Ahead of the 2025 Templeton Colloquium in Art History at UC Davis, "Cultural Heritage at Stake: Between Conservation and Criminality," Professor of Art History Heghnar Watenpaugh has been speaking about the topic across California. Her latest lecture is available for streaming.
Damien Mitchell made a splash with his innovative, sustainable, thoughtful and stylish footwear designs during his time as a graduate student in the Design M.F.A. program at UC Davis. Now, as a faculty member himself, he is making an impact on design students in his home state of Louisiana.
Mathematics and theatrics combine this April in Diving into Math with Emmy Noether, a play about the pioneering and influential mathematician who is often referred to as the “mother of modern algebra.” The play will be performed at the Wyatt Pavillion Theater on April 9 at 6 p.m. as part of portraittheater Vienna’s spring 2025 USA tour.
Torkwase Dyson, the winter quarter spotlight artist in The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies, is scheduled to speak on campus on Feb. 27. Dyson is a painter working across multiple mediums to explore the continuity between ecology, infrastructure and architecture.
Elisa Joy White investigates the contemporary African Diaspora communities in Dublin, New Orleans, and Paris and their role in the interrogation of modernity and social progress. Through the consideration of three contemporaneous events, White reveals a shared quest for social progress in the face of stark retrogressive conditions.
What We Lose, by Zinzi Clemmons, is a novel about a young African-American woman coming of age—a deeply felt meditation on race, sex, family, and country. Through exquisite and emotional vignettes, Clemmons creates a stunning portrayal of what it means to choose to live, after loss.
In the book The Black Middle Ages, Matthew X. Vernon examines the influence of medieval studies on African-American thought. This book engages disparate discourses to reassess African-American positionalities in time and space and reflects on medieval studies as a discipline built upon a contended set of ideologies.
A minimalist work of experimental theater, "Small Mouth Sounds" casts the audience as voyeurs in an entertaining adventure that gradually turns more serious. Set at a rustic retreat, the dramedy, presented by the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance, opens Feb. 27 in the Wyatt Pavilion Theatre.
The 2025 Templeton Colloquium in Art History at UC Davis — Cultural Heritage at Stake: Between Conservation and Criminality — debates cultural heritage today and explores the stakes for the protection of culture around the globe.
English Professor Gina Bloom dives into how ModLabs’ Shakespeare video game, "Play the Knave," knocks Shakespeare off a pedestal and gives students creative control over his plays. The game, released in 2020, is currently being adapted for virtual reality headsets.
