Arts & Humanities

FSU to host Amazonia Week: Engaging Indigenous Cosmovisions to Address Global Challenges

Published: March 31, 2022 | 10:20 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Florida State University’s College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics will welcome experts from Latin America for an interdisciplinary exploration of critical issues affecting the future of the Amazon and its people April 4-7. FSU’s Amazonia Week brings together the perspectives of Indigenous cultures, humanists, Amazonian community leaders, modern […]

FSU philosopher analyzes guilt, blame in latest research

Published: March 30, 2022 | 1:07 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

When you do something for which you are to blame, how long are you actually blameworthy for your misdeed? Does culpability evaporate once you are forgiven? These are among the questions one Florida State University philosopher is tackling in a new article published this winter in the international journal Philosophical Studies. Randolph Clarke, a professor […]

Faculty honored for publications during FSU Authors Day 2021

Published: March 22, 2022 | 11:23 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

The Florida State University community celebrated its faculty members who have gone through the rigors of having a book, score or CD published in 2020 and 2021 during FSU Authors Day on March 21. FSU Authors Day celebrates FSU faculty who have published books, scores or CDs in the past year. Focusing on topics ranging […]

Florida State University’s The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art remembers Howard Tibbals

Published: March 21, 2022 | 4:26 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Howard Tibbals in The Howard Bros. Circus Model at The Ringling in 2007. Photograph by Jim Stem

Florida State University’s The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art remembers philanthropist, Howard Tibbals, whose love for the circus led to a lifetime devoted to collecting and preserving the history of America’s first major popular entertainment. He died March 20 at the age of 85. Tibbals’ love for the circus inspired his life-long project […]

FSU Libraries announces Harper Research Grant

Published: March 18, 2022 | 11:27 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

The Special Collections & Archives Division of Florida State University Libraries has announced the new Kristine Harper Research Grant to support developing scholars globally. The endowment will award research grants of up to $1,500 each to non-FSU graduate students, post-docs, early-career scholars and independent researchers to support research in any collection managed by Special Collections […]

FSU Interior Architecture and Design students win design competition to memorialize local enslaved population

Published: March 17, 2022 | 1:45 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

FSU Interior Architecture and Design students Hannah Smith, Alana Houston and Sarah Rifqi.

Three Florida State University Department of Interior Architecture and Design graduate students have been selected as winners of the Goodwood Museum & Gardens Memorial to the Enslaved Competition. Students Hannah Smith, Alana Houston and Sarah Rifqi, who were mentored by Assistant Professor Meghan Mick, were awarded $1,000 for their winning design of “A Bridge to […]

Recipient of Gerald Ensley Developing Writer Award announced

Published: March 10, 2022 | 1:51 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

FSU Libraries and the Florida Book Awards have named the inaugural recipient of the Gerald Ensley Developing Writer Award, which annually honors a Florida author who has shown exceptional talent and the potential for continued literary success and significance in the future. Johnny Bell, an emerging author who has dedicated his life to public service […]

Dance Marathon FSU raises $1.5M to benefit children in need

Published: March 8, 2022 | 3:49 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Florida State University’s largest student-led organization, Dance Marathon, returned to the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center March 4-6 for its 27th annual Marathon weekend. Hundreds of students participated in this year’s Marathon, raising a total of $1,554,156.14 for local children in need of specialized pediatric and medical care. A student-favorite on campus, the year-long […]

Exhibit at The Ringling remembers first female African American board member

Published: March 7, 2022 | 3:59 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Dr. Lisa Merritt, daughter of Eleanor Merritt and museum director, Steven High

Florida State University’s John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art recently unveiled “Eleanor Merritt: Remembrance,” an exhibit honoring the life and art of Eleanor Merritt, a cultural leader, activist and the first female African American board member of The Ringling. The exhibit will run through August and features a selection of 22 works that explore […]

2021 Florida Book Awards winners announced

Published: March 1, 2022 | 3:15 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

With its 16th annual competition now complete, the Florida Book Awards has announced winners for books published in 2021. More than 130 eligible publications were submitted across the 11 categories of competition. The Florida Book Awards, coordinated by the Florida State University Libraries, is the nation’s most comprehensive state book awards program. It was established […]

FSU Panama City hosts ‘Americanish’ screening, Q&A with award-winning director

Published: February 24, 2022 | 12:44 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Florida State University Panama City is hosting a screening of “Americanish,” the first romantic comedy made by diverse American Muslim women about Muslim women, followed by a Q&A with award-winning director Iman Zawahry. The event will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 30. This screening is part of FSU Panama City’s “Illumination, Shedding Light […]

Search FSU

Arts & Humanities

Sidebar