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David Peterson
Society & Culture
April 7, 2016 | 09:34 am

Q&A: The man who invented Dothraki

Linguist David Peterson, best known for creating the Dothraki and Valyrian languages for the HBO series Game of Thrones, will discuss the craft of creating new languages at a talk April 13.

topics: David Peterson, Department of Linguistics, events, humanities, language, School of Arts and Sciences,
medieval painting of disciples and Jesus
Society & Culture
March 29, 2016 | 04:37 pm

Parting words: Leave-taking during the Renaissance

As this year’s keynote speaker for the Ferrari Humanities Symposia, literary critic Jane Tylus will outline some of her new ways of thinking about how artists and others in early modern Europe depicted rituals of separation in a public talk, “Saying Good-bye in the Renaissance: Leave-Taking as a Work of Art,” on April 5.

topics: events, featured-post, Ferrari Humanities Symposia, humanities, Humanities Center, Jane Tylus, School of Arts and Sciences,
Mary Louise Roberts
Society & Culture
March 29, 2016 | 03:36 pm

Race, sex, and Allied power relations during WWII

Mary Louise Roberts talk, “The Leroy Henry Case: Sexual Violence and Allied Relations in Great Britain, 1944,” takes place on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at 5 p.m. in the Hawkins-Carlson Room.

topics: Department of History, events, humanities, School of Arts and Sciences, sexual assault, World War II,
a heat map of New York City showing concentration of twitter activity about drinking
Society & Culture
March 21, 2016 | 02:56 pm

Can a computer tell if you’re drinking while tweeting?

Computer science graduate student Nabil Hossain and his collaborators have taught computers to analyze tweets about drinking to determine if people were actually drinking at the time they were tweeting and if they were tweeting from home or some other location.

topics: data science, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Henry Kautz, research finding,
illustration of Man on the Moon hoax
Society & Culture
February 29, 2016 | 07:27 am

Taking a ‘look’ at historical hoaxes

During the mid-19th century, a series of grand hoaxes captured the American imagination: the Great Moon Hoax, the Cardiff Giant, and the fantastical creatures of P. T. Barnum. Joan Saab, an associate professor of art history and visual and cultural studies, examines the relationship between seeing and believing.

topics: Department of Art and Art History, events, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, humanities, Humanities Center, Joan Saab, School of Arts and Sciences,
Marc Morial
Society & Culture
February 25, 2016 | 12:22 pm

National Urban League president to deliver MLK Commemorative Address

Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League and former mayor of New Orleans, will deliver the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Address. The event has been rescheduled and will now be held on Monday, February 29.

topics: events, Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address, MLK Commemorative Address, Office of Minority Student Affairs,
still from the TV show Transparent with actor Jeffry Tambor
Society & Culture
February 11, 2016 | 11:23 am

Scholars to discuss ‘Transparent’ at first academic conference

In December, the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies will host a conference examining the nexus of sex and gender studies, Jewish studies, American studies, and media studies themes that run through the show.

topics: Center for Jewish Studies, Department of Religion and Classics, events, Nora Rubel, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies,
students with shovels doing work in a community garden
Society & Culture
February 1, 2016 | 12:35 pm

Teens are more caring when they feel support from others

A new study shows that values of social responsibility and caring for others decrease between the ages of 10 to 16. These decreases, however, are in concert with feelings of decreasing support from their parents, schools, and friends.

topics: community, Department of Psychology, Laura Wray-Lake, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, teenagers,