Newsletter: April 2016 – School of Liberal Arts An Interdisciplinary Approach
The Edge, from the popular band U2, visited SLA to discuss several programs within the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, including the Musical Cultures coordinate major. Along with famed music producer Bob Ezrin, The Edge co-founded Music Rising at Tulane - a program fostering national and international study of music and culture through the work of K-12 educators and university scholars. (Sonya Robinson, The Edge, Rebecca Snedeker)
Musical Cultures of the Gulf South: Only at Tulane
by Rebecca Snedeker
Students come to Tulane from all over the world, curious about New Orleans and eager to engage with the city that some will eventually call home. For those who wish to study this place, the Musical Cultures of the Gulf South coordinate major is an alluring option.
Student Spotlights
Kidd Duhe Solomon 
Finding Inspiration in D.C. with "World's Coolest Internship"
Before arriving, when I imagined my duties as a U.S. Department of State intern, I assumed they would consist of two things: picking up visas and delivering coffees. I never expected to brief a room of over 100 Ambassadors about the power of online business registration in an effort to promote global prosperity.
Shira J. Kaplan 
Assisting and Performing with Musical Legend, Kristin Chenoweth
The really spectacular things in life are beyond our control. As someone who is always trying to plan for the future and make sure everything goes according to that plan, I have had a hard time accepting this. This past December I had the amazing chance to be the interim personal assistant for Tony and Emmy-award winning actress Kristin Chenoweth.
New Environmental Studies Course Offering- Petrochemical City: Costs and Consequences to New Orleans
by Christopher Oliver
The issue of global climate change is not simply an important global issue but is in actuality "a" — or even "the" — definitive moment in human history — a two centuries long period of the bioaccumulation of pollutants from industrial production and other related human activities. This unprecedented epoch in the earth's history is often referred to by many as the "Anthropocene" to emphasize both its significance in terms of the human contribution as well as the likely unalterable changes to the global ecosystem.
Cross-disciplinary Studio Space
by Ama Rogan
For fifteen years A Studio in the Woods, a program within the Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research, has been hosting artists, writers, scholars, and students of all ages in creative retreat within eight forested acres on the Mississippi River in Lower Coast Algiers, New Orleans.
Digital Collaborations
by Vicki Mayer
Digital humanities in New Orleans sit at a crossroads for collaborative growth. The city's various institutions for research — from library archives to university academic units — have nearly twenty years of experience with initiatives to promote access and increase connectivity with knowledge collections.
Message from the Dean The Heart of SLA
From almost the first day I stepped on to campus, nearly a decade ago, I was struck by the interdisciplinary nature of the School of Liberal Arts — an approach that remains today at the very heart of SLA. Not only does the school have almost twenty interdisciplinary programs, providing majors, coordinate majors, or minors, but the teaching and research environment for both faculty and students is shaped by this principle.
News from the Field: Laura McKinney The Environmental Origins of Death and Disease Among Women
During my recent research leave, I conducted original research on the influence of environmental factors and gender inequality on death and disease among women in less developed nations. AIDS remains a leading factor contributing to health declines in poor nations, where more than 95% of the 33.2 million individuals infected with HIV reside.
Theater of War
by Mary Sparacello
On April 7th, Theater of War, the 2016 Dennis A. Georges Lecture on Hellenic Culture, vividly demonstrated the relevance of Greek tragedy for confronting today's challenges. Under the auspices of the Classical Studies Department in the School of Liberal Arts, the New York City social impact company Outside the Wire presented a dramatic reading of Sophocles' Ajax, a tragedy about the suicide of a hero-soldier following the Trojan War presented with contemporary themes.
City, Culture, and Community Graduate Student Symposium
by Tait Kellogg
Tulane University's interdisciplinary doctoral program, City, Culture and Community (CCC), held its third annual student-organized symposium, Social Justice and the City: Implications for Race and Equity, on March 10th-11th, 2016. The program, currently in its fifth year, is an innovative partnership between the Department of Sociology, Urban Studies, and the School of Social Work.
Rare Book of Shakespeare's Plays Comes to Tulane
Join Tulane in the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death with a rare viewing of the First Folio. The Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane is proud to be the location in Louisiana to exhibit this amazing 17th century book. The celebration begins with a Jazz Funeral on May 9th and the book will be on display through May 31st.
