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...
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...
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...
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...
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”...
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...
Please come to the second last couscous on April 30! The May couscous will be my last. I’m not tired (but I never thought it would go on for five and a half years!). I’m going to work in Rome for 6 months; I hope to leave couscous in good...
The Division of Liberal Arts is proud to announce its collaboration with Dr. Siona O’Connell from the University of Cape Town on “Curate Africa.” Described as “one of the most significant art projects on Africa for many years,” Curate...
Pascale Rihouet’s (Lecturer, History of Art and Visual Culture) article “”Veronese’s Goblets: Glass Design and the Civilizing Process” has been published by the “Journal of Design History”. Research for the...