Art
Bill Nichols (2019)
Jan 20, 2019
鈥淚n the Beginning鈥 Bill Nichols is Professor of Cinema at San Francisco State University, a position he has held in 1987. Prior to that, he was a member of the 皇冠体育鈥檚 University Film Studies Department, where he was Acting Chair from 1976-8 and Chair from 1978-1985. He is [...]
Jenny Sealey (2017)
Oct 04, 2017
鈥淭he Arts as a Human Right鈥 Jenny Sealey is the CEO and Artistic Director at Graeae Theatre in London, UK, the country鈥檚 flagship disabled-led theatre company. She has been the Artistic Director at the theatre since 1997. Her work has involved the development of a new [...]
Akram Zaatari (2014)
Feb 11, 2014
鈥淎ddressed, Folded, Opened, Performed, and Buried: Letters as a Form of Art鈥 Akram Zaatari is a Lebanese filmmaker, photographer, archival artist and curator. His work focuses on collecting, studying and archiving the history of the Arab World. In 1997, he cofounded the [...]
Ariella Azoulay (2011-2012)
Jan 20, 2012
鈥淭oward a Visual Declaration of Human Rights: Revisiting The Family of Man鈥 Ariella Azoulay is an author, art curator, filmmaker, and theorist of photography and visual culture. She is Professor of Modern Culture and Media and the Department of Comparative Literature at [...]
Mary Louise Pratt (2009-2010)
Mar 03, 2010
鈥淕lobalization and the Ecology of Language鈥 Mary Louise Pratt is an emeritus professor at New York University, where before retirement she was Silver Professor and Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures. She studied at the University of Toronto, the [...]
Gauvin A. Bailey (2009-2010)
Feb 20, 2010
鈥淭he Andean Hybrid Baroque: Converging Cultures in the Churches of Colonial Peru鈥 Gauvin A. Bailey is Professor and Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art at 皇冠体育鈥檚 University, a position he has held since 2011. At the time of his talk, Bailey was a professor of Renaissance [...]
Enric Bou i Maqueda (2009-2010)
Feb 10, 2010
鈥淒ali: Secret Writing, Hidden Paint鈥 & 鈥淓l Mundo Almodovar: Obsesiones Rotas鈥 Enric Bou is professor of Iberian Studies at the University Ca鈥 Foscari Venezia. He has taught in universities in France, Spain and the USA. His research interests, always from the perspective of [...]
Frederick A. de Armas (2007-2008)
Jan 20, 2008
鈥淨uixotic Frescos: Cervantes and Italian Art鈥 Frederick A. de Armas is the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities, Spanish Literature, and Comparative Literature at the University of Chicago. He is a literary scholar, critic and novelist whose [...]
Barbara Kopple (1994-1995)
Jan 20, 1995
鈥淪hades of Grey: The Power and Passion of Documentary Film鈥 Barbara Kopple is a two-time Academy Award winning filmmaker. She directs documentaries, as well as narrative television and film. Her recent work includes the film Running from Crazy (2013), about the life of [...]
Ng农g末 wa Thiong鈥檕 (1991-1992)
Mar 26, 1992
鈥淎rt War with the State: The Writer and Politics in Africa鈥 Ng农g末 wa Thiong鈥檕 is an exiled and widely respected Kenyan playwright, critic and novelist who wrote the novel Matigari ma Njiruungi. He has been at the front of the struggle for democracy and social justice in [...]
Douglas Cardinal (1989-1990)
Mar 12, 1990
鈥淭he Museum of Civilization: From Vision to Reality鈥 Douglas Cardinal is an Indigenous Canadian architect best known for his designs for the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau and the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC. He also designed the [...]
Moshe Safdie (1989-1990)
Mar 05, 1990
鈥淎rchitecture vs. the Arts鈥 Moshe Safdie is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author. He designed the National Gallery of Canada, as well as the Musee de la Civilisation in Quebec City, the Toronto Ballet Opera House, and Expo 鈥67鈥檚 Habitat. He was born [...]