Humanities News

The National Endowment for the Humanities is now accepting applications to the Summer Seminars and Institutes in 2019. Ranging in duration from one to four weeks, NEH Seminars and Institutes are designed primarily for full-time or part-time faculty who teach undergraduate students, but are also open to those employed by museums, libraries, historical societies, and other organizations. Applications are due by March 1 to the individual programs. Successful applicants will receive free tuition and a stipend to attend.

The Humanities Center is pleased to announce the recipients of winter break Student Research Partnerships awards.* Congratulations to all!

Cecilia Cornejo, Instructor in Cinema and Media Studies, has been awarded a 2019 Artist Residency at Lanesboro Arts, funded by the Jerome Foundation. Two residencies per year are awarded to artists with projects that activate the people and places of Lanesboro, Minnesota, while instigating positive change. Professor Cornejo will travel to Lanesboro in September 2019 with her public art project “The Wandering House,” which features an ice-fishing house converted into a mobile audio-recording studio. While there, she will invite the community to record their oral testimonies as they reflect on the significance of home and on how current debates surrounding immigration affect this notion. The project will engage the community in the production of collective knowledge while challenging the prevailing representations of rural people and immigrants.

Many people recognize Hippocrates in the context of medicine, but they don’t usually associate Hippocrates with the performing arts. In order to help draw connections between the world of medicine and the world of art, Dr. Jon Hallberg, medical director of the University of Minnesota Physicians Mill City Clinic, created Hippocrates Cafe, an ever-changing series of performances that explores health care topics through live art such as spoken word, music, and body movement.

You don’t have to go far in Carleton’s religion department to hear unabashed praise for Professor Noah Salomon. 

The Humanities Center is  delighted to announce the Faculty Fellows for the 2018-19 Humanities Center Faculty Research Seminar.

The Humanities Center is pleased to announce the recipients of summer break Student Research Partner (SRP) awards.* Congratulations to all!

Faculty & students briefly showcase some interesting collaborative digital projects championed by our Humanities Center, including a partnership with the Watt Munisotaram in nearby Hampton, Minnesota.

On Friday, October 20, several Humanities Center Research Assistants presented the results of their summer research collaborations at the annual Student Research Symposium and Celebration held at the Weitz Center.

Congratulations to Emma Halper, Brittany Johnson, Claire Jensen, Russell Li, Fernando Saldivia, Christina Tarazi, and Carinna Nikkel!

The Humanities Center is pleased to announce the recipients of summer break Student Research Assistantship awards. Congratulations to all!