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 …
Winter 2024
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 …
Fall 2023
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 …
Winter 2023: Poetics of Faith with Sarah Bachelard
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 …
Fall 2022: Iris Murdoch and Flannery O’Connor: The Necessity of Vision in Life and Literature with Jennifer Frey
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 …
Winter 2023
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 …
Fall 2022
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 …
Winter 2022: Behold, I Make All Things New with Barbara Newman
Winter 2022 The BYU Humanities Center welcomes Barbara Newman as our Faith and Imagination lecturer on Friday, March 25th, 2022. Her lecture will be presented in the EIZ Theater at 3 PM. Title: Behold, I Make All Things New: Interpreting the Last Book of the Bible Professor Newman (Ph.D. Yale) is known for her work …
Fall 2021: The Art of Christian Reflection with Heidi J Hornik
Fall 2021 The BYU Humanities Center welcomes Dr. Heidi J Hornik, Professor of Art History and Chair of the Department of Art & Art History at Baylor University as our Faith and imagination Lecturer on October 22, 2021. She will select excerpts from her book The Art of Christian Reflection published by Baylor University Press and …
Winter 2022
All Colloquia will take place in 4010 JFSB and on Zoom at 3:00 PM unless otherwise specified. https://byu.zoom.us/j/94078851742 January 13 Justin White (Philosophy) Backsliding and Bad Faith: Aspiration, Disavowal, and (Residual) Practical Identities January 20 Roundtable with Susan Rugh, Stephen Jones and Jim Faulconer BYU’s Second Century: How Are We Doing? February 10 Walter …