Leading philosophers from Italy and American critics will participate in a conference Sept. 24-25 at Cornell, 'Commonalities: Theorizing the Common in Contemporary Italian Thought.' (Sept. 14, 2010)
The Society for the Humanities' residential fellows for 2010-11 include international scholars, Cornell faculty members and graduate students, with projects related to 'Global Aesthetics.' (Sept. 13, 2010)
Michael Fontaine's studies underscore that many of our current concerns are rediscoveries of themes from Rome and Greece. He has been tracing these parallels in a field not often studied in classics departments: modern psychiatry.
On Sept. 13, the College of Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture series presents Niklaus Largier speaking on Robert Musil, mysticism, and the invention of aesthetic experience. (Sept. 2, 2011)
Musicologists from universities across the U.S., Canada and Europe will honor James Webster on the occasion of his 70th birthday, at a Cornell conference and festival Oct. 26-28. (Oct. 17, 2012)
The Ag Quad now features a giant sod sofa - thanks to the efforts of two dozen Art of Horticulture students and their instructor, Marcia Eames-Sheavly. (Sept. 9, 2010)
Event this week include a literary festival, a Bach choral concert, TEDxCornell, a Renaissance fair, Holi, a documentary profiling Ruth Bader Ginsburg '54, and Slope Day.
A Sept. 7 conference on campus titled “Speaking to Power in Latin and Greek Literature” brought scholars from around the world to honor Cornell classicist Fred Ahl.
Events on campus include free concerts, exhibitions of art quilts and of craft brewing in New York state past and present, stargazing and a paleontology symposium.