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College of Education Professor Jason Goulah fosters hope, happiness and global citizenship through DePaul’s Institute for Daisaku Ikeda Studies in Education. Associate Journalism Professor Jill Hopke shares how to talk about climate change. News briefs from DePaul’s 10 colleges and schools: Occupational Therapy Standardized Patient Program, Financial Planning Certificate program, Business Education in Technology and Analytics Hub, Racial Justice Initiative, Teacher Quality Partnership grant, Intimate Partner Violence and Brain Injury collaboration, School of Music Career Closet, Sports Photojournalism course, DePaul Migration Collaborative’s Solutions Lab, Inclusive Screenwriting courses. New appointments: School of Music Dean John Milbauer, College of Education Dean Jennifer …

Donor Profile - Setting The Stage

DePaul Magazine

DePaul alumna Tammy Meyer (MST ’90), a veteran legal and business leader, litigator and accountant, was a first-generation college student who is now supporting first-generation theatre students at DePaul.

Reading Rent: Interracial Relationships And Racial Hierarchies, Susanna A. Perez-Field

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In examining the musical Rent by Jonathan Larson (1995) and its film adaptation by Chris Columbus (2005), most scholarly work and analyses have focused on the work’s identity as a queer text. I assert that elements of this musical have been overlooked for its depth of racial and class hierarchies. Utilizing sociological theory and interracial relationships, I will examine characters and musical numbers to explore diversity and class positioning.

I will explore Rent for themes of racial, gender, and sexual identities and how they are presented through the friendships and romantic relationships of the eight principal characters (alphabetically): Angel, Benny, …

Opening A Space For The Audience: A Dialogue With Kamran Rastegar About Composing Mena Cinema Soundtracks, Kamran Rastegar, Shohini Chaudhuri

Regards

This article is an edited transcript of a dialogue between the comparative literature professor, musician and composer Kamran Rastegar and film scholar Shohini Chaudhuri. While existing interviews and analysis on film composing largely focus on Hollywood practice, this dialogue provides new insights from Rastegar’s experiences of composing soundtracks for independent Middle Eastern cinema – specifically, his collaboration with the Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir. It explores his musical training and background, his roles as composer, music supervisor and musician, the process of film composing, approaches to music in film scholarship, and sound-image relations and musical choices in Jacir’s films Like Twenty …

Introduction – Soundtracks Of Our Lives: Music-Making And Musicians In Mena Cinema, Shohini Chaudhuri

Regards

This introduction to the special issue, “Soundtracks of Our Lives: Music-Making and Musicians in MENA Cinema”, outlines some of the reasons for lack of detailed consideration given to music in research on films from the region. It highlights the intervention that this special issue makes, offering a brief review of the existing scholarship on which it builds and seeks to fill gaps. Finally, it introduces the articles that form the body of the special issue.

Résumé

Cette introduction au numéro spécial « Bandes sonores de nos vies : création musicale et musiciens dans le cinéma MENA » expose certaines des …

Ways Of Listening: An Interview With Sound Designer Rana Eid, Rana Eid, Shohini Chaudhuri

Regards

This article is an interview between sound designer Rana Eid and film scholar Shohini Chaudhuri. It explores Eid’s personal and professional journey into sound and her work on MENA and international film soundtracks, highlighting the ethical, political and artistic dimensions of sound design in cinematic storytelling. Eid explains the different roles and elements of audio post-production, her preferred working practices and the different challenges of working on Lebanese, Arab and international films. Together, Eid and Chaudhuri discuss the ethics and aesthetics of sound design in fiction and documentary, and the importance of attentive listening to our environment and to each …

Compte-Rendu De Séminaire : Pratiquer La Recherche Dans Les Archives Non-Film À Beyrouth, Giorgio Bassil, Anaïs Farine, Ali Hamouch, Evelyne Hlais

Regards

Introuvables, absentes, inexistantes. Tels sont les termes régulièrement employés pour caractériser les archives filmiques et les archives papiers relatives à l’histoire du cinéma au Liban...

Compte Rendu De La Conférence Organisée Par L’Association Hamazkaïne Pour La Culture Et L’Éducation (Liban) Et La Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbonne) : La Vision Créative Post-Génocide, Entre Mémoire, Art Et Demande De Restitution, Hratch Tokatlian

Regards

À l’occasion du cent septième anniversaire du génocide arménien, l’association éducative et culturelle arménienne Hamazkaïne a lancé le 21 mai 2022 des groupes de réflexion se déroulant à l’orphelinat arménien « Bird’s Nest » de Byblos (Jbeil). En présence de plus de cent trente jeunes étudiants universitaires et professionnels, quatorze académiciens et chercheurs ont présenté leurs travaux et recherches sur la mémoire arménienne post-génocide à travers l’art et la littérature lors de la conférence intitulée « La vision créative post-génocide : Entre mémoire, art et revendications ».

Class Notes

DePaul Magazine

DePaul alumni share news about their promotions, career moves, weddings, birth announcements, other accomplishments and more with the DePaul community.

