Faculty and Staff Notes

Joseph Lubben Presented Work at SATMUS in Madrid

May 3, 2023

Associate Professor of Music Theory Joseph Lubben presented a paper, "Las síncopas hipermétricas," and a poster, "La enseñanza de la síncopa en el conservatorio del siglo XXI" at the inaugural meeting of SATMUS (la sociedad de análisis y teoría musical) in Madrid on April 21 and 22. Both papers were delivered in Spanish.
 

Kari Barclay Article Published in "Theatre Topics"

May 3, 2023

Assistant Professor of Theater Kari Barclay's newest article on asexuality in theater was recently published in March 2023's Theatre Topics. The article builds on their play, Can I Hold You?, which Kari wrote in 2018 and was one of the first plays to explore asexual identity.

Kirk Ormand Recent Article Published in "A Companion to Aeschylus"

May 3, 2023

Professor of Classics Kirk Ormand recently published an article, “Intertheatricality and Narrative Structure in the Electra Plays,” in A Companion to Aeschylus, eds. J.A. Bromberg and P. Burian. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell (2023), 145-157.  Ormand analyzes the use that Sophocles and Euripides make of Aeschylus' Oreseteia, often casting events from it as fictional or contrafactual narratives spoken by the characters in their own plays on the Electra myth.

Allegra Hyde Publishes Third Book

April 26, 2023

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Allegra Hyde published her third book, the speculative story collection The Last Catastrophe. Comprised of fourteen short stories and a novella, the collection imagines vegan zombies, a herd of RVs, a finishing school in space, and more, to speak to futures rife with disaster. Booklist noted in a starred review that THE LAST CATASTROPHE exposes "the absurdities of trying to survive in a world increasingly warped by climate change, hunger, and capitalist priorities." The Chicago Review of Books called the collection both "funny" and "remarkably hopeful" despite its subject matter.

Read interviews with Hyde about The Last Catastrophe at Electric Literature, Shondaland, The Creative Independent, and also listen to podcasts from the Ohio Center for the Book, Keen on, Austin Liti Limits, among other venues. To read about and listen to a playlist inspired by the collection, check out Largehearted Boy.

Jennifer Blaylock Wins Best Article Award

April 26, 2023

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow/Visiting Assistant Professor in Cinema Studies Jennifer Blaylock recently won the Media Industries Special Interest Group of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Best Article Award for her article "The Mother, the Mistress, and the Cover Girls: Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and the Coloniality of Gender." The article highlights the pivotal role of Oberlin alum and first director of Ghana Television, Shirley Graham Du Bois, in the formation of the Ghana Television in the 1960s.

Marcel Mutsindashyaka Recognized as an "Under 40 Security Leaders 2023"

April 26, 2023

CIO Marcel Mutsindashyaka was recognized by CDO Magazine as one of its "Under 40 Security Leaders 2023." This recognizes the world’s most influential and successful cybersecurity leaders under the age of 40 and honors their efforts to protect data — an organization's most valuable asset — and positions them as role models for others pursuing similar careers or considering joining the field.

Margaret Kamitsuka was a Panelist at "Religion and Reproductive Politics" Event

April 26, 2023

Professor Emeritus of Religion Margaret Kamitsuka was a panelist at the "Religion and Reproductive Politics" event at the Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School, April 20-21. This two-day collaborative conference brought together scholars, creatives, journalists, organizers, policy-makers, and religious leaders to discuss the relationship of religion to the politics of human reproduction.

Matthew Rarey Publishes First Book

April 26, 2023

Associate Professor of Art History Matthew Rarey's first book, Insignificant Things: Amulets and the Art of Survival in the Early Black Atlantic, has been published by Duke University Press. The book traces the history of African-associated amulets carried as tools of survival in the Black Atlantic world between the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Rarey argues that these visually benign objects demand new ways of writing the histories of art and Atlantic slavery.

Yveline Alexis Speaker at National Council on Public History's Conference

April 26, 2023

Yveline Alexis was part of the National Council on Public History's conference opening plenary where she spoke about “Considering the [US American] Revolution: The Rhetoric of Freedom" in Atlanta, GA.

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