All events, excluding the Fellows Seminars, are free and open to the public!
Week 1: METHODS
On storytelling, languages, meaningful living, and the role of humanities education
April 7-11
- Monday, April 7, 6:00-7:30 pm (Loew Auditorium)– Storytelling: Africanfuturist writer Nnedi Okorafor in conversation with Dartmouth Professors, Ayo Coly and Iyabo Kwayana. “Storytelling as archive, critique, hope”
- Wednesday, April 9, 5:30-7:00 pm (Rockefeller 003)– Languages: “Art is Language” with Jami Powell, Hood Museum
- Thursday, April 10, 4:30-6:00 pm (Gilman Auditorium)– Meaningful Living: “Love and Presence” with philosopher Alva Noë
- Friday, April 11, 3:00-6:00 pm (Dartmouth Hall 104)– Fellows Seminar: “Who owns Human Nature?—Who Owns Humanities Education?”
Week 2: IMPACTS
On creating knowledge and affecting public life
April 21-25
Case Studies of Humanities Successes in…
- Monday, April 21, 5:30 pm (Haldeman 041)– Digital Humanities: Dartmouth Professors Roopika Risam and Jacqueline D. Wernimont, followed at 6:30pm by a screening of the film Coded Bias, 2020 documentary, dir. Shalini Kantayya
- Tuesday, April 22, 4:30 pm (Moore B03)– Public Humanities: “The Applied Cartooning Lab” with James Sturm, Center for Cartoon Studies
- Wednesday, April 23, 5:30 pm (Loew Auditorium)– Environmental Humanities: Professor and Mediamaker Sanjeev Chatterjee, followed at 6:30pm by a screening of the film Honeyland, 2019 Documentary. Dir. Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
- Friday, April 25, 3:00-6:00 pm (Rockefeller 1930’s Room)– Fellows Seminar: Workshop on Public Engagement, with Michael Haley Goldman, New Hampshire Humanities; Jane Beachy, Illinois Humanities; Ryan Newswanger, Vermont Humanities; James Sturm, Ctr Cartoon Studies
Week 3: CAREERS
On humanities at the core of life and work
May 12-15
- Monday, May 12, 5:30-7:00 pm (Haldeman 041)– Career Opportunities for Humanists: Scott Muir, National Humanities Alliance
- Tuesday, May 13, 4:30–6:00 pm (Rockefeller 003)– AI and the Humanities: Orit Halpern, Montgomery Foundation
- Wednesday, May 14, 5:30 pm (Dartmouth Hall 105)– Career Coaching in Humanities: Joe Catrino, Executive Director of Dartmouth’s Center for Career Design, on “Leverage your Humanities focus into big lives/careers in a variety of fields”
- Thursday, May 15, 3:00-6:00 pm (Dartmouth Hall 104)– FINAL Fellows Seminar: Action Planning. Brainstorming ideas/project design for making Dartmouth Humanities more visible, more public, more impactful