Newhouse Center for the Humanities

Newhouse Fellow Jieun Rhee discusses the subversive use of tradition in Korean contemporary art.

Newhouse Fellow Kellie Carter Jackson traces the story of Joseph Laroche to allow us to better understand the possibilities and limitations of black travel in the Titanic moment.

Author and historian Tyina Steptoe joins the Newhouse Center and the History Department for a discussion of her latest research.

Newhouse Fellow Sari Altschuler investigates the role of Deaf Americans in the development of ideas about citizenship and civic participation in the United States.

Cornille Professor Ken Botnick explores the material authorship of the artist book, achieved through the combination of concept, design, material, and production.

Newhouse Fellow Nazan Bedirhanoglu reflects on the use of symbols and narratives as building blocks of the Kurdish diasporic identity and share insights about her field research on the Kurdish diaspora in the United States.

Award-winning author Gish Jen joins us to read from and discuss her new book, The Resisters (2020).

Are immigrants as welcome in Ireland as citizens claim? Newhouse Fellow Sarah Townsend unearths the secret history of Irish-American assimilation that haunts race relations in Ireland today.

Author, professor, and 2019 MacArthur Foundation fellow Saidiya Hartman joins us for a discussion of her latest work.

Have you ever wondered what a mind actually is? Join us for a cross-disciplinary conversation about historical and contemporary attempts to answer this question.

Film screenings and discussions of the importance of representation in film and the opportunities independent films offer marginalized communities as they seek to tell their own stories.