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Investigate / Innovate / Inspire
Kent Monkman in conversation with Professors Una Chaudhuri and Simón Trujillo, introduced and moderated by Yanoula Athanassakis. Perhaps best known in NYC for his Great Hall Commission at the MET, Kent Monkman is a trailblazing multi-media artist with a wide-ranging…
Join Rebecca Falkoff, Raymond Malewitz & Bradley Lewis as they discuss the cultural history of hoarding Join the NYU Center for the Humanities and the NYU Medical Humanities Working Group as we celebrate the publication of Possessed: A Cultural History…
Join Dara Rossman Regaignon, Dylan B. Dryer, Perri Klass,Talia Schaffer, & Joseph Mclaughlin as they explore the origins of maternal anxiety When did mothers start worrying so much? Why do they keep worrying so? Writing Maternity answers these questions by…
Join NYU Professors Marion Kaplan and Robert Chazan as they discuss the flight and plight of Jewish migrants from the middle ages and beyond Join Marion Kaplan (Author, Hitler’s Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal) and Robert Chazan (Author,…
The Center has long supported the public humanities at NYU. We work with community and academic partners to leverage the humanities for the benefit of civil society and to give voice to diverse populations. The Center belongs to a statewide…
Harlan Greene, Jennifer Berry Hawes, Dr. Bernard E. Powers & Molly Rogers discuss the enduring legacy of the Zealy daguerreotypes Antebellum South Carolina was the site of scientific innovation, but also a place of deep-seated racism. These interests converged notably…
Join Kevin Gotkin, David Kirkland, Nikhil Pal Singh & Mara Mills as they discuss the relationship between activism and the humanities. Underpinning the liberal arts is the belief that higher education is preparation for life as a responsible, actively engaged…
“What is the place of the humanities in a professional education?” Among the Center’s strategic priorities is support for the development of humanities teaching and research in the professional schools across the university. This work builds upon the “Humanities in the…
Are you faculty member at NYU? Did you publish a book in the humanities in 2020? Then we want to hear from you! Each week in our newsletter we feature titles published by faculty in the previous calendar year. To…
Installment two of the spring 2021 Writing Matter’s series explores all that is verse and prose with McGuinnes and Renato Rosaldo In the spring of 2021, Writing Matters will bring into conversation scholars who lead multiple writerly lives, blending voices…
Installment one of the spring 2021 Writing Matter’s series explores the art of memoir with Emily Bernard and Charles Dew In the spring of 2021, Writing Matters will bring into conversation scholars who lead multiple writerly lives, blending voices and…
Installment three of the spring 2021 Writing Matter’s series explores scrutiny through storytelling with Kate Brown and Hazel V. Carby In the spring of 2021, Writing Matters will bring into conversation scholars who lead multiple writerly lives, blending voices and…
The Research Technology Faculty Advisory Board (FAB), in partnership with the Center for the Humanities and NYU Libraries, invites applications for a second series of Digital Humanities Seed Grants and also Digital Humanities Graduate Student Summer Fellowships. The Digital Humanities…