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The Arts
November 19, 2021 | 02:26 pm

Open Letter novel wins National Book Award

Winter in Sokcho is the first title from the University’s literary translation press to be awarded the prize.

topics: awards, humanities, literary translation, literature, Open Letter, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
October 21, 2021 | 11:54 am

New imaging system captures text from barely open books

Rochester textual scientist Gregory Heyworth led the development of a digitization method for books with fragile binding.

topics: Department of English, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, digital humanities, Gregory Heyworth, humanities, Lazarus Project, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
September 29, 2021 | 12:15 pm

Digital history project will create virtual visits to an African slave fort

Funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, “Black Past Lives Matter: Digital Kormantin” builds on history professor Michael Jarvis’s work as part of the Ghana summer field school.

topics: Department of History, Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, humanities, Michael Jarvis, Program in Archaeology Technology and Historical Structures, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences, virtual reality,
Society & Culture
September 7, 2021 | 02:01 pm

Yearlong research project explores social and political nuances of migration in the Americas

Rochester scholars in the humanities and social sciences will study human migration as part of a “temporary research center” supported by a Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar grant.

topics: Daniel Reichman, Department of Anthropology, Department of History, humanities, Humanities Center, Joan Shelley Rubin, migration, research funding, Ruben Flores, School of Arts and Sciences,
The Arts
February 1, 2021 | 01:43 pm

It’s the ‘Season of Warhol’ at the Memorial Art Gallery

The influential career of celebrated American artist, film director, producer, and publisher Andy Warhol is on full display in “Season of Warhol,” three simultaneous exhibitions at the Memorial Art Gallery through March 28.

topics: humanities, Jonathan Binstock, Memorial Art Gallery,
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