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Colloquium: Rex Nielson

Our first colloquium of Winter 2021 will feature Rex Nielson, Associate Professor of Spanish & Portuguese on Thursday January 21st at 3:00 pm via Zoom. This presentation will introduce an anthologizing and translation project focused on the theme of nature and the environmental imaginary in Brazilian thought and culture. This anthology in English translation constitutes …

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Faith & Imagination Guest Speaker, Day 2: Willie James Jennings

The Humanities Center is pleased to welcome Willie James Jennings as our Faith & Imagination guest speaker on Friday, Dec. 4 and Friday, Dec. 11. Willie Jennings  is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale University.  He is the author of The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race (Yale, 2010), which won …

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Faith & Imagination Guest Speaker, Day 1: Willie James Jennings

The Humanities Center in collaboration with Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding is pleased to welcome Willie James Jennings as our Faith & Imagination guest speaker on Friday, Dec. 4 and Friday, Dec. 11. Willie Jennings  is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale University.  He is the author of The …

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Colloquium: Valerie Hegstrom, George Handley

Few scholars remain invested in exactly the same topics over the multi-decade duration of their careers. Many even move on to other fields, perhaps even disciplines. How do we transition gracefully from early to middle to late stages of a career? What motivates us beyond the promise of promotions and raises? How can we flourish …

Education for Leadership Guest Speaker: Ben Galvin

On Tuesday, November 10th at 3:00 pm, Ben Galvin, from the Marriott School of Business, with give a presentation on his research about leadership identity at West Point. All faculty and students are invited to attend via Zoom. More meeting details will be added as we get closer to the event date. Title: “Leader Identity …

Undergraduate Research Symposium

The Humanities Center will host its 8th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Friday, October 23rd from 3:00 – 5:00 PM. The event will feature 6 students and their research from the College of Humanities. We hope you’ll join us via YouTube Livestream: https://youtu.be/V6x9D6cjYGA Claire Gillett: “The Folkway Podcast: Preserving and Perpetuating Canadian Fiber Art Traditions …

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RVSG Guest Speaker: Nicholas Halmi

On Friday, October 23 at 9:00 a.m. (that is, at 16:00 in the UK), our Romantic and Victorian study group will be joined via Zoom by Nicholas Halmi, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Oxford. Nick specializes in eighteenth-century literature, Romanticism, and comparative criticism and translation (esp. with German, French, Italian angles). He has …

Translation Studies Symposium

*CANCELED* The Translation Studies will hold a symposium on April 9 – 10, 2020. All events will be held in 182 JSB and are open to students and faculty. 10:00 AM — Michael Cooperson (UCLA) “The Pleyes of Myracles that I in my vain glorie wroughte”:  From Arabic into de-centered English       11:00 …

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Colloquium: Julie Damron & Jennifer Dobberfuhl Quinlan

*CANCELED* Julie Damron, Korean Section Head and Associate Professor of Asian & Near Eastern Languages, and Jennifer Dobberfuhl Quinlan, MTC Language Curriculum Manager will present for the Humanities Center’s weekly colloquium on Thursday, April 2nd. The presentation will be held at 3:00 PM in room 4010 JFSB. Title: “Student Binge Studying, Recall and Success in …

Faith & Imagination Lecture: Barbara Newman

*Canceled due to COVID-19* The BYU Humanities Center welcomes Dr. Barbara Newman, John Evans Professor of Latin and Professor of English, Religious Studies, and Classics at Northwestern University as our Faith & Imagination guest lecturer on Friday, March 27th. There will be two events held during the day, the first being a book discussion and …