Programs

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)