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Barbie Diewald and Shakia Barron were artists-in-residence at the renowned Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. At the culmination of their residency, they shared an excerpt of their shared research, "Concourse" at the annual Jacob's Pillow College Partners Convening. Their next choreographic residency will be at High Street Studios in Ipswich, MA in December 2021.
Nina Emery was elected President of the Philosophy of Time Society for 2023-2026.
Was elected President of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science for the year 2022-2023, and will give the Presidential Keynote Address at the society's 2023 conference.
Ombretta Frau was a Baccalaureate Speaker, at Mount Holyoke College, May 2026
Ombretta Frau presentation of Laura Benedetti’s new novel Al mondo intero: il romanzo di Margaret Fuller, Warwick Venice Centre, Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, Venice, July 7 22, 2026.
Ombretta Frau delivered a paper, “Edith Wharton’s Rome Then and Now,” at the AATI Conference, in Rome, July 2026.
Ombretta Frau with Professor Juliet Guzzetta (Michigan State U.), organized a round table on Neofascist Neofeminism at the American Association for Italian Studies, University of Sassari, Italy, June 2026
Ombretta Frau presented "Sacred Spiritual Awakenings in Nineteenth Century Venice." Religions, Beliefs, and the Supernatural in Italy and across Italian Mobilities conference, April 24–25, 2026, at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, New York City.
From May 1-3, 2025, Ombretta Frau presented “Sustainability in Zorzi’s Prophetic Osservazioni,” during the Ottocentismi Conference at the University of Toronto.
