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An Informal Discussion with Anonymous 4
Please join renowned female a cappella quartet Anonymous 4 for an informal discussion moderated by Jane O’Donnell, Professor of Music Emerita, Scripps College. Anonymous 4 is: Marsha Genensky ‘80 Ruth […]
Read MoreThe Slocum Awards
Established in 1936, the Slocum Awards represent a most unique and individual challenge for a Scripps College student: who can build the best personal library collection?
Read MoreThe Scanning of St. Michael
High technology meets Scripps College’s new art conservation major when a remarkable medieval artifact needed a CAT scan.
Read MoreOff-Campus Study Students Named to Scripps College Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 Dean’s List
The following students were named to the Dean’s List from Scripps College in Claremont, California who participated in the Off-Campus Study Program during the fall 2009 and spring 2010 semesters.
Read MoreMartha Osborne : “Breast Cancer Basics for Women of All Ages: Know Your Facts”
Join Martha Osborne for an informative presentation on breast health, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and survival.
Read MoreU.S. Consul General in Hong Kong Presents Lecture at Scripps College
Stephen M. Young, the U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, will present his lecture, “U.S.-China Relations: The View from Hong Kong,” on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 2 p.m. in Scripps College’s Vita Nova lecture hall room 100.
Read MoreA Death in the Family: Former Board of Trustee Chair Jim Weinberg
With heavy heart, I share the news that Sidney J. (Jim) Weinberg, Jr., former chairman of the Scripps College Board of Trustees, beloved friend of the College, and senior director of the Goldman Sachs Group, died on Monday afternoon, October 4, of prostate cancer in Marion, Massachusetts. He was 87.
Read MoreScripps College Receives Major NSF Grant for Neuroscience Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Scripps College a $411,008 grant to create a state-of-the-art laboratory for student-faculty research on human cognitive functioning using high-density electroencephalography (EEG) for recording brain activity.
Read MoreJutta Sperling: “Perversions of Piety: Pero and Cimone in German Reformation Art”
In Reformation Germany, the ancient theme of Pero and Cimone — dating back to an anecdote in Valerius Maximus’ Memorable Deeds and Sayings of the Romans (31 CE) — became popular as an allegory of piety, perversion, and paradox. In Maximus’ story, Pero embodies the concept of “filial piety,” insofar as she engages in the heroic act of breastfeeding her own father in prison, condemned to death by starvation for a capital crime. As I will argue in my talk, the eroticizing, even pornographic rendering of the theme by Reformation artists explores the slipperiness of the signifying scene in the visual arts at a time when pictorial representations were thought to veil rather than reveal meaning, and when writing was emphasized as as a medium of unambiguous transparency.
Read MoreJack Zipes and David Kaplan Discuss “Fairy Tales and Film” at Scripps College
Jack Zipes, professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota, and writer/director David Kaplan share their perspectives on film and the literary tradition of fairy tales at Scripps College on October 5 and 6.
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