Are you interested in working next year (Fall '21–Spring '22) with a faculty mentor on a research project in the public humanities, meeting other bright, engaged students, and earning a $3000 stipend? The Mellon Public Humanities (MPH) Scholars Program offers advanced research opportunities for promising undergraduate students in public humanities—an evolving interdisciplinary field that draws […]
The Public Humanities and the Democratic Commons Conference Presents: What is the Democratic Commons? This panel will consider the challenges posed by an increasingly multi-racial and multi-ethnic public whose power to meaningfully participate in the political life of the nation is on the rise. How does one fashion an effective democratic commons that includes groups […]
The Public Humanities and the Democratic Commons Conference Presents: Print, Podcast, Social: Public Humanities and Popular Media This panel explores the venues, or spaces, of the public humanities, from podcasting to daily newspapers to Twitter, bringing together scholars enhancing democracy by engaging with the public. The second of three roundtables of the Public Humanities and […]
The Public Humanities and the Democratic Commons Conference Presents: Reckoning with Monuments and Public Commemoration Monuments, public memorials and historical memory are the products of decisions made always, in part, for political reasons. As we assess our current democratic crisis, material culture and commemoration have become subjects of intense debate. Humanities scholars in the arts, […]
To learn more about the MPHSJ program and application process, please attend one of our Information Sessions. February 9, 2022 - 1pm, Zoom March 2, 2022 - 1pm, Zoom This event will be held online via Zoom. Zoom link will be provided upon RSVP Please download the Zoom app before joining the event Access Hunter College's […]
To learn more about the MPHSJ program and application process, please attend one of our Information Sessions. February 9, 2022 - 1pm, Zoom March 2, 2022 - 1pm, Zoom This event will be held online via Zoom. Zoom link will be provided upon RSVP Please download the Zoom app before joining the event Access Hunter College's […]
Join us at the Roosevelt House auditorium to listen to Hunter faculty members speak on the public humanities and its applications for social justice! All Hunter faculty and students are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Featuring: “Is Food Sovereignty Just?” Professor Omar Dahbour, Philosophy Department The concept of food sovereignty—which is being used as the […]
Sponsored by the Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship, this is an open discussion with Rabbi Dennis Ross of Concerned Clergy for Choice, an organization within Planned Parenthood, about pro-choice arguments that are grounded in religion. It will discuss how faith and pro-choice arguments do not have to be opposing ideas in an understanding and educational manner. […]
Megan Callaghan, Dean of the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI), and Sebastian Yoon, BPI alum, will discuss the BPI program and the public humanities’ involvement in their work with current MPH students. Megan Callaghan is Dean of the Bard Prison Initiative and a cultural anthropologist whose scholarship and teaching focuses on Northern Ireland. Megan joined the […]
The Mellon Public Humanities and Social Justice Scholars Program invites the Hunter College community and general public for a faculty symposium on March 15, from 12pm to 2pm. Our speakers will discuss their research and work in the public humanities, covering a diverse range of topics. After our panelists speak about their research, there will […]
