The Communication and Film consultants at the Center For Writing and Communication are organizing the first-ever Tigers Speak event to be held April 18th. It mirrors the Tigers Write event and will highlight the various aspects of both communication and film. The event also serves as an opportunity for students…
Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Opera Memphis, in collaboration with the University of Memphis Institute for Arts and Health, will host Music and the Mind, a panel on cognitive diseases related to aging featuring world-renowned soprano vocalist Renée Fleming. “To have someone as iconic as Renée Fleming not only performing in…
The Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology and Dr. W. Raymond Johnson will present new findings about King Tutankhamon in a virtual lecture to be held Friday evening, November 6th, starting at 7 p.m. CST. The 15th Annual William J. Murnane Memorial lecture, titled “Tutankhamun’s Life, Death, and Afterlife: New…
The University of Memphis Department of Theatre & Dance will team up with San Diego State University’s Department of Theatre, Television, and Film to present a 90-minute Zoom lecture on digital rendering on Tuesday, September 15 at 8 p.m. CST. Jen Gillette, Assistant Professor of Costume Design with the Department…
As part of the all-digital exhibition “In 7, 6, 5…”, The Art Museum at The University of Memphis will host a Zoom talk between biologist Dr. McKenna, artist Catt Weglicki, and artist/biologist Brandon Ballengée about their work in raising awareness and promoting biodiversity next Monday, June 1 at noon. The…
The Art Museum at The University of Memphis will host a lecture from Tyler Stallings to close out its 37th Annual Juried Student Exhibition this Thursday, February 27 at 7 p.m. in room 310 of the Arts & Communication Building. Stallings, who has served as the juror over this exhibition,…
The Egyptology Graduate School Association (EGSA) will host a student-led symposium about current research on ancient Egypt from 12:30 to 3 p.m. on Friday, February 21 at the Shelby Room in the University Center. This event will feature research from Egyptology students from both the history and art programs. “Students…
This Sunday, UofM Art Professor Earnestine Jenkins will deliver a lecture on Harlem Renaissance sculptor Augusta Savage. “Augusta Savage was one of the first major African American sculptors,” Jenkins said. “She’s part of what used to be called ‘The New Negro Movement’, which is a term that scholars use to…
The University of Memphis Department of Theatre & Dance will host a presentation by illustrator Brian Selznick and world-renowned Walt Whitman scholar Karen Karbeinar on Thursday, Nov. 21, from 1 to 2:20 p.m. at the University of Memphis Mainstage Theatre. Selznick is the creator of many beloved books, including The…
The Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology, in cooperation with the Department of History of the University of Memphis, will host the 14th annual William J. Murnane Memorial Lecture on the evening of Wednesday, November 13, in the University Center, Fountain View Suite (room 350). Dr. Peter J. Brand, Professor…
