Are you living under the tyranny of the “to do” list? Reclaim your relationship to the radical act of reading with this low-key, no-tech event. DB Lounge, Wed. 12/3, 12:15pm. You bring a book, we’ll provide holiday cookies and cocoa. All are welcome!
Engaged Humanities
Civic Humanities mini-grants for faculty—apply by 12/1!
Faculty: the deadline to apply for Civic Humanities Mini-grants is approaching. Consider an application to support ideas, partnerships, and projects that mobilize the practices of the humanities to create connections with our neighborhood, city, and broader public.
Talk by Lola Milholland, author of “Group Living and Other Recipes” (Nov. 4)
Talk and reading by Lola Milholland, author of Group Living and Other Recipes
POL Presents: Executive Orders Explained (Feb. 5)
Professors Bill Curtis and Jeff Meiser will unpack and discuss presidential executive orders, as well as their power and limitations in this lecture event. Sponsored by POL, Engaged Humanities, and Constructive Dialogues. (Read More).
Lunch Discussion: Civil Discourse in our Classrooms (Oct. 1)
Engaged Humanities @UP and the NEH-funded Civic Humanities Working Group invite all interested UP faculty to join a discussion (and lunch on us) on cultivating genuine conversation, and even disagreements, in our classrooms. Prior to the event, attendees will read a brief Washington Post article on how other campuses are encouraging spaces for open discussion, then we’ll talk over lunch about what conversation at UP looks like right now. (Read More).