“The Australian-born Dr. Conway was just 40 when, in 1975, she became the first woman to lead Smith, the nation’s largest liberal arts institution for women. In her decade-long tenure, she presided over a transformation that brought the women’s movement to a school dominated for more than a century by conservative male faculty and administrators. … In a wide-ranging career, Dr. Conway was an accomplished scholar who focused on early-20th-century women’s reformers but later wrote a trio of critically acclaimed memoirs.”
Tag: 06.03.18
Why Academia Has A Problem With Beauty
That academics encounter beauty in their private lives as a mystifying or corrupted alien force was a cliché by the time Stanley Fish cast his eye on the faculty parking lot. Yet the inconsistent treatment beauty has received in scholarly research demands explanation. In the humanities, beauty is ignored or seen as a vague embarrassment, and in the social sciences the topic is treated only superficially. If beauty remains a serious subject of study anywhere, it is in the sciences, certain corners of which have enlisted beauty as an organizing ideal.
What’s Up With The Gender Imbalance In Britain’s Comedy Writing Prize?
The Wodehouse prize is 18 years old, or just about as old as this millennium, and it’s been given to men 15 times. Marian Keyes, who’s sold 33 million comedic books, says she’s never been shortlisted and wonders what women have to do to get noticed by the mostly male judges (who insist, of course, they only pick the best – and who picked no one in 2018).
Public Political (But Not Partisan) Art Is Coming To A Billboard Near You
It’s an ambitious, 50-state campaign by a group called For Freedoms, a campaign that intends to pay artists, enlist museums, run Kickstarters and do a lot more before the midterm elections in November. One of the founders of For Freedoms said, “We are hoping to bring art to the center of public life in the lead-up to the midterms, which is where we think art should belong.”
Inside The New York Times Newsroom Lurks A Classical Ensemble Named After A Keyboard
That is, a typewriter – or laptop – keyboard. The Qwerty Ensemble “bonded in an empty conference room over Mozart and Brahms two years ago, gathering after work on a regular basis,” and now they’re rehearsing the Brahms Clarinet Quintet.
What Do You Do When Sarah Jessica Parker, ‘Sex And The City’ Star, Wants To Publish Your Novel?
Duh, you say yes. Fatima Farheen Mirza had just landed in New York when the actor called to say she wanted Mirza to have the first novel with Parker’s new imprint at Hogarth. “I was stunned during our conversation, because she spoke so thoughtfully about the very scenes that meant the most to me in the book and I felt so comforted that she understood what those scenes meant to the characters, to me.”
One Of The Biggest Challenges Of Being An ‘Emerging Artist’ Is Age (Or Maybe Ageism)
Once you hit 25, or maybe 30, forget all of that “emerging artist support,” theatre folks. “I felt a pressure, perhaps even an expectation, to hit some sort of invisible jackpot. Did I only have a few short years to prove my worth and work ethic, to demonstrate some outstanding talent that would surpass my age so that I would be remembered before I would fall dramatically short of opportunities and professional support?”
Christie’s Accused By 2008 Buyer Of Not Doing Homework On Nazi-Looted Painting
Hi, red flag of European history: “At the time of the sale, Christie’s cited a provenance that included a gap between 1923, when the painting was listed as having been in the possession of someone only identified as M. Perdoux, and 1972, when it was sold by Wildenstein and Co. in Paris.”
Irving Sandler, Art Historian And Critic, Has Died At Age 92
Sandler, who wrote many books about Abstract Expressionism and the artists in that movement, “was a senior critic of Artnews in the late 1950s to early ’60s and a contributor to Artforum, among other publications.” He was also an educator, cofounder of Artists Space in New York, and a writer, with a novel coming out in the fall.
Oprah Is More Than An Entertainer, As A New Show At The Smithsonian Makes Clear
The Museum of African American History and Culture is about to open a show that focuses on how Oprah became a go-to leader for political as well as cultural discussions. Some might have questions about this exhibit, however: “Winfrey donated $21 million to the $540 million museum, making her its largest individual benefactor (its theater is named in her honor). But her role as benefactor did not influence the exhibition, Bunch said.”