Arts and Humanities

DeWitt Godfrey, associate professor  of art and art history at Colgate, was elected president of the College Art Association’s Board of Directors for a two-year term, beginning May 2014. The CAA is a highly regarded organization, and Godfrey’s colleagues stressed its importance. “The decisions the CAA governance makes have an impact on thousands of people […]

Provost and Dean of the Faculty Douglas Hicks named Steven Kepnes the new director of Chapel House and director of the Fund for the Study of the Great Religions. “Steven has been serving in an interim capacity in these roles since July 1, and I am grateful to him for his willingness to take on […]

Colgate’s Clifford Art Gallery and the Department of Art and Art History will host an exhibition by artist Creighton Michael P’14 titled “Pattern Play” from October 23 through January 29, 2014. The showing, which is free and open to the public, will feature a lecture by Michael at 4:30 p.m. October 23 in Golden Auditorium […]

Although Zadie Smith touched on seemingly morose topics like the certainty of death, the author’s reading last Thursday in Love Auditorium was infused with lighthearted humor.

Elizabeth Marlowe, assistant professor of art and art history, started with some big questions at a recent colloquium: “What can we learn from a work of ancient art?  Will it teach us new things or reinforce what we already know?” In addressing those questions, Marlowe highlighted the lack of attention paid to the origins of […]

From Lawrence Hall to Hamilton Central School to a high school in New Jersey, the distinctive black-and-white cover of George Saunders’s Tenth of December seemed to be everywhere this summer — the visual cue to the inaugural Colgate Reads program. Colgate Reads was simple: read a story, discuss the story. Approximately 2,150 people joined in […]

Colgate students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by art history major Hannah Bjornson ‘15, of Westport, Conn. This summer I held a faculty-sponsored research position in the Department of Art and Art History. I assisted Professor Padma Kaimal in putting together her […]

April Sweeney, associate professor of English in the University Theater, is in a performance called Distancia, which premiered last week in Buenos Aires. Sweeney’s part of the performance happened from her living room.

Penny Lane — a seasoned storyteller, nonfiction filmmaker, assistant professor of art and art history at Colgate, and …  self-proclaimed thief? In a thought-provoking and honest lecture about her role as a visual artist, Lane discussed the complexities of being a filmmaker who appropriates others’ images exclusively to create her own nonfiction narratives.

On Sunday, September 15, a new musical ensemble— the Thunder and Lightning Orchestra — will debut at Colgate with a special free concert. Under the direction of Professor Marietta Cheng, 13 virtuoso string musicians will fill  Memorial Chapel with the melodies of Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky at 3:30 pm. The concert’s repertoire will provide a nice […]