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This post was written by Nieves Knapp, a BYU Humanities Center faculty fellow. In his most recent General Conference address, President Oaks spoke about the 30th anniversary of The Family Proclamation and encouraged family activities, including learning languages together [1]. His comments made me think about my own life because in 1995, precisely when the …
The BYU Humanities Center is pleased to announce a new innovative curriculum development workshop intended to expand, strengthen, and give coherence to health humanities curricular offerings in the College of Humanities at Brigham Young University. We invite all faculty in the College of Humanities to apply to participate in the workshop and join us in …
This post was written by Aiden Jones, a BYU Humanities Center student fellow. I don’t mind being scolded by a poet, but a recent Billy Collins piece I read stung a bit too much for my comfort. He ends “Introduction to Poetry” with these stanzas: But all they want to do is tie the …
Provo Walks is a set of unique self-guided walking tours that present a new way to engage with Provo’s community and culture. Recently featured as a “Beacon of Light” on the BYU College of Humanities website, the project, which was sponsored by the BYU Humanities Center, constitutes a form of public scholarship intended to benefit …
This post was written by Stephen Tuttle, a BYU Humanities Center faculty fellow. Recently, I’ve been thinking quite a lot about novelty. This is partly because I teach creative writing, and novelty is a central element in most definitions of creativity. Morris Stein’s definition goes like this: “The creative work is a novel work …
This post was written by George Dibble, a BYU Humanities Center student fellow. How long has it been, Lord? Your voice is so quiet. Alone in a park, in cold and night, I looked. Searched by wandering, stumbling, warming my hand with the other. Closed eyes as I leaned against a tree near a …