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Almstadtstrasse 43: Slide projection of former Hebrew bookstore, 1930, Berlin,1992, 33"X40" chromogenic photograph and on-location installation, Shimon Attie, courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

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Shimon Attie Named Inaugural Charles C. Bergman Endowed Visiting Professor in Studio Art

The internationally renowned visual artist, whose work focuses on issues of identity and community, also has extensive experience teaching at a University level.

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Social Impact Filmmaking Program Teaches “Passion to Make a Difference”

“The impact of the events of 2020 on filmmaking will be monumental,” said Karen Offitzer, director of the undergraduate minor in filmmaking at Stony Brook and one of three co-directors of the Social Impact Filmmaking...

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Stony Brook’s Elyse Graham Probes the Language of New Yorkers

“Everybody in New York has a story,” said Elyse Graham, associate professor in Stony Brook’s English Department, adding wryly that “every story has an element that contradicts someone else’s story.” Thus Graham’s new...

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Michael Rubenstein Illuminates a New Field of Research: Energy Humanities

Energy humanities is a subdiscipline of the environmental humanities, with a tighter focus on the story of energy in human civilization. It arose in the early 2010s in response to renewed public awareness about energy...

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Historian Paul Kelton Tells a Tale of Two Pandemics

Paul Kelton was working on a book about the cholera pandemic of the 1830s when coronavirus emerged. “It’s been a surreal experience writing about a pandemic while one is going on,” said Kelton, professor...

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Doctoral Student Yalile Suriel Wins AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship

The history PhD candidate's dissertation tells the story of how universities historically weighed their desire to be productive spaces for social justice against the nation’s growing impulse toward law and order.

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Two Doctoral Candidates Earn Prestigious Mellon/ACLS Fellowships

The fellowships support a year of research to help advanced graduate students in the humanities and social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing.

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Virtual Options Keep Staller Center, Zuccaire Gallery Fans Engaged

The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing shutdown of large gatherings put a temporary end to the way we traditionally experience performance and visual art. But creative people beget creative solutions, and there...

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Kiana Lom ‘21 Writes – and Illustrates – a Novel

Not everything goes according to plan, or so Kiana Lom ‘21 found out. Born in Oceanside, New York, but raised in Costa Rica, Kiana dropped out of school in ninth grade. But she always had an interest in art and...

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Doctoral Student Explores History of Lesbian Feminism – and Cats

Despite its eye-catching title, Rachel Corbman’s upcoming exhibit, “The Wide World of Lesbian Cats, 1970-Today” has nothing to do with the sexual preferences of cats. “My project is actually focused on the circulation...

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Writing Professor Rita Nezami Shapes Global Citizens

In a dark concert hall, Veronica Sih ’22 sat in disbelief as she heard Emmanuel Jal, a former South Sudanese child-soldier turned human rights activist, recount his life story. “The thought of a seven-year old carrying...

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Digital Humanities Find a Home With Gladys Brooks Foundation Gift

As an associate professor of English in Stony Brook University’s College of Arts and Sciences, Andrew Newman specializes in American literature from the colonial period, but his current research has less to do with...

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Rowan Ricardo Phillips Honored for Best Literary Sports Writing

Rowan Ricardo Phillips, a professor in the English Department of the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently awarded the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing for his book, The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey. This...

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Friend of Stony Brook Erwin P. Staller Dies at 97

Erwin P. Staller, 97, visionary philanthropist and tireless advocate for Stony Brook University, died yesterday after a lifetime of support for education, arts and culture. Staller, Hon. ’01, one of Long Island’s most...

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Stony Brook Announces New BFA Degree in Creative Writing

Stony Brook University announces a new undergraduate major in Creative Writing, earning a new degree, the Bachelor of Fine Arts. Modeled after its renowned MFA in Creative Writing program and sharing the same world...

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"Glass Menagerie" by Meg Schedel on display at the Library of Congress

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Professor Schedel Brings Virtual Reality to the Library of Congress

Composer and cellist Margaret Schedel, an associate professor in the Department of Music at Stony Brook University who specializes in ferociously interactive media, had two of her virtual reality (VR) pieces with...

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Political Science Professor Casts Her Vote On the Independent Voice This Election

As an associate professor of political science who has spent countless hours gaining insight into the minds and behaviors of voters, Yanna Krupnikov knows a lot about what goes into casting a ballot each Election Day...

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Crystal Fleming’s Book on Racism Earns Starred Kirkus Review

How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy and the Racial Divide, the latest book by Stony Brook University Associate Professor Crystal M. Fleming, has earned a starred Kirkus review, awarded to...

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Category - Humanities

Social Impact Filmmaking Program Teaches “Passion to Make a Difference”

Stony Brook’s Elyse Graham Probes the Language of New Yorkers

Michael Rubenstein Illuminates a New Field of Research: Energy Humanities

Historian Paul Kelton Tells a Tale of Two Pandemics

Virtual Options Keep Staller Center, Zuccaire Gallery Fans Engaged

Kiana Lom ‘21 Writes – and Illustrates – a Novel

Doctoral Student Explores History of Lesbian Feminism – and Cats

Writing Professor Rita Nezami Shapes Global Citizens

Digital Humanities Find a Home With Gladys Brooks Foundation Gift

Rowan Ricardo Phillips Honored for Best Literary Sports Writing

Friend of Stony Brook Erwin P. Staller Dies at 97

Stony Brook Announces New BFA Degree in Creative Writing

Professor Schedel Brings Virtual Reality to the Library of Congress

Political Science Professor Casts Her Vote On the Independent Voice This Election

Crystal Fleming’s Book on Racism Earns Starred Kirkus Review

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