The Center for the Humanities at Tufts is pleased to announce the hiring of five postdoctoral fellows for the 2021-2022 academic year. We look forward to welcoming these fellows into our community. Learn more about our fellows and their research below: Claire CooleyCultural History of the Modern Middle East Postdoctoral […]
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On Thursday, April 22, Dr. Daanika Gordon and Dr. Lilian Mengesha will present on a project funded by a 2020-2021 CHAT Faculty Public Research Grant. The project is entitled, “Building Transformative Justice at Tufts.” Find more information on the events calendar or register for a Zoom link here.
H. Adlai Murdoch of Tufts University will moderate a book panel with contributors of The Struggle of Non-Sovereign Caribbean Territories, a collection of essays. This book was published on February 12, 2021 by Rutgers University Press as part of its Critical Caribbean Studies series. This talk will occur via Zoom […]
Novelist and public intellectual, Elias Khoury will join us for a lecture on Friday, April 16. The talk is titled, “The Culture of Challenge: Arabic Culture in the Face of Oppression and Decadence.” Learn more on our events calendar or register on Zoom.
Gayathri Goel (CHAT Dissertation Fellow; PhD Candidate in English) will discuss her research during a Brown Bag Lunch Seminar on Tuesday, April 13. Learn more on our events calendar or register on Zoom.
Nick Seaver (CHAT Faculty Fellow; Assistant Professor of Anthropology) will discuss his research during a Brown Bag Lunch Seminar on Thursday, April 8. The talk is titled, “Homo Attentus: Technological Backlash and the Rise of Attentional Humanism.” Learn more on our events calendar or register on Zoom.
The Center for the Humanities at Tufts has put out three calls for five postdoctoral fellowship positions for the 2021-2022 academic year. The positions include two Translating Race postdocs; two general Center for the Humanities postdocs; and one Cultural History of the Modern Middle East postdoc. Application details for fellowships […]
Peter Spearman (CHAT Dissertation Fellow; PhD Candidate in Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies) will present his research on the Doki Doki Literature Club (Doki Doki) during a Brown Bag Lunch Seminar on Thursday, March 18. Learn more on our events calendar or register on Zoom.
CHAT Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of English, Ichiro Takayoshi, will discuss a chapter from his book-in-progress, Enjoy the Arts Because It’s Irrational Not To, during this brown bag lunch seminar. Read more about the event and find the Zoom registration link on our events calendar.
Marty J. Sherwin, Professor Emeritus of Tufts and current Professor of History at George Mason University, discusses his latest book, Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Read more about the book and Zoom registration on our events calendar.