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November 10 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 …
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 …
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 …
All Colloquia will take place in 4010 JFSB at 3:00 PM. September 14 Cecilia Peek, Ed Cutler & Erin Holmes Covid Halos and Hangovers: Catalysts for Regaining Scholarly Momentum September 21 Dawan Coombs, Sara Phenix & Jacob Rawlins Roundtable Report on National Humanities Center Experience September 28 Jennifer Redmann Rethinking the Language Curriculum in …
The Humanities Center held its 10th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Friday, October 21st at 3:00 PM in the Dean’s Conference Room. This year’s event featured 7 undergraduate students from the College of Humanities and their research. Madilyn Abbe: “Safe in the Eye of the Storm”: A 20th Century Adaptation of Safe Slave Spaces in …
The BYU Humanities Center welcomes Jennifer Frey as our Faith and Imagination lecturer on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Title: Poetics of Faith Sarah Bachelard is an Anglican priest and theologian based in Canberra, Australia. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Australian Catholic University, with special interests in philosophy, ethics and spirituality. She is …
The BYU Humanities Center welcomes Jennifer Frey as our Faith and Imagination lecturer on Friday, December 2nd, 2022. Title: Iris Murdoch and Flannery O’Connor: The Necessity of Vision in Life and Literature Jennifer is currently an Associate Professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina, where she is also a Peter and Bonnie McCausland faculty fellow in …
BYU’s Humanities Center sponsors two one-year faculty fellowships. Unlike the multi-year fellowships, these one-year fellowships will be awarded by application rather than appointment. The fellowship period will begin in the fall semester of 2022. Fellowships will come with a salary supplement of $2,500, a research stipend of an additional $2,500, and release from two courses …
We are currently looking for a new group of Humanities Center undergraduate fellows. Generous donors have made it possible for us to fund at least four student fellowships – the equivalent of a full scholarship – next year. As always, our pool of candidates will consist solely of nominations sent by you, our faculty. The …
All Colloquia will take place in 4010 JFSB at 3:00 PM. January 19 Ryan Christensen Loneliness and Love January 26 Laura Catharine Smith Promoting Information Literacy and Critical Thinking in the Modern Humanities Classroom February 9 Kevin Blankinship Brokers of the Trust Economy, or Why and How Professors Should Write for the Popular Press …