University of Connecticut Humanities Institute

Check it out! We are cosponsoring this book manuscript workshop with Dr. Derefe Chevannes on 11/12 at 2pm. Participants will offer feedback on Dr. Chevannes' book manuscript: Against Ethnocracy: Race, Sovereignty and the Myth of Black Citizenship.

How to Write Successful Fellowship Applications | Humanities Institute Are you planning to apply for a UCHI fellowship, or other fellowship in the humanities or social sciences? Join us for an advice panel on writing successful ...

Tomorrow! Join us virtually at 1:00pm for a panel with former UCHI fellows giving advice on How to Write Successful Fellowship Applications. Please be sure to bring along the first page of a draft of your own proposal (even in the very early stages) for workshopping and feedback.

Fellow’s Talk: Asmita Aasaavari on Aging in Connecticut | Humanities Institute This talk will present narratives of aging and care from an ethnography set in Northeast Connecticut, discussing how older adults approach later life, espec ...

Join us Wednesday (10/29) at 3:30pm for Asmita Aasaavari's fellow talk, "Aging and Care sans Rights: Portraits of Later Life in Northeast Connecticut." Details below:

Faculty Talk: Sarah Williams on Specters of Ir/responsible Reproduction | Humanities Institute This talk by Sarah Williams (Anthropology) explores how projects of population-shaping rely on fabricated apparitions—specters of the idealized responsible ...

Next week! Join us at 12:15pm for Sarah Williams' faculty talk on "Eugenic Eidolons: Birth Tourism and Specters of Ir/responsible Reproduction in Mexico." Details below:

Fellow’s Talk: Catalina Alvarado-Cañuta on Creative Mapuche Spirits | Humanities Institute Based on the work of four renowned Mapuche creators, this talk explores the role of contemporary Mapuche art in healing colonial trauma, analyzing creative ...

Today!! Join us virtually at 3:30pm for Catalina Alvarado-Cañuta's fellow talk, "Collective Healings from Wallmapu in Creative Mapuche Spirits." Details below: buff.ly/cAPQ6Rl

Environmental Humanities: Common Ground | Humanities Institute Connect with others who care about the environment, contribute to an interactive community tree art project, and pick up practical sustainability tips. Octo ...

Today!! Join us at the Benton Museum of Art for Common Ground, a community building and networking event, part of our Environmental Humanities Initiative. Contribute to an interactive community tree art project and connect with others who care for the environment. buff.ly/rmR1eeA

Fellow’s Talk: Catalina Alvarado-Cañuta on Creative Mapuche Spirits | Humanities Institute Based on the work of four renowned Mapuche creators, this talk explores the role of contemporary Mapuche art in healing colonial trauma, analyzing creative ...

Tomorrow! Join us virtually at 3:30pm for Catalina Alvarado-Cañuta's fellow talk, "Collective Healings from Wallmapu in Creative Mapuche Spirits." Details below: buff.ly/cAPQ6Rl

Environmental Humanities: Common Ground | Humanities Institute Connect with others who care about the environment, contribute to an interactive community tree art project, and pick up practical sustainability tips. Octo ...

Tomorrow! Join us at the Benton Museum of Art for Common Ground, a community building and networking event, part of our Environmental Humanities Initiative. Contribute to an interactive community tree art project and connect with others who care for the environment.

Today!! Join us at 2pm for The Strategic Pitch Workshop, the latest in the Incubator for Collaborative Grants Series with Greenhouse Studios at Internal Insights & Innovation (GS@i3). Workshop attendees will learn to turn a project idea into a brief written pitch. buff.ly/pkyr4x1

The Strategic Pitch Workshop | Humanities Institute The Strategic Pitch Workshop is designed to guide attendees through the process of distilling a project idea into a compelling summary. October 21, 2:00pm.

Tomorrow! Join us at 2pm for The Strategic Pitch Workshop, the latest in the Incubator for Collaborative Grants Series with Greenhouse Studios at Internal Insights & Innovation (GS@i3). Workshop attendees will learn to turn a project idea into a brief written pitch. Details below:

What Happens When Local Hospitals Stop Delivering Babies? UConn Anthropology Student is Hoping to Find Out - UConn Today 'The goal of this project is, within the medical anthropology context, to really look at people’s lived experiences'

Today's read: UConn Today features current undergraduate fellow Bryce Turner's research into the closure of Windham Hospital's Labor and Delivery Unit and its impact on health outcomes.

How to Write Successful Fellowship Applications | Humanities Institute Are you planning to apply for a UCHI fellowship, or other fellowship in the humanities or social sciences? Join us for an advice panel on writing successful ...

Next Week! Join us virtually at 1:00pm for a panel with former UCHI fellows giving advice on How to Write Successful Fellowship Applications. Please be sure to bring along the first page of a draft of your own proposal (even in the very early stages) for workshopping and feedback.

Humanities Student Support Open House | Humanities Institute Questions about course registration? about your major? your minor? about being a humanities, arts, or social science student at UConn? Get your questions an ...

Today!! Join us at 3:45pm for the Humanities Student Support Open House, an initiative of our Undergraduate Advisory Council. You will be able to get advice from peers about undergraduate life as a humanities scholar while also enjoying free pizza and snacks. buff.ly/kSKr63y

Humanities Student Support Open House | Humanities Institute Questions about course registration? about your major? your minor? about being a humanities, arts, or social science student at UConn? Get your questions an ...

Tomorrow! Join us at 3:45pm for the Humanities Student Support Open House, an initiative of our Undergraduate Advisory Council. You will be able to get advice from peers about undergraduate life as a humanities scholar while also enjoying free pizza and snacks.

