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2019-2020 Year in Review John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage 2019–20 YEAR IN REVIEW “The public humanities program has given me a diverse set of experiences CONTENTS in curation, digital humanities, Director’s Letter 1 grantmaking, and program development. From working with my classmates on Public Humanities Center Graduation Ceremony on Zoom 2 consulting projects, to helping the Center Degrees Granted 3 for the Study of Slavery and Justice Courses Offered in the 2019–20 Academic Year 4 expand their Civil Rights Movement A Selection of Course Projects 5 Initiative program, I have learned how to work both diligently and thoughtfully, Publications 7 while keeping in mind the importance Initiatives, Conferences and Exhibitions 9 of centering undervalued histories Public Humanities Now: New Voices, New Directions Speaker Series 10 and narratives.” The JNBC Community 12 Chandra Dickey Marshall Public History of Slavery Fellow, MA ’20 Year at a Glance 13 COVER IMAGE Installation photograph of a Tiny Exhibit curated by Conor MacDonald MA‘20 titled Knit Together (Bound) showing his grandfather’s sweater, made in the mills of Fall River, Massachusetts with a selection of Lewis Hine’s photographs documenting working and living conditions of children in the United States between 1908 and 1924. Installation photograph courtesy of Maggie Unverzagt Goddard MA ‘17, PhD ‘21. Lewis Hine photographs courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, National Child Labor Committee Collection. Director’s Letter DEAR FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC HUMANITIES, I want to begin by thanking my friend and of in-depth study and research and a vibrant, inviting and inclusive colleague, Professor Susan Smulyan, for her meeting space for both the academic and the urban community through inspiring leadership over the past six years. a rich program of lectures, conferences and exhibitions, accompanied Susan has raised the profile of the Center, by engaged discussions and convivial gatherings (… as soon as it is shaped a strong and distinctive MA program considered safe again). In her new book, Susan pointed out the need to and brought together many representatives understand one’s audience, and we recognize that there is more than one of cultural organizations in Providence and ‘public’ out there which we hope to reach and engage. Rhode Island with members of Brown’s I feel particularly lucky to be able to work with such a perfect team, the faculty. She secured many important Center’s Manager, Sabina Griffin, the Assistant Director for Programs, fellowships for our students on campus. Marisa Brown (in charge of lunchtime talks, conferences and her own Susan has also helped to redefine the field – classes) and Ron Potvin, Assistant Director for Professional Programs. as I am writing this, the book she conceived of and edited, Doing Public Humanities, With this report, we salute the outgoing class of 2020 and welcome the is just being shipped from the publisher. It contains essays by Susan, the new cohort to graduate in 2022. We live in times of great and fascinating Center’s two Assistant Directors Marisa Brown and Ron Potvin, historical change and we are committed to honoring, documenting and and many others. participating in the extraordinary cultural shifts we are witnessing. And, of course, we will always remember the challenges we all faced and the many What lies ahead? We will build on Susan’s work and continue our long- lives lost in 2020, due to the pandemic. The new ways of communicating standing collaboration with the American Studies program, while also and teaching have however, on occasion, also been enriching when they developing new collaborations elsewhere on campus, in particular with facilitated long-distance conversations. other programs and centers in the humanities. We are looking to continue and grow robust connections with community organizations in Providence The Public Humanities are more important than ever and we invite you to and across the state and with other Public Humanities departments and join us in our events and activities and contact us with ideas and suggestions. centers across the country. My own interests in architecture and urban issues, in public art and history will lead to an increased engagement with those departments at Brown and with the Rhode Island School of Design Warm regards, and its museum as well. We hope to explore questions of urban memory, public art, spatial justice, and housing issues. Dietrich Neumann Director of the John Nicholas Brown Center for The home of the JNBC is by far the most fascinating and evocative Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage building on Brown’s campus. Very few, if any, universities can point to Professor, History of Art and Architecture