Liz Lerman will investigate her partnerships with collaborators across disciplines and around the world. She will explore the ways these collaborations… Continue Reading Humanities Forum: An Artist’s Life at the Border: Critical Partnerships with Science, History, and the Community (4/16)

Anna Shields, MLLI, to Present Talk at the Library of Congress (4/16)

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On April 16, Anna Shields, associate professor of Chinese, will present a talk on her new book One Who Knows Me: Friendship and Literary Culture in Mid-Tang China (Harvard University Press, 2015). In the book, Shields shares her research on the friendship among writers in the mid-Tang era (780s-820s). According to the book’s website, Shields found that “their texts reveal the ways that friendship intersected the public and private realms of experience and, in the process, reshaped both.” Professor Shields is the author of another book on medieval Chinese literature: Crafting a Collection: The Cultural Contexts and Poetic Practice of the Collection from… Continue Reading Anna Shields, MLLI, to Present Talk at the Library of Congress (4/16)

Lia Purpura, English, to Present Reading at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts (4/10)

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English Writer in Residence Lia Purpura is scheduled to present readings from her new book It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts on Friday, April 10 at 8 p.m. The reading will be part of an event with the Poulenc Trio, a Baltimore-based wind trio that has been presenting virtuosic performances for over a decade. Purpura, whose work frequently appears in New Yorker magazine, will pair excerpts from her forthcoming book with a new arrangement for the Trio of Alfred Schnittke’s Suite in the Old Style. For more information on the event, click here. Update: On… Continue Reading Lia Purpura, English, to Present Reading at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts (4/10)

String Octets (4/2)

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On Thursday, April 2 at 8:00 p.m. in the Concert Hall, UMBC music faculty and guest join forces with students to perform the titanic Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 by Felix Mendelssohn, and more rarely heard Octet, Op. posth. by Max Bruch. Featured performers will include UMBC string faculty Christian Tremblay and Airi Yoshioka, violin; Amadi Azikiwe and Nana Gaskins Vaughn, viola; Gita Ladd, cello; Laura Ruas, double-bass; and student performers Ariel Byrd and Erika Koscho, violin; and Michael Bradshaw, cello. Complete information is available by clicking here.

Out of Rubble (4/2 – 5/16)

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The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture presents the exhibition Out of Rubble, which reacts to the wake of war — its realities and its representations. The rubble that each war leaves behind shapes today and tomorrow — physically, psychologically and spiritually. Responding to a wide range of violent encounters taking place over four continents, Out of Rubble presents works by seventeen artists and architects from over ten countries who consider its causes and consequences, its finality and future, moving from decimation and disintegration to the possibilities of regeneration and recovery. Featured artists and architects include: Taysir Batniji, Lenka Clayton, Andrew Ellis… Continue Reading Out of Rubble (4/2 – 5/16)

Maryland All State Jazz Band (3/28)

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On Saturday, March 28 at 4:00 p.m. in the Concert Hall, as part of the Department of Music’s Jazz Festival, the Maryland All State Jazz Band presents high school students from around the state performing big band jazz. Complete information is available by clicking here.

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