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The Prop’s the Thing
February 14, 2011 | Arts & Culture, For Parents, Humanities, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Props are often vital to a play’s storyline — such as the upcoming “Grapes of Wrath” — but no one ever really thinks about them until the gun doesn’t fire at the right time. “We tend to not pay much attention to props until they’re not working,” said Associate Professor and Chair of Theatre JK Curry, who has edited a recent book on props.
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Director chosen for new institute
January 14, 2011 | Faculty, Humanities, Top Stories, University Announcement
Associate Professor of Religion Mary Foskett has been named the first director of Wake Forest’s new Humanities Institute. The Institute, which was formally established last October, will support interdisciplinary scholarship, research initiatives and education in the humanities.
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Humanities Institute lands $500k grant
December 13, 2010 | For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Wake Forest a five-year, $500,000 challenge grant to fund the Humanities Institute. It is the largest NEH grant Wake Forest has ever received and the only NEH challenge grant awarded to a North Carolina school this year.
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A professor of many worlds
November 28, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, International, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
David Weinstein, a professor of political science and one of Wake Forest’s most prolific scholars in the humanities, often inhabits two intellectual worlds. As he moves between them, he’s extending Wake Forest’s academic reach to Israel, Germany, Italy and England.
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Myths and monsters
November 22, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Working Together
In Tina Boyer’s first-year seminar class, students meet dragons, giants and other mythological creatures.
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Symposium celebrates A.R. Ammons
October 19, 2010 | Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Provost, Top Stories
“Single Threads Unbraided,” a celebration of the poetry, art and letters of A.R. Ammons will be held Nov. 15–16 at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library.
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Humanities Institute established
October 1, 2010 | Faculty, Humanities, President, Provost, Top Stories
Building on its liberal arts tradition, Wake Forest University has established the Wake Forest Humanities Institute to support innovative scholarship and collaboration in the humanities.
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A good cell
September 27, 2010 | Community, Graduate School, Humanities, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Top Stories
The video game CellCraft, developed by a team of scientists, middle-schoolers and software developers based at Wake Forest, has been played more than 2.5 million times worldwide.
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Kairoff gets second NEH grant
September 23, 2010 | Arts & Culture, Faculty, For Alumni, Humanities, Research, Top Stories
Professor of English Claudia Kairoff and a research colleague have received a second major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to edit the works of the early 18th century British poet Anne Finch.
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Theatre is a “Smash”
September 17, 2010 | Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, Humanities, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Professor of Theatre Cynthia Gendrich loves comedy, so she is in her element directing “Smash,” the Wake Forest University Theatre 2010-2011 season opener. The play runs through Sept. 26.
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