Attention faculty and graduate students, you are invited to the CRASsH Alternative Research Funding Workshop on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 12 p.m. in the Laura Scudder Conference in Roosevelt Hall 127. This hour long workshop will explore alternative models of funding such as internet platforms like Crowdsourcing, and private funding for research particularly as
Leatherby Libraries and Women’s Studies host Chapman Bluestockings Women’s Studies Book Club, Friday, October 25, 2013, 1 – 2 p.m. in Leatherby Libraries, 305. This month, they will be reading The Summer We Go Free (winner of the 2013 Lambda Literary Award) by Mia McKenzie, creator of Black Girl Dangerous. Everyone is welcomed! For more
The Department of Art presents María Elena González as part of the Fall 2013 Bensussen Art Lecture Series on Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 7 p.m. in Argyros Forum, Room 209. María Elena González will discuss the development of her latest work, Tree Talk, from conception to execution. It was awarded the Grand Prize of
Earlier this week we at Chapman University celebrated the news that Dr. François Englert, Distinguished Visiting Professor in Residence and founding member of Chapman’s Institute for Quantum Studies, had received the Nobel Prize in Physics. He is a person who has accomplished the truly extraordinary–and he is also a child survivor of the Holocaust. I
Over the summer Art Professor, Lia Halloran, was invited by Galerie Hilger NEXT in Vienna, Austria for a week long residency to create a site specific photographic series in conjunction with a separate group exhibition titled, ‘Cash, Cans and Candy’. “To create this body of work I hired recent Chapman Alum Adam Ottke, (BFA, 2013) as my
Chilean writer, acclaimed novelist and memoirist Isabel Allende returns to Chapman University as part of the John Fowles Literary Series on Friday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Allende won worldwide acclaim when her best-selling first novel, The House of the Spirits, was published
Adjunct journalism professor, Scott Martelle, published an interview this week in Esquire with the editor of Norman Mailer’s essay collection “Mind of an Outlaw.” Check it out!
Over the weekend, Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences participated in the 4th Annual Chili Cook-Off at Chapman’s Family Homecoming weekend. Although Wilkinson did not win the competition, we had a great time serving friends, faculty, students and alumni. Thanks to everyone that helped put this exciting event together! (Pictured above: 1 – WCHSS
Recently, Assistant Professor of History , Alex Bay, published his book Beriberi In Modern Japan: The Making of a National Disease. A book about modern Japan, beriberi (or thiamin deficiency) becoming a public health problem that cuts across all social boundaries, afflicting the Meiji Emperor. David Arnold, author of Colonizing the Body had this
Boost your resume and grad school application while building your personal scholarship/award portfolio at the Building Undergraduate Research Network’s (BURN) Fall Kickoff, Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 12 – 1 p.m. in the Laura Scudder Conference Room, Roosevelt Hall 127. Come and meet Wilkinson College Dean Patrick Fuery and learn how you can get involved