Category: Public Humanities | Department of Comparative Cultural Studies

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Public Humanities

Intern with the Arizona Philharmonic next semester!

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on November 17, 2024

Arizona Philharmonic is a professional regional orchestra based in Prescott, AZ. AZ Phil is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to embody artistic excellence and inspire the growth of symphonic music through diversity in genre, programming, collaboration, audiences, and musicians. AZ Phil is excited to offer an internship opportunity to students at NAU for 1, 2, and 3 credit enrollment. Although this is a non-paid internship, students will be offered gas reimbursement for traveling to in-person events.

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Dr. Pratt-Sturges to Speak at Panel on Creative Technology and AI

Posted by Katrina Maggiulli on November 16, 2024

CCS ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Teaching Professor of Public Humanities and Museum Studies, Dr. Becky Pratt-Sturges is scheduled to speak at a panel of humanities scholars on “Creative Technology and Artificial Technology.” The FREE event will be held on . In addition to Dr. Pratt-Sturges, the panel also includes Jaewook Lee and student representatives and will be moderated by Chris S. Johnson.

According to the Coconino Center for the Arts: “Panelists… Read more

Faculty-run Dia de los Muertos workshop featured in campus paper!

Posted by Katrina Maggiulli on November 15, 2024

As part of the week-long Dia de los Muertos celebrations at NAU this year, CCS Assistant Professor of Humanities Dr. Anabel Galindo and Future Faculty Fellow of Human Rights Dr. Pedro Gonzalez Corona held flower-making workshops at the Cline Library. In an interview with The Lumberjack, Dr. Galindo said, “It’s part of learning and building community within NAU…. Some students don’t know each other when they come in, but now they’re talking with each other and getting to know… Read more

CCS Student Alexandra Williams curated Cline Library exhibition “TIMBER!”

Posted by Katrina Maggiulli on November 3, 2024

A senior with a dual major in Comparative Cultural Studies and History and a Museum Studies minor, Alexandra Williams, curated the exhibition currently on display in the Cline Library, Williams led the curation of this exhibition as part of her Elizabeth and P. T. Reilly Internship during the summer of 2024  at the Cline Library. Williams’s personal research interests in the environmental humanities, her future goals continuing research in museum studies, and experience… Read more

CCS Intern and TA pizza party!

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on October 29, 2024

CCS held our semester pizza party for our student interns and teaching assistants to meet each other, win raffles prizes, and enjoy pizza, treats, and more on Oct. 28! The event was hosted by Dr. Diana Coleman, our internship coordinator, Dr. Becky Pratt-Sturges, our Museum Studies coordinator, and Dr. Gioia Woods, chair of CCS. Each semester, CCS supervises interns completing fieldwork experience at institutions such as the Fort Tuthill Military Museum, Riordan Mansion, the NAU Art Museums, Creative Flagstaff,… Read more

Save the date! Museum Studies Club presents a talk with NAU alum Terra Smith on Friday November 8

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on

The Museum Studies Club presents a talk with NAU alum Terra Smith, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Registrar at the Musical Instrument Museum on Friday, Nov. 8 at 11:30 a.m. in Cline Library room 249. Learn about careers in museums, graduate & post graduate planning, and how to maximize your education for the career you want. Terra graduated from NAU in 2018 with a B.S. in History and a minor in Museum Studies before completing an M.A. degree in Art History, Curatorship, and… Read more

Department of Comparative Cultural Studies
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Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
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Flagstaff, Arizona 86011