Music, Emotion, and Fish with Dr. David Bashwiner
We are back, with Part 2 of ‘Music, Emotion, and Fish’. If you haven’t had the chance to listen to Part 1, you can click back to Episode 15, Dr. David Bashwiner was just getting to his work on the Midshipman toadfish, and what it can teach us about musical desire in humans. In Part 1, Dr. Bashwiner described the ongoing debate in music theory as to whether music has some sort of evolutionary significance by impacting our ability to pass on our genes, and why focusing too much on this question is distracting. We then talked about what made him want to study the midshipman fish and ended on the drive behind his research – wanting to understand the response of the listener to sound and their appreciation of music.
Mariela Espinoza-León Awarded HECAA Mary Vidal Award and LAII Travel Grant
Mariela Espinoza-León, a current Ph.D. student in Art History, was awarded the HECAA Mary Vidal Award. The Vidal Fund supports research expenses for HECAA members who are graduate students or have earned their PhD within the last three years. Additionally, Mariela has...
UNM Alumna Awarded Fulbright Research Grant to Bulgaria
Eleanora Edreva, MFA Art & Ecology 2023 alumna, along with three other recipients, has been granted a Fulbright Research Award. This prestigious grant recognizes their academic achievements and dedication to international research. As Fulbright scholars, they will...
Art History Alumnus Paul Niell Named 2024–2025 Samuel H. Kress Senior Fellow
Congratulations to Art History alumnus, Paul Niell, Ph.D. (2008), who has received an appointment as a 2024–2025 Samuel H. Kress Senior Fellow with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) at The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.