What's Going On
Cultures of Green: Nature and the Environment
Baker-Nord Theme for 2009-2010
"Cultures of Green" engages with key enduring questions: What is the
relationship between humans and the natural world? How does culture
reveal how people view nature? How do attitudes then shape actions such
as cultivation of the soil or preservation of natural resources? Deeper
understanding of how societies have conceptualized the relationship of
society to nature will lead to better informed, more thoughtful
responses to these pressing questions. Nature, in short, cannot be
understood separately from how humans describe, envision, or imagine it.
During the 2001-2010 academic year, the Baker-Nord Center will create
opportunities through public programming and research to consider these
pressing issues.
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Flip Camera Film Festival
Showing of the top contenders from the 2009 Flip Camera Film Contest for the prize of best film and award ceremony. Deadline for film submission is October 16, 2009.
We provide the camera, you shoot the video.
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NEH Grant Awarded!
The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University has received a major award from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The $650,000 NEH Challenge Grant was awarded to support research and programs that advance the humanities across the Case Western Reserve campus and in the Cleveland community.
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Read more about the new campaign and the story behind it all in the Spring 2009
edition of Art/Sci Magazine!
Looking Back
This is a special section where we look back on past Baker-Nord events.
National Cityscapes Conference
The Baker-Nord Center, in conjunction with the Cleveland Institute of Art, sponsored this weekend conference featuring leading national and international scholars and artists who explored the intersections between the urban environment, the humanities, and social change. The outcome of this conference was a wealth of thoughtful presentations and discussions.
Upcoming Events
November 19, 2009 Lecture by Sarah Rich, editor of Dwell Magazine.
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