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The UConn Humanities Institute supports scholarly advances in the humanities that enrich an understanding of the human condition.
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In two weeks! Join us Wednesday (12/3) at 3:30pm for Peter Constantine's fellow talk, "When Long-Silent Languages Return: Indigenous Reclamation in Action". Details below:
Fellow’s Talk: Peter Constantine on Language Reclamation | Humanities Institute
Peter Constantine (LCL) explores strategies used by indigenous communities throughout the world to reclaim their extinct heritage languages. December 3, 3:30pm.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In two weeks! Join us Wednesday (12/3) at 3:30pm for Peter Constantine's fellow talk, "When Long-Silent Languages Return: Indigenous Reclamation in Action". Details below:
Today!! Join us at 3:30pm for Fumilayo Showers' fellow talk, "The 'Afropolitan Imaginary' and Migration Aspirations in a Migrant Sending Nation". Details below: buff.ly/AHFzmHs
Fellow’s Talk: Fumilayo Showers on Aspiring Migrants and the Afropolitan Imaginary | Humanities Institute
Fumilayo Showers draws attention to migration aspirations—the first, but often understudied stage, in migration projects—and argues that migration may be im ...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today!! Join us at 3:30pm for Fumilayo Showers' fellow talk, "The 'Afropolitan Imaginary' and Migration Aspirations in a Migrant Sending Nation". Details below: buff.ly/AHFzmHs
Tomorrow! Join us at 3:30pm for Fumilayo Showers' fellow talk, "The 'Afropolitan Imaginary' and Migration Aspirations in a Migrant Sending Nation". Details below:
Fellow’s Talk: Fumilayo Showers on Aspiring Migrants and the Afropolitan Imaginary | Humanities Institute
Fumilayo Showers draws attention to migration aspirations—the first, but often understudied stage, in migration projects—and argues that migration may be im ...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Tomorrow! Join us at 3:30pm for Fumilayo Showers' fellow talk, "The 'Afropolitan Imaginary' and Migration Aspirations in a Migrant Sending Nation". Details below:
Today's read: former UCHI fellow Fiona Vernal and UCHI graduate assistant Timothy Brown (@uconnhistory.bsky.social) premiered an exhibit titled: “Bloomfield Mosaic: Stories from our Jewish, African American, and West Indian Communities.” This exhibit features over 40 oral histories.
UConn Humanities Project Helps Bloomfield Preserve Its Cultural Mosaic - UConn Today
A new exhibition celebrates community history and highlights how UConn humanities research, led by professor Fiona Vernal, is helping Connecticut towns pres ...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today's read: former UCHI fellow Fiona Vernal and UCHI graduate assistant Timothy Brown (@uconnhistory.bsky.social) premiered an exhibit titled: “Bloomfield Mosaic: Stories from our Jewish, African American, and West Indian Communities.” This exhibit features over 40 oral histories.
Congratulations to current UCHI fellow Harry van der Hulst on the publication of his new book: Genes, Brains, Evolution and Language: The Innateness Debate Continued. This book is a direct sequel to his 2023 book A Mind for Language: An Introduction to the Innateness Debate.
Genes, Brains, Evolution and Language
Cambridge Core - Evolution of Language - Genes, Brains, Evolution and Language
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November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Congratulations to current UCHI fellow Harry van der Hulst on the publication of his new book: Genes, Brains, Evolution and Language: The Innateness Debate Continued. This book is a direct sequel to his 2023 book A Mind for Language: An Introduction to the Innateness Debate.
Join us Wednesday (11/19) at 3:30pm for Fumilayo Showers' fellow talk, "The 'Afropolitan Imaginary' and Migration Aspirations in a Migrant Sending Nation". Details below:
Fellow’s Talk: Fumilayo Showers on Aspiring Migrants and the Afropolitan Imaginary | Humanities Institute
Fumilayo Showers draws attention to migration aspirations—the first, but often understudied stage, in migration projects—and argues that migration may be im ...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Join us Wednesday (11/19) at 3:30pm for Fumilayo Showers' fellow talk, "The 'Afropolitan Imaginary' and Migration Aspirations in a Migrant Sending Nation". Details below:
Today! Join us virtually at 4:00pm for an Undergraduate Research Fellowship Information Session. This session will go over the application process, share tips and tricks for a compelling application and answer questions about the Undergraduate Humanities Research Fellowship.
