MICA Humanistic Studies

2018 Ginsberg Poetry Prize Winners

June 12, 2018 Jeanette Gerrity Gomez

Congratulations to David Abalos Aliaga, one of the two 2018 Ginsberg Poetry Prize winners. David joined the MICA community this past school year and studied ceramics at MICA. He is completing his final year at Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. He wrote about his love of writing since he was a teenager, “My poetry is influenced...

2018 Ginsberg Poetry Prize Winners

June 11, 2018June 11, 2018 Jeanette Gerrity Gomez

Congratulations to Catherine Khamnouane, one of our two winners of the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize 2018. Catherine’s practice focuses on the personal relationships we create with and within the varied political power structures that surround us. She graduated from the Interdisciplinary Sculpture program in May of 2018 and plans to continue living, working and making in...

Senior Colloquium

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 Jeanette Gerrity Gomez

Please join Humanistic Studies at MICA as our graduating seniors present their thesis work. April 27, 2018 at 4 pm in the Bunting Center, fourth floor.

4/12 Reading – Almost Entirely at B&N Charles Village

April 10, 2018April 10, 2018 Jeanette Gerrity Gomez

Join MICA professor Jennifer Wallace at Barnes and Noble on 33rd and St. Paul for a reading from her book, Almost Entirely, at 7 pm on April 12, 2018.

Violence Against Women & Writers Against Violence Talk

March 30, 2018March 30, 2018 Jeanette Gerrity Gomez

Next Tuesday we will have the privilege of hosting Dr. Omnia Amin, Senior Humanities Research Fellow, NYU Abu Dhabi. Her talk, “Violence Against Women & Writers Against Violence: Honor Killings in Modern Arab Literature” will take place at noon in Bunting 452 on April 3.

Rippercon, April 7-8 2018

March 19, 2018 Mikita

Poetry & Conversation

February 28, 2018 Jeanette Gerrity Gomez

If you are in the Baltimore/DC area on March 14, please join Jennifer Wallace and Sarah Browning for an evening of poems and conversation sponsored by Baltimore’s wonderful Enoch Pratt Library. The event will be held at the Maryland State Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped (LBPH) 415 Park Ave, Baltimore, MD from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.

Read LESS Understand MORE

January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 Jeanette Gerrity Gomez

Join us for an opportunity to learn and practice reading strategies that increase comprehension and efficiency. Open to all students. Wednesday February 14th 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm in Bunting 460/470 Sponsored by International Education, Advising, the Writing Center and the Humanistic Studies Department

Epicurean Endocrinology: Cooking and Growing Sex in America

January 31, 2018 Jeanette Gerrity Gomez

Epicurean Endocrinology: Cooking and Growing Sex in America 7 p.m., Monday, February 19, 2018 Brown Building Room 320 Free and open to all Featuring: Liz Flyntz, Curator and information architect, NYC / Byron Rich, Electronic Art & Intermedia, Allegheny College, PA Curator Liz Flyntz and bio-artist Byron Rich use food to explore contemporary transformations in...

Pratt Library Poetry Contest

January 29, 2018 Jeanette Gerrity Gomez

Hey MICA Community: Poetry Contest for Maryland Residents Entrants must be Maryland residents, 18 or older. Please send only one original poem, on any theme and in any form, for consideration. Your entry must be unpublished, either in print or on the Web, including personal blogs, Facebook, or Twitter. It cannot be currently under review...