Humanities
CaPA Students Contribute to Vibrancy of Campus Arts Community
If anyone wonders whether the arts are alive and well in higher education, they need look no further than the College’s Creative and Performing Arts (CaPA) Fellowship program. This year, there are 27 students from diverse academic backgrounds pursuing projects that range from writing to studio art to theater to music. “We find an increasingly [...]
Prof. Christopher Phillips Breaks New Ground with Book on the Epic’s Influence on American Culture
A “stupid” mistake turned into one of Christopher Phillips’ smartest discoveries during the research process for his new book, Epic in American Culture, Settlement to Reconstruction (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012). Phillips first visited the U.S. Supreme Court building on a Saturday, only to find the building, of course, closed. But serendipity was on his [...]
Photo Galleries: Student Ensembles Celebrate the Holidays with Winter Performances
The Music Department celebrated the holidays with winter concerts by its student ensembles. Students from any major can perform in a variety of ensembles including Chamber Orchestra, Concert Band, Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, Contemporary Music Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Marquis Consort, and Percussion Ensemble. Check out photo galleries from two of the performances. View and [...]
Photos and Video: Art Professor Nestor Gil Presents Pan (Myotopia)
Nestor Armando Gil, assistant professor of art, presented the multimedia installation Pan (Myotopia) this fall in the Williams Visual Arts Building’s Grossman Gallery. The exhibit consisted of hundreds of cement boats with sails of homemade bread arranged across the floor on beds of granulated salt. All the boats were oriented toward a barren land mass [...]
Media Features Franz Kline Exhibit Curated by Professor Robert Mattison
Franz Kline: Coal and Steel, a major exhibit at the Allentown Art Museum curated by Robert S. Mattison, Marshall R. Metzgar Professor of Art History, has received significant coverage in the media. Reviews and interviews have appeared in ArtDaily, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Morning Call, WFMZ TV Channel 69 (Lehigh Valley), and WVIA-FM radio (Wilkes-Barre, [...]
Lafayette Community Helps Theater Director Michael O’Neill Prepare New Play
In the world of theater, growth equals success, says Michael O’Neill, associate professor of English and director of theater. That’s why he is always looking for new ways to stretch his boundaries as a playwright and director. O’Neill’s newest play, “Seven Around the Square,” got its start in 2005, when he discovered a number of [...]
The Show Must Go On: College Theater Presents Noises Off
Due to the campus-wide power outage from Hurricane Sandy, it appeared as if College Theater might have to cancel its production of Noises Off, which was set to open Oct. 31. But when the power came back Nov. 2, the show went on. Not only did the students perform to standing ovations, but the Kennedy Center [...]
English Prof. Alix Ohlin Nominated for Two Major Canadian Literary Awards
Alix Ohlin, associate professor of English, is a finalist for two major Canadian literary awards for her latest novel, Inside, a story about three people whose lives intersect in unexpected ways over the course of about 10 years. Born and raised in Montreal, Ohlin is one of five finalists for both the Scotiabank Giller Prize, awarded [...]
Photo Gallery: College Theater Presents Dog Eat Dog
Lafayette College Theater presented its production of Dog Eat Dog last weekend in the Williams Center for the Arts. Written by Mary Gallagher, the play is a sharp satire of the elite one percent of Americans faced with financial ruin as the national economy slides from recession to depression. Gallagher served as Lafayette’s 2012-13 Closs [...]
Prof. James Woolley Awarded Major NEH Grant to Edit Swift’s Poems
James Woolley, Frank Lee and Edna M. Smith Professor of English, has received a major three-year National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to edit the poems of the 18th century Irish writer Jonathan Swift. Woolley’s collaborators in the project include Eric Luhrs, head of digital scholarship services at Skillman Library, Paul Miller, digital production [...]
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