Professor Jason Merrill has been appointed Interim Chair of the Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages. The 12-month appointment is effective August 16, 2017, through August 15, 2018.
Two College of Arts & Letters students were part of award-winning teams recently recognized with statewide honors from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters (MAB).The 2017 MAB Michigan Student Broadcast Awards were presented during the Great Lakes Broadcasting Conference and Expo on March 8 at the Lansing Center in downtown Lansing.
Nine Department of Art, Art History, and Design students came away with 17 Mid-Michigan American Advertising Awards (ADDYs), including one Judge’s Choice Award, four Gold ADDYs, six Silver ADDYs, and six Bronze ADDYs. All Graphic Design majors, the students were presented with their awards at the Mid-Michigan American Advertising Awards presentation and dinner March 2 at MSU’s Kellogg Hotel and…
Before the performance of his one-man show at MSU’s Wharton Center for the Performing Arts, sociopolitical comedian W. Kamau Bell took the time to meet with students and to answer questions about his career, his role as an activist, and even his favorite ice cream flavor.Bell was on campus Feb. 27 as part of the College of Arts & Letters’…
Michigan State University and the College of Arts & Letters are giving students and recent graduates an opportunity to break into the publising industry with a chance to "pitch a book idea" to a panel of accomplished judges at the first Pitchapalooza on Thursday, March 30, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Erickson Hall Kiva on MSU’s campus. The judges will choose…
Summer Circle Theatre returns this June for its 57th season and will take you on a journey across the United States (with a detour to Neverland). So, pack your bags and explore the entire country without leaving East Lansing. This year's Summer Circle Theatre schedule includes: See Rock City & Other DestinationsJune 7-10 at 8 p.m.(Ages 11 and up) Book by…
Two faculty members from MSU’s College of Arts & Letters have been awarded a Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Yomaira Figueroa and Tamara Butler, both Assistant Professors in the Department of English and African American and African Studies program, were named 2017 Woodrow Wilson Fellows. Figueroa received a year-long fellowship that runs…
MSU’s Digital Humanities Program is once again hosting a symposium on global digital humanities to continue the conversation that began last year. The second annual Global Digital Humanities Symposium, scheduled for March 16-17 at the MSU Union, will feature a mix of local, national and international speakers. “One of the important things about this symposium is that we are really…
As part of her dissertation, Anne von Petersdorff, a fourth year doctoral student studying German Studies and Digital Humanities, spent two and a half months traveling with a friend from Egypt to Germany only allowing themselves to walk, sail, or take modes of transportation with wheels – no flights. From this experience, she produced a documentary that has already been…
Senior Hannah Avdoulos is gaining valuable experience as an Arts Administration and Gallery Intern for the Lansing Art Gallery (LAG) and is an integral part in the formation and execution of the gallery’s upcoming Michigan Collegiate Art Exhibition (MCAE). “The work that I am doing is quite literally arts and cultural management,” said Avdoulos, who is an Arts and Cultural…