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Lillian Garcia-Roig cited as leader of ultra vivid Cuban contemporary art

02-13-2013

Lillian Garcia-Roig, professor of Art, has been cited as a leader of ultra vivid Cuban contemporary art. Please see the excerpt by Art Wynwood at http://www.art-wynwood.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=149&tabindex=148&postid=12601.

Three Transnational Writers event

02-08-2013

From the attached poster:
"Three internationally-acclaimed writers read from their works and participate in a roundtable discussion on writing in a globalized world.

David Bezmozgis was born in Riga, Latvia and moved to Canada when he was six. A writer and filmmaker, he is the author of Natasha (2004) and The Free World (2011). His work has been translated into fifteen languages, broadcast on NPR, BBC and the CBC, and anthologized in The Best American Short Stories 2005 and 2006. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a MacDowell Fellow, and is currently a fellow at the Harvard/Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. In 2010 he was included in The New Yorker’s 20 Under 40 Fiction Issue. His feature film Victoria Day premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009.

Yoko Tawada was born in Tokyo in 1960. She studied Russian literature at Waseda University , then moved to Germany where she earned a doctorate in German literature. Writing in German and Japanese, Tawada publishes poetry, essays, fiction, and plays. Her work has been featured in journals and anthologies in Japan, Germany, France, China, Italy, the Netherlands, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Among Tawada’s awards for her contributions to German and Japanese culture are the Gunzō Prize for New Writers (1991), the Akutagawa Prize (1993), the Adelbert-von-Chamisso Prize (1996) and the Goethe Medal (2005). Tawada commutes between Tokyo and Berlin.

Marvin Victor, a painter, writer, and film director, was born in 1981 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where he lived until the earthquake of 2010. He currently resides in New York, where he has recently shown his paintings and completed his latest short film. His debut novel Corps mêlés (2011) is considered to be the first novel of the post-earthquake period and announced Victor as a major new voice in Haitian and Caribbean writing. This novel was awarded the Grand Prix du roman de la Société des gens de lettres and was a finalist in the Prix des cinq continents de la Francophonie. He is currently completing his second novel.

Friday 1 March 2013
FSU Turnbull Conference Center
3:00-5:00 p.m.

This event is free of charge and open to the public.

Books by the authors will be available for purchase and signing at the conference venue.

Sponsored by The Winthrop-King Institute for French and Francophone Studies and The Council on Research and Creativity at Florida State University. For additional information, contact Lisa Ryoko Wakamiya at lwakamiya@fsu.edu or (850)644-8391.

Bryan J. Cuevas awarded NEH Fellowship

02-01-2013

Bryan J. Cuevas, John F. Priest Professor of Religion, has been awarded an NEH Fellowship. According to Cuevas, "The NEH Fellowship is allowing me to complete the first complete translation of the biography of Ra Lotsawa (b. 1016), one of Tibet’s most controversial Buddhist saints. Ra Lotsawa is the paradigmatic sinister yogin, a Tibetan Buddhist antihero and wonder-worker, who deployed his magical abilities to defeat his competitors and to gain abundant riches, worldly power, and spiritual influence. His life story, The All-Pervading Melodious Drumbeat, was compiled in the 12th century and is one of the longest surviving hagiographical narratives of the Buddhist yogi-saints of Tibet."

Two FSU faculty receive Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award

01-14-2013

Joe Torgeson and Rick Wagner, professors of Psychology, have received the 2012 Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award by the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR). According to the SSSR website, "The award recognizes empirical, theoretical, or scholarly work or collections of works that have served significantly to further the scientific understanding of reading, its processes, its acquisition, or its instruction. The award will be given every other year."

Faculty Luncheon Series - Spring 2013

01-01-2013

Colleagues at the Cutting Edge

Michael Ormsbee named Fellow of ISSN

12-14-2012

Michael Ormsbee, assistant professor of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the International Society of Sports Nutrition.

Transformation Through Teaching Dinner

12-14-2012

From Dr. Cadence Kidwell, Program Director, Global Pathways & Exchanges: 

"The photographs from the Transformation Through Teaching Dinner are ready. You can see and download the photos at the Spiritual Life Project Facebook group: http://facebook.com/FSUSLP.  (Please tag yourself in the photos too!) And “Like” the SLP page while you are there. 

It is especially nice to see the students and faculty together in this context and seeing the photos reminded me of what a meaningful experience it was.  As we leave for the break this is a pleasant reminder of the transformative effect faculty have on their students. 

Be sure to also see the fantastic article in STATE about the event: http://unicomm.fsu.edu/State-Faculty-Staff-Bulletin"   

Brad Cox selected ACPA Emerging Scholar

12-05-2012

Brad Cox, assistant professor of Higher Education, has been selected as a 2013-14 American College Personnel Association Emerging Scholar. According to the ACPA website, "The purpose of the Emerging Scholars program is to support those who are pursuing research initiatives congruent with the mission and interests of ACPA and to enhance and contribute to their future research and scholarship."

Eundeok Kim receives Best Paper Award

12-05-2012

Eundeok Kim, associate professor of Retail Merchandising and Product Development, has received the 2012 Best Paper Award in the Social Psychological Aspects Track for her coauthored paper, "Predicting risky appearance management behaviors in young women: A comparison between U.S. and South Korea." This award is presented by the International Textile and Apparel Association.

Two FSU faculty elected AAAS Fellows

12-03-2012

Two FSU faculty members have been elected as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceGregory Erickson and David Houle, professors of Biology, have been awarded one of the top scientific honors allotted by their peers. 

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