Category: ARTSCHOL 200 2020

During Victoria Munn and Erin Griffey’s research seminar, they discussed beauty in the likes of Renaissance paintings, reflecting the ever-growing importance of beauty within our society. Their work highlighted the...

Dr Patrick Thomsen’s lecture was undoubtedly the most entertaining session I have witnessed so far. Thomsen fuelled his lecture with his past experiences, allowing us to understand his story. Building a research question from...

Victoria Munn and Erin Griffey’s presentation on the use of databases to aid research merged two of my interests: Computer Science and the Arts. One of the areas I’m most interested in is computer vision and machine learning....

Stephen Winter’s presentation on redress programs for those who suffered abuse while in state care piqued my interest because the history of the intersection of government and the underserved has been marred with suffering. In...

Dr Patrick S. Thomsen’s research about the evolution of the sexual identity of Korean men in America was incredibly revelationary. Thomsen’s work was spring boarded by identifying the intrinsic flaws in the Cass Homosexual...

I found Associate Professor Erin Griffey and Victoria Munn’s research investigating the origins of beauty cultures and visual cultures of beauty to be fascinating. By referring to the Renaissance, the ‘Great Works’ they relied...

When people ask me “what are your plans after graduating?” I always used to tell them I’d never go into academia, that was far too scary: all that analysis, drawing on huge theories of knowledge with ancient traditions – there’s...

Okay, let me be honest with you for a hot minute… Sitting back and watching these guest speakers discuss their research journey throughout this semester has felt a little daunting to me. I have found myself thinking...