Faculty and Staff Notes

Poem by Robin Beth Schaer is Set to Music for Chamber Choir

March 1, 2022

Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Robin Beth Schaer's poem "Holdfast" was set to music by composer Matthew Recio in a composition for vocal chamber choir. The piece was recently performed by the Chicago ensemble "Stare at the Sun." A recording is available online

Stephen Crowley Discusses His Recent Book in Podcast

March 1, 2022

Professor of Politics Stephen Crowley recorded an interview about his recent book, Putin's Labor Dilemma, on the SRB Podcast. In November and December 2021 Crowley was a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Bologna.

Yveline Alexis Gives Talk on Haiti's Independence Day Soup

March 1, 2022

Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Comparative American Studies Yveline Alexis gave a talk on Haiti's Independence Day Soup (Soup Joumou) for the African-American fraternity Omega Psi Phi at Tufts University. Planners included a nutrition graduate student (Diego Meritus) and their Africana Studies Department. Organizers partnered with Haitian restaurants who served the delicious soup to the attendees. 

Grace An Co-edits a Special Issue of French Screen Studies

February 16, 2022

Associate Professor of French and Cinema Studies Grace An co-edited a special issue of French Screen Studies on French documentary film and the ethics of care since 1968. Articles in the issue explore films that addresse topics including education, migration and refugees, disability, incarceration, and postcolonial trauma. An authored the article "Care across divides: militant abortion and film around the Veil Law," which discusses the ways feminists and activist doctors sought alternative practices of reproductive care and justice during the years that led to the legalization of abortion in 1975. Reframing abortion as a labor of care, the filmmakers filmed an ethics of care avant la lettre, just years before the ethics of care was conceived during the 1980s in the U.S., yet developed eventually in France. This article benefitted from the insight and research conducted by Amelia Connelly, Lillian Enoch, Skylar Kleinman, Alison Simonds, Daisy Vollen, and Kiki Widran during the first Junior Practicum (Fall 2020). French Screen Studies is the only English-language academic journal to focus exclusively on French cinema and media.

Chanda Feldman Named Loghaven Artist in Residence

February 14, 2022

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Chanda Feldman is one of 25 fellows selected from more than 900 applicants for an artist residency at Loghaven Artist Residency in 2022.

Ohio Arts Council Presents Holly Handman-Lopez with Individual Excellence Award

February 11, 2022

Assistant Professor of Dance Holly Handman-Lopez has been awarded a 2022 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for Choreography. Her prize-winning work was created during the pandemic and performed by Oberlin College students. This is Holly's second such prize from the Ohio Arts Council.

Nathan H. Dize Elected to the Modern Language Association's CLCS Caribbean Executive Forum

February 4, 2022

Visiting Assistant Professor of French Nathan H. Dize has been elected to the Modern Language Association's CLCS Caribbean executive forum for a five-year term.

Vladimir Ivantsov Publishes Chapter in Book Dedicated to Writer Ivan Goncharov

February 4, 2022

Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian Vladimir Ivantsov has published a chapter in the book Goncharov in the Twenty-First Century (Academic Studies Press, 2021) dedicated to the prominent 19th-century Russian writer Ivan Goncharov. In his chapter, Ivantsov explores themes of Plato’s philosophy in Goncharov’s most famous novel Oblomov (1859), offering a new interpretation of the Russian classic. 

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