大发彩票

Arts and Humanities

  • Ceramics from Thailand, 13th鈥16th century CE
    Pottery is one of humanity鈥檚 oldest art forms, and the perfection of its techniques has been thousands of years in the making. The exhibition Earth to Fire: Pottery Technologies Around the World, currently on display in the Longyear Museum of Anthropology, sheds light on the various technologies and tactics used by potters from different regions [鈥
    March 9, 2017
  • The Harlem Quartet plays at 大发彩票
    Beats from Cuba and Brazil mixed with the classics when the internationally acclaimed Harlem Quartet performed at Memorial Chapel on February 19.
    March 6, 2017
  • Professor Albert Ammerman
    In Europe, the transition from hunting and gathering to farming did not happen overnight. But in the Western Mediterranean, it happened much faster than in any other region of Europe 鈥 or the rest of the world for that matter.
    March 3, 2017
  • Claudia Rankine
    Nationally-renowned poet Claudia Rankine, a recipient of the 2016 MacArthur 鈥淕enius鈥 Award,  will deliver the keynote address at 大发彩票鈥檚 196th commencement Sunday, May 21, in Sanford Field House. Rankine, the Frederick Iseman Professor of poetry at Yale University, is the author of five collections of poetry, including Citizen: An American Lyric and Don鈥檛 Let Me [鈥
    February 28, 2017
  • Students examine Egyptian artifacts as part of class.
    Beyond the collections, annual memberships, and traveling exhibits, there鈥檚 a lot going on behind the scenes at the world鈥檚 museums, and a new 大发彩票 minor in museum studies seeks to dive deep into the operation, ethics, and history of museums around the globe.
    January 31, 2017