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Personal and the Political

by Keyli PeraltaPosted on December 21, 2016November 11, 2021

The political is inherently personal. Politics do not only affect how our country is run, it also affects each and every one of our lives in different ways....By choosing to focus on specific people’s experiences, it is much easier to humanize the people that are directly affected by the issue of immigration.

Beauty and the Biological

by Sonia EdwardsPosted on December 16, 2016November 5, 2020

Are aesthetic judgments are hardwired into our brains? On Kant and neuroscience.

First-Year Research SeminarResearchaesthetics art beauty perception

The War against Populations

by Grace EasterlyPosted on December 2, 2016November 5, 2020

A look at population regulations and reproductive rights during the Cold War.

First-Year Research SeminarResearchcold war rhetoric

Spirituality and the End of Art

by T. Evan BerkPosted on December 2, 2016November 5, 2020

"Hegel suggested that the end of art is the concentrated essence of spirit, of the soul that does not need any medium to convey its spirit." How do Hegelian ideas square with art in the two centuries following his death?

First-Year Research SeminarResearchart art history spirituality

Stealmatic

by Kennedy WilliamsPosted on November 16, 2016November 5, 2020

Authorship is inherently connected to power and influence. Just as the act of naming something or naming someone, for that matter, asserts a sort of control over it, we attach our names to art to claim it.

CriticismIndependent ProjectResearchart

Hollywood North

by Andie Amelia NewellPosted on November 4, 2016November 3, 2020

“The uncanny valley is real, and it’s on Kitsilano Street.”

First-Year Research SeminarResearchfilm filmmaking hollywood landscape representation setting

Valuing Anger

by Grace RogersPosted on October 11, 2016October 29, 2020

On "the importance of listening to black rage and valuing its political, social, and artistic potential."

First-Year Research SeminarResearch#BlackLivesMatter activism black panthers race racism social change

The Space Race That Wasn’t

by Brian Christensen ZapieckiPosted on September 26, 2016October 27, 2020

"For many Americans, the technological leaps made during the Cold War have become synonymous with the Space Race. But an almost forgotten effort involved collaborations from around the globe."

First-Year Research SeminarResearchcold war space exploration

#MajorsSoWhite

by Anna FerkingstadPosted on September 13, 2016October 23, 2020

Tisch students create dialogue around race in two of NYU's 'whitest majors.'

Advanced Writing CourseResearchdiversity education film hollywood NYU race theater whiteness

Histories in Ruins

by Francesca GalloPosted on September 12, 2016October 23, 2020

A look at memory and representation after World War II, in Alain Resnais’ Night and Fog and W.G. Sebald's Natural History of Destruction.

First-Year Research SeminarResearchcollective memory film germany holocaust ruins world war II

Bombshells and Booby Traps

by Jun Lei LeePosted on September 2, 2016October 22, 2020

On the weaponization of female sexuality in Cold War advertising.

First-Year Research SeminarResearchadvertising cold war fashion female bodies female sexuality propaganda sexuality

Zachary Kessel's "Internet in the Galapagos"

Internet in the Galápagos

by Zachary T. KesselPosted on May 18, 2016October 15, 2020

"Located some thousand kilometers off the coast of Ecuador, the Galápagos Islands is an oasis where one may connect with nature. The trade-off? You can’t really connect to the internet."

ResearchScholars GroupsGalapagos Islands infrastructure internet