Tulane School of Liberal Arts
102 Newcomb Hall • New Orleans, LA 70118
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2013-05-13
Newsletter: May 2016 – 2016 School of Liberal Arts Honoring Shakespeare
Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band lead a jazz funeral around the Newcomb Quad on Monday (May 9) as a kickoff for the First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare exhibition. The book will be on display in the Newcomb Art Museum on the uptown campus through May 31. This year marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. As part of year long festivities, SLA was invited to Stratford-upon-Avon, England in April to lead the annual celebration and procession also with a traditional New Orleans jazz funeral. Photo provided by Cheryl Gerber.
Donor Spotlight - "A Rose by Any Other Name"
Tulane parent and bibliophile Stuart Rose sponsored the participation of the School of Liberal Arts in the 400th anniversary celebration of Shakespeare's death in Stratford-upon-Avon. Rose is a New Orleans native and an Ohio resident who has one of the most prominent private rare book collections in the world. To accompany the First Folio exhibition on Tulane's campus, Rose has generously loaned the university his personal copy of a 1611 Hamlet quarto. The department of English Chair, Michael Kuczynski, recently interviewed Rose inquiring about his love of books and his connection with Shakespeare.
Archives and Outreach
New Orleans Lake Area High School students visit Tulane's campus on January 19, 2016 to learn about the university's Rare Books Collection which includes a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible (ca. 1456).classic theatre.
Stratford-upon-Avon
SLA was invited to participate in the 400th anniversary celebration of Shakespeare's death in the town of his birth. As part of the procession, we hosted a jazz funeral in his honor.
English Speaking Union
Department of English Chair Michael Kuczynski presents a lecture entitled 'Hamlet and Our Problems' to the New Orleans branch of the English Speaking Union on February 15, 2016.
Odes to Shakespeare and New Orleans
From Louisiana to England, two unique poets recently showcased their artistry with poems dedicated to the intersection of Shakespeare and New Orleans. Spoken word poet and artist Gian Smith performed his interpretation on May 9th at the opening of the First Folio exhibit at Tulane. On April 23rd, Rev. Dr. Paul Edmondson of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust delivered his heartfelt recitation in Stratford-upon-Avon at the SLA closing banquet.
A Poem for New Orleans in the Key of Hamlet called "That Is the Question"
By Gian Smith
Shakespeare in New Orleans
for Clare Moncrief and Chaney Tullos of the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane
By Paul Edmondson
New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane Announces 2016 Season
Message from the Dean The Power of Shakespeare
Today, we live in a world where words quickly disappear into the ether. Messages can be no longer than 140 characters; conversations take place as tweets; ideas are communicated with emojis. And yet, even as technology seems to flatten and dull our voices, 400 years after Shakespeare's death, his words speak to us and our deepest emotions.
News from the Field: Michael Kuczynski Everybody's Shakespeare
People get very proprietary about Shakespeare. Actors insist that his works only make sense in performance. Scholars, conversely, say that you cannot understand the plays without studying the variants between their multiple Renaissance editions–quartos and the famous First Folio–and surveying the Bard's wide range of literary sources.
What is The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane? Clare Moncrief
Founded in 1994, the Festival brings professional, classical theatre and unrivaled educational programming to Louisiana and the Gulf South. In addition to our summer season of plays, attended by some 3,000 theatregoers, our educational programs bring Shakespeare to life for thousands of middle and high school students from across south Louisiana and Mississippi.
Tulane Students Jazz It Up
Tulane Students Dylan Koester (SLA '18) and Joe Foster (SPHTM '18 ) brought their musical talents to England performing with the Wendell Brunious Brass Band.
Shakespeare Jazz Funeral in Stratford-upon-Avon
Upcoming First Folio Events
Thru May 31 - First Folio exhibit at Newcomb Art Museum
May 16 - "Sonnets in the Gallery" Poetry Reading with Peter Cooley
May 18 - "Shakespeare on the Stages and Streets of New Orleans" Lecture by Oliver Hennessey
May 20, 21, 22 - "Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender" Lisa Wolpe performs her one-person show
Tulane School of Liberal Arts
102 Newcomb Hall • New Orleans, LA 70118
liberalarts.tulane.edu
2013-05-13