Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities Named in honor of one of the university's most beloved Professors of History, the Marcus W. Join us!
Orr Center for the Humanities (MOCH) leads and supports an array of initiatives aimed at broadening and deepening humanistic inquiry not only within the University of Memphis community but in the city of Memphis and the wider MidSouth region. MOCH-sponsored programming includes large public lectures featuring prominent and provocative thinkers from both the UM faculty and beyond; academic fellowsh
01/21/2026
Spring 2026 at Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities! -
Spring 2026 at Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities! Join the Philosophy Department for a lecture and discussion with Joy James, Ebenezer Fitch Professor of the Humanities at Williams College. Dr. James will share recent work on the concept of "The Captive Maternal," defined as a social function shaped under colonial conquest, chattel slavery, and an....
11/03/2025
This Week @ The Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities - https://mailchi.mp/2031e162dd21/spring-events-at-the-marcus-orr-center-for-the-humanities-17999600
09/22/2025
Two great events this week @ MOCH: Dan Sinykin (Emory) on AI, Close Reading, and the Humanities. Plus two days of discussion about Feminist Universalisms at the Spindel Conference!
Join the Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities for one of these great events in Memphis! *|https://www.memphis.edu/moch/events/|*
Tonight's MOCH Lecture with Emily Greble has been CANCELLED due to inclement weather. Stay safe and dry!
02/27/2025
Join us tonight, 5:30pm in McWherter Library, for a screening and discussion of the Memphis-made documentary SHADOW PEOPLE! Always free, always open to all.
02/24/2025
This Week @ MOCH! Memphis Documentary 'Shadow People'! - *https://www.memphis.edu/moch/events/index.php *
Check out the Spring Calendar of Humanities Events at UM - *https://www.memphis.edu/moch/events/index.php*
11/11/2024
This Week @ MOCH! Amrita Chakrabarti Myers on "The Black Woman of Blue Spring" and her new books, 'The Vice President's Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn'- *https://www.memphis.edu/moch/events/index.php*
10/24/2024
Tonight @ MOCH! Ayesha Hardison (Indiana U., Bloomington) on Maya Angelou and Civil Rights Literature *https://www.memphis.edu/moch/events/index.php *
Check out MOCH's Upcoming Events at U. Memphis! - *https://www.memphis.edu/moch/events/index.php *
03/19/2024
Women's History Month Humanities Events @ UM! - *https://www.memphis.edu/moch/events/index.php *
