Literary Arts & Studies – RISD Academic Affairs

Doran Delivers Lecture on Environmental Comics at Colby

Written on May 1, 2018. Posted in Liberal Arts.

Thomas Doran (Assistant Professor, Literary Arts + Studies) gave a lecture on, Reading Comics in a Time of Environmental Crisis, at Colby College on April 25th, part of Colby College’s ongoing Environmental Studies Lecture Series. The talk explored...

Kosmider Wins Screenplay Award

Written on November 21, 2017. Posted in Liberal Arts.

Alexia Kosmider (Senior Lecturer, Literary Arts + Studies) recently won first prize in the James L. Seavor LGBTQ Screenplay Competition Award at the Rhode Island International Film Festival for her script, Small Steps in Black Birkenstocks, which was...

Ganguly Begins Fellowship in Berlin

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

Avishek Ganguly (Assistant Professor, Literary Arts + Studies) recently began his 10-month term as a Fellow at the International Research Center at the Freie Universität in Berlin, Germany. During the period of his fellowship Ganguly will work on his...

Highfield Publishes Essay on ‘Food and Foodways’

Written on March 21, 2017. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts.

Jonathan Highfield (Professor, Literary Arts + Studies) has recently published an essay entitled, Food and Foodways in African Narratives, which was published in the edited volume Décentrement et travail de la culture (Decentralization and the Work...

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...

Barbeito’s translation of “Father with Dog” in Catapult

Written on October 20, 2015. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts.

Patricia Felisa Barbeito’s (Professor, Literary Arts and Studies) translation of the haunting short story, “Father With Dog,” by acclaimed Greek author Amanda Michalopoulou has been published in the new online literary journal Ca...

Ganguly with Fiston Mwanza Mujila

Written on October 7, 2015. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts.

Avishek Ganguly (Assistant Professor, Literary Arts & Studies) recently participated in a literary event at the French American School, Providence, R.I. On Friday September 25, the French American School hosted a literary discussion with visiting...

Fink: The Dawn of our Minds

Written on August 26, 2015. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts.

An essay by Mike Fink (Professor, Literary Arts and Studies) is featured on Rhode Island Public Radio’s This I Believe. The essay can be heard at the RIPR website.

Kosmider documentary screenings

Written on August 13, 2015. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts.

Alexia Kosmider’s (Senior Lecturer, Literary Arts & Studies) documentary, TransJourney, is being screened at the 2015 Gender Odyssey Conference, an international conference focused on the needs and interests of transgender and and gender...

Highfield on “Myth and Doctor Who”

Written on August 3, 2015. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts.

Jonathan Highfield (Professor, Literary Arts and Studies) was part of a panel on “Myth and Doctor Who” at the International Popular Culture Association Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland, 22 July – 24 July, 2015. His paper was entitled “Extinction, Global...

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