Beginning with a discussion of Pallavi Raghavan’s new book, Animosity at Bay: An Alternative History of the India-Pakistan Relationship, 1947-1952, which seeks to overturn received knowledge about the early years of Indian-Pakistani relations, panelists will debate what lessons can be learned, and potentially applied, to this critical relationship moving forward. Sponsored by IU India Gateway […]
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You might think that the three exhibits up now at Herron School of Art & Design, which address an array of social and political issues, are especially timely. But they’re not a knee jerk reaction to this summer’s Black Lives Matter protests, according to Joseph Mella, director of the Herron Galleries. “We’ve been working on […]
The fall 2020 IUPUI Diversity Speaker series is confirmed and will take place online this year. We thought we’d publish this list just a little bit early, so you have plenty of time to mark your calendar for these engaging and wonderful speakers! Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, 6:00 p.m. HTTPS://IU.ZOOM.US/J/99053582144 Kat Lazo is the Internet’s […]
OnyxFest, the only theater festival in Indianapolis exclusively exhibiting the works of Black playwrights, will be a little different this year because of COVID-19. IndyFringe — where OnyxFest is based — has adjusted to the pandemic by holding theatrical events outdoors in its pocket park adjacent to the theater building at 719 E. St. Clair […]
This post begins a series of guest posts from IAHI Summer Academy Fellows in which they describe their current research projects. Today, Professor Laura Holzman (Herron School of Art and Design and School of Liberal Arts) and Professor Steve Lambert (School of Film and Media Studies at SUNY Purchase and Director of the Center for […]
Editor’s note: This article, published on Sept. 10, was written by John Schwarb for the Inside IUPUI newsletter. Did you know that world-class art is on display for your enjoyment and examination six days a week, on campus, for free, in the Galleries at the Herron School of Art and Design? If you’re new to […]
The next online iteration of the Environmental Justice Seminar, “Indianapolis and Climate Change”, will occur on Nov. 5, 2020 from 5:00-6:30 p.m. register here: HTTPS://IU.ZOOM.US/MEETING/REGISTER/TJYOCUGQQZMSE9BTVJVZMOMHFL3H31TZJBPC The upshot of the inaugural Environmental Justice Seminar titled “Environmental Justice/Environmental Apartheid” is that systemic racism isn’t just limited to issues like policing and urban housing. This seminar, the first […]
Join Joseph Mella, Director and Curator of the Herron Galleries, for their first virtual reception as they celebrate their newest exhibitions featuring the work of Dan Mills, Donna Ferrato and Jana Harper. The virtual reception will take place via Zoom from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10, featuring the exhibiting artists. This event is free […]
Elizabeth Thill, associated with the IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute Incubator Program, is pioneering the use of virtual reality in archaeological research that continues in the time of COVID-19 Elizabeth Thill, wearing a pair of virtual reality goggles, is in virtual Rome. In front of her are large slabs of virtual marble. They are floating […]
In last year’s iteration of the Religion, Spirituality, and Arts Seminar (RSA), led by Rabbi Sandy Sasso, artists discussed the biblical Jonah text and took inspiration from the text for their own artwork. The artists — in media ranging from paintings and theater to music and spoken word poetry — considered a wide variety of […]