Thinking outside the box is nothing new to MMC’s History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies department chair Brad Herling—so it comes as no surprise that he has dedicated an entire course to analyzing hit NBC sitcom The Good Place.
Professor Herling talked about how this fictionalized TV series surrounding afterlife inspired him to develop a brand new syllabus.
Featuring lectures, open course sessions, writing sections, creative endeavors, and city outings, the II+20 September Series explores New York City and the world twenty years post-9/11. The series is sponsored by the Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies in partnership with faculty across the college.
Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Chair of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies Department Bradley Herling, Ph.D., spoke to Inside Higher Ed on the benefits of interdisciplinary education in the humanities.
The departments of Politics and Human Rights, in collaboration with International Studies, Social Sciences Assembly and more, are hosting an exciting array of speakers and discussions this semester.
Dr. Lauren Erin Brown, Associate Professor of History and Politics and Human Rights, has received two grants to support her new book project, Cold War, Culture War, War on Terror: The Art of Public Diplomacy in a Post-Cold War World.
Reid ’10, who graduated from MMC with a BFA in Acting and a minor in Religious Studies, has been longlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize for her New York Times best-selling novel, Such a Fun Age.
As the end of the Spring 2020 semester rapidly approaches, our students have been busy with a wide variety of final presentations, projects, and productions, which have kept the College’s virtual campus abuzz. Across each academic department, the end of the semester highlights the very best in student achievement at MMC.
Each spring, Marymount Manhattan College’s Honors Day Colloquium showcases top research from across the disciplines and hosts induction ceremonies for campus and academic-based Honor Societies, as well as the Barry Commoner Lecture on the Environment.
On Friday, May 17, 2019, Marymount Manhattan College graduated nearly 400 Bachelor degree recipients at its 70th Commencement Exercises, held this year at Lincoln Center’s iconic David Geffen Hall.
Friday, March 29, 2019: Students, faculty, and guests gathered in the Regina Perguggi room for the History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies annual conference.
Sonia Rubinfeld, a graduating senior in the Religious Studies program at MMC, connected her knowledge to the field during a 10-day trip to Israel with non-profit Hillel International.
After graduating from MMC in 2016, Religious Studies minor Kiah Baxter knew that graduate studies would be part of her near future. Now three years later, she’ll soon earn her Masters of Divinity from the prestigious Union Theological Seminary with a concentration in Theology and the Arts.
Dr. Lauren Brown’s scholarly article ‘As Long as They Have Talent’: Organizational Barriers to Black Ballet has been published in popular academic journal Dance Chronicle.
Marymount Manhattan College’s Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies is now accepting submissions for the 11th Annual Philosophy and Religious Studies Undergraduate Conference, set to take place on Friday, March 22, 2019.
On September 27th historian, activist, and educator Marcia M. Gallo spoke to students - many enrolled in Dr. Manolo Estavillo’s Radical Women of Color course - as part of the Conversations on Diversity & Social Justice series.
Congratulations are in order for Class of 2010’s Kiley Reid whose debut novel was purchased in a ten-publisher auction by Bloomsbury and swiftly picked up by Emmy-award winner Lena Waithe’s production company, Hillman Grad Productions.