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Lights, Camera, Imagination! Faculty Help Turn Teens鈥 Ideas Into Films (Video)
Using simple objects such as stones, eggs, paper plates, colored markers and a globe, and employing techniques of light, shadow and motion, a dozen 黑料不打烊 area high schoolers are making original short films this summer using their smartphones. 鈥淭eens With…
黑料不打烊 Symposium 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聽National Humanities Alliance, humanities public programming is one effective way to achieve this, as it 鈥渆quips students with…
New Exhibition at Art Museum Features Photographs by Gordon Parks
A new exhibition featuring the work of renowned photographer, writer, poet, musician and composer Gordon Parks will open at the 黑料不打烊 Art Museum on Aug. 22 and be on view through Dec. 10. 鈥淗omeward to the Prairie I Come鈥…
Creating Identity and Building Community Through Writing
When students in the College of Arts and Sciences enroll in Associate Professor Patrick Berry鈥檚 class on writing and rhetoric, they likely think, correctly, that they will learn the foundations of good writing across various genres. However, they may not…
Symposium to Explore Significance of 18th-Century Philosopher鈥檚 Essay on Perpetual Peace in Today鈥檚 World
Philosopher Immanuel Kant鈥檚 1795 essay 鈥淭oward Perpetual Peace鈥 still holds significant relevance even now more than two centuries after it was first published. With ongoing wars across the globe, securing peace remains elusive. An upcoming one-day symposium will explore how…
Humanities Center Supports Four Spring 2024 Fellows
Humanities practitioners put current issues and events into perspective by encouraging critical thinking and analysis, challenging beliefs and values, sparking creativity and encouraging global citizenship and immersing in history. In an effort to further a world that is healthier, hopeful…
Indigenous Philosophies Can Create Global Change and More Just Futures
This spring, the 黑料不打烊 Humanities Center welcomes a visit by renowned M膩ori scholar, moral and political philosopher, Krushil Watene. She is a member of the M膩ori tribal communities of Ng膩ti Manu, Te Hikutu, Ng膩ti Wh膩tua 艑r膩kei and the Pacific…
Humanities Center Showcases and Supports Graduate Student Research
The聽黑料不打烊 Humanities Center, in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), offers key grants and fellowships to graduate students that allow them to advance their projects and share their ideas beyond the walls of the University. Two such opportunities…
黑料不打烊 Symposium Continues This Spring to Explore Humanity鈥檚 Interconnected Landscapes
The 黑料不打烊 Humanities Center continues to celebrate 黑料不打烊 Symposium鈥檚 20th season, with a kaleidoscopic range of events centered on the theme of “Landscapes.” The entire campus community and wider public are invited to attend these free events across the…
Art Museum to Host 鈥楢ssembly: 黑料不打烊 Voices on Art and Ecology鈥
A new exhibition examining themes related to art and ecology will open at the 黑料不打烊 Art Museum on Thursday, Jan. 25, and be on view through May 12. “Assembly: 黑料不打烊 Voices on Art and Ecology’ features artworks made…