Penn State Humanities Institute

Come hear our Graduate Student Summer Resident Talks tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 17) from 12-1pm in 124 Sparks Building! Lunch will be provided.

Thank you for sharing with us and being a part of the Humanities Institute community this past year 🥰 We wish you all a lovely Summer break! ⛱🌞 😉See you again in August

We are so proud to introduce our incoming Graduate Scholars in Residence for Summer 2024! 😎 Check out their profiles to learn more about them and their fascinating projects 👀

Let's take one more look at what we did this 2023-2024 👀🤩 Cheers to another year of amazing work in the humanities! 🎊

🎉 Join us in congratulating Nergis Ertürk, Spring 2021 Faculty Resident, on the publication of her book! 👏🎊

👏We send our congratulations to Robert Nguyen on successfully defending his dissertation and graduating! 🎊

🎉Sending our congratulations to Pamela Blackmon, who was a resident here back when we were the Arts and Humanities Institute, on the publication of her book! 👏

UPCOMING‼ Graduate Student Resident Talks for Spring 2024 Swipe to learn about each presentation and come to the talk on Tuesday, April 9th, at noon! 😁

Join us in giving a warm welcome to three new (short term) Visiting Scholars in Residence for Spring 2024! Meet Karen Paiva Henrique, Roberta Cimarosti and Esra Almas! 👏 Look through the images to learn more about them.

The HI is proud to present the final Faculty Scholar talk in our Spring 2024 Resident Lecture Series: 📌Dara R. Walker with “Between Protection and Agency: Writing Black Adolescence into Histories of the Black Power Movement” Join us for this talk on Tuesday, April 2 at noon. 👀

📢Alert Alert! The HI Annual Event is just around the corner!!! Join us in this celebration: there will be a fascinating talk, book giveaways, and a lovely reception to follow ❗️❗️ Learn more about the event here: hi.psu.edu/initiatives-an…

‼️ Come to our Annual Event for a chance to win a signed copy of Paul Hendrickson's book! Read more about the book here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/78500/he…

‼️ Come to our Annual Event for a chance to win a signed copy of Dr. García's book! Read more about the book here: uncpress.org/book/978146966…

📢 Meet the 2024 Outstanding Alumni Award Recipient: Paul Hendrickson, Senior Lecturer, Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania. 📌 To learn more about the Annual Event and Paul Hendrickson, head to this website: hi.psu.edu/initiatives-an…

The HI presents the fifth talk in our Spring 2024 Resident Lecture Series: 📌Kobi Kabalek with "Holocaust Horror: A Cultural History" Join us for this interesting talk in Tuesday, March 19 at noon 👀

📢Meet the Invited Speaker for the HI Annual Lecture 2024: María Cristina García, Howard A. Newman Professor of American Studies at the Department of History, Cornell University. 📌To learn more about the Annual Event and Dr. García click here hi.psu.edu/initiatives-an…

For the fourth talk in our Spring 2024 Resident Lecture Series, the HI presents: 📌Sabine Doran with “The Sugar Babies' Call: Climate Changes, or Marooning the Color Wheel” Join us for this fascinating talk on Tuesday, March 12 at noon 👀

📷Collaborative Colloquium Alert!!! Reading New Books in the Humanities by Penn State Faculty presents: "Side Affects: On Being Trans and Feeling Bad" with Hil Malatino. Monday, March 18, 2024 at 4:00pm Register now and get a free copy of the book! 📷forms.gle/PX5izsVmfDcY2b…

For the third talk in our Spring 2024 Resident Lecture Series, the HI presents: 📌Fabienne Kanor with “Tales From the Hold 3: Shadows Being Identified.” Join us for this fascinating talk on Tuesday, February 27 at noon 👀

HumIn Focus. Episode 8- “To Be Indigenous: Learning with Native Peoples”🎥 📌Ep. 8 will premiere on Youtube today at 9 pm youtube.com/watch?v=Ox4KAb…