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This article is written by Matthew Ancell, a Humanities Center faculty fellow. Amidst the wars of religion instigated by the Protestant Reformation, two emissaries, Jean de Dinteville, Francis I’s ambassador to England, and his friend Georges de Selve, the future Bishop of Lavaur, were sent to the court of Henry VIII in 1533 to …
The BYU Humanities Center welcomes Leonard McMahon, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care at Pacific School of Religion, as this semester’s Faith & Imagination lecturer. We hope you will join us on Thursday, March 27th at 3:00 pm in 4010 JFSB for his presentation. More information forthcoming. Title: “Democratic Dispositions: Learning to Live together in a Post-Election World” About our …
All Colloquia will take place in 4010 JFSB at 3:00 PM unless otherwise specified. Please visit the event page for more details. January 16 Timothy Hampton (UC Berkeley) “Make a Cheerful Noise: Joy and the Literature of Modest Passions” January 23 Matt Ancell “A World with Two Suns: Skeptical Faith in Calderón de la …
All Colloquia will take place in 4010 JFSB at 3:00 PM unless otherwise specified. Please visit the event page for more details. September 12 Rachel Arteaga (University of Washington) “Feelings of Faith in American Literature” September 19 Michael Call & Brian Croxall “Y Play Games” October 3 Anna Nogar (University of New Mexico) “A …
All Colloquia will take place in 4010 JFSB at 3:00 PM unless otherwise specified. Please visit the event page for more details. January 18 Stephen Ramsay (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) Resilience, Romanticism, and the “Techno” in Techno-Capitalism January 26 Sylvester Johnson (Virginia Tech Center for Humanities) Humanities & Public Interest Technology: Leading the Ethical Governance …
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 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 …
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 …
All Colloquia will take place in 4010 JFSB at 3:00 PM. September 8 Jessica Tebo and T.J. McLemore, Technical Editors of Romantic Circles What Every Student (and Faculty Member) Should Know About DH September 12 Robert Newman, President and Director of the National Humanities Center On Fellowships for BYU Humanities Faculty September 22 Makayla …