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UPCOMING: First Christian Zacher Memorial Lecture – U.S. Poet Laureate Emeritus Billy Collins
February 5, 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Thompson Library Multipurpose Room, 165
Please save the date: U.S. Poet Laureate Emeritus Billy Collins will be here on campus to deliver the first…

In Memoriam: Christian K. Zacher (1941 - 2019)
It is with profound sadness that I must share the news that Christian Zacher passed away on July 2. Chris was the founder in 1998 of the Institute for Collaborative Research and Public…

American Religious Sounds Project Breaks New Ground in Religious Studies
A one-of-a-kind resource developed by researchers at The Ohio State University and Michigan State University is breaking new ground in the area of religious studies by offering…

Nominations are Now Open for Best Undergraduate and Best Graduate Research Paper in Latina/o Studies
Please submit your outstanding research papers for consideration in this year's competition. Each award recipient will receive a certificate, gift book, and $100.
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Centers Spring 2019 Award Deadlines
The Humanities institute is pleased to announce the deadlines for the Centers Spring 2019 financial award applications. Links with specific information about these award opportunities can be…

The Public Narrative Collaborative Global Arts & Humanities Discovery Theme Small Grants for Public Narrative
The Public Narrative Collaborative Global Arts & Humanities Discovery Theme is offering small grants up to $500 for work dealing with public narrative for undergraduate and graduate…

Letter from the Director
The Humanities Institute was founded in 1997 as “The Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities,” and that original name continues to define our mission.
Over the summer,…

Blackpentecostal Noise and Dark Matter
Thursday, April 6, 4-5:30pm, in the Barnett Center Collaboratory, 141 Sullivant Hall
What if the epistemology, the way to think worlds, that was responsible for thinking the very…

Starving the Beast
The provocative documentary Starving the Beast examines the deep ideological debates raging around the country over the funding of state universities and colleges. The divide is marked by those…