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Behind the Scenes at the Smithsonian
The telling of United States history is an interminable task. Whose voices speak the loudest? Conversely, whose stories are buried in the archives? For history students Madeline Wise and Jewell Mason, and history alum Christopher Wilson (A.B. 1989), these questions form the backbone of their professional work.
The Visible World
In his “Ways of Seeing” course, Professor Rattanamol Singh Johal introduces students to images of great works of art and architecture—the Parthenon, the Córdoba Mosque in Spain, Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Diptych, to name three. But before delving into materials, history, context, or technique, Johal asks students to note what they see.
What’s So Funny?
American culture graduate student and stand-up comedian Julianna Loera-Wiggins is workshopping some new material about getting into her first fistfight on the rugby field.