MICA Humanistic Studies

4U on the 4th – March 2019

February 26, 2019February 28, 2019 Jeanette Gerrity Gomez

Upcoming 4U on the 4th – March 4th from 11:45 am to 1:00 pm on the 4th floor of Bunting Center Featuring this month: 11:50 am Sneak Preview of the Theatre on the Edge upcoming production At the Water’s Edge 12:00 and 12:20 Yoga Free food Q&A with the...

Sophie Fisher’s Courtroom Sketch Impresses Judge

February 25, 2019February 25, 2019 Mikita

During a visit to Federal Court organized as part of True Crime (LIT 410), Senior Illustration major Sophie Fisher sketched this quick doodle of the Honorable George L. Russell, III accompanied by the court’s executive assistant, surrounded by bits of testimony from the gang trial he was presiding over that week. The judge noticed Sophie’s...

January 2019 Newsletter

February 11, 2019February 28, 2019 Jeanette Gerrity Gomez

Click here to read our Spring Newsletter ! Includes alumna Zae Soe‘s Onion Tears featured in The Brown Orient, poem by faculty member Soheila Ghaussy, Book Recommendations from HMST Faculty and upcoming events.

4U on the 4th

January 30, 2019February 28, 2019 Jeanette Gerrity Gomez

Join Liberal Arts and MICA Wellness, Counseling and Health Center on the 4th floor on February 4th from 11:45 am to 1:00 pm. Stay for a little bit or stay for the...

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...