On “Christian Philosophy”: Two Views

Last week, the Humanities Center sponsored its annual lecture. Our theme this year is “After Suspicion …”, through which we take up the long aftermath of the sporadic, eclectic, but unmistakable shift away from the constitutional skepticism associated with the work of Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud (and the extraordinary influence of their work across the …

Emotional Intelligence

This post was written by former HC intern, Brittany Bruner. Emotional intelligence is often something I take for granted as necessary for positive human coexistence, until I encounter media or people who possess a shockingly low amount of emotional intelligence. Rita Balian Allen defines emotional intelligence as “our ability to identify and manage our own …

Drawing New Research Questions from a Digital Corpus of One Author’s Works

The following post was written by Delys and Phil Snyder. The Cormac McCarthy Corpus Project began as Phil Snyder (English), a literary critic, began writing about Cormac McCarthy’s style and found he needed more language tools, and so he joined forces (in several ways) with Delys Snyder (University Writing), who has expertise in language and …

Fall 2016

All Colloquia will take place in JFSB 4010 at 3:00pm unless otherwise specified. September 8 Delys Snyder (English), Phil Snyder (English), & Jeremy Browne (Digital Humanities) “McCarthy, McCorpus, and Medium Data:  Using Questions from Literary Analysis to Create and Research a Digital Corpus of One Author’s Collected Works” September 29 Ilona Klein (French & Italian) …