Gary Kroll is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Plattsburgh State University. Trained in environmental history and the history of science, Professor Kroll is interested in the literal intersection of culture and nature. His project Roadkill Nation examines how Americans have thought about and dealt with the problem of animal...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Kroll, Gary
Created:
2013-05-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Renata Holod is College of Women Class of 1963 Term Professor in the Humanities at the History of Art Department, and Curator, Near East Section, of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. She has carried out archeological and architectural fieldwork in Syria, Iran, Morocco, Turkey, Central Asia, Tunisia, an...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Holod, Renata
Created:
2013-05-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Best Practices in the Collection of Life Stories for Scholarly and Creative Work. Caridad Svich, Rachel Jendrzejewski, and Gail Dubrow discuss best practices in the collection of life stories for scholarly and creative work. Caridad Svich is a playwright, songwriter, editor and translator living between many cultures, including inherited ones, h...
Best Practices in the Collection of Life Stories for Scholarly and Creative Work. Caridad Svich, Rachel Jendrzejewski, and Gail Dubrow discuss best practices in the collection of life stories for scholarly and creative work. Caridad Svich is a playwright, songwriter, editor and translator living between many cultures, including inherited ones, h...
Jennifer Brier talks to Peter Shea about the exhibition she helped curate at the Chicago History Museum, entitled Out in Chicago, and about History Moves, a mobile and community-co-curated public history project.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Brier, Jennifer
Created:
2013-04-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Andrew Stone talks to Peter Shea about his research into Soviet orphanages, on the emotional lives of their inhabitants and the educational philosophy of the Soviet state.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Stone, Andrew
Created:
2013-04-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Kathryn Jensen talks to Peter Shea about an organization she founded, designed to remove barriers to athletic participation for children with disabilities.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Jensen, Kathryn
Created:
2013-04-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Rachel Jendrzejewski talks to Peter Shea about her recent series of theater events in local restaurants, and the role of a theater artist in a local community.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Jendrzejewski, Rachel
Created:
2013-03-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Ravi Malhotra talks to Peter Shea about his two book projects: "E.T. Kingsley and the Legal Politics of Disablement," examining the connections between workplace injury, disability law and labour history (with Benjamin Isitt) and "Exploring Disability Identity and Disability Rights Through Narratives," which examines systemic discrimination and ...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Malhotra, Ravi
Created:
2013-03-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Hans Tammen talks to Peter Shea about the experiences which went into developing his musicianship, from playing classic jazz to experimental electric guitar.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Tammen, Hans
Created:
2013-02-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Dana Whitco talks to Peter Shea about the work of the Center for Creative Research fostering collaboration between contemporary U. S. movement artists and investigators across the arts and sciences.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Whitco, Dana
Created:
2013-02-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jeff Hackworth talks to Peter Shea about his process of learning to play jazz saxophone, by playing gigs with older musicians, and explores some of the lessons which might be lost in academic music training.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Hackworth, Jeff
Created:
2013-02-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
LeAnn Holland talks to Peter Shea about adult development in light of her experience as an avid hiker and outdoors enthusiast, and about moving away from the omnipresence of chairs.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Holland, LeAnn
Created:
2013-02-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Carey Bagdassarian and Elizabeth Mead talk to Peter Shea about complex systems, emergent properties, commonalities between the arts and sciences, and their collaborative process.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Bagdassarian, Carey; Mead, Elizabeth
Created:
2013-02-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Catherine Levesque talks to Peter Shea about her interest in art history, natural landscapes, and Dutch artists’ role in shaping a new vision of nature in the years around 1600.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Levesque, Catherine
Created:
2013-02-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Chandos Brown talks to Peter Shea about his own personal encounter with history, as the son of a career Marine Corps father, and about his efforts to convey the idea that lives matter to his students.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Brown, Chandos
Created:
2013-02-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Charles McGovern talks to Peter Shea about his interest in American popular culture, his work at the Smithsonian, and his belief in the "seriousness" of pop culture.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
McGovern, Charles
Created:
2013-02-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Joyce Lyon and Howard Oransky talks to Peter Shea about an installation they curated together at the Katherine E. Nash and T. R. Anderson Galleries in the Wilson Library, "The House We Built: Feminist Art Then and Now". They present many of the installation's pieces, and talk about some of the artists, themes and organizations that originated, s...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Lyon, Joyce; Oransky, Howard
Created:
2013-02-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Linda Gammel and Sandra Menefee Taylor talk to Peter Shea about their collaborative project Roots of Renewal, taking oral histories dealing with citywide food systems, and its manifestation in the WARM Gallery.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Gammel, Linda; Taylor, Sandra Menefee
Created:
2013-02-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Joyce Lyon and Howard Oransky talk to Peter Shea about the origins of the women's art movement in Minnesota, then Joyce Lyon and grad student Christina Michelon talk about a collection of ephemera recalling the same.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Lyon, Joyce; Michelon, Christina; Oransky, Howard
Created:
2013-02-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Elizabeth Erickson and Patricia Olson talk to Peter Shea about their work teaching the Women's Art Institute, an intensive studio course, and their book project dealing with the experiences of the Institute's participants.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Erickson, Elizabeth; Olson, Patricia
Created:
2013-02-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Diane Kastiaficas talks to Peter Shea about her memories of childhood which formed her as an artist. She talks about collectors and collections, showing a collection she made as a child, and about her work as a teacher.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Katsiaficas, Diane
Created:
2013-01-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jan Estep talks to Peter Shea about her motivation to become an artist and professor, some of her current projects, and the distinction between life and art.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Estep, Jan
Created:
2013-01-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Susan Whitfield talks to Peter Shea about her intellectual expansion from particular historical topics to a broad concern with trade and cultural exchange over hundreds of years, including the Silk Road between Europe and China, and about the ways in which history is recorded and utilized.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Whitfield, Susan
Created:
2013-01-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Lisa Channer talks to Peter Shea about the importance of collaboration to her work as an artist and director. She also talks about pedagogy and the pleasures of teaching. In the final segmnents of the interview she talks about current directions in the American theater.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Channer, Lisa
Created:
2013-01-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Carla Nappi talks to Peter Shea about her research in excavating the peoples and practices of official translation bureaus in Ming and Qing China, using dictionaries and glossaries as literary texts.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Nappi, Carla
Created:
2012-12-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.