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Syracuse Hosts Author/Musician Rita
Indiana, Filmmaker Noelia Quintero
April 23-24
MAY 2014 DEAN'S DESK
Visit is final installment of Humanities Center’s Spring Symposia series
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The Spring Symposia series of the
Syracuse University Humanities
Center concludes with a two-day
residency by Dominican
author/musician Rita Indiana and
Puerto Rican filmmaker Noelia
Quintero. Much of their visit will focus
on issues of contemporary Caribbean
identity.
In the News
"The Colbert Report"
Dec 18, 2014
included George Saunders G'88,
professor of English, in its star-studded
series finale. Saunders was a popular
guest on the show.
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The Daily Mail (U.K.)
Dec 17, 2014
featured research by Susan Parks,
assistant professor of biology, about
how whales communicate. The story
was picked up by other international
outlets, including Phys.org, Nature
World News, The Hindu, and India.com.
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Titled “Writing, Performing, Producing
Difference,” the residency begins
Noelia Quintero
Thursday, April 23, with a screening
of Quintero’s La motora roja tiene que
aparecer at 7 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium of Huntington Beard Crouse Hall.
Afterward, she will lead a discussion about the 2008 documentary, which examines
the cultural importance of street art.
The following day, Quintero will join Indiana for an HC Mini-Seminar from 10 a.m. to
noon in room 304 of the Tolley Humanities Building. Later that day at 7 p.m,
Indiana will read some of her selected works at La Casita Cultural Center (109
Otisco St., Syracuse). All events are free and open to the public; however, the HC Mini-Seminar requires
registration. To register, contact organizer Sydney Hutchinson, assistant professor
of music history and cultures in the College of Arts and Sciences, at
sjhutchi@syr.edu.
For more information, contact the Humanities Center at 315-443-7192 or
humcenter@syr.edu.
Philly.com
Dec 16, 2014
interviewed Jason Wiles, assistant
professor of biology, about "Bill Nye the
Science Guy."
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WRVO Public Media
Dec 11, 2014
spoke with Afton Kapuscinski G'12,
director of the Psychological Services
Center, about seasonal affective
disorder.
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Public Broadcasting System
Dec 10, 2014
is airing a discussion between Gustav
Niebuhr, associate professor of religion
and media at Syracuse; and Elaine
Pagels, the Harrington Spear Paine
“We’re honored to host this residency by Noelia Quintero and Rita Indiana, both of
whom use the creative and performing arts to address issues of contemporary
Caribbean identities, politics, and gender,” says Gerald R. Greenberg, senior
associate dean for A&S and interim director of the Humanities Center. “That their
collaboration is both a personal and professional one is sure to evoke an insightful
dialogue.” In addition to being a filmmaker, Quintero is a digital media specialist, scriptwriter,
and producer. She has worked on various projects for television, radio, and film
throughout the United States, Latin America, and Europe.
La motora roja tiene que aparecer (loosely translated as The Red Motor Must
Appear) is typical of Quintero’s interest in the “needs and shifts” of contemporary
culture. “The street is kind of a memory pool, where every-day experiences, art,
and communication take on a kind of primitive form,” she says. “Art manifested in
urban spaces shows us where and how we live.”
Quintero's partner, Indiana,
is equally prolific. Famously
tall and androgynous
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Mara Vivero Vigoya (Associate
Professor of Anthropology and Gender
Studies at the National University of
Colombia)
-----------------------feminist reflections on whiteness,
social mobility, and Black identities
in Colombia
April 14, 2015 at 4:15 PM
Bird Library, Room 114
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April 16, 2015 at 4:00 PM
113 Heroy Geology Lab
Yoga, Nature Cure and Perfect Health
The Purity of the Fluid Body in an
Impure World
April 16, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Slocum Hall, Room 214
Yoga, Nature Cure and Perfect Health
The Purity of the Fluid Body in an
Impure World
April 17, 2015 at 9:00 AM
Tolley Humanities Building, Room 304
Biology MS Thesis Defense - Hannah
Blair
April 17, 2015 at 10:00 AM
106 Life Sciences Complex
Biology Seminar - Dr. Susan Kalisz
April 20, 2015 at 12:00 PM
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Biology Master's Thesis Seminar Jessica McCordic
April 22, 2015 at 9:30 AM
106 Life Sciences Complex
Earth Sciences
April 23, 2015 at 4:00 PM
113 Heroy Geology Lab
Writing, Performing, Producing
Difference Residency with
Caribbean Artists Rita Indiana and
Noelia Quintero
April 23, 2015 at 7:00 PM
Gifford Auditorium, H.B. Crouse Hall
-----------------------Arts and Sciences Events
SU News
Dean’s Newsletter March 2014
Dean’s Newsletter May 2014
AS Magazine, Fall 2013
AS Magazine, Fall 2014
Syracuse Hosts Author/Musician Rita Indiana, Filmmaker Noelia Quintero April 23-24 College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University
Foundation Professor of Religion at
Princeton University. The interview is
part of PBS' "Great Conversation"
series.
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looking, she began her
career as a novelist, but
eventually switched to
music, where her unique
brand of “electro merengue”
made her a cult heroine.
Variety.com
Dec 10, 2014
interviewed Stephen C. Meyer, associate
professor of music history and cultures,
about the ongoing popularity of "lavish
symphonic" soundtracks.
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"Bridge Street" (WSYR-TV)
Dec 4, 2014
featured a performance by members of
the Syracuse University Brass
Ensemble (SUBE), as well as a
conversation with James T. Spencer,
SUBE music director and FNSSI
executive director. The clip was in
support of "Holidays at Hendricks."
Indiana's high-water mark as
a singer and bandleader
occurred in 2010 with El
Juidero, which National
Public Radio voted one of
the year’s Top-10 Latin
Alternative albums. A year
Rita Indiana
later, the Spanish
newspaper El País named
her one of the world's most influential Latino/a artists.
At the height of her fame, Indiana quit pop music and, save for an occasional film
score, has returned to writing full time. Her novels include La mucama de Omicunle
(Editorial Periferica, 2015); Nombres y animals (Editorial Periferica, 2014), which
was nominated for the Casa de las Américas Prize, one of the oldest and most
prestigious in Latin American literature; and Papi (Vertigo, 2005).
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Nov 14, 2014
For all her success, Indiana eschews labels. “I’m uncomfortable with them because
I’ve been dealing with labels all my life: tomboy, head-banger, weirdo or lesbian,
underground, celebrity,” she said in a recent interview. “Labels are caricatures.”
spoke with Steve Secora, Associate
Dean of College Relations for the
College of Arts and Sciences about why
sophomore year is the best time for high
school students to begin the college
search process.
Her and Quintero’s visit is co-sponsored by the departments of Art & Music
Histories, English, Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, and Women’s &
Gender Studies, as well as the programs of Latino-Latin American Studies and
LGBT Studies, all in A&S; and the Department of Communication and Rhetorical
Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
CNY Central
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Syracuse New Times
La Casita is a vibrant cultural, artistic, and educational center supported by the
University's College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Chancellor.
Nov 13, 2014
featured a series of photos from La
Casita Cultural Center’s recent Two to
Tango event.
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Time Warner Cable News
Nov 12, 2014
spoke with Kristen Kennedy of the
Department of Communication Sciences
and Disorders about hearing loss
among veterans
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The New York Times
Oct 9, 2014
spoke with Jason Fridley, associate
professor of biology, about the mystery
of invasive species.
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