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Humanities Institute and Center for Folklore Studies Partner to Celebrate Mothman Legend
This November marks the 60th anniversary of the first Mothman sightings in Ohio and West Virginia…
Announcing the return of the Humanities Institute Makerspace! On select afternoons this semester, The entryway of Hagerty Hall and the adjacent 198 suite will serve as a free, self-led drop-in art…
In the winter of 2026, The Ohio State Humanities Institute launched Humanities on Tap (HoT), a monthly series of community events that bring the humanities to life across Columbus…
The Humanities Institute Makerspace is on the move! On select afternoons this term, 198 Hagerty Hall will be open for drop-in art-making OR the HI Makerspace will travel to new locations around…
Of griots and professors
As a scholar, I have spent nearly three decades studying the art and social life of West African griots. Griots are storytellers, guardians of cultural…
At the April 16 end-of-year celebration, the Humanities Insitute's center directors announced their award winners for the academic year. Undergraduate and graduate students were present to receive…
Congratulations to Katherine Borland, who has just won the Council of Graduate Students' James M. Siddens Award for Distinguished Faculty Advising!
The Siddens Award was…
Centers Spring 2021 Award Recipients
The Humanities Institute is pleased to announce the award recipients for the centers' Spring 2021 award programs. Links with specific information about these…
The Center for Folklore Studies has received a $25,000 Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme (GAHDT) Centers Grant, for its project: “Revisioning Folklore Studies in the Academy and the…