Tomorrow! We are co-sponsoring this conference on Dr. John Bell's contributions to the art of puppetry. International artists and scholars will gather to discuss Bell's decades of contributions to performance, curatorship, and scholarship. Details here: buff.ly/N2GTKwP

Fellow’s Talk: Catalina Alvarado-Cañuta on Creative Mapuche Spirits | Humanities Institute Based on the work of four renowned Mapuche creators, this talk explores the role of contemporary Mapuche art in healing colonial trauma, analyzing creative ...

Next week! Join us virtually at 3:30pm for Catalina Alvarado-Cañuta's fellow talk, "Collective Healings from Wallmapu in Creative Mapuche Spirits." Details below:

Environmental Humanities: Common Ground | Humanities Institute Connect with others who care about the environment, contribute to an interactive community tree art project, and pick up practical sustainability tips. Octo ...

Join us next Wednesday (10/22) at the Benton Museum of Art for Common Ground, a community building and networking event, part of our Environmental Humanities Initiative. Contribute to an interactive community tree art project and connect with others who care for the environment.

The Strategic Pitch Workshop | Humanities Institute The Strategic Pitch Workshop is designed to guide attendees through the process of distilling a project idea into a compelling summary. October 21, 2:00pm.

Join us next Tuesday (10/21) at 2pm for The Strategic Pitch Workshop, the latest in the Incubator for Collaborative Grants Series with Greenhouse Studios at Internal Insights & Innovation (GS@i3). Workshop attendees will learn to turn a project idea into a brief written pitch.

Check it out! Next Saturday (10/18) we are co-sponsoring this conference on Dr. John Bell's contributions to the art of puppetry. International artists and scholars will gather to discuss Bell's decades of contributions to performance, curatorship, and scholarship. buff.ly/WyJjEOQ

Humanities Student Support Open House | Humanities Institute Questions about course registration? about your major? your minor? about being a humanities, arts, or social science student at UConn? Get your questions an ...

Join us next Friday (10/17) at 3:45pm for the Humanities Student Support Open House, an initiative of our Undergraduate Advisory Council. You will be able to get advice from peers about undergraduate life as a humanities scholar while also enjoying free pizza and snacks.

Art Encounters: Cloud Sketching Cloud Sketching is an interactive two-part workshop exploring how we understand clouds and let them influence our interpretation of the landscape.

Check it out! Next Friday (10/17) The Benton Museum of Art is hosting a two-part interactive workshop examining clouds in photography and how they influence the ways we interpret landscapes.

What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI? | Humanities Institute An interdisciplinary, international symposium on AI research, the human, language, and more, presented by UCHI and the International University of Rabat. Oc ...

Today!! Join us for our symposium: “What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI?” This symposium of scholars in Connecticut and Morocco will define terms associated with artificial intelligence and address the challenges posed by AI on the future of the humanities. buff.ly/69yt5aw.

What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI? | Humanities Institute An interdisciplinary, international symposium on AI research, the human, language, and more, presented by UCHI and the International University of Rabat. Oc ...

Tomorrow! Join us for our symposium: “What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI?” This symposium of scholars in Connecticut and Morocco will define terms associated with artificial intelligence and address the challenges posed by AI on the future of the humanities. buff.ly/69yt5aw.

INTERVIEW: The History of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in America, with Bill Mullen and Christopher Vials - Bucks County Beacon The authors of "The U.S. Anti-Fascism Reader" join The Signal to talk about their book, the rich history of anti-fascism organizing in the U.S., and the Trump Administration's "aspirational fascism."

Today's listen: current faculty fellow Christopher Vials joins The Signal podcast (@buckscountybeacon.com) with Bill V. Mullen to discuss their book The U.S. Anti-Fascism Reader and the history of fascism and anti-fascism in the United States.

Our second Wednesday Workshop of the semester, "Rediscovering James W.C. Pennington, Black Reformed Minister and Activist" with Jan Stievermann, is this Wednesday!

Jane Goodall Changed How We See Ourselves She spent her life among chimpanzees, but in the process, Jane Goodall transformed our understanding of what it means to be human.

Today's read: former fellow Dimitris Xygalatas (@xygalatas.bsky.social) with a heartfelt tribute to the late primatologist Jane Goodall. He reminds us of her important work on chimpanzees and how this work gave us a greater understanding of humanity.

In this clip from our episode on AI and Learning for the “What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI?” podcast scholars provide a definition of learning that applies to both biological and artificial learners. To listen to the full episode, click here: buff.ly/pPN7rwC

What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI? | Humanities Institute An interdisciplinary, international symposium on AI research, the human, language, and more, presented by UCHI and the International University of Rabat. Oc ...

Next Thursday 10/9 join us for our symposium: “What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI?” This symposium of scholars in Connecticut and Morocco will define terms associated with artificial intelligence and address the challenges posed by AI on the future of the humanities. buff.ly/69yt5aw.

What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI? Copy the RSS feed and paste it into your podcast app

Today’s listen: our third “What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI?” podcast episode on AI and Learning. In this episode scholars from Connecticut and Morocco ruminate on the humanistic nature of learning and AI's potential to “learn” through repetition and exposure to data.

Serbia’s Aleksandar Vučić clings to power – but protests highlight the danger of stubborn leadership For almost a year, Serb demonstrators have called for the ouster of the increasingly authoritarian president.

Today's read: former fellow Keith Brown on the student-led protests against the authoritarian leadership of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.