Isaac T. Hopper served as the chairman of the Committee on Discharged Convicts for the New York Prison Association from 1845 until 1852, when at age 81, illness forced him to resign his post. As one of only a few paid agents of the association, Hopper kept an office in New York City to receive…
One of the most profound issues confronting societies emerging from periods of violent human rights abuse is how to move beyond the collective and personal scars inflicted by these legacies of repression. This website explores such collective practices as truth commissions, judicial prosecutions of perpetrators of mass violence, and the establishment of human rights memorials…
The project goal is to create a time-lapse map of the Rwandan Genocide to use as a research and teaching tool to explain key elements of the development of the genocide. The timing, location, scale, and pace of mass killing (and in some cases, the absence of this) all provide insights into the factors that…
Typically a theatre production is experienced for a narrowly prescribed moment—the 2-2.5 hours of performance. Jen Thomas, Assistant Professor of Performance and Communication Arts, is attempting to lengthen and broaden the theatrical experience for her students involved in production, as well as broader audiences, by offering in-depth exposure to production elements such as script selection, design…
The digital story map research project for EDUC/LANG/AFS/ESL 408 has five years of collected research from student projects examining the complicated issues of teaching English abroad. Students have spent the semester engaged in discussion, research, and a short teaching practicum and have worked to connect this to the larger issue of English as a global…
We have developed a semester-long workshop to engage more faculty in Community Based Learning (CBL) pedagogies in order to produce an even more sustainable CBL program with a broader curriculum. Our aim is to use the workshop to bring together faculty new to CBL, students who work in CBL (current Community Mentors), and current CBL…
In a letter to his friend Francesco Vettori, Niccolo Machiavelli describes a typical day of his life while in exile—his punishment for conspiring against the Medici in Florence. At night, Machiavelli would retire to his study and immerse himself in the works of ancient political theorists reflecting, “for the space of four hours I feel no…
Jürgen Habermas famously described the culture of the early 1700s London coffeehouses as the spark that kindled the advent of modern democracy. Indeed, the last licensing act in England expired in 1695 and with it also the censorship of press. Within the next decade, London was flooded with newspapers and pamphlets that openly scrutinized practically…
What is fashion? For many of us, fashion is associated with glamour, prestige and sometimes rebelliousness. It’s what we see on runways, in magazines and movies, and on celebrity style blogs. It is the creative combination of colors, fabrics, textures, and design. BUT beyond these beguiling exteriors lie some troubling truths—truths we fail to confront…
StoryMaps combine images, maps, videos, text, and more to create rich digital narratives. Timelines allow us to explore a topic through time and geography.
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