Division of Liberal Arts – RISD Academic Affairs

Professor Emeritus James Fowle passes away

Written on August 4, 2015. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts.

Professor Emeritus James (Jim) Fowle passed away this July 2015 at the age of 95. Jim was born on May 24, 1920 in Englewood, NJ. He spent the first 15 years of his life in Istanbul, Turkey with his missionary father. This sojourn later inspired his...

Design for Development Lecture Series scheduled

Written on April 1, 2014. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design, Global Partners + Programs, Graduate Studies, Liberal Arts.

The 2014 Design for Development Lecture Series, Dimensions of Engagement, has been scheduled. Please see the poster for dates and speakers.

Cavicchi Appointed to Editorial Boards

Written on October 18, 2013. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts.

Daniel Cavicchi (Interim Dean, Liberal Arts) has been appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal American Music and to the Editorial Board of Participations: International Journal of Audience Research. In addition, he is serving on the...

Collaborative Interdisciplinary Course Grants in Liberal Arts Awarded

Written on July 30, 2013. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts.

The Liberal Arts Division is pleased to announce the recipients of its Collaborative Interdisciplinary Course Grant (CICG). The grant, available to Liberal Arts faculty, was established by the Division to provide TU support for a limited number of...

Rihouet Article in the Journal of Design History

Written on June 25, 2013. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts, Updates from & for Faculty.

Pascale Rihouet’s article “Veronese’s Goblets: Glass Design and the Civilizing Process” has been published in the Journal of Design History, vol. 26 issue 2, May 2013. Taking its cue from Veronese’s lavish “Wedding at...

Cavicchi Featured in New York Times

Written on June 5, 2013. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts.

Daniel Cavicchi (Interim Dean, Liberal Arts) had two of this books featured as part of a piece on “The Art of Writing About Listening” in the New York Times last week. “Listening and Longing: Music Lovers in the Age of Barnum”...

David Warner passes

Written on May 10, 2013. Posted in Liberal Arts, Updates from & for Faculty.

It is with great sadness that Academic Affairs informs the RISD community that Professor David Warner (History, Philosophy and Social Sciences) died on the evening of May 8, 2013 due to complications from recent heart surgery. David was born on June...

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