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This week’s Humanities Center event, held on Thursday, Oct. 9th at 3:00 pm in 4010 JFSB, features faculty from around the college discussing the evolving role of AI in higher education. We’ll examine how AI tools can support instructional goals and streamline academic workflows, while also addressing the challenges they pose. Refreshments will be served. …
This week, the Humanities Center welcomes Alejandro Madrid from Harvard University as our colloquium speaker on Thursday, September 25 at 3:00 PM in the EIZ Theater (B192 JFSB). His presentation will explore how Silvio Rodríguez’s 1975 album Días y flores continues to resonate poetically, politically, and historically—from Cold War Cuba to the present day. We …
The 2025 BYU Humanities Center annual symposium will focus on the theme of storytelling and its influence across disciplines. This year’s event will highlight how storytelling not only shapes our understanding within individual fields but also serves as a bridge between them. The symposium will feature presentations that examine the role of narrative in fostering …
The Humanities Center kicks off the fall semester with a visit from documentary film-maker, Alison Millar on Thursday, Sept. 11th at 3:00 pm in 4010 JFSB. She will present on the topic of storytelling, maintaining relationships in observational filmmaking, and the dual dark and light sides of the documentary filmmaking process. We hope you will …
Humanities Center-Sponsored Sessions Monday-only Sessions (all in Spanish) (These classes are held in 1102 JKB) 8:30 a.m. “El amor de Cristo en todas las lenguas: Entendiendoe l valor de las culturas” – Gina A. Villalobos 9:50 a.m. “Representaciones de Cristo y su Expiación en el arte hispanoamericano” – Tomás Hidalgo Nava 11:10 a.m. “La metodología …
Come see our new art exhibit during an open house in the Humanities Center (4101 JFSB) on Thursday, April 17 from 3:00 – 4:00 pm. Refreshments will be served. Hanging on by a Thread: Strung Together through Faith and Fears There are two threads that run through our lives—the first, our fears, often holds us …
This week’s colloquium features Cherice Montgomery, Associate Professor of Spanish Pedagogy, on Thursday, April 10th at 3:00 PM in 4010 JFSB. Her presentation will explore the transformative power of play in adult life. Please join us for this edutaining event. Refreshments will be served. Title: Outside the Lines: The Presumptuous Power of Play Although often considered …
The BYU Humanities Center welcomes Akshya Saxena, Vanderbilt University, as this week’s colloquium speaker on Thursday, April 3 at 3:00 PM in 4010 JFSB. Please join us for this reflective presentation on what happens when a language disappears and how language loss is connected to trauma and the natural world. Title: Comparative Literature, Infrastructures of …
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. Title: “Democratic Dispositions: Learning to Live Together in a Post-Election World” About …
Mission call, study abroad, or just interested in learning about languages and cultures? This event is for you! Come learn strategies for learning a new language and adapting to a new culture with Rex Nielson, Director of the BYU Humanities Center and Professor of Spanish & Portuguese. He will provide language learning tips and best …