Arts and Humanities

In February, three students in Professor Zhou Tian’s composition class had a rare opportunity — a reading and performance of their works by a renowned professional ensemble.

A body in motion stays in motion, at least until it is given a new stage direction. The idea of performers in motion is one of the themes to be explored by 11 scholars from a spectrum of academic focuses who will convene at Colgate April 4-6 for an interdisciplinary symposium dedicated to “The Performing […]

Students considering a career in law might not immediately make the connection to ancient philosophers Socrates and Plato, but they should. Alumni from the Department of the Classics returned to campus March 26 to talk about how their majors, ranging from Latin to Greek to classics studies, have propelled them to success in both law […]

As birds chirp cheerful songs, a Chinese character duplicates and forms fractal shapes. In sharp contrast, city vibrations serve as the soundtrack for bustling scenes from Shanghai and Hangzhou. Although Revolutions per Minute (RPM) is a sound art exhibition, visitors will travel beyond sight and sound.

When the Zen-style rock garden was created outside the Ho Science Center, as subtle homage to the heritage and beliefs of Robert H.N. Ho ’56, no one anticipated that it would one day be part of the first exhibition of Chinese sound art in the world.

While smog in China continues to make news, one of that nation’s newest composers is providing American audiences with a breath of fresh air.

Typically a student accompanies a professor on a research expedition, not the other way around. But nothing about Maggie Dunne ’13 is typical. Dunne, who is founder of Lakota Children’s Enrichment, Inc. (LCE), a non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting awareness and assistance to families on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, invited Professor. Peter Balakian, a […]

Weatherproof speakers, iPads and iPods, video projectors and monitors, headphones, a telescope, and 64 chanting machines are among the equipment being set up on campus and in the village of Hamilton, as artists and technicians prepare for Revolutions Per Minute (RPM), the first survey exhibition of Chinese sound art to be shown inside or outside […]

Provost and Dean of the Faculty Douglas A. Hicks recently announced faculty appointments and promotions that had been approved by the university’s Board of Trustees.

In one weekend, Alexa Windsor ’13 , a double major in German and history, had access to more academic gravitas in her field than many students have in four years of college. She attended the recent Black and Blue Danube symposium, which featured film screenings, a student poster session, and three panels showcasing a dozen […]