Humanities Research Institute Calendar

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

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  HRI Graduate Fellowship Brownbag

  12:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center 108

  Join this collaborative session with HRI and the Writers Workshop for tips and guidance on preparing your HRI Graduate Fellowship application.

  • Informational

Monday, November 3, 2025

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  Faculty Book Talk: Erik McDuffie

  4:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  This talk appreciates the importance of Garveyism and the Midwest for understanding the contours, genealogies, and complexities of twentieth-century Black transnational resistance and for imagining that another world is possible in this moment of global crisis.

  • Other

Friday, December 5, 2025

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  HRI Campus Fellowship Applications Due

  5:00 pm

  TBD

  Campus Fellowship applications due

  • Other

Thursday, February 19, 2026

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  Medical Humanities Lecture: Justin Garcia

  7:30 pm

  TBD

  Medical Humanities lecture with Justin Garcia from the Kinsey Institute

  • Lecture

Thursday, February 26, 2026

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  Lecture: Erin Brock Carlson

  4:00 pm

  TBD

  • Lecture

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

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  International Women’s Day Celebration

  3:30 - 5:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center 300

  International Women’s Day celebration with speakers from the campus and community.

  • Other

Monday, March 30, 2026

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  Faculty Book Talk: Anke Pinkert

  4:00 pm

  TBD

  Story & Place event series: Anke Pinkert Book Talk

  • Lecture

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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  Inside Scoop | Rita Dove

  12:00 pm

  BNAACC

  U.S. Poet Laureate (1993–95); Creative Writing, University of Virginia Cohosted with the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center.

  • Informational
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  Public Reading | Rita Dove

  7:30 pm

  Alice Campbell Alumni Center

  • Other

Thursday, May 7, 2026

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  Prizes for Research Ceremony and Year-End Reception

  4:00 - 6:00 pm

  TBD

  Prizes for Research Ceremony and Reception

  • Reception/Open House