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The UConn Humanities Institute supports scholarly advances in the humanities that enrich an understanding of the human condition.

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Check it out! We are cosponsoring this book manuscript workshop with Dr. Derefe Chevannes on 11/12 at 2pm. Participants will offer feedback on Dr. Chevannes' book manuscript: Against Ethnocracy: Race, Sovereignty and the Myth of Black Citizenship.
October 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Tomorrow! We are co-sponsoring this conference on Dr. John Bell's contributions to the art of puppetry. International artists and scholars will gather to discuss Bell's decades of contributions to performance, curatorship, and scholarship. Details here: buff.ly/N2GTKwP
October 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Check it out! Next Saturday (10/18) we are co-sponsoring this conference on Dr. John Bell's contributions to the art of puppetry. International artists and scholars will gather to discuss Bell's decades of contributions to performance, curatorship, and scholarship. buff.ly/WyJjEOQ
October 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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In this clip from our episode on AI and Learning for the “What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI?” podcast scholars provide a definition of learning that applies to both biological and artificial learners. To listen to the full episode, click here: buff.ly/pPN7rwC
October 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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In this clip of the episode on AI and Education for the "What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI?" podcast scholars discuss the cognitive impacts of AI especially how students are delegating thinking and reading to AI. To listen to the full episode, click here: buff.ly/txS1Szv
September 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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In this clip of the episode on AI and Justice for the "What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI?" podcast scholars discuss how philosophers have changed their approach to defining and understanding justice. To listen to the full episode, click here: buff.ly/M9bPNdD
September 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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We were thrilled to introduce our twenty-fourth class of Humanities Institute fellows last night at the 2025–26 welcome reception. Welcome 2025–25 fellows!!
A group photograph of most of the 2025-26 Humanities Institute Fellows. A group of 15 people.
August 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Introducing our 2025–25 Undergraduate Humanities Research Fellows!

Josephine Burke (Political Science & Human Rights), Suleen Kareem (Philosophy & Human Rights), Autumn Scott (History), and Bryce Turner (Anthropology & Molecular and Cell Biology).
A grid of four headshots: Josephine Burke, Suleen Kareem, Autumn Scott, and Bryce Turner.
August 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Join us in welcoming '25–26 Visiting Scholar Jennifer Cazenave (@bostonu.bsky.social) to UConn! Jennifer will be working on her project, Lessons in Seeing, which argues that media technologies have been actively involved in the construction and deconstruction of disability as a project of exclusion.
Headshot of Jennifer Cazenave.
August 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Please join us in welcoming UCHI’s 2025–26 Dissertation Research Scholars!

Asmita Aasaavari (Sociology)
Ahmed AboHamad (Philosophy)
Catalina Alvarado-Cañuta, Richard Brown Dissertation Fellow (Anthropology)
Ashmita Mukherjee, Draper Dissertation Fellow (Literatures, Cultures, and Languages):
A grid of headshots featuring Asmita Asaavari, Ahmed AboHamad, Catalina Alvarado-Cañuta, and Ashmita Mukherjee.
August 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Introducing UCHI 2025–26 UConn Faculty Fellows!

April Anson, Peter Constantine, Najnin Islam, Julia Smachylo, Kathleen Tonry, Fiona Somerset, Harry van der Hulst, and Christopher Vials.

