The Center for the Humanities at Wesleyan University
The Center for the Humanities at Wesleyan University is one of the oldest humanities institute in the United States. It developed from the Center for Advanced Study, which was established at Wesleyan University in 1959, and assumed its present name in 1969 when it was reorganized to include Wesleyan faculty members and students. Since its inception, the mission of the Center has been devoted to tw
04/29/2026
Join us next Monday, May 4, @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Natasha Korda presents: "Notes on Elizabethan Camp, Or, Much Ado about Ruffs"
This lecture is part of the weekly Monday Night Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for The Humanities at Wesleyan University.
04/22/2026
Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled.
The Monday Night Lecture Series will continue on May 4th with a lecture by Natasha Korda.
04/14/2026
Join us next Monday, April 20, @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Kathryn Gillespie presents: "The Work that Nothing Does: A Call for Radical Doing and Undoing in Multispecies Worlds"
This lecture is part of the weekly Monday Night Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for The Humanities at Wesleyan University.
04/07/2026
Join us next Monday, April 13, @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Lisa Nakamura presents: "The Anxiety of Inertia and the Spirituality of Idleness in the Age of A.I."
This lecture is part of the weekly Monday Night Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for The Humanities at Wesleyan University.
04/02/2026
Join us next Monday, April 6, @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as I. Emy Matesan presents: "The Strategic Logic of Doing Nothing: Conceptualizing Inaction in Social Movements"
This lecture is part of the weekly Monday Night Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for The Humanities at Wesleyan University.
03/25/2026
Join us next Monday, March 30, @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Kerwin Kay presents: "High and Idle: Empire, Care, and the Refusal to Recover"
This lecture is part of the weekly Monday Night Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for The Humanities at Wesleyan University.