Category Archives: Faculty/Staff
Oscar predictions in the Penn Current
The Penn Current recently ran an article on Meta Mazaj’s Oscar picks, which I can’t resist sharing. Mazaj, who lectures in the Cinema Studies Program and is currently teaching an introduction to film studies course, a class on film festivals … Continue reading
Filed under Faculty/Staff, Film
A conversation with Penn music professor Guthrie Ramsey Jr.
Since 1998, Guthrie Ramsey Jr. has been teaching Penn students about music. His classes have covered jazz history, studies in African-American music and jazz improvisation, as well as general introductions to musical life in America. Ramsey has also continued to … Continue reading
Filed under Faculty/Staff, Music
Penn creative writing professor discusses his new book, ‘Hemingway’s Boat’
Paul Hendrickson recently explained that his new book “isn’t meant to be Hemingway biography—not in any conventional sense.” Rather, it’s an attempt “to come to a modest understanding of the almost insanely complicated life of Ernest Hemingway through the narrative … Continue reading
Filed under Faculty/Staff, Written Word
Theatre Arts lecturer examines theatregoers’ right to jeer
Did you catch David Fox’s recent piece in the New York Times? In “Theater Talkback: Is It Fair to Jeer?” the Theatre Arts Program lecturer explains that while booing at the opera is a longtime tradition, jeering at plays and … Continue reading
Filed under Faculty/Staff, Theatre
Suggested Summer Reading: Part 2
You seemed to enjoy our alumni-authors’ book recommendations last month, so we thought we’d bring you a second installment. This time, we asked professors from Penn’s illustrious English department to suggest a book they’ve taught before and that alumni readers … Continue reading
Filed under Faculty/Staff, Written Word
Mr. Goldsmith goes to Washington
If you’re going to be anywhere near a computer tonight, you might want to check out the live stream over at the White House’s website. (Yes, that White House.) If you do, you’ll see one of Penn’s faculty members — … Continue reading
Filed under Faculty/Staff, Written Word
Intriguing Anne Tyng Ar’75 show opens this Thursday at the ICA
It’s not unusual for me to be excited about an upcoming exhibition – and really, what kind of arts blogger doesn’t get excited about that sort of thing? – but I’ve been especially looking forward to Anne Tyng’s Inhabiting Geometry … Continue reading
Filed under Alumni, Faculty/Staff
GSE professor weighs in on current ‘Huck Finn’ debate
Last week, Publisher’s Weekly announced that a new edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, edited by Auburn University professor Alan Gribben, will replace all 219 instances of the N-word with “slave.” Reactions to the news have been varied, ranging … Continue reading
Filed under Faculty/Staff, Written Word
Mos(l)ey into the PMA recently?
Then perhaps you saw this: That would be the work of Joshua Mosley, associate professor of animation and digital media, and PennDesign’s acting chair of fine arts. His video and sculpture installation, International, was exhibited as part of the Philadelphia … Continue reading
Filed under Faculty/Staff, Visual Art
