HPSS – RISD Academic Affairs

White speaks about his research in Australia, Canada and the US

Written on April 18, 2017. Posted in Liberal Arts.

Damian White, (Professor, History, Philosophy and Social Science) has recently given a range of invited talks on his research in Australia, Canada and the US. White spoke about Design Ecologies, Creative Labor and Hybrid Ecological Democracy at the...

Soleimani Awarded MacColl Johnson Fellowship

Written on April 4, 2017. Posted in Fine Arts.

Sheida Soleimani (Lecturer, History Philosophy + the Social Sciences) has been awarded the one of three Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowships by the Rhode Island Foundation. The grant awards of $25,000 are considered to be among the largest...

Roberts Honored By RI Council for the Humanities

Written on September 20, 2016. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts.

Tom Roberts (Senior Lecturer, History, Philosophy + Social Sciences) will be honored at the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities Gala on 6th October 2016. Roberts will be awarded the Honorary Chairs’ Award for Lifetime Achievement in the...

Cuba: Not Everything Is What It Seems

Written on May 31, 2016. Posted in Reverse Field.

Timothy Sandiford Even in the relatively short time since President Obama renewed diplomatic ties with Cuba in December 2014 the island has seen rapid change. While travel for purely touristic reasons is still prohibited, airline travel between Miami...

White Gives Keynote at Harvard Graduate School of Design

Written on May 3, 2016. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts.

Damian White (Associate Professor, History, Philosophy + the Social Sciences) gave the keynote lecture at the Harvard Graduate School Doctoral Program Conference Bound and Unbound: The Sites of Utopia on 15th April 2016. His lecture was entitled Urban...

John Lauermann lectures at HafenCity University

Written on January 19, 2016. Posted in Liberal Arts.

John Lauermann (Assistant Professor; History, Philosophy + Social Sciences) gave a public lecture on January 12th at HafenCity University in Hamburg (Germany). The lecture – “Learning from failure? Lessons learned from unsuccessful Olympic bids” –...

Saito’s article published in French translation

Written on January 11, 2016. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts.

Yuriko Saito’s (Professor, HPSS) previously published article “The Aesthetics of Unscenic Nature” (The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 1998) was translated into French and was included in Esthétique de l’environnement: Appréciation,...

Chief Critic, Faculty Fellow and Global grants announced

Written on December 21, 2015. Posted in Announcements + Updates, European Honors Program, Global Partners + Programs.

RISD Faculty Fellow: Congratulations to Paolo Cardini, who has been named the Global Faculty Fellow at RISD for AY2016-2017. As the fellow, Paolo Cardini will spend a part of the academic year developing a Global Futures Lab within the RISD Global...

White lecture at Boston College

Written on November 16, 2015. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts.

Damian White (Associate Professor, Department Head, History, Philosophy and Social Science) will give a public lecture at Boston College on Monday 16th November entitled “End Times Ecology, Technocratic Ecomodernism or Public Ecology: Environmental...

Ford | “Woman, Unnamed”

Written on October 21, 2015. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts, Uncategorized.

The opening of Woman, Unnamed a solo exhibit of the work of Claudia Ford (Lecturer, HPSS and LAS) The Bridge Center Gallery Johnson & Wales University Providence, RI Opening Tuesday, November 10, 2015 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Exhibition runs November...

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