Olivia DrakeGina Athena Ulysse, associate professor of anthropology, associate professor of African-American studies, was invited to perform her avant-garde meditation, "Voodoo Doll, What if Haiti Were a Woman?" at two international conferences in 2013. Ulysse's piece focuses on coercion and consent inspired by Gede, the Haitian Vodou spirit of life and death. She intersperses the story with Haiti’s geopolitical history, statistics, theory and Vodou chants. On Jan. 12-19, Ulysse will attend the 8th Encuentro of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics at the Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. There, she will join more than 400 artists, performers, scholars and activists who will…
Lauren RubensteinRoth: Wesleyan is committed to meeting students' full need, though its economic model must change
Rosenthal and his son compiled and edited the legendary folk singer's private writings in this book
Seventy years later, the film's durability is due to its technique rather than its content, Basinger says
Rutland: Russia won't be accepted to the community of nations until it realizes human rights matter
Influential experimental music composer, writer and artist John Cage (1912-1992), famous for his avant-garde music, was affiliated with Wesleyan from the 1950s until his death in 1992. During his 37-year relationship with Wesleyan, Cage collaborated with members of the Wesleyan music faculty, composed and performed on campus, and was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in 1960–61 and 1969–70. Wesleyan University Press published several of his books. To honor Cage's time and achievements at Wesleyan, the university is celebrating the centenary of Cage by focusing on his understanding of music as a social process through a collection of events.…
Roth made the case for a liberal arts education, and discussed Wesleyan's new business model
Review: "All We Know" is "erudite and exquisitely written," "suitably dishy and remarkably humane"
Hannah Norman '16Courtney Fullilove, assistant professor of history, spoke at a panel on "The Dust of Empire: Material Culture and the Circulation of Power’s Remains" during the American Studies Association Annual Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Nov. 15. The theme of the conference was “Dimensions of Empire and Resistance: Past, Present, and Future.”
Anastas' new memoir is as much about his own story as that of 21st Century America, Unferth writes
In the first presidential election since the Citizens United case transformed the campaign finance landscape, the number of ads airing in the presidential race alone surpassed one million by late October. While 2012 saw a sharp increase in the number of outside interest group players in the election, and corresponding increases in the amount of spending from groups who do not have to disclose their donors, there remained one consistent source of transparency in advertising—the Wesleyan Media Project. A political ad tracking project headed by Assistant Professor of Government Erika Franklin Fowler and colleagues at Bowdoin College and Washington State…
(Story contributed by Jim H. Smith) A recent discovery made by Michael McAlear, chair and associate professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, and four of his students helps explain the function of ribosomes and sheds light on genetic processes scientists have been trying to decode for more than half a century. A paper authored by McAlear and his laboratory team, describing the discovery, was published last month in the distinguished journal BMC Genomics. The discovery resulted from long-term research into the regulation of ribosomes, often described as molecular “machines,” the organelles of all living cells in which protein synthesis occurs. Guided…