Arts and Humanities

(Editor’s note: The following piece by Anna Pluff ’20 was originally published in the Colgate Maroon News. The deadline to apply for the next SRS program is today. Visit Colgate’s SRS webpage for more information. ) The mountains seemed endless as we rode in the comfort of our coach bus from Sarajevo to Tuzla. We were […]

Colgate University’s Picker Art Gallery unveils an exhibition of This Place Thursday, February 1, as part of a dynamic cooperative among four upstate New York schools designed to enhance opportunities for cross-disciplinary learning in museums. Part of a massive, international project conceived and orchestrated by French photographer Frédéric Brenner, This Place features a variety of perspectives on Israel […]

Assistant Professor of Spanish Marta Perez-Carbonell shares a glimpse inside her contemporary Spanish fiction class in this new video. Students in Perez-Carbonell’s course craft their own short stories in Spanish, which are then collected in a small volume printed by Colgate’s Document Services shop. On the last day of class, students read their work out […]

On New Year’s Day 2003, Assistant Professor of Theater Christian DuComb saw his first Mummers’ Parade. Garish costumes and raucous noise drew him to the window of his Philadelphia apartment, where he was captivated by a living history of American performance styles that he believed extinct. The Mummer’s Parade has existed in some form since […]

Editor’s note: Wondering what’s happening in the classroom at Colgate? Here’s a real-time glimpse into academic life on campus — a syllabus from a course underway this semester. The Booker Prize: Examining a Prize, Examining an Empire CJ Hauser, Assistant Professor of English MWF 9:20–10:20 AM, Lathrop Hall 314 Course description This class follows the […]

It has been said that celebrity is as celebrity does. And in some cases, what it does can change the course of presidential politics. In his recent book, Liking Ike: Eisenhower, Advertising, and the Rise of Celebrity Politics, David Blake ’85 analyzes the role of fame in American politics — from the 34th president to […]

During WWII, the Mona Lisa was moved five times to keep it safe from looters. But other works of art and cultural materials weren’t so lucky.  Under the direction of Adolf Hitler, the Germans looted paintings, church bells, Torahs, and more. Enter the Monuments Men, who were cultural-preservation officers recruited by the Allies to protect […]

Preserving Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict, a three-day conference taking place October 18-20…

This fall, Brehmer Theater was one of the first places on campus to come alive with the energy of the incoming class. Echoing through the halls of Dana Arts Center, the tune “Hello” from the musical comedy The Book of Mormon played on repeat. On stage, six first-year students broke into song, struggling with the […]

The Doric columns of Memorial Chapel. The Latin inscription on James C. Colgate Hall. The university motto. Students and faculty encounter these vestiges of the classical world on campus almost daily. As the university’s bicentennial approaches, a spring seminar course and current exhibition highlight these classical traditions alongside the history of Colgate. Deo ac Veritati: […]