Welcome, fellows!
A grid of images featuring headshots of April Anson, Peter Constantine, Najnin Islam, Julia Smachylo, Kathleen Tonry, Fiona Somerset, Harry van der Hulst, and Christopher Vials.
August 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Please join us in congratulating former fellow Serkan Görkemli, whose short story collection Sweet Tooth and Other Stories (University Press of Kentucky) was named the 2024 Silver Winner for LGBTQ+ Adult Fiction by the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. Congrats, Serkan!! 🎉 buff.ly/LZlqycz
Book cover of Sweet Tooth and Other Stories by Serkan Gorkemli.
June 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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UCHI Director Anna Mae Duane is in Morocco working with our partners at UIR to develop a cross-disciplinary, international glossary of AI terms. They're recording a podcast covering key AI-related terms like "learning" and "justice" and, the episode this clip is from, "education."
June 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Step inside the world of groundbreaking undergraduate research at the Humanities Institute. This short video highlights the work of three fellows (Evan Wolfgang, Kathryn Andronowitz, and Kanny Salike) whose projects explore theatre, digital culture, language, and more.
June 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Congratulations to the Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellows who graduated this past weekend as members of the UConn Class of 2025—Anabelle Bergstrom (Poli Sci & Philosophy), Brent Freed (History & Stats), Karen Lau (History, Econ, & Asian American Studies), and Evan Wolfgang (Dramatic Arts)! 🎉
Anabelle Bergstrom dressed in graduation cap and gown, including an honors sash, university honors laureate medal, and several honors cords. Brent Freed, in his graduation cap, gown, and honors cords, poses with his diploma. Karen Lau, wearing her graduation gown, sashes, honors cord, and medal, holds her diploma above her head as she poses with a statue of Jonathan. Evan Wolfgang, posing in his graduation cap and gown, holding his diploma in one hand. In the other hand he shows off the "humanities" tag on his humanities fellow honors cord.
May 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Today is the final History Department Wednesday Workshop of the semester! Nicolas Martin-Breteau will present his research entitled, "Frontline Bodies. Sports and Black Struggles for Justice since the Late Nineteenth Century." More details on the flier!
Spring 2025 History Department Wednesday Workshops. On April 23 at 12:15 p.m. in the Wood Hall Basement Lounge, Nicolas Martin-Breteau will deliver his resesarch entitled "Frontline Bodies. Sports and Black Struggles for Justice since the Late Nineteenth Century."
April 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Your support this UConn Gives will help students not only discover their voices through performance but also connect meaningfully with their peers and the larger UConn community. Make a gift below and select the Humanities Institute fund:
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The six undergraduate participants with two Story Coaches onstage at the Black Box Theater in the Ballad Institute for the 2025 Story Slam. One of the undergraduate performers onstage at the 2025 Story Slam at the Ballard Institute's Black Box Theatre.
April 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Join us tomorrow from 11:30–2:30 for our Earth Day event in the Husky Dog Circle at the center of campus! Leaves of Change is an interactive art event focusing on community and sustainability. Come decorate leaves to fill our community tree!
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"Environmental Humanities. Earth Day: Leaves of Change. Join the Humanities Institute for a community art project and sustainability tips! April 22, 2025. 11:30am-2:30pm. Husky Dog Circle."
April 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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At a time where 61% of young adults report loneliness, UCHI is launching an innovative solution to create cultures of connection through the humanities. Make a gift below and select the Humanities Institute fund to support our Connections and Disconnections initiative.
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Students and faculty gathered at the UCHI Connections/Disconnections event, in front of a panel of speakers who shared their own experiences with loneliness. Students and faculty gathered outdoors at the UCHI "Pick Up The Thread Event" on UConn's campus.
April 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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UConn Gives is almost here! This year, we are raising funds for our Connections and Disconnections initiative. It kicks off tomorrow at 7 AM and continues through 7 PM on April 22. Make a gift below and select the Humanities Institute fund.
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Two people holding up keychains reading "Pick up the Thread."
April 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Join us on April 22 for our Earth Day event in the Husky Dog Circle at the center of campus! Come decorate leaves to fill our community tree and learn tips for living more sustainably. We will also have wildflower seeds available while supplies last.
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"Environmental Humanities. Earth Day: Leaves of Change. Join the Humanities Institute for a community art project and sustainability tips! April 22, 2025. 11:30am-2:30pm. Husky Dog Circle.
April 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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UConnGives is almost here! This year, we're raising funds to help foster interconnection on campus—an initiative we launched with an event on campus loneliness last October.
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People gathered at tables in Wilbur Cross North Reading room for an event on the loneliness epidemic, held in October 2024.
April 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Tomorrow, join the UConn Early Modern Studies Working Group at 5 PM in Austin Building, room 413 for Miles P. Grier's talk, "'A letter for me?: Textual Fidelity and Fragmentation in Coriolanus."
Distinguished scholar Miles P. Grier will deliver his talk, "'A letter for me?': Textual Fidelity and Fragmentation in Coriolanus" on Thursday, April 3 at 5 PM in the Austin Building, room 413. Image features an author photograph of Grier and a painting of John Philip Kemble in the role of Shakespeare's Coriolanus.
April 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Today at 3:30, our incredible undergraduate research fellows — Kathryn Andronowitz (Sociology & English), Kanny Salike (Anthropology & Linguistics), Evan Wolfgang (Dramatic Arts) — will present their work from over the academic year. We hope to see you there!
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Undergraduate Humanities Research Fellowship Colloquium. Kathryn Andronowitz (The Business of Domesticity: A Study on Homemaker Influencer Content on Instagram), Kanny Salike (The Evolution of Black American Sign Language (BASL) and African American English (AAE)), and Evan Wolfgang (Resurrecting Frances: Creating Going to the Lordy). April 2, 3:30pm. Humanities Institute Conference Room, HBL 4th floor.
April 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Join us tomorrow, April 2, at 3:30 p.m. for our Undergraduate Humanities Research Fellows Colloquium, showcasing the work of Kathryn Andronowitz, Kanny Salike, and Evan Wolfgang. Details below:https://buff.ly/aUaB1nG
Undergraduate Humanities Research Fellowship Colloquium. Kathryn Andronowitz (The Business of Domesticity: A Study on Homemaker Influencer Content on Instagram), Kanny Salike (The Evolution of Black American Sign Language (BASL) and African American English (AAE)), and Evan Wolfgang (Resurrecting Frances: Creating Going to the Lordy). April 2, 3:30pm. Humanities Institute Conference Room, HBL 4th floor.
April 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM