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Christopher Blythe, Assistant Professor of English, will present at this week’s Humanities Center colloquium, on Thursday, December 5th at 3:00 pm in 4010 JFSB. This presentation will discuss Emma Hale Smith as a pivotal figure in early Latter-day Saint history, whose legacy was later revived and reimagined in various ways by artists and descendants. We …
Michael Gallope, associate professor in the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota will join the Jazz, Blues, and Beyond research group on Monday, December 2 from 1:00-2:45 in 3198 JFSB. Mike will talk to our group about his chapters on the Velvet Underground, Alice Coltrane, and Patti Smith-Richard Hell. …
The Humanities Center welcomes Beth Piatote, UC Berkeley, as our colloquium speaker on Thursday, November 21 at 3:00 pm in 4010 JFSB. We hope you will join us. Title: “Indigenous Joy and Language Revitalization” Working in endangered languages can be daunting and at times overwhelming, but it also brings great joy. In this talk, I …
The Romantic and Victorian Studies Group welcomes Alex Dick from the University of British Columbia on Thursday, November 14 at 4:00 pm in 4010 JFSB. Title: “Walter Scott, the Highland Clearances, and the Trial of Patrick Sellar The Highland Clearances, the mass eviction and deportation of Gaelic-speaking Highlanders from their farms and communities in the …
The Medieval and Renaissance Studies group is pleased to host Nathaniel Hess, a British Academy Fellow at the Warburg Institute, University of London on Wednesday, November 13 at 3:00 pm in B192 JBSB. Title: “Commemoration and Contestation: The Latin Sphere in the French Wars of Religion.” About our guest: Nathaniel Hess’s background is in Classics, which …
On Friday, November 8 from 3:00 – 5:00pm in 4010 JFSB, the BYU Humanities Center will hold our annual Undergraduate Research Symposium showcasing some of the finest student research from around the College. This event is one of the highlights of the year and we hope you will join us. Theresa Bell In this presentation …
Join us on Thursday, November 7 at 3:00 pm in 4010 JFSB, for a public debate on the topic “The ‘Joys’ of Graduate Education” where participants will explore the rewards and challenges of pursuing advanced degrees. This event promises to spark engaging discussions and provide diverse perspectives on the graduate school experience. Both faculty and …
The Humanities Center welcomes Jason Harshman, from the National Endowment for the Humanities, on Friday, November 1st at 10:30 am in 4010 JFSB. The NEH Division of Education Programs supports projects that strengthen teaching and learning in the humanities through professional development and innovative curricular programs for K-12 education and higher education. The session will …
The Humanities Center welcomes Charles Inouye, professor at Tufts University, as this week’s colloquium speaker on Thursday, October 31 at 3:00 pm in 4010 JFSB. His presentation will look at how Haiku poetry helps us connect directly with the world around us, removing the distance that modern thinking often creates. We hope you’ll join us. …
The Humanities Center and Romantic & Victorian Research Group are pleased to welcome Bruce Graver from Providence College as this week’s colloquium speaker. Professor Graver, one of the original Cornell Wordsworth editors, has been a distinguished scholar and generous mentor in the field of Romantic Studies for many years. His talk grows out of his …