Arts & Humanities

FSU to host first-ever national state of the field of 18th-century French history conference

Published: April 6, 2018 | 3:52 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Florida State University is set to convene dozens of top historians of long 18th-century and revolutionary France from throughout the United States for a landmark conference on French history in American academia — the first-ever national conference of its kind. The two-day meeting, to be presented by FSU’s Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution […]

70 years later: FSU professor reflects on legacy of the Marshall Plan

Published: April 5, 2018 | 11:51 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Experts

On June 5, 1947, as Europe sat smoldering in the wake of World War II, U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall rose to address a Harvard University convocation. During his remarks, Marshall outlined the need for an international cooperative plan for European recovery, drafted by participating European nations and buttressed by “friendly advice” and […]

English professor earns top award in field of composition studies

Published: March 12, 2018 | 2:08 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

A professor in Florida State University’s Department of English has received a top honor in her field as the 2018 recipient of the prestigious Exemplar Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication. The CCCC is the world’s largest professional organization for researching and teaching composition, from writing to new media. The Exemplar Award […]

FSU film professor wins prestigious Independent Spirit Award

Published: March 7, 2018 | 5:10 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, News

FSU's faculty filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for his film “Life and Nothing More” at the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, March 3.

Something very unexpected happened when Florida State University’s Antonio Méndez Esparza, a gifted and impassioned faculty filmmaker and teacher at the College of Motion Picture Arts, heard his film “Life and Nothing More” announced as a winner at the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards. His mind went blank. Esparza didn’t expect that. He’d practiced a […]

Art alumnus donates hundreds of hand-painted backdrops to College of Fine Arts

Published: March 5, 2018 | 12:42 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

A Florida State University alumnus has donated hundreds of hand-painted backdrops to the College of Fine Arts for use in photo shoots and filming. Chuck Whited, who graduated from FSU in 1976 with a degree in studio art, donated the inventory of backdrops from his Atlanta-based company, C&M Backdrops. He recently closed the business after […]

The Ringling announces $100M campaign to secure future vitality of landmark arts campus

Published: March 2, 2018 | 5:30 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

The Ca'-d'Zan mansion is the centerpiece of The Ringling, the State Art Museum of Florida — one of the preeminent art and cultural collections in the United States.

The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the State Art Museum of Florida administered by Florida State University (FSU), announces a $100 million comprehensive campaign to preserve and expand its legacy for the 21st century and beyond. The Ringling Inspires: Honoring the Legacy and Building for the Future campaign has raised $92 million to […]

The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art set to announce largest comprehensive campaign in its history

Published: February 7, 2018 | 11:33 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, University News

On March 2, 2018, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (The Ringling), the State Art Museum of Florida administered by Florida State University, will host their first black-tie event in more than a decade. The evening will recognize and honor the donors who have contributed to The Ringling’s transformative comprehensive campaign to preserve […]

FSU professor offers students unique course on North Korea

Published: January 26, 2018 | 1:47 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Experts

Culver’s course will explore the fraught history of conflict and invasion that produced the modern North Korean regime. (Wikipedia)

Professor Available to Discuss North Korean Politics, History When Florida State University Associate Professor of History Annika A. Culver surveyed the state of Florida for examples of college courses on the history and culture of North Korea, she was surprised to come up empty. “I couldn’t find many opportunities for students to learn about North […]

FSU dance students to present MFA concert

Published: January 26, 2018 | 11:46 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Florida State University’s School of Dance will present a captivating dance experience aiming to showcase a collage of choreographers’ perspectives on the “where,” the “who,” the “what” and the “how often.” Jasmine A. Booker, Ryan P. McMullen and Gianna Mercandetti will stage “…they go back the way they came” in partial fulfillment of the Master […]

FSU’s Museum of Fine Arts to host exhibition featuring renowned Haitian-American artist

Published: January 23, 2018 | 2:23 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

"Of Cotton, Gunboats and Petticoats," by Edouard Duval-Carrié, 2017, mixed media on aluminum artist’s frame.

A new exhibition at Florida State University’s Museum of Fine Arts will explore historical themes such as regional plantation agriculture and slavery, while highlighting the work of renowned Haitian-born artist Edouard Duval-Carrié. The exhibition, “Decolonizing Refinement: Contemporary Pursuits in the Art of Edouard Duval-Carrié,” curated in collaboration with the FSU Department of Art History, will […]

FSU researcher: Pearl Harbor anniversary a day for reflection, remembrance

Published: December 4, 2017 | 12:55 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Experts

Kurt Piehler, director of the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience at FSU.

On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, a fleet of more than 300 Japanese Imperial aircraft launched a devastating attack against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. As the nation prepares to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Florida State University Associate Professor of History and Director of […]

FSU Shakespeare scholar directs theatre students in young version of Hamlet

Published: December 1, 2017 | 1:56 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

“To be or not to be, that is the question” is one of the most iconic theatrical lines in history, yet there is a different version of this soliloquy. And Shakespeare’s name is on it — printed clearly on the title page of the first printed edition of the play, now called the First Quarto […]