Full Issue: Fall 2023

DePaul Magazine

In DePaul Magazine's fall 2023, President Robert L. Manuel unveils his Designing DePaul road map to position the university for monumental impact. We also highlight an innovative program that merges law and tech, an initiative centering humanities in collaborative, community-based interactions, and the ascendance of soprano Janai Brugger (SOM '05) on the international opera stage.

Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio, Ma. Amihan Bonifacio-Ramolete

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

Excerpt: Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio, National Artist for Theater and professor emerita of the University of the Philippines Diliman, passed away on 29 December 2020 at the age of ninety. Born on 4 April 1930 in Binondo, Manila, she was the sixth child of Gregorio Bañez Lapeña and Paz Mercado Lirag. At an early age, she watched the senakulo with her family as well as the sarsuwela and komedya with her mother. While in high school, she had the chance to read her older siblings’ books, such as Gone with the Wind and plays by Shakespeare, and eventually became literary editor of …

How To Rewrite A Tagalog Novel Into An English Classic: Danton Remoto’S English Translation Of Lope K. Santos’S Banaag At Sikat, Chris Cañete Rodriguez Kelly

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

To appeal to a contemporary global readership, Danton Remoto in his English translation of Lope K. Santos’s Banaag at Sikat omits much of the original’s political passages. Such an approach to translation, however, hollows out elements of the original. Following the work of Annette Damayanti Lienau and Akshya Saxena, this essay understands colonial and vernacular languages as dialectically interdependent. It argues that Remoto’s abridgement of Banaag at Sikat is produced not by a refusal to translate the Tagalog of the original, but a refusal to translate the coconstitutive difference between English and Tagalog, which inheres precisely in the excessive political …

The Use Of Audio Visual Media In Learning To Listen To The Pulau Si Mardan Theater Performance In Tanjungbalai City At Sisingamangaraja Tanjungbalai High School, Anastasia Hotmauli Sinaga, Johan Amir, Janri S. Simanungkalit

Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran

The aim of the research is to describe the effectiveness of using audio-visual media in learning listen to Mardan Island theater performances at Sisingamangaraja Tanjung Balai High School, as well as explaining the components that support the effectiveness of using audio-visual media in learning to listen to Mardan Island theater performances. This research method uses descriptive qualitative research methods. The results of the research found the language and literature learning process using audio-visual media and the components contained in this media can increase the effectiveness of increasing student literacy in explaining and analyzing story themes, story content and moral messages.

Preface Vol. 24 No. 3, Susi Moeimam

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

No abstract provided.

Borobudur Temple And The Megalith Villages Of The Ngadha And Manggarai In The Light Of Indonesia’S Tourist Promotion; A Legacy Of Colonial Representation, Tular Sudarmadi

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

As a foreign exchange earner for the Indonesian government, the tourism industry has currently prioritized ten tourist destinations. Problematically, this promotion of the beauty and diversity of nature and ethnicty marginalizes and exoticizes a number of ethnic group and their areas. This promotion, which can be traced back to colonial times, still reflects the Dutch colonial legacy, particularly Darwinian social evolution. To clarify this situation, this article illustrates tourism promotion in the historical and socio-cultural contexts of Borobodur in Java and the megalith villages of the Ngadha and Manggarai people of Flores. It investigates the representation and articulation of colonial …

"In Memoriam", Victoria Maria Clara Van Groenendael, Dick Van Der Meij

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

No abstract provided.

Art And Violence In Ayad Akhtar’S Disgraced: Reading Western Domination Over Muslim Representation In Amir And Emily’S Relationship, Mccalee Cain

International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Disgraced, grapples with Islamophobia, post-9/11 racialization of South Asians, and the possibilities of Muslim identity. The play recounts the tragic descent of Amir, a New York Lawyer and South Asian Muslim, from his precarious belonging in upper-class New York society to the devastating fulfillment of violent racial stereotypes about Muslim men. This paper considers Amir’s relationship with his wife Emily, a white artist, as a location of multifaceted and mutually inflicted violence that invites audiences to interrogate stereotypes about Muslim men and confront the harm of white domination over Muslim representation. Emily’s well-intentioned yet problematic …

Thappad: A Tale Of Women’S Resistance Against An Abusive Social System, Avishek Deb

Journal of International Women's Studies

No abstract provided.

