William Gardner

This past Reunion weekend, the Theatre department hosted three alumni for a roundtable discussion titled “Cultivating Careers from Theatre Skills.” Laura Payne (’14), Julie Jones (’17), and Isabelle Mann (’17) spoke with students about their experiences with VUTheatre, what they learned, and how they continue to use those skills today… Read More

As of fall 2023, a year after its launch, Vanderbilt’s climate studies program has 31 officially declared majors, including 26 who are double majors, according to Zdravka Tzankova, an associate professor of the practice of climate studies and the director of undergraduate climate studies. Among the double majors, half are… Read More

In collaboration with ArtLab Vanderbilt, come see a panel of speakers discuss “Hollywood Reimagined with AI.” This special event takes place at 2 p.m. on November 10 and is free to attend. Read More

Universitaet BielefeldSonderforschungsbereich SFB 1288: Praktiken des Vergleichens.Die Welt ordnen und veraendern. Elisa Ronzheimer is a scholar of German and comparative literature at Bielefeld University. In her research, she is interested in contemporary poetry and theories of the lyric, historical, and contemporary cultures of sensibility and practices of comparison… Read More

Enrique Pupo-Walker, Centennial Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and former director of the Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies, died September 25 in Nashville. He was 90. Read More

The Department of Classical and Mediterranean Studies welcomes Professor Jackie Murray to present the lecture, Epic Racecraft and the Race of Heroes, as part of the Classical and Mediterrranean Studies 2023/2024 Lecture Series. Jackie Murray is an Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at University of Buffalo. This… Read More

The symposium’s central aim is interdisciplinary conversation about religion. As such, undergraduate students from across the humanities—Anthropology, Area Studies, English, Comparative Literature, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Sociology, etc.—are participating in the symposium and will be presenting their papers. Molly Wells will be presenting her paper “Liturgical Dance, Performativity, and the… Read More

See his publication here. The paper has also recently been translated into German. Congratulations, Jaret!… Read More

Track and field athlete and honors student Josephine Dal, BA’23, was awarded the 2022-23 Vanderbilt Arabic Student of the Year award. As a track and field athlete and Honors student, Dal exemplifies what it takes to be a successful student athlete. Read full story. Read More

Congratulations to Jaret Rushing, the recipient of the 2022-2023 AAR Undergraduate Research Grant. A student at Vanderbilt University, Jaret’s research project is supervised by AAR member Richard McGregor. Read More

Read more about Issam Eido and his research in the Islamic Law Blog’s “Spotlight Series.”… Read More

Can you tell us something about your background? I am Franco-American, born in the United States but with French family. When I was young, my family moved to Brazil where I lived for almost six years and learned Portuguese. Both my family background and upbringing have strongly shaped my sense… Read More

We conducted an interview with two of our current majors to ask them about why they decided to pursue European studies. Please introduce yourselves! MP: “My name is Mitchell Pope. I am 23, I am just going to be graduating this May, and I’m a European studies major with a… Read More

Alexys Ahn (’24), a junior Classical and Mediterranean Studies major, has been named as a Getty Marrow Undergraduate Intern at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles for the summer of 2023. Alexys will work alongside staff to publish and maintain the Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts (AATA) Online database. Read More