Huambachano, an Indigenous scholar and current Humanities Center Faculty Fellow, is also co-hosting this spring's JK Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities mini-residency by Māori scholar, Krushil Watene.
Nov. 27, 2023
· By Kerrie Marshall
A&S scholar, Mariaelena Huambachano, travels the world gathering and sharing research on the wisdom of “Traditional Ecological Knowledge”, while passing it down to the next generation through her teaching at Syracuse.
Three years of bolstering faculty research through an Adirondack retreat on Blue Mountain Lake
Nov. 21, 2023
· By Aimee Germain
Being uprooted from one’s typical routine can have profound impacts on one’s writing practice, and for the third year running, the Corridor Writing Retreat has provided such an opportunity to participants from across all 11 Corridor institutions.
German philosopher Immanuel Kant's concept of perpetual peace introduced a utopian vision of permanent universal hospitality. "Such understanding of peace does not describe any real human behavior but... is an imaginary peace-to-come..." as explored further in lectures, workshops, and round tables of the second annual Perpetual Peace Project conference, November 9-10, 2023.
Multi-media exhibit explores the unification of cultural diversity in regions surrounding the Rio Grande valley
Curated collection featured as part of Syracuse Symposium’s “Landscapes” theme
Sept. 26, 2023
· By Savannah Stewart
A cascade of western boots hangs above a trail of soil, while illustrations and photographs of life around the United States and Mexico border cover the walls of the “The Border is a Weapon” exhibit. Artist Gil Rocha curated the collection as part of the Symposium’s “Landscapes” theme for the 2023-24 year, which he’s set to discuss on September 29 with Juan Juarez, an associate professor in the School of Art...
Film festival provides space for campus and community members to view impactful films, share reactions, and ask questions of filmmakers
Sept. 14, 2023
· By Eileen Korey
From the rural landscape of Michigan, to the devastated landscape of Bucha in the Ukraine, to the virtual landscape of the African diaspora, filmmakers address social issues and the fight for human rights around the globe at the 21st annual Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival. The festival, a cherished annual event on the University calendar, has been held over two decades, representing an dynamic interdisciplinary collaboration across schools and colleges. The Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences partner to co-present the festival.
The CNY Humanities Corridor marks 15 years in existence and its fifth year into an endowment that provides humanities research support in perpetuity
Sept. 8, 2023
· By: Eileen Korey
Central New York's thriving and engaged humanities community is like a "vibrant quilt of different fabrics, textures and colors -- key to our vitality as a research consortium that advances cutting-edge research and brings the humanities to bear on a range of local and global concerns.”
Annual Lecture Honoring Physics Professor Kameshwar C. Wali to be held October 5
Sept. 6, 2023
· By Kerrie Marshall
Schmidt Campbell’s lecture, ‘Towards a Model of Equity in Graduate Education’ considers the expectations, assumptions and practices that she and her husband, George Campbell G’77, encountered at Syracuse University influencing their academic success.
Landscapes is this year's Syracuse Symposium theme
Patrick W. Berry, associate professor of writing and rhetoric in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been working with justice-impacted people in Central New York and across the United States to develop Mend, a journal that celebrates their lives and creative work.
Students from Write Out attend a workshop with poet Vievee Francis at the Salt City Market as part of the Environmental Storytelling Series of CNY. (Photo: Katie Zilcosky)
The Environmental Storytelling Series of CNY brings together faculty, students and local community partners to address the climate crisis through creative outlets.
April 4, 2023
· Dan Bernardi
Through creative outlets like storytelling, interpretation and art, the humanities can demonstrate how environmental concerns are intertwined with social, economic and cultural issues. This year’s series, “Environmental Storytelling and the Collective Work of Repair” is part of the Syracuse University Humanities Center’s 2022-23 Syracuse Symposium on Repair. Programming throughout the year has featured photography, poetry, readings, talks and film screenings by different environmental storytellers.
