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The Syracuse University Humanities Center—housed within the College of Arts and Sciences—cultivates diverse forms of humanities scholarship; sponsors dynamic programming; and highlights the humanities as a public good. Through our faculty and graduate student fellowships, distinguished visiting professorships, and diverse programming, including Syracuse Symposium, a public events series focused ar
05/29/2026
The Humanities Center celebrates Sarah Workman, director of research development for the arts and humanities in the Office of Research and the College of Arts and Sciences: Workman was recently recognized with the 2026 Innovation Award from the National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP)!
https://humcenter.syr.edu/news/research-professional-cited-for-growing-arts-and-humanities-support-network/
05/28/2026
Collaborators Marvin Wade and Evan Bode brought one of Wade's essays -- originally published in Project Mend -- to living color through the beautiful short film, “Prison and Time,” featured in New York Times' Op-Docs section (May 27).
https://humcenter.syr.edu/news/befriending-time-changed-my-life/
04/30/2026
Another edition of the HC's "Books in the Humanities" tradition is complete! Our thanks to everyone who joined us (April 29) to celebrate dozens of new books released in copyright year 2025 by Syracuse University authors, editors, and illustrators.
04/29/2026
It's almost time to celebrate Books in the Humanities (copyright 2025)! Join us in 220 Eggers from 4:00-5:30 p.m. this afternoon.
04/27/2026
Our 11th Annual Books in the Humanities (BITH) celebration is just around the corner (Wednesday afternoon, in fact) and among the featured titles is one co-edited by Cristina Pardo Porto (Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics), offering an interdisciplinary approach to ecocriticism and environmentalism. Read a brand new post in our News Blog about this work...
https://humcenter.syr.edu/news/plants-and-animals-in-latin-american-cultural-production-breaks-disciplinary-divides/
04/21/2026
Our 11th annual "Books in the Humanities" event spotlights 44 recent works by Syracuse University scholars. Browse the collection and celebrate these authors and editors with us on Wednesday, Apr. 29 from 4:00-5:30 p.m. in 220 Eggers.
(Book cover image: London Ladd, illustrator)
https://humcenter.syr.edu/news/humanities-center-spotlights-44-books-by-scholars-from-across-university/
04/17/2026
Syracuse University students and faculty consider the Humanities essential to our academic, personal, civic, and professional lives. Thanks for engaging in this conversation all week!
04/16/2026
Syracuse University students and faculty consider the Humanities essential to our academic, personal, civic, and professional lives.
04/15/2026
Syracuse University students and faculty consider the Humanities essential to our academic, personal, civic, and professional lives.
04/15/2026
Artist Linda Infante Lyons' residency as Watson Visiting Professor concludes Thursday afternoon (April 16, 3:00 p.m. in Eggers 220) joined by panelists Sven Haakanson, Jr. (University of Washington) and Anna Kerttula de Echave (former Program Director, National Science Foundation Arctic Social Sciences) to discuss intersections of art, heritage, and Indigenous knowledge across the North. Please join us!
https://humcenter.syr.edu/calendar/all-things-sacred-art-heritage-and-knowledge-across-the-north/