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January 2018

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Reflections on The Great British Bake-off

on January 29, 2018January 29, 2018Leave a Comment on Reflections on The Great British Bake-off

This post was written by Holly Boud, Humanities Center Intern I have recently started The Great British Bake-off on Netflix (I know, I am late to the game). I haven’t gotten through very much—only the first season, but like many of you, I find it utterly delightful. I love getting to know the contestants through …

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#MeToo in the Humanities Classroom

on January 22, 2018January 22, 20182 Comments on #MeToo in the Humanities Classroom

This post was written by Heather Belnap, Comparative Arts and Letters, Humanities Center Faculty Fellow In my junior year of university, I “got woke” to feminism. And it was an aptly-titled text, Kate Chopin’s 1899 novel The Awakening, assigned in an undergraduate humanities critical theory course, that did it. Until then, feminism was to me …

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An Ode to Environmental Humanities

on January 15, 2018January 15, 2018Leave a Comment on An Ode to Environmental Humanities

This post was written by Carlee Schmidt Reber, HC Student Fellow My college experience could be summed up in a quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes: “One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” While I hope Holmes’ mantra inspires me to seek new knowledge for the rest of my life, …

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Considering a New Year: The Virtues and Vices

on January 8, 2018January 8, 2018Leave a Comment on Considering a New Year: The Virtues and Vices

The new year is full of possibilities (exciting) and unknowns (scary). 2018 has come barreling through the gates at the heels of an incredibly eventful and unpredictable year. 2017 was … well, it was something. With a president at the helm unlike any we have ever seen, multiple global tragedies including Manchester, London, New York, …

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