In his most recent column for The Fresno Bee, Philosophy Department Chairman Andrew Fiala, writes that we all need to clear our heads from the ugly political discourse of this election season: History discloses a political world that stinks to high heaven. That’s why the world’s religious and philosophical traditions have often taught us to avoid it. Socrates […]
Read MoreIn the mood for music? Want to see a play? Or maybe a poetry reading is more your cup of tea? Now you can peruse all of the College of Arts and Humanities events in one place, on the “Upcoming Events” page of our website. If you are part of the College of Arts and […]
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MFA Creative Nonfiction graduate Rachel Starnes was interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air by Terri Gross for her recently released memoir, “The War at Home: A Wife’s Search For Peace And Other Missions Impossible.” Her book grew out of Rachel’s MFA thesis. Here is the Fresh Air intro to the interview: As the wife of a Navy fighter […]
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From his perspective at a recent international conference on global dialogue and peace in Warsaw, Poland, Philosophy Department Chairman Andrew Fiala, wrote about the arms race in his most recent column for The Fresno Bee: Violent solutions to violence escalate violence. This increases anxiety and fuels a further arms race. A different approach needs to […]
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The Department of Art and Design relocated to a portable building between Engineering East and McLane Hall on the grassy area just behind McLane Hall. Our former location (Conley Art 105) is closed until further notice.
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UPDATE: In a July 13 column he wrote for The Fresno Bee, Dr. Bradley Hart, a professor in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department, expanded upon his views on the United Kingdom’s recent “Brexit” vote. You can read Hart’s Fresno Bee column here: Fresno State students learn lessons from Brexit Here is our original article, from […]
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On the most recent edition of The Central Valley Ledger, host Sevag Tateosian talked to Fresno State‘s Armenian Studies Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian about his trip to Lebanon and Turkey and the Pope’s visit to #Armenia. Listen to the conversation here. Der Mugrdechian has taught courses in Armenian language, history, literature, culture, art, church and a variety […]
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The creation of the Philip Levine Reading Room will soon begin on campus at the Henry Madden Library. The reading room will house Levine’s personal collection of poetry and literature, generously donated by his family to benefit Fresno State and the community. The reading room will be located on the second floor of the Henry […]
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Two Fresno State Art and Design faculty members are making news with their artwork – Stephanie J. Ryan and Nick Potter. Stephanie J. Ryan‘s powerful drawing, “The War,” (shown above) was included in “Chaos,” a national juried exhibition for Arc Gallery in San Francisco. Ryan had this to say about her inspiration for the piece: […]
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The Fresno Bee published a timely piece on partisan divide written by Andrew Fiala, chair of the Philosophy Department in the College of Arts and Humanities: Among committed partisans, “70 percent of Democrats and 62 percent of Republicans say they are afraid of the other party.” This crisis of trust threatens the fabric of civil society. […]
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