The Deep: Representations of the Sea

Undergraduate

The sea covers over two-thirds of the earth's surface. Only 20% of the ocean floor has even been mapped. Theater artists from Aeschylus to Alvin Ailey, other artists from Homer, Melville, and Dickinson to Brathwaite, and contemporary marine biologists such as Edith Widder evoke the immensity, mutability, and mystery of the sea that surrounds us. Their work poses questions about good and evil, love and death, the fate of the planet, and deep-sea bioluminescence. Students from a range of majors–humanities, arts, STEM–are encouraged to apply. Sophomore standing is required. HU W 1:30pm-3:25pm