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Jennifer Redmann is Professor of German and Chair of the Department of German, Russian and East Asian Languages at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. At F&M and two previous institutions, she led successful curriculum reform efforts to rebuild and strengthen German programs. Redmann has published articles on both language pedagogy and German Studies …
Dawan Coombs, Sara Phenix, and Jacob Rawlins will discuss their experience at the National Humanities Center’s summer workshop. Join us on September 14, 2023 from 3-4 PM in the Dean’s Conference Room (4010 JFSB).
Cecilia Peek, Ed Cutler and Erin Holmes will join us to discuss strategies for jumpstarting research projects after a prolonged break. (Covid, anyone?!) Join us on September 7th from 3-4 PM in the Dean’s Conference Room (4010 JFSB). To view the colloquium visit this link.
Jodi Graham, Utah Humanities (UH) Executive Director, will talk with us about the various projects that Utah Humanities is sponsoring, and explore ways that we can partner together. It will be held on Thursday, May 25 from 11 AM – 12 PM in the Humanities Center (JFSB 4101). Jodi Graham first came to Utah Humanities …
This roundtable event will be held on Monday, April 10 at 4 PM in 4010 JFSB. This will be a roundtable presentation of the work done by the college ChatGPT task force, which has been directed by Brian Jackson. This group of colleagues, who primarily come from the College of Humanities but who also represent …
The BYU Humanities Center is pleased to sponsor a lecture by Professor Patrick Dove, University of Indiana. Title: “Mi aciago destino: the desert as figuration of language and thought in Borges’s ‘El inmortal.’” Patrick’s research explores intersections between literature, philosophy, and political thought in Spanish America. His first two books explored literary responses to problems …
We are excited to welcome Esther Hi’ilani Candari to the Humanities Center. Esther is an artist now based in Utah County. We are thrilled to be exhibiting her work in the Humanities Center. Please come to the Humanities Center on Thursday, April 6 to meet the artist and see her beautiful paintings titled Barren, a …
This roundtable event will be held on Thursday, April 6 at 3 PM in 4010 JFSB.
Esther Allen, Professor at Baruch College and City University of New York Graduate Center will present for the Humanities Center’s weekly colloquium on Thursday, March 30. The presentation will be held at 3:00 PM in room 4010 JFSB. Title: “A conversation between languages: Restorative translation in José Martí’s Ramona, novela americana” Esther Allen is a writer …
Nan Osmond Grass Lecture/Faith and Imagination Lecture, 11:00 am, B092 (basement auditorium) in Humanities Building (Joseph F. Smith Building JFSB) Title: Poetics of Faith Sarah Bachelard is an Anglican priest and theologian based in Canberra, Australia. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Australian Catholic University, with special interests in philosophy, ethics and spirituality. …