MICA Humanistic Studies

An Unexplained Death

December 11, 2018December 11, 2018 Mikita

An Unexplained Death: The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere, by Humanistic Studies faculty Mikita Brottman, published November 2018. Illustrations by Caroline Harwood (MICA 2017 Illustration). Haunting and colorful retro cover art by Oliver Munday (08 Graphic Design & current MICA Graphic Design faculty). Check out Oliver’s amazing covers for books by Elif...

Courses for Spring 2019

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 Jeanette Gerrity Gomez

Registration is happening now for Spring 2019. Still making up your mind? Check out some of these HMST courses! Literature of Empire Intercultural Communication Classes with Chezia Thompson Multicultural Theatre: Asian | Asian American Performance Voices: Women in the Americas HMST full course list for Spring 2019 can be found here: Schedule

Devon Deimler (Interdisciplinary Sculptural Studies ’07) is awarded PhD

September 16, 2018 Mikita

Congratulations to Devon Deimler (MICA Interdisciplinary Sculptural Studies ’07), whose PhD dissertation was recently accepted by the Department of Mythological Studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute, in Carpenteria, California. Devon’s dissertation is entitled, “Ultraviolet Concrete: Dionysos and the Ecstatic Play of Aesthetic Experience.” Her committee comprised Dr. Dennis Slattery, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Dr. Erik Davis, Rice...

Dereck Mangus wins Frieze Magazine Writer’s Prize 2018

September 16, 2018September 16, 2018 Mikita

Congratulations to Dereck Stafford Mangus, graduate of the M.A. Program in Critical Studies, winner of the 2018 frieze writing prize for his review of Jack Whitten’s exhibition ‘Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963–2017’, at the Baltimore Museum of Art. This year’s prize was judged by frieze’s senior editor, Andrew Durbin, writer Billy Kahora and artist Amy...

Taking on the Doctrine of Discovery

August 31, 2018August 31, 2018 Jeanette Gerrity Gomez

After participating in “Taking on the Doctrine of Discovery” conference at Skä•noñh – Great Law of Peace Center on Onondaga Nation Territory #MICA professor Eglute Trinkauskaite is sharing these powerful ideas in the classroom w/ 1st yr students. #Indigenous / #religious 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.