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GAHDT Showcase | Opening Reception

Abstract composition with text: Global Arts + Humanities Exhibition
November 15, 2021
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sullivant Hall Rotunda (use High Street entrance)

Join the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme at our opening reception as we celebrate a range of cross-disciplinary research and creative projects that demonstrate the power of the integrated arts and humanities.. The program will include remarks by GAHDT leadership, live music and dance performances and a two-story visual installation highlighting the innovative faculty and student research we’ve supported.

Opening Reception Program

  • OPENING REMARKS
    Dana Renga | Divisional Dean of Arts and Humanities and Professor of French and Italian
  • GLOBAL ARTS + HUMANITIES INTERVENTIONS
    Wendy S. Hesford | Faculty Director of GAHDT and Professor of English
    Hasan Kwame Jeffries | GAHDT Faculty Fellow for Experiential Learning and Associate Professor of History
    Danielle Fosler-Lussier | GAHDT Faculty Fellow for the Arts and Professor of Music

Live performances

  • INTO THE VOiD
    Tom Dugdale (Assistant Professor, Theatre), Jacob Reed (Composer) and Warren Hyer (Central Ohio Symphony Executive Director)
  • DAABO: DANCE PERFORMANCE
    Momar Nydiaye (GAHDT Faculty, Assistant Professor, Dance) Student Dancers Leila Hill, Hannah Mu, Allison Smith, Elizabeth Sugawara, Lexi Valentin, Rosely Polanco 
    Musical Accompaniment Kevin Seals, DJ Krate Gigga and Medoune Yassine Gueye
  • KORA MUSIC PERFORMANCE | Ryan Skinner (Associate Professor, Music)

All program participants and performers are recipients of Global Arts + Humanities research support, in the form of grants and/ or fellowships.

To see the full schedule of events, visit our Showcase homepage.