Showing posts with label activism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label activism. Show all posts

Friday, March 30, 2012

Witness to an Extreme Century: Thoughts on Scholarship and Activism. A Talk by Robert Lifton, 4/4

Trauma and Violence Transdisciplinary Studies
and
The Humanities Initiative
Interdisciplinary Freud Colloquium

are proud to present a lecture by

Dr. Robert J. Lifton
Lecturer in Psychiatry at Columbia University; author of numerous books, including Witness to an Extreme Century: A Memoir; Death and Life: Survivors of Hiroshima (Winner of the National Book Award ); and The Nazi Doctors (Winner of the Los Angeles Times book prize).

Witness to an Extreme Century:
Thoughts on Scholarship and Activism
Wednesday, April 4 from 6:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.12 Waverly Place, Room G08

Everyone is welcome.
Given that space is limited, we suggest that you arrive early.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Call for Submissions: Hercircle Ezine

Diane Leon-Ferdico, a Draper alumna and current adjunct associate professor of arts in NYU's School of Continuing and Professional Studies is the interim Arts Editor of Hercircle ezine, a magazine of women’s creative arts and activism. Ms. Leon-Ferdico would like to solicit article submissions from current Draper student-artists who who would like to write about their process as it relates to a particular social or political project. Hercircle is not just interested in creative arts such as sculpting or painting--an article about your academic research could also potentially qualify for inclusion in the journal. 

The journal's call for submissions, as well as a recent sample article is below. Please send your questions and/or submissions to Diane Leon-Ferdico directly at DL4[at]nyu.edu.


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Hercircle ezine is a magazine of women’s creative arts and activism.

We are looking for women who engage in their creative process in the visual arts, poetry and on topics that profile a social/political viewpoint. 

What we want is an essay between 800-1500 words that capture your process in the studio, how and why you create or write what you do.  Up to four images may be included or a copy of a poem.  Video excerpts from the artist may also be considered.
Please look at the website to become familiar with what we cover: www.hercircleezine.com

See a recent sample article ("My Story: Undocumented") written by Kat Chua here: http://www.hercircleezine.com/2012/03/01/my-story-undocumented/

Kindly send your submissions to:
Diane Leon Ferdico