Making Humanities Public Lecture Series
- Dr. Lerone Martin, Stanford University: "Becoming King: How a Wavering Teenager became a Global Icon" (January 2023, ALI Auditorium and Zoom) (in conjunction with the President's Lecture Series) (sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
- Dr. Chris Schaberg, Washington University: "The Ends of Adventure: What Do We Want From Environmental Awareness?" (October 2022, UC Theater and Zoom)
- Dr. Derrick Brooms, University of Tennessee-Knoxville: "But, Who Knows our Names: Race, (In)Justice, and the Matterings of Black Lives" (April 2022, Eck Hall/Liberal Arts 011 and Zoom) (sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
- Dr. Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh, Stanford University: "Humanizing the 'Slave': Methodology as Racial Justice" (October 2021 via Zoom)
- Dr. Martin Nekola, Charles University (Prague): "For the Freedom of Captive European Nations: Eastern European Exiles in Postwar America" (September 2021, Eck Liberal Arts 304 and Zoom)
- Dr. Johann Neem, Western Washington University: "What is College For? Thinking about Purpose in Uncertain Times" (October 2020 via Zoom)
- Dr. Stephen Porter, University of Cincinnati: "Was the U.S. Ever Pro-Refugee?" (November 2019, ALI Auditorium)
Panels, Conferences, and Workshops
Humanities Conversations Panels:
- "The Ways We Welcome: A Conversation on the Expanding Possibilities for Welcoming Refugees and Those Fleeing Danger" lecture and panel discussion in partnership with Soft Landing Missoula (April 2023, UC Theater)
- "Women, Gender, and the Family" featuring Dr. Anya Jabour, Dr. Laurie Walker, and Dr. Erin Costello Wecker (March 2022, Zoom)
- "Promoting Dialogue around Diversity: A Student Panel" (January 2022, Zoom)
- "Racial Justice and Religion" featuring Dr. Rosalyn La Pier (UM), Dr. Regina Shands Stolzfus (Goshen College), Dr. Quan Ha (UM), and Dr. Tobin Miller Shearer (UM) (November 2021, Zoom)
- "Holocaust Commemoration Panel" (April 2021, Malmstrom Air Force Base and Zoom)
- "Refugee Resettlement, Past, Present and Future: A Panel Conversation" (March 2021, Zoom)
- "Exploring the Public Humanities: A Panel Conversation" (March 2021, Zoom)
- "Environmental Humanities Conversations" (February 2021, Zoom)
- "Digital Humanities Pedagogy Panel" (March 2021, Zoom)
- "Literary Imagination in Translation" featuring Professor Quan Ha, Professor Erin Saldin, and Professor Ruth Vanita" (February 2021, Zoom)
- "Environmental Humanities Rondtable: A Conversation" (February 2021, Zoom)
- "Digital Humanities Roundtable" (November 2020, Zoom)
- "Environmental Humanities Roundtable: Science Communication" featuring Gray O'Reilly, M.A. Candidate and Brit Garner, Ph.D. Candidate/Interdisciplinary Studies (November 2020, Zoom)
- "Environmental Humanities Conversations" featuring Dr. Ona Renner-Fahey, Dr. Hiltrud Arens, and Dr. Christopher Preston (October 2020 via Zoom)
- "Racial Justice and the Humanities: Opportunties, Obstacles, and Offering Insight" featuring Dr. Jamil Drake (FSU), Dr. Felipe Hinojosa (TAMU), and Dr. Rosalyn La Pier (UM) and moderated by Dr. Tobin Miller Shearer (UM) (October 2020 via Zoom)
- "Perspectives on Gender" featuring Dr. Clary Loisel, Dr. Valerie Hedquist, and Dr. Anya Jabour (January 2020, Eck/Liberal Arts 103A)
- "Nations Again Divided? A Pandel Discussion" (Beriln Wall Commemoration) (November, 2019, Eck/Liberal Arts 103A/B)
Conferences:
- Eco-Melancholia Conference featuring participation from UM graduate students and faculty (May 2023, UC 326 with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities)
Film Screenings:
- The House that Rob Built (November 2022, University Center Theater) (part of DiverseU and featuring a panel discussion)
- 2040 (April 2022, Eck/Liberal Arts 011)
- Barbara (December 2019, Eck/Liberal Arts 103A/B) (Beriln Wall Commemoration)
- The Lives of Others (November 2019, Eck/Liberal Arts 103A/B) (Berlin Wall Commemoration)
Poetry Readings:
- Environmental Humanities Poetry Reading featuring the work of established poets and UM graduate students (April 2023, Payne Family Native American Studies Center Rotunda)
Workshops:
- "Sharing Digital Resources for Teaching and Researching in the Digital Humanities" with Dr. Lisa Parks, University of California-Santa Barbara (May 2020, Zoom)
Book Talks
- Dr. Claire Arcenas, "America's Philospoher: John Locke in American Intellectual Life" (April 2023, Dell Brown Room)
- Dr. Christopher Preston, "Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries that Change How WeThink About Animals" (March 2023, Dell Brown Room and Zoom)
- Dr. Ruth Vanita, "The Dharma of Justice in the Sanskrit Epics: Debates on GEnder, Varna, and Species" (November 2022, Eck/Liberal Arts 244 and Zoom)
- Dr. Eric Zimmer, "Reclamation Histories: Indigenous Land Recovery at Boarding Schools and Beyond" (September 2022, Eck/Liberal Arts 011)
- Professor Mark Sundeen, "Radical Simplicity, Deep Dissent" (April 2022, Eck/Liberal Arts 205 and Zoom)
- Dr. Matthew Strohl, "Why It's Okay to Love Bad Movies" (February 2022, Zoom)
Alumni Spotlight
- Dr. Virginia Summey, University of North Carolina at Greensboro: "The Life of Elreta Melton Alexander" (October 2022, Stone Hall 304 and Zoom)
