Hungarian artist Vera Molnar simulated her late mother's handwriting in plotter drawings, including this 1987 piece.

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alumna profile

Creative misuse

Art historian Zsofi Valyi-Nagy looks at new media and artistic collaborations with machines.
Patrick Jagoda helped create the game "Cene" to teach middle schoolers about climate change and explore possible future worlds.

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ideas

Two perspectives on video games

A media theorist and a scholar of Arabic literature explore the promises and pitfalls of a juggernaut industry.
Ronnie Malley, AM'23, plays the oud, a Middle Eastern ancestor of the guitar.

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graduate students

Crossing sonic borderlands

Graduate students trace patterns of music and migration.
Recently arrived faculty members Maya Krishnan, Pamela Klasova, Carlos Halaburda, and Margaret Geoga.

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new faculty

New faculty fall 2024

The Division of the Humanities welcomes 16 new faculty members to campus.

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Rorschach tests like this one invite subjects to respond to ambiguous shapes to reveal something about their inner life.

The talking cure

Three alumni therapists bring a humanistic perspective to their clients.
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Deborah L. Nelson, Dean of the Division of the Humanities

From the dean

The dean discusses the value of incorporating the arts into the humanities.
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From Abaza to Zulu

The Online Language Archive serves scholars, speakers of endangered languages, and anyone who’s curious.