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Faculty and Staff Notes

Christopher Trinacty Publishes A Commentary on Seneca's "Natural Questions"

Professor Christopher Trinacty recently published a commentary on through Dickinson College Commentaries. This work provides a guide for Intermediate Latin learners to understand and appreciate Seneca's treatise on Stoic physics. In addition, his chapter " 'Oceans Rise, Empires Fall:' Cyclical Time and History in Seneca鈥檚 NQ 3,鈥 has recently been published in the volume Myth and History: Close Encounters (DeGruyter). The paper examines how Stoic conceptions of time inform the Natural Questions.

Sergio Guti茅rrez Negr贸n's Novel Subject of Podcast

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Sergio Guti茅rrez Negr贸n鈥檚 most recent novel, Los d铆as h谩biles (2020), was the subject of the most recent episode of the podcast De Libro en Libro. The book was discussed by the hosts and their guest, Puerto Rican Independence Party鈥檚 gubernatorial candidate, Juan Dalmau.

The podcast is available on and . 

Annemarie Sammartino Publishes Book on Affordable Housing Development Co-op City

Professor of History Annemarie Sammartino published with Cornell University Press. The book uses the affordable housing development Co-op City, located in the Northeast Bronx, as a lens towards writing a new history of New York City that tells the story of race, ethnicity, class, urban crisis, and neoliberalism鈥 but also of community, resistance, and utopia. 

Ben Schiff Presents at Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Culture Symposium

Emeritus Monroe Professor of Politics and Law Ben Schiff presented "Grandfather Roman: a 19th Century Naturalist and 20th Century Photographer," as part of a on Vishniac's work. The entire symposium is available in three Youtube videos on The Magnes's website. Schiff's contribution is on the middle video, beginning at about 38:55 with an introduction by , University Professor Emerita and Professor Emerita of Performance Studies at New York University, Chief Curator of the Core Exhibition at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and a Magnes Scholarly Advisor. 

Sebastiaan Faber Gives Interviews on New Book

Professor of Hispanic Studies Sebastiaan Faber has given half a dozen interviews in the Spanish media鈥攊ncluding , , , and national public 鈥攁bout his newly translated book, , which came out in early February. In March, Faber published a piece in The Conversation on the international volunteers in the Ukraine war and Spanish Civil war, in both and .

Sergio Guti茅rrez Negr贸n Publishes Book-length Translation

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Sergio Guti茅rrez Negr贸n published , a translation into Spanish of Brian Price鈥檚 monograph 鈥淐ult of Defeat in Mexico鈥檚 Historical Fiction: Failure, Trauma, and Loss.鈥 

Abby Aresty Presents on 'Crafting Sound'

TIMARA Technical Director Abby Aresty presented on Crafting Sound and the Girls Electronic Arts Retreat as part of a virtual panel discussion at Columbia University as part of the .

Al Evangelista Presents at Public History Conference

Assistant Professor of Dance Al Evangelista presented and participated in a panel, 鈥淎cross the Border Between Theatre and Public History鈥 at the held virtually, May 2-6.

Debra Herzog Represents State of Ohio in Marketing Campaign

Debra Herzog, executive assistant to the vice president and dean of students, was selected to represent the State of Ohio in its largest-ever marketing campaign, aimed at attracting a growing percentage of regional travelers from Ohio and surrounding states.

Herzog made her film debut in "The Enormity of Life," which is scheduled for re-release May 31, 2022. The new release includes special never before seen documentary of the making of the film.

Emily Laurance Presents at Music Studies Conference

Emily Laurance, visiting associate professor of musicology, presented her paper "At the Nexus of Timbre and Nostalgia: the Pedal Harp in Eighteenth-Century France" at the hosted by UCLA on May 3, 2022.