Undergraduate Research Fellowship Information Session | Humanities Institute
Interested in applying for a humanities undergraduate research fellowship but don’t know where to start? Join us for an information session November 13, 4:0 ...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today! Join us virtually at 4:00pm for an Undergraduate Research Fellowship Information Session. This session will go over the application process, share tips and tricks for a compelling application and answer questions about the Undergraduate Humanities Research Fellowship.
Today!! Join us in the Native American Cultural Programs Space at 1:00pm for Pick Up the Thread: One Year Later. Come to relax, reflect, and share in collective art-making and meaningful dialogue one year after the 2024 election.
Pick up the Thread: One Year Later | Humanities Institute
A moment of pause, inclusivity, and reflection one year after the 2024 election. November 13, 1:00–3:00pm.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Today!! Join us in the Native American Cultural Programs Space at 1:00pm for Pick Up the Thread: One Year Later. Come to relax, reflect, and share in collective art-making and meaningful dialogue one year after the 2024 election.
Tomorrow! Join us virtually at 4:00pm for an Undergraduate Research Fellowship Information Session. This session will go over the application process, share tips and tricks for a compelling application and answer questions about the Undergraduate Humanities Research Fellowship.
Undergraduate Research Fellowship Information Session | Humanities Institute
Interested in applying for a humanities undergraduate research fellowship but don’t know where to start? Join us for an information session November 13, 4:0 ...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Tomorrow! Join us virtually at 4:00pm for an Undergraduate Research Fellowship Information Session. This session will go over the application process, share tips and tricks for a compelling application and answer questions about the Undergraduate Humanities Research Fellowship.
Today!! Join us at 3:30pm for a Dissertation Fellowship Application Workshop. This workshop is geared to assisting UConn graduate students in the humanities and associated disciplines with preparing a UCHI dissertation fellowship application. Details below: buff.ly/AFdjdir
Dissertation Fellowship Application Workshop | Humanities Institute
A workshop to assist graduate students in the preparation of dissertation fellowship applications in the humanities and associated disciplines. November 12, ...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today!! Join us at 3:30pm for a Dissertation Fellowship Application Workshop. This workshop is geared to assisting UConn graduate students in the humanities and associated disciplines with preparing a UCHI dissertation fellowship application. Details below: buff.ly/AFdjdir
Tomorrow! Join us in the Native American Cultural Programs Space at 1:00pm for Pick Up the Thread: One Year Later. Come to relax, reflect, and share in collective art-making and meaningful dialogue one year after the 2024 election.
Pick up the Thread: One Year Later | Humanities Institute
A moment of pause, inclusivity, and reflection one year after the 2024 election. November 13, 1:00–3:00pm.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Tomorrow! Join us in the Native American Cultural Programs Space at 1:00pm for Pick Up the Thread: One Year Later. Come to relax, reflect, and share in collective art-making and meaningful dialogue one year after the 2024 election.
Tomorrow! Join us at 3:30pm for a Dissertation Fellowship Application Workshop. This workshop is geared to assisting UConn graduate students in the humanities and associated disciplines with preparing a UCHI dissertation fellowship application. Details below:
Dissertation Fellowship Application Workshop | Humanities Institute
A workshop to assist graduate students in the preparation of dissertation fellowship applications in the humanities and associated disciplines. November 12, ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Tomorrow! Join us at 3:30pm for a Dissertation Fellowship Application Workshop. This workshop is geared to assisting UConn graduate students in the humanities and associated disciplines with preparing a UCHI dissertation fellowship application. Details below:
Congratulations to former UCHI fellow Serkan Gorkemli, whose short story collection, Sweet Tooth and Other Stories, was a finalist for the 2025 2025 Housatonic Book Award for Fiction.
