News Releases (page 17)
Professor Lara Deeb Honored with British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies
ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Professor of Anthropology Lara Deeb’s book Leisurely Islam: Negotiating Morality and Geography in Shi’ite South Beirut, is the 2014 recipient of the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies from the British Society for Middle East Studies. The prize, awarded for the best English language first-edition published scholarly work on the Middle East, has been presented since 1998.
Read MoreInland Valley Daily Bulletin Features Core III Class
Beau Yarbrough, higher education reporter for the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, features students in Professor Thierry Boucquey’s Core III course in this December 3 news story. Yarbrough observed Karen Chan ’17 & Rachel Qi ’17 teach Chinese to a fourth-grade class at Chaparral Elementary School as part of their coursework in Boucquey’s Core III class.
Read MoreThe Familiar and the Indefinable in Clay: The 71st ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Ceramic Annual
The ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Ceramic Annual, the longest continuous exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States, will open for its 71st year on Jan. 24 and will continue through April 5.
Read MoreÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµand Pomona Dance present “In The Works…” A Concert of Student Danceworks
“In The Works…” is the annual fall concert by students of the departments of dance at ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµand Pomona Colleges. The concert will take place Dec. 4, 5 and 6 at 8 p.m. and also on Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. in the Pendleton Dance Center, Pomona College.
Read MoreÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ President Lori Bettison-Varga Honored With Alumni Award
ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ President Lori Bettison-Varga on Saturday received a Distinguished Alumni Award from her alma mater, the University of California, Santa Barbara, at its inaugural Women in Leadership event.
Read MoreÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Shares $1.5 Million Mellon Grant to Promote Digital Humanities
ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ is one of five undergraduate colleges of the Claremont University Consortium to share a $1.5 million Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to promote digital humanities.
Read MoreAnonymous Gift Lays the Foundation for New ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµResidence Hall
ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ has received a $10 million donation from an anonymous donor to support the construction of its tenth residence hall.
Read MoreNine-Point Perspective: ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Faculty Exhibition
With works in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Smithsonian Institution; exhibitions in Tokyo, London and Paris; pieces at […]
Read MoreThe Responsibility to Protect
The European Union Center of California invites you to explore the moral and ethical boundaries around protecting people in a two-day conference honoring war hero Jan Karski.
Read MoreÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Interrogates the Sound of Silence
Is silence the absence of sound? Is it a refusal to speak – or an inability to respond? What are the politics of silence? How is silence enjoyed, mandated, or inflicted? How are silence and gender related? This fall, the ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Humanities Institute explores the theory and practice of silence: voluntary and coerced, solitary and communal, literal and metaphoric.
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