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Christian Ahihou, will present for the Humanities Center’s Colloquium on Thursday, Oct. 12th at 3:00 PM in 4010 JFSB. Title: The Issue of African Emigration in Le ventre de l’Atlantique by Fatou Diome Le ventre de l’Atlantique is the first novel written by the Senegalese female writer Fatou Diome . In this book, the main character’s (Salie) …
The Humanities Center welcomes Amanda Anderson, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities and English at Brown University, and director of Brown’s Cogut Center for the Humanities, as our Annual Symposium guest speaker on Friday, October 6th at 3:00 PM in the EIZ Theater. 11:00 AM; 4010 JFSB — Book Discussion: Bleak Liberalism Lunch will be served. 3:00 PM; EIZ …
Early in October, we’ll be pleased to welcome Brooke Conti to our campus. Professor Conti is Associate Professor of English at Cleveland State University. Her book, Confessions of Faith in Early Modern England, was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2014; it explores the paradoxical relationship between autobiography and polemic in an age …
The Translation Studies research group will be celebrating International Translation Day with a reception in 4101 JFSB on Friday, September 29, at 4:00 p.m. Presenters: Dr. Frank Christianson, Associate Dean, will speak about translation and Humanities Plus. Prof. Adam Wooten, localization professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, will speak about translation study and …
Hester Oberman, University of Arizona, will present for the Humanities Center’s colloquium on Thursday, September 28th at 3:00 PM in 4010 JFSB. Her scholarship lies in the emerging field of investigating the fault-line and confluences of medical health sciences and belief, including how subjective experiences of belief (religious, spiritual, agnostic, and/or atheistic) affect healthcare outcomes. She is particularly interested …
Steve Riep, Asian & Near Eastern Languages and Humanities Center Fellow, will present for the Humanities Center’s Colloquium on Thursday, Sept. 21st at 3:00 PM in 4010 JFSB. Title: “Rethinking War: Unofficial History, Missing Veterans, and ‘Concrete’ Images of (Dis)ability” Fiction, poetry and films about the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945) and the Chinese Civil War (1946-1949) played a …
Are you ready to take your education to the next level? Are you looking for ways to add skills and experience to your CV or resume? Are you hoping for mentored research opportunities with some of the leaders in the field but are not sure how to get started? The Humanities Center can help! It …
The Humanities Center’s Colloquiua series will kick-off with a roundtable discussion with Scott Alvord, Jennifer Bown, Troy Cox, & Cynthia Hallen on Thursday, Sept. 14th at 3:00 PM in 4010 JFSB. Linguistics is widely considered at once central and peripheral to the humanities. Its subject is language, probably the most integral of all humanizing agencies, …
The Humanities Center will sponsor three tracks at BYU’s Education Week this year. The classes will feature BYU faculty from the College of Humanities and highlight various topics. Please join us August 21 – 25, 2017 at 1:50 PM in W-111 Benson Building (BNSN) Humanities & Belief Tuesday –Martha Peacock; “Finding …
The Humanities Center will sponsor three tracks at BYU’s Education Week this year. The classes will feature BYU faculty from the College of Humanities and highlight various topics. Please join us August 21 – 25, 2017 at 11:10 AM in W-112 Benson Building (BNSN) Lifelong Reading: 5 Best… Wednesday — Dennis Cutchins; “Five Movies That …