University of Richmond to Host Italian & French Film Festival
The University of Richmond will host the inaugural Italian and French Film Festival March 27-30.
Event cancellation
Due to recent inclement weather and shifting schedules for our campus community, Allison Tait’s book talk has been postponed. Rescheduling details are still to be determined and will be available here on the Humanities Center website and via SpiderBytes.
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Brittany Nelson, associate professor of photography and extended media, is currently exhibiting List Projects 34: Brittany Nelson at The List Visual Arts Center, MIT’s contemporary art museum. The show highlights photographs and a moving-image work filmed at the Green Bank Observatory. Nelson’s work considers how scientific inquiry and emotional projection converge, transforming instruments of cosmic detection into metaphors for intimacy, distance, and longing.
Baughan promoted to professor
Elizabeth Baughan was promoted to professor of classical studies. Her research focuses on funerary monuments, burial customs, and cultural identity in the ancient Mediterranean as well as African American cemeteries in the Richmond area.
Calvillo promoted to professor
Elena Calvillo was promoted to professor of art & art history. Her research and writing focus on artistic service and imitative strategies in sixteenth-century papal Rome. She is broadly interested in theories of representation and cultural translation and brokerage in Italy, Spain and Portugal in the sixteenth century.
Fillerup promoted to professor
Jessie Fillerup was promoted to professor of music. Her research interests are driven by her curiosity about French musical cultures, illusory experiences, and the nature of musical temporality.
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