OU Arts & Humanities Forum

Day 1 of the "Writing the Route" workshop for the National Humanities Festival was an amazing. On Route 66 we experienced some of Oklahoma's "wow" (Arcadia Round Barn), some of Oklahoma's "tenacity" (Lincoln County Museum of Pioneer history), some of Oklahoma's "yes all of us" (Mr. Threatt's historic African-American-owned filling station), and some of Oklahoma's "neon glow" (Route 66 Bowl). Oklahoma weather cut our trip short (classic Oklahoma), and instead Oklahoma people approached us on the street and insisted we take tours of their historic homes (also- classic Oklahoma). We boarded a bus as strangers from all over Oklahoma, met some inspiring people along the way, and planted a seed of community writing. We're ready for the next road trip.

It's getting close!!!!
(Also, if you know anyone in the weather department, put in a good word for us).

So excited to announce this program. Free and open to the public, and it's going to be a blast. Tell your friends and neighbors- this is public humanities in action! Please share on social media!

Coming Soon!!!

Director Marshall and Dr. Liu (Chair of Modern Languages at OU) are grateful to congressional staff for taking the time to talk with us about the ways that federal humanities funding benefits Oklahomans. Thanks especially to Matt Penner (for Senator Lankford), Jake Johnson (for Senator Mullin), Lauren Ketchum (for Representative Cole), and Rob Sar (for Representative Bice)!

Director Marshall is in DC this week for the National Humanities Alliance meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day. NHA is a great opportunity to learn about advocacy for the humanities and to get to know some of our national leaders active in that work.

Don't Forget! Tomorrow at Oklahoma Contemporary Thursday Night Late: Join Dr. Sherri Irvin at 6pm for a personal expert tour of the exhibit ArtNow, followed by a book signing of her new book _Immaterial: Rules in Contemporary Art_ and live music by The Band Called Quest. Free and open to the public.
https://twitter.com/OKContemporary/status/1686825351442202624?fbclid=IwAR01lngaIzJ-6B4v0PVKIeuGM6nPruasjH6TpRWvXS2nf0UdY8wFtIuViog

Oklahoma Contemporary on Twitter “Have the full Thursday Night Late experience next week, Aug. 10. At 6 p.m., special guest Dr. Sherri Irvin will lead an ArtNow tour, followed by a book signing of Irvin's Immaterial: Rules in Contemporary Art. Stick around for music by The Band Called Quest starting at 7! 📙🎷”

The Forum was happy to assist in making this connection possible. We are dedicated to helping build bridges between our OU Scholars and the broader community. Don't miss this event! And check out my interview with Sherri about her new book on OUAH.FM, available on our website or wherever you get your podcasts!

Oklahoma Contemporary on Twitter “Have the full Thursday Night Late experience next week, Aug. 10. At 6 p.m., special guest Dr. Sherri Irvin will lead an ArtNow tour, followed by a book signing of Irvin's Immaterial: Rules in Contemporary Art. Stick around for music by The Band Called Quest starting at 7! 📙🎷”

Check out CHCI's latest newsletter for their feature on our OUAH.FM podcast channel!

https://mailchi.mp/d70b7654c642/chci-newsletter-9272265

Call for Global Humanities Proposals 🌏 + GHI Interview CHCI is thrilled to invite proposals for Global Humanities Institutes to take place in 2024, with a proposal deadline of December 15, 2022. With generous support from the Mellon Foundation, we expect to fund two institutes at the level of $200,000 each. For more information and examples, read ...

COMING SOON! If you missed hearing our Marquee speaker, Dr. Lim speak to our Forum 2022-23 theme: Porous last month then get excited. Her talk on Porous Borders and Absolute Powers to Exclude will be added as a new Forum Feature episode soon.

Check in with our OUAH.FM podcast channel for all new episodes.

Listen on the website or wherever you get podcasts.
https://www.ou.edu/humanitiesforum/OUAHFM

Join Us! Forum Marquee Speaker, Dr. Julian Lim
When: Thursday 10/27, 6-7pm
Where: Damphousse Community Room, 9th Floor DHT
The OU Arts and Humanities Forum celebrates the 2022-23 Annual Theme of POROUS with the Marquee Lecture of Dr. Julian Lim (ASU), who will present the talk "Porous Borders and Absolute Power to Exclude." Lim will present research about the historical experience of Mexican, Chinese, and African American men and women who migrated through the El-Paso-Ciudad Juárez border region, tracing how they came together in ways that blurred and confounded elite expectations of racial order. Lim connects the porousness of the border to ongoing state efforts to claim absolute powers to exclude through federal immigration law, Indian law, and territorial law. This talk is free and open to the public.

COMING SOON! You don’t want to miss our exciting conversation with Laura Harjo on the topic of Indigenous geography and community planning. Check in with our OUAH.FM podcast channel for all new episodes.

Listen on the website or wherever you get podcasts.
https://www.ou.edu/humanitiesforum/OUAHFM

OUAH.FM OUAH.FM is a collection of audio resources created by the Arts & Humanities Forum at the University of Oklahoma. Our longform, thematic podcast “Staying With the Question” explores the critical inquiry at the heart of OU scholarship. It explores themes such as atomic memory, disease, relationshi...