Join us for a yearlong series of lectures in which historians and memoirists, librarians and authors, artists and public humanities practitioners, discuss the critical role that the arts and humanities play in sustaining and inspiring democratic engagement.

Brown Bag Series

Held monthly during the academic year, the series provides a forum for faculty and graduate students to share their research, teaching, and digital humanities projects.

Brown Bag Events

Humanities Festival

Each spring, we celebrate the importance of the humanities by highlighting the work of a prominent speaker or discussion panel of experts.

Past and upcoming events

Innovations in Storytelling

A lecture series devoted to storytelling, an endeavor at the heart of the humanities. This lecture series celebrated the Center for Humanities’ 30th year anniversary in 2024.

Lecture recordings

Upcoming Events

• Where Can We Go From Here? - Eric Gottesman, George Washington University
  February 13, 5pm
  Galanti Lounge, Carothers Library & Livestreamed
• Charting the Path to Grants: A Discussion with the College of Arts and Sciences Research Support Team - Susie LaChapelle, Sponsored Project Support
  February 19, 1pm
  Hoffman Room, Swan Hall & Livestreamed
• The Politics of Safety: The Black Freedom Struggle - Shannon King, Fairfield University
  February 27, 5pm
  Galanti Lounge, Carothers Library & Livestreamed
• Ozempic is the First Posthuman Drug - Darren Medeiros, Philosophy
  March 5, 1pm
  Hoffman Room, Swan Hall & Livestreamed
• Libraries at the End of the World - Emily Drabinski, Queens College, City University of New York
  March 19, 4pm
  Galanti Lounge, Carothers Library & Livestreamed
• Freedom and Democracy - Jefferson Cowie, Vanderbilt University
  April 3, 4pm
  Hope Room, Higgins Welcome Center & Livestreamed
• Lady Detectives and Women Authors: Considering the Liminal Boundaries of Sex and Sphere in Victorian Detective Fiction - Darcey Lovell, English
  April 9, 1pm
  Hoffman Room, Swan Hall & Livestreamed