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(May 24, 2023)

Art & Music Histories Undergraduate Awards

The Department of Art & Music Histories is proud to announce our undergraduate award recipients of the Sidney Thomas and Abraham Veinus Prizes for 2022, and the recipient of Distinction in Music History and Cultures for 2023.

Rina Banerjee seated next to artwork.

(Feb. 14, 2023)

Encountering Love, Identity and Place-Making with Artist Rina Banerjee

AMH Professor Romita Ray was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant to support acclaimed artist Rina Banerjee’s exhibition and residency at Syracuse University.

Syracuse University campus in winter.

(Feb. 13, 2023)

2023 Humanities Center Faculty Fellows Focus on Critical Societal Concerns

Projects examine race and language, the genealogy of slavery, women’s marital rights in Arab nations and the impact of 1990s alternative rock.

People Gathered for a Funderal Ceremony in Imo State Nigeria.

(Feb. 3, 2023)

A&S Music History Professor Receives Carnegie Grant to Study Women’s Music in West Africa

AMH Professor Ruth Opara will travel to Nigeria in May to explore music performance practices and develop a scholarly exchange program between students in Nigeria and Syracuse.

Students pose for a photo during the Diwali celebration.

(Nov. 8, 2022)

Cool Class: Art and Architecture of India

Students experience the living heritage of Indian art and architecture through the annual Diwali festival of lights celebration on campus each October.

Amanda Eubanks Winkler portrait

(Oct. 25, 2022)

Amanda Eubanks Winkler Interviewed in UK Podcast

Professor Amanda Eubanks Winkler was interviewed by Michael Donnay for the History of Education Society, UK Podcast “Passing Notes.”

Students examine a book from SCRC’s medieval and early modern musical collection.

(Sept. 12, 2022)

Cool Class: European Music Before 1800 (HOM/MHL 267)

Music history students visit SCRC for a hands-on research lesson.

Romita Ray holding a book.

(July 26, 2022)

Romita Ray Features in Syracuse University Today Article

Romita Ray’s continuing work on the history of tea and tea culture is showcased in the SU Today article, “Professor Ray’s Book Research Results in Global Conference on All Things Tea.”