National Humanities Center Summer Residency CFP 2025

BYU Humanities Center Sponsored NHC Summer Residency CFP  The BYU Humanities Center is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals to participate in the Summer Residency Program sponsored by the National Humanities Center (NHC), located in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina (near Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh).  Every year, the NHC sponsors a …

Book Manuscript Workshop 2024

What: BYU Humanities Center book manuscript mentoring workshop Brief description: The BYU Humanities Center will support a faculty member (or collaborative team of faculty members) working toward the completion of a book manuscript by paying two reviewers of the scholar’s choosing to read the manuscript and offer substantive feedback. One of these reviewers will be internal to …

Research Group Proposals 2024

November 1 is the proposal deadline for research groups supported by the Humanities Center. Research groups are one of the best things the Humanities Center sponsors, and this is the time of year when we take single- or multi- (i.e., three-) year proposals. These proposals must include: a rationale a list of prospective group members a …

Why Play Games? A History and a (Self-)Justification

This post was written by Brian Croxall, a Humanities Center faculty fellow.    This semester and with the support of the College of Humanities, my colleague Michael Call and I launched a new initiative: the game of the week. Every week, one video game will be available to play in the Humanities Learning Commons (1141 …