The Humanities Institute Spring 2025 Events

The Humanities Institute is delighted to announce our calendar of upcoming events for the Spring 2025 semester.

·      Book Launch: Dr. Emily Orlando’s The Decoration of Houses (talk followed by reception, Monday, January 27, 5:00-7:00pm, Kelley Center)

·      Book Launch: Dr. Karen Langton’s The Womb and the Simile of a Woman in Labor: Embodying Relationship with YHWH (Monday, February 10, 5:00-7:30pm, Kelley Center)

·      Professor Edwidge Danticat / MLK Convocation (Wednesday, February 12, 6:00-7:30pm, Quick Center)

·      Tantra and Buddhist Ritual in South Asia: A Conference in Honor of Ronald M. Davidson (Friday, February 21, 3:00-6:00pm and Saturday, February 22, 9:00am-5:00pm, Bellarmine Hall)

·      Professor Samuel Moyn (Yale Law School), “On Gerontocracy” (Wednesday, March 5, 2:00-3:15pm, NYS Library Auditorium)

·      Humanities Institute Seminar – Student Fellow Presentations (Tuesday, April 8, 4:00-5:30pm, Kelley Center)

·      Humanities Institute Seminar – Faculty Fellow Presentations (Tuesday, April 15, 4:00-5:30pm, Kelley Center)

We hope you will join us to learn more about the amazing research being done by students and faculty in the humanities here at Fairfield, as well as to engage with internationally renowned authors and scholars.

As a reminder, the deadline for the Mid-Career Research Grant and Program Grants is February 10^th.

We will also be seeking a new cohort of both faculty and student fellows for next year’s Humanities Institute Seminar. Applications will be due March 7^th.

To access grant applications and to find out more about the Humanities Institute, please visit our website https://www.fairfield.edu/humanities-institute