John Flores – Winner of the 2015 Richard A. Bloom Award

John Flores has received the 2015 Richard A. Bloom, M.D., Excellence in SAGES Teaching Award. Dr. Flores is from the Department of History where he holds the position of Climo Junior Professor of the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Flores was nominated by students in his University Seminar...

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SAGES class talk to authors Jess Walter and Sinan Antoon

On February 24, author Jess Walter visited the USSY287M Literature of 9-11 seminar taught by Suhaan Mehta, via Face Time, for a lively conversation on his novel The Zero (2006). The Zero captures the trauma of ordinary Americans after 9/11 through the perspective of a cop named Brian Remy. Mr. Walter answered...

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Talk at Happy Dog on birthing practices in 18th-19th centuries

The Institute for the Study of Origins will sponsor a public talk titled “Tools for Tots: Broken noses, disenfranchised midwives, and the rise of birth technology.” SAGES fellow Brandy Schillace will present the talk at Happy Dog at the Euclid Tavern on Wednesday, March 11, at 6 p.m. Dr...

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SAGES Fellow Brad Ricca to talk about Superman

The Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center will sponsor an evening of discovery and interaction with Brad Ricca, SAGES Fellow and author of Super Boys, a biography of Siegel and Shuster, creators of Superman (and Clevelanders). The talk will be on Friday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Ford Auditorium at the...

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Death’s Summer Coat – new book by SAGES Fellow Brandy Schillace

Death's Summer Coat, a new book by SAGES Fellow Brandy Schillace is now available. The publisher's description is: "Death is an expected part of life, but in the past 150 years our approach to it has changed dramatically. We today live in a culture dead-set against talking about mortality. Death...

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