Housatonic Book Awards
at Western Connecticut State University's MFA in Creative and Professional Writing
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November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Congratulations to former UCHI fellow Serkan Gorkemli, whose short story collection, Sweet Tooth and Other Stories, was a finalist for the 2025 2025 Housatonic Book Award for Fiction.
Did you binge-watch Death by Lightning on Netflix and now wish you could enjoy another dramatization of the assassination of James Garfield? Check out former undergraduate fellow Evan Wolfgang's play "Going to the Lordy."
Jump the Creek Production's Going to the Lordy
Going to the Lordy was performed at the Nafe Katter Theatre on March 2, 2025
Writer and Director: Evan Wolfgang
Stage Manager: Emily Hopkins
Deck Assistant Stage Manager: Shea Thibodeau
Lighting…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Did you binge-watch Death by Lightning on Netflix and now wish you could enjoy another dramatization of the assassination of James Garfield? Check out former undergraduate fellow Evan Wolfgang's play "Going to the Lordy."
Today!! Join us virtually at 1:00pm for a panel on Applying to Graduate School. Hear advice from people who make the decisions about admitting students into graduate programs. buff.ly/zSVEgv3
Applying to Graduate School | Humanities Institute
Featuring Rachel Szostak (School of Law), Melanie Newport (History), and Alexander Menrisky (English), our panelists will explain what they look for in appl ...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today!! Join us virtually at 1:00pm for a panel on Applying to Graduate School. Hear advice from people who make the decisions about admitting students into graduate programs. buff.ly/zSVEgv3
Today! The Environmental Humanities Initiative working group will be hosting the first session of virtual lightning talks at 11am. Members will be giving 5-minute talks on their current areas of work and research related to the environment. More details about the working group below: buff.ly/UuTYfoS
Environmental Humanities Initiative | Humanities Institute
The Environmental Humanities Initiative The Humanities Institute’s Environmental Humanities Initiative brings together scholars, students, and community par ...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Today! The Environmental Humanities Initiative working group will be hosting the first session of virtual lightning talks at 11am. Members will be giving 5-minute talks on their current areas of work and research related to the environment. More details about the working group below: buff.ly/UuTYfoS
Tomorrow! The Environmental Humanities Initiative working group will be hosting the first session of virtual lightning talks at 11am. Members will be giving 5-minute talks on their current areas of work and research related to the environment. More details about the working group below:
Environmental Humanities Initiative | Humanities Institute
The Environmental Humanities Initiative The Humanities Institute’s Environmental Humanities Initiative brings together scholars, students, and community par ...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Tomorrow! The Environmental Humanities Initiative working group will be hosting the first session of virtual lightning talks at 11am. Members will be giving 5-minute talks on their current areas of work and research related to the environment. More details about the working group below:
Next week! Join us in the Native American Cultural Programs Space at 1pm for Pick Up the Thread: One Year Later. Come to relax, reflect, and share in collective art-making and meaningful dialogue one year after the 2024 election.
Pick up the Thread: One Year Later | Humanities Institute
A moment of pause, inclusivity, and reflection one year after the 2024 election. November 13, 1:00–3:00pm.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Next week! Join us in the Native American Cultural Programs Space at 1pm for Pick Up the Thread: One Year Later. Come to relax, reflect, and share in collective art-making and meaningful dialogue one year after the 2024 election.
Tomorrow! Join us virtually at 1:00pm for a panel on Applying to Graduate School. Hear advice from people who make the decisions about admitting students into graduate programs.
Applying to Graduate School | Humanities Institute
Featuring Rachel Szostak (School of Law), Melanie Newport (History), and Alexander Menrisky (English), our panelists will explain what they look for in appl ...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Tomorrow! Join us virtually at 1:00pm for a panel on Applying to Graduate School. Hear advice from people who make the decisions about admitting students into graduate programs.
