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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…
The Humanities Institute welcomes a new working group to the Collaboratory: Feminist Science and Technology Studies (STS) and Social Justice Working Group. This group aims to function as a “hub”…
The Humanities Institute invites your proposals for collaborative interdisciplinary working groups. Under the auspices of our Collaboratory, we offer some funding, meeting space, publicity, and…
The Humanities Institute invites your proposals for collaborative interdisciplinary working groups. Under the auspices of our Collaboratory, we offer some funding, meeting space, publicity, and…
On May 12, 2021 we witnessed the birth of AWANA Red de Artistas y Gestores Interculturales Comunitarios – AWANA Network of Intercultural Community Artists and Cultural Administrators…
Professor Jared Gardner, the Joseph V. Denney Designated Professor of English and the director of the Popular Culture Studies program, has been named director of the Humanities…
February 5, 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Thompson Library Multipurpose Room, 165
Please save the date: U.S. Poet Laureate Emeritus Billy Collins will be here on campus to deliver the first…
The Humanities Institute was founded in 1997 as “The Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities,” and that original name continues to define our mission.
Over the summer, we…