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School of Education Spring 2025 Ganders Lecture to Address Educational Equity
The School of Education’s 2025 Ganders Lecture welcomes community-engaged scholar Keisha Green to discuss “Working Towards Racial Justice and Educational Equity Through Youth Engaged, Justice-Oriented Literacy and Learning.” The lecture takes place on March 6 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m….
鶹ƵSymposium Creates Community, Broadens Perspectives
A key aspect of preparing students to become engaged global citizens is exposing them to new perspectives. According to a study from the National Humanities Alliance, humanities public programming is one effective way to achieve this, as it “equips students with…
鶹ƵSymposium Focuses on Building a Stronger Community
In today’s interconnected world, cultural competency, critical thinking and innovative problem solving are important proficiencies that are highly sought after by employers. The Institute for the Future predicts that 85% of the jobs that will exist in 2030 have not…
2023 Humanities Center Faculty Fellows Focus on Critical Societal Concerns
The 鶹ƵUniversity Humanities Center supports innovative faculty and graduate student researchers exploring a number of pressing social issues. Each spring, the center offers up to four highly competitive faculty fellowships—three from the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), including one…
2022-23 鶹ƵSymposium Addresses Timely Topics With Diverse Slate of Programming
Reparations for slavery. Environmental justice. Reproductive justice. Students, faculty, staff and the general public are invited to engage with these urgent topics and more throughout the spring semester thanks to the 鶹ƵUniversity Humanities Center’s 鶹ƵSymposium. The lineup of…
‘Active Repair’ Exhibition Launches
Organized around the theme of “repair,” the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and Humanities Center are excited to announce, in conjunction with the 鶹ƵSymposium, “Active Repair: Works from the Social Justice Sewing Academy (SJSA),” running now through Friday, Feb. 17,…
鶹ƵSymposium Kicks Off 19th Year of Programming
The 鶹ƵUniversity Humanities Center celebrates 鶹ƵSymposium’s 19th year with a diverse selection of public events exploring “repair” in the context of medicine, religion, the environment and more. Through a lineup that includes a film festival, lectures, workshops, exhibitions…
鶹ƵUniversity Human Rights Film Festival Celebrates 20 Years
The 鶹ƵUniversity Human Rights Film Festival (SUHRFF) celebrates 20 years of programming with outstanding films about human rights and social justice from around the world. SUHRFF takes place Sept. 22-24, and is part of 鶹ƵSymposium 2022-23: REPAIR. It…
Conventional Wisdom: Humanities Center’s 鶹ƵSymposium Events to Investigate Evolving Norms
From COVID-19’s transformative impact on people’s daily lives to the global reckoning against histories of colonialism and racism, norms are constantly evolving. The 鶹ƵUniversity Humanities Center’s yearlong 鶹ƵSymposium [PDF], entitled Conventions, explores the ever-changing political, social and cultural…
鶹ƵUniversity Humanities Center Announces 2021-22 鶹ƵSymposium
“Timely and timeless” is how Vivian May, director of the 鶹ƵUniversity Humanities Center, describes “Conventions,” the theme of this year’s 鶹ƵSymposium. In the political sense, she says a convention can be a gathering or convening, as in political…