Next Week! Join us at 3:30pm for a Dissertation Fellowship Application workshop. This workshop is geared to assisting UConn graduate students in the humanities and associated disciplines with preparing a UCHI dissertation fellowship application. Details below:
Dissertation Fellowship Application Workshop | Humanities Institute
A workshop to assist graduate students in the preparation of dissertation fellowship applications in the humanities and associated disciplines. November 12, ...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Next Week! Join us at 3:30pm for a Dissertation Fellowship Application workshop. This workshop is geared to assisting UConn graduate students in the humanities and associated disciplines with preparing a UCHI dissertation fellowship application. Details below:
Today!! Join us at 3:30pm for Jennifer Cazenave's fellow talk, "Memories of Public Television: Revisiting Frederick Wiseman's Deaf and Blind Series. Details below: buff.ly/Wvga089
Fellow’s Talk: Jennifer Cazenave on Wiseman’s Deaf and Blind series | Humanities Institute
Visiting scholar Jennifer Cazenave reconsiders Frederick Wiseman’s Deaf and Blind series through the lens of overlooked histories and perspectives, includin ...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Today!! Join us at 3:30pm for Jennifer Cazenave's fellow talk, "Memories of Public Television: Revisiting Frederick Wiseman's Deaf and Blind Series. Details below: buff.ly/Wvga089
Tomorrow! Join us at 3:30pm for Jennifer Cazenave's fellow talk, "Memories of Public Television: Revisiting Frederick Wiseman's Deaf and Blind Series. Details below:
Fellow’s Talk: Jennifer Cazenave on Wiseman’s Deaf and Blind series | Humanities Institute
Visiting scholar Jennifer Cazenave reconsiders Frederick Wiseman’s Deaf and Blind series through the lens of overlooked histories and perspectives, includin ...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Tomorrow! Join us at 3:30pm for Jennifer Cazenave's fellow talk, "Memories of Public Television: Revisiting Frederick Wiseman's Deaf and Blind Series. Details below:
Today's watch: our Asst. Director Heather Cassano's film "The Wild Girl of Brushvalley Township" will air at 8pm on Connecticut Public and stream on Connecticut Public+ later. The film tells the story of Minnie Adams, one of many people who died in American mental institutions.
The Wild Girl of Brushvalley Township
The story of Minnie Adams, one of the estimated one million people who died in American mental institutions. Through speculative animation drawing from documentary material, the film reclaims…
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November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today's watch: our Asst. Director Heather Cassano's film "The Wild Girl of Brushvalley Township" will air at 8pm on Connecticut Public and stream on Connecticut Public+ later. The film tells the story of Minnie Adams, one of many people who died in American mental institutions.
Tomorrow's watch: our Asst. Director Heather Cassano's film "The Wild Girl of Brushvalley Township" will air on Connecticut Public at 8pm tomorrow. The film reconstructs the story of Minnie Adams, one of an estimated one million who died in American mental institutions. buff.ly/4cRz150
The Wild Girl of Brushvalley Township
The story of Minnie Adams, one of the estimated one million people who died in American mental institutions. Through speculative animation drawing from documentary material, the film reclaims…
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November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Tomorrow's watch: our Asst. Director Heather Cassano's film "The Wild Girl of Brushvalley Township" will air on Connecticut Public at 8pm tomorrow. The film reconstructs the story of Minnie Adams, one of an estimated one million who died in American mental institutions. buff.ly/4cRz150
Next week! Join us virtually at 1:00pm for a panel on Applying to Graduate School. Hear advice from people who make the decisions about admitting students into graduate programs.
Applying to Graduate School | Humanities Institute
Featuring Rachel Szostak (School of Law), Melanie Newport (History), and Alexander Menrisky (English), our panelists will explain what they look for in appl ...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Next week! Join us virtually at 1:00pm for a panel on Applying to Graduate School. Hear advice from people who make the decisions about admitting students into graduate programs.