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The Queen’s Not Mad, She’s Machiavellian
The hit HBO series Game of Thrones has captured the imagination and seized the attention of viewers around the world, and as the show progresses through its final season — only one episode remains! — loyal fans continue to voice a multitude of opinions on, and condemnations of, the eight-season narrative arc as it hurtles towards conclusion. Season 8, Episode…
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WPR interview: Odyssey Beyond Bars expands across the state
I was invited to speak on WPR‘s Central Time in April 2022 about Odyssey Beyond Bars’s program expansion. “The Odyssey Beyond Bars project, which provides continuing education for incarcerated people, is expanding to more of Wisconsin’s correctional facilities. We talk with the program manager about how it works and what’s in store for the future.” Odyssey Beyond Bars project expanding…
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Local Roles: An Interview with Lauren Surovi, Mellon Public Humanities Fellow
I was recently interviewed by the UW-Madison Center for Humanities about my upcoming position as Prison Education Communication Fellow with Odyssey Beyond Bars. “The Center interviewed two 2020-21 Fellows to discuss the issues underlying the current protests in Dane County and how they see their public fellowship positions contributing to the fight for racial justice as well as their academic work.” Click…
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The Brooklyn Bridge | New York City
I grew up in Eastern Pennsylvania, 85 miles west of New York City. Thanks to our 5-minute proximity to the interstate highway (hi, I-78), a day trip to “the City” was always within reach, and usually a good idea. School field trips had us bussed into New York for the day to go to museums or to see a show…
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Notre-Dame de Paris
“The Cathédrale of Notre-Dame de Paris is doubtless still a sublime and majestic building. But, much beauty as it may retain in its old age, it is not easy to repress a sigh, to restrain our anger, when we mark the countless defacements and mutilations to which men and Time had subjected that venerable monument…” —Victor Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris…
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“Life, Love, and the Literary: Cultural Power and Prestige in Renaissance Marriage Chests”
In September 2018, I was asked by the Chazen Museum of Art to give a talk in honor of their exhibit, “Life, Love, and Marriage in Renaissance Italy.” From the Chazen website: “Organized by the Museo Stibbert and Contemporanea Progetti in Florence, Italy, the Chazen Museum of Art will host an exhibition of Italian wedding chests, also known as cassoni.…
