Tuesday Oct. 24: Casting the Curriculum: The Parthenon Marbles, Plaster Casts, and Public Sculpture

Please join the The Center for the Humanities and the Yale Center for British Art Tuesday, October 24th for Casting the Curriculum: The Parthenon Marbles, Plaster Casts, and Public Sculpture, a day-long symposium on the legacy of the Parthenon and the production and reception of public sculpture. Speakers include GC Art History professors Rachel Kousser and Harriet Senie, Katherine Schwab, Ray Ring, Keith Wilson, Martina Droth, and Rebecca Wade. Continue reading “Tuesday Oct. 24: Casting the Curriculum: The Parthenon Marbles, Plaster Casts, and Public Sculpture”

Dr. Harriet Senie on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show: Should NYC’s ‘Symbols of Hate’ be Reconsidered?

Listen to Harriet Senie, professor at Contemporary American Art and the Graduate Center and City College, on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show discussing New York City’s vow to take a closer look at “symbols of hate on city property.” Dr. Senie is also a member of the Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments and Markers. Continue reading “Dr. Harriet Senie on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show: Should NYC’s ‘Symbols of Hate’ be Reconsidered?”

Tonight: Harriet Senie on “Memorials to Shattered Myths: Remembering Oklahoma City and Columbine”

This evening at 7 PM, Dr. Harriet F. Senie, who will give a lecture about her new book, Memorials to Shattered Myths: Vietnam to 9/11, focusing on chapters devoted to the Oklahoma City Bombing (April 19, 1995) and the shooting at Columbine High School (April 20, 1999). Continue reading “Tonight: Harriet Senie on “Memorials to Shattered Myths: Remembering Oklahoma City and Columbine””