GAHDT Showcase | Opening Reception

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

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2021-11-15 16:00:00 2021-11-15 17:00:00 GAHDT Showcase | Opening Reception 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 arts and humanities to respond to critical challenges and drive social change. The program will include remarks by GAHDT leadership, live music and dance performances and a two-story visual installation highlighting the innovative and diverse 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 DIFFICULT SUBJECTS Hasan Kwame Jeffries | GAHDT Faculty Fellow for Experiential Learning and Associate Professor of History HUMANITIES + ARTS IN PRACTICE 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.  Sullivant Hall Rotunda (use High Street entrance) America/New_York public

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 arts and humanities to respond to critical challenges and drive social change. The program will include remarks by GAHDT leadership, live music and dance performances and a two-story visual installation highlighting the innovative and diverse 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
  • DIFFICULT SUBJECTS
    Hasan Kwame Jeffries | GAHDT Faculty Fellow for Experiential Learning and Associate Professor of History
  • HUMANITIES + ARTS IN PRACTICE
    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