Joyland: A Story Of Unquenchable Desires, Salma Javed

Journal of International Women's Studies

Contrary to the title, Saim Sadiq’s debut work Joyland is about struggling with gender identities and unquenchable desires in a conventional society. This heart-breaking drama of a conservative family belongs to the exceptional kind of cinema that sews craft with content. This poignant tale contains such intrigue that the viewers feel glued to the aching narrative until the very last minutes of the movie. The storyline follows three men protagonists from a damaged family, and four women characters, including a transgender woman. The story takes a turn when Haider, one of the main characters, falls in love with Biba, a …

Women Supporting Women: A Glass Ceiling For Women Politicians In Ibadan, Nigeria, Chisaa Onyekachi Igbolekwu, Chukwubueze Ogadimma Arisukwu, Judith Ifunanya Ani, Eunice Uwadinma-Idemudia, Omowumi Oluwaseun Agbemuko

Journal of International Women's Studies

Nigerian women account for almost half of the country’s population, yet they represent a minuscule percentage of elected positions. Many scholars have attributed this to the patriarchal system inherent in Nigeria. This study, however, submits that the rate at which women support women politicians during elections is a major contributing factor to unequal gender representation in Nigerian politics. The concept of the glass ceiling and postcolonial theory guided the explanatory framework for this study. The study was conducted among women within voting age in Ibadan, in southwestern Nigeria. The study adopted a mixed-method design to generalize and gain deep insights. …

Flyer Pep Band To Receive Stan Musial Award For Sportsmanship During Ncaa Tournament, Kassidy Lammers

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton Flyer Pep Band will be honored as 2023 Stan Musial Award recipients.

The Rider (2023-10-30), Natalie Lapsley

The Rider Archives

Vol.9 No.10

Fade Event Explores The Digital Future Of Arts Festivals, Enya Moore Dr

Other resources

On September 14th 2023, stakeholders from Dublin's festival community, including representatives from the Arts Council, the Department of Rural and Community Development, and the Dublin City Arts Office, participated in a public engagement event at TU Dublin's Grangegorman campus. Entitled Festivals, Audiences and the Digital Experience (FADE), named after an ongoing research project of the same name, the event explored the intersection of creativity, technology and community at the heart of festival making in Dublin. The event formed part of the 'Revealing Grangegorman' series, a programme organized by TU Dublin to celebrate the campus and its infrastructural growth during the …

Lanthorn, Vol. 58, No. 06, October 30, 2023, Grand Valley State University

Volume 58, August 7, 2023 - April 15, 2024

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Air Distribution Simulation And Comfort Evaluation Of Large Space Building Based On Rans And Les, Shen Zhang, Ming Cheng, Yifan Wang, Fankai Meng, Ting Li, Han Chen, Zhifeng Ji

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Air distribution simulation and thermal comfort evaluation for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) design of large space buildings is of great significance for the human thermal comfort improvement and the energy consumption reduction. By combining the steady analysis based on RANS and the transient analysis of large eddy simulation (LES), an air distribution simulation and thermal comfort evaluation process in large space buildings is established. Due to the low calculation consumption, the steady analysis based on RANS is conducted to efficiently evaluate the thermal comfort and the air quality under multiple working conditions. Considering the high computational consumption …

The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, October 30, 2023 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recitals given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

12th International Conference On Business, Technology And Innovation 2023, University For Business And Technology - Ubt

UBT International Conference

Welcome to IC – UBT 2023

UBT Annual International Conference is the 12th international interdisciplinary peer reviewed conference which publishes works of the scientists as well as practitioners in the area where UBT is active in Education, Research and Development. The UBT aims to implement an integrated strategy to establish itself as an internationally competitive, research-intensive university, committed to the transfer of knowledge and the provision of a world-class education to the most talented students from all background. The main perspective of the conference is to connect the scientists and practitioners from different disciplines in the same place and make …

Educational Theatre As A Method Of Overcoming The Consequences For Women-Survivors Of Violence During The Kosovo War, Marigona Bekteshi Ferati

UBT International Conference

This study investigates the long-term consequences of sexual violence and overcoming trauma at survivors of sexual violence through educational theatre. Participants in this research were 30 women survivors of sexual violence during the war in Kosovo and 4 women were interviewed, who recounted in details the event of sexual violence and their lives after the war. For the quantitative part, three self-report questionnaires were utilized, the qualitative part was realized through a semi-structured interview, whereas the survivors; stories were transcribed, then used in the theatrical play “QUEENS WITHOUT CROWNS” which was part of this study. The first hypothesis, which is …

Form Is Function: New Comprehension Through Parametric Architecture, Visar Shllaku

UBT International Conference

While form and function are distinct elements in the design, they share an inseparable correlation. The form, in conjunction with the architectural space, embodies its intended function; the form itself is the function and structure of the architecture. In parametric design, the relation between form and function becomes closer. Functional requirements often direct the form with parameterization according to the needs and conditions presented or given as parameters. This paper explores the concept of "Form is Function" in the context of parametric architecture, examining how parametric design challenges conventional notions and offers new comprehension of the relation between form and …

International Conference On Art And Integrated Design, University For Business And Technology - Ubt

UBT International Conference

UBT Annual International Conference is the 12th international interdisciplinary peer reviewed conference which publishes works of the scientists as well as practitioners in the area where UBT is active in Education, Research and Development. The UBT aims to implement an integrated strategy to establish itself as an internationally competitive, research-intensive university, committed to the transfer of knowledge and the provision of a world-class education to the most talented students from all background. The main perspective of the conference is to connect the scientists and practitioners from different disciplines in the same place and make them be aware of the recent …