one single building that embodies their complicated histories as [email protected] profoundly as this one. We hope to make the building both an object Public Humanities Center Graduation Ceremony on Zoom MAY 23, 2020 CENTER FOR PUBLIC HUMANITIES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE 2 Degrees Granted MASTER OF ARTS Elizabeth Malone Alex Parker-Guerrero Meera White Practicum in Public Dorchester, MA Oakland, CA Atlanta, GA Humanities completed at the John Nicholas Brown Center BA in Urban Studies BA in American Studies BA in History (Minor in Latin Sophie Don for Public Humanities and Philadelphia, PA (Minor in Communications), (Minor in Urban Studies), American Studies), Cultural Heritage. BA in History, Skidmore College Worcester State College Occidental College Kenyon College Practicum in Public Humanities Practicum in Public Humanities Fellowships at the Center Office of Institutional Diversity Mark Tseng-Putterman completed at Fringe Arts completed at the Nelson for the Study of Race and and Equity Fellow Newton, MA Center for Entrepreneurship, Ethnicity in America and the (Philadelphia, PA), SITE Santa Practicum in Public PhD Student, American Brown University. Brown Arts Initiative Fe (Santa Fe, NM), and the City Humanities completed at Studies Department of Providence’s Department of Practicum in Public the National Gallery of Art BA in Ethnic Studies, Art, Culture and Tourism. Chandra Marshall Humanities completed at (Washington, DC), and New New York University Atlanta, GA the Smithsonian/Anacostia Bedford Fishing Heritage Yilin Huang BA in History (Minor in Museum (Washington, DC), Center (New Bedford, MA). Practicum in Public Humanities Guangzhou, China International Relations), and with Professor Robert completed at the Smithsonian BA in Modern Culture and Scripps College Lee, Department of American Yiru Zhang Asian Pacific American Center Studies, Brown University. (Washington, DC) Media, Jinan University Public History of Slavery Fellow, Shanghai, China Practicum in Public Humanities Center for the Study of Slavery BA in History, Fudan University and Justice Rebecca Rex GRADUATE completed at Money and Villanova, PA Practicum in Public Humanities Honey Films (New York, NY), Practicum in Public Humanities completed at Gallagher and CERTIFICATES BA in English Literature (Minor the Chinese Historical Society completed at the Georgia Associates (Silver Spring, in Art History), University of IN PUBLIC of America Museum (San Humanities Council (Atlanta, MD), and Harvard University’s Colorado Boulder; MA in Art Francisco, CA), and the Rhode GA), and the Center for the Chinese Art Media Lab HUMANITIES History, Courtauld Institute of Art Island Historical Society. Study of Slavery and Justice, (Cambridge, MA). AWARDED TO PHD Brown University. Practicum in Public Humanities STUDENTS AT BROWN Yao-Hsuan Lin completed at the John MASTER OF ARTS Taipei City, Taiwan Maddison Mott Nicholas Brown Center for Sara Mohr EN ROUTE TO THE PHD IN BA in English, Fu Jen Portland, OR Public Humanities and Malibu, CA Cultural Heritage, and the AMERICAN STUDIES Catholic University BA in History, Portland PhD Student, Department Newport Art Museum. Practicum in Public Humanities State University Allyson LaForge of Egyptology and Assyriology completed at the Rhode Instructional Technology Ariana Wescott Burlington, VT AB, Anthropology Island State House Restoration Group Fellow New York, NY PhD Student, American Studies (Minor in Romance Society (Providence, RI), and Languages and Literatures), Practicum in Public Humanities BA in Studio Art, Department Rhode Island Council for University of Chicago the Humanities. completed at Roger Williams University of Michigan BA in History (Minor in French Park Conservancy (Providence, Practicum in Public Humanities Practicum in Public Humanities Studies), Mount Holyoke College RI), and the American Alliance completed at the Center completed at the Justice in Conor MacDonald of Museums (Washington, DC). Practicum in Public Humanities for Digital Scholarship, Concord, NH Education Initiative, Columbia completed at Abbe Museum Brown University. BA in Finance (Minor in University (New York, NY), and (Bar Harbor, Maine). the RISD Museum. Architectural Studies), Dashiell Wasserman Lehigh University Edwin Rodriguez New Orleans, LA Silver Spring, MD Practicum in Public Humanities PhD Student, completed at New London PhD Student, English Department Architecture (London, UK), American Studies Department BA in English, Colby College and DownCity Design BA in Criminal Justice, (Providence, RI). University of Maryland Practicum in Public Humanities completed at the Brown University Library. CENTER FOR PUBLIC HUMANITIES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE 3 Courses Offered in the 2019–20 Academic Year FALL 1903I Museum
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