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Brice Nordquist, associate professor of writing studies, rhetoric and composition and Dean’s Professor of Community Engagement in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is a recipient of a Humanities New York (HNY) Action Grant that will fund this year’s…

As an outspoken advocate of abolition and women’s rights, Frederick Douglass gladly accepted an invitation to the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. It was events like this, and being part of the “Underground Railroad,”…

The Humanities Center and the Burton Blatt Institute’s (BBI) Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach are hosting a two-part ���ϲ����� Symposium, “‘Cripping’ Graphic Medicine: Drawing Out the Public Sphere 2020.” MK Czerwiec, R.N., M.A., a.k.a. “Comic Nurse”, will lecture on…

The stories behind breast cancer—patient, survivor, caregiver, medical practitioner and advocate—are the center of the documentary theater production “TitBits: Breast Cancer Stories,” which will debut next month at the Newhouse School. Conceived, produced and directed by Tula Goenka, professor of…

���ϲ�����’s Humanities Center and the Burton Blatt Institute’s (BBI) Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach are hosting the two-part ���ϲ����� Symposium, “‘Cripping’ Graphic Medicine: Psychiatric Disability, ‘Crip’ Culture and the Humanities.” Elizabeth J. Donaldson, professor of English and interim…

The ���ϲ����� Human Rights Film Festival (SUHRFF) returns for its 17th year with an outstanding lineup of critically acclaimed films addressing social justice and human rights issues in the United States and around the world. Being held Sept. 26-28,…

How does a symposium explore silence? Through the eye—or ear—of the beholder. “People experience silence in many ways. It may represent peace and quiet, or—in contexts of inequality—a stifling of voices, or a strategy of resistance,” says Vivian May, director…

Looking for something new to read? Don’t miss the fourth annual Books in the Humanities Reception, featuring works by more than 60 University authors and editors from across campus. Organized by the ���ϲ����� Humanities Center in the College of…

���ϲ����� Symposium concludes its yearlong exploration of “Stories” with a spate of April events that are free and open to the public. Presented by the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), the series explores the role…

Larry Blumenfeld is a cultural journalist, music critic and longtime contributor to The Wall Street Journal. As this year’s Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities Center, he will explore “Jazz in Troubled Times” through a series of lectures, workshops, public…