The Columbus Murals at Notre Dame

The next time that I teach American Literature I, I will accompany my discussion of Christopher Columbus’s letters with illustrations from among the series of murals painted by Luigi Gregori during the 1880s for the University of Notre Dame’s main...

Notre Dame Iconography

I’m in South Bend, Indiana, visiting the University of Notre Dame for a couple of days. Because I’ve been teaching the Bible in my Conversations of the West class for the past few years, I’m particularly drawn to a couple of well-known pieces of...

NYC Performance Art

A friend from San Francisco sent me this link. I’ve posted it to my History of New York site, but I couldn’t resist posting it here as well.   More information about this performance art project is available here.