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Faculty Q&A with Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Robinson will join faculty for a special Question & Answer session on Friday, September 16th at 2:00 PM in the EIZ Theater (B192 JFSB). This event is for faculty only, but if you have graduate students whom you feel would especially benefit from being at this event, please contact George Handley and he will …

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Conversations: Why Is Our Annual Lecturer Skeptical of Our Annual Theme, ‘After Suspicion …’?

  In preparation for our Annual Lecture, the Humanities Center Director, Matt Wickman will guide a Conversations meeting on Thursday, September 15th from 3:00 – 4:00 PM in 4010 JFSB. The group will discuss this excerpt and Gregg Lambert’s other recent research focusing on the question, “Why Is Our Annual Lecturer Skeptical of Our Annual Theme, ‘After Suspicion …’?” …

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Student Open House

Are you ready to take your education to the next level?   Come and see what the Humanities Center can do for you!   From student & faculty research collaboration to campus activities that stimulate the intellect and fill the belly. We have something for everyone. Come visit us anytime between 3:00 – 5:00 pm …

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Colloquium: Delys Snyder, Phil Snyder, & Jeremy Browne

Drs. Phil Snyder, Delys Snyder, and Jeremy Browne will present for our first colloquium of fall semester. Their lecture will be given on September 8 at 3:00 P M in 4010 JFSB. They will describe their current project with the Cormac McCarthy Corpus and how this style of research can be relevant and beneficial to all disciplines. Come …

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Education Week 2016 — Humanities & Belief

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 16 – 19, 2016 @ 1:50 PM in room 250 SWKT. Humanities & Belief Tuesday — John Rosenberg; “The Human Conversation:  Learning to …

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Education Week 2016 – Lifelong Language Learning

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 16 – 19, 2016 @ 11:10 AM in room 250 SWKT. Lifelong Language Learning Wednesday – Chip Oscarson; “The World’s Greatest Movies You …

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Education Week 2016 – Lifelong Reading

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 16 – 19, 2016 @ 9:50 AM in room 250 SWKT. Lifelong Reading Tuesday — Trent Hickman; “The Beatles—Profoundly Influenced by American Music, …

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Colloquium: Elizabeth Emery

Elizabeth Emery, a professor of Modern Languages and Literatures at Montclair State University, will be the Center’s Colloquium speaker on Thursday, June 9th. She will speak about women art collectors in late 19th-century France. Title: “Asian Takeout: The Commercialization of Eastern Art in Late Nineteenth-Century France” Catering by Green Panda Cafe  

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Colloquium: Chip Oscarson & Daryl Lee

Chip Oscarson & Daryl Lee will present for the Humanities Center’s weekly colloquium on Thursday, May 19th @ 3:00 PM in 4010 JFSB. This colloquium will introduce the new International Cinema Studies Minor, explaining how it builds on research and teaching strengths of College of Humanities faculty and linking it to programming at BYU’s International Cinema …