Virginia Tech Center for Humanities
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The Center for Humanities champions the humanities at Virginia Tech and beyond. We support innovative scholarship and foster collaboration across disciplinary boundaries.
The next session of Write On!, a monthly writing retreat sponsored by the Center for Humanities, will be held, on Wed., Nov. 5th from 9:30-11:30 am in the Duck Pond meeting room at the Inn at Virginia Tech. Refreshments will be provided. Register here: liberalarts.vt.edu/.../center-f...
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The next session of Write On!, a monthly writing retreat sponsored by the Center for Humanities, will be held, on Wed., Nov. 5th from 9:30-11:30 am in the Duck Pond meeting room at the Inn at Virginia Tech. Refreshments will be provided. Register here: liberalarts.vt.edu/.../center-f...
The Center for Humanities invites Virginia Tech faculty members working in the humanities to submit a proposal for a Center for Humanities spring 2026 book manuscript workshop. Tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure-track faculty are eligible. Apply by Mon, Nov 3. liberalarts.vt.edu/research-cen...
Book Manuscript Workshop
The Center for Humanities invites Virginia Tech faculty members working in the humanities to submit a proposal for a VT Center for Humanities book manuscript zoom workshop for spring 2026. Tenured, te...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The Center for Humanities invites Virginia Tech faculty members working in the humanities to submit a proposal for a Center for Humanities spring 2026 book manuscript workshop. Tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure-track faculty are eligible. Apply by Mon, Nov 3. liberalarts.vt.edu/research-cen...
Join us today either in person or via livestream for the Humanities Week event, "Exploring the Power of Place along U.S. Bicycle Route 76 in Virginia." @bike76va.bsky.social
📅 Thursday, October 30
🕧 12:30 p.m.
📍 Newman Library 124 (and livestreamed here: youtube.com/live/FguvLcp...)
📅 Thursday, October 30
🕧 12:30 p.m.
📍 Newman Library 124 (and livestreamed here: youtube.com/live/FguvLcp...)
October 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Join us today either in person or via livestream for the Humanities Week event, "Exploring the Power of Place along U.S. Bicycle Route 76 in Virginia." @bike76va.bsky.social
📅 Thursday, October 30
🕧 12:30 p.m.
📍 Newman Library 124 (and livestreamed here: youtube.com/live/FguvLcp...)
📅 Thursday, October 30
🕧 12:30 p.m.
📍 Newman Library 124 (and livestreamed here: youtube.com/live/FguvLcp...)
Our Humanities Week free screening of Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is marquee-official! Check it out at the Lyric on Wednesday, Oct. 29th, 7pm! 🍿 🎟️ 🎭
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Our Humanities Week free screening of Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is marquee-official! Check it out at the Lyric on Wednesday, Oct. 29th, 7pm! 🍿 🎟️ 🎭
Just in time for Halloween, come see a free showing of Tucker & Dale vs. Evil at the Lyric on Wednesday, Oct. 29th! youtu.be/l1t8OZn_uhE?...
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2011) Official HD Trailer
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October 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Just in time for Halloween, come see a free showing of Tucker & Dale vs. Evil at the Lyric on Wednesday, Oct. 29th! youtu.be/l1t8OZn_uhE?...
The Value of Studying Liberal Arts at a Technical University @virginiatech.bsky.social
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The value of studying liberal arts at a technical university
When I tell people I attend Virginia Tech, they smile. When I tell them my major, they pause. Despite Virginia Tech housing eight undergraduate colleges with over 150 majors, STEM
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October 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Value of Studying Liberal Arts at a Technical University @virginiatech.bsky.social
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Author Beth Macy recently joined "Fresh Air" to talk about her new memoir, Paper Girl. She'll deliver the Humanities Week keynote address at @virginiatech.bsky.social
on Tues., 10/28 @ 7pm. Learn more and register for this free event: liberalarts.vt.edu/humanities-w...
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on Tues., 10/28 @ 7pm. Learn more and register for this free event: liberalarts.vt.edu/humanities-w...
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'Dopesick' author Beth Macy on escaping poverty -- and then going back home
Macy returned to the Ohio factory town where she grew up to find jobs have left, families are struggling and old friends now embrace conspiracy theories. Her new memoir is Paper Girl.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Author Beth Macy recently joined "Fresh Air" to talk about her new memoir, Paper Girl. She'll deliver the Humanities Week keynote address at @virginiatech.bsky.social
on Tues., 10/28 @ 7pm. Learn more and register for this free event: liberalarts.vt.edu/humanities-w...
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on Tues., 10/28 @ 7pm. Learn more and register for this free event: liberalarts.vt.edu/humanities-w...
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@rhetsoc.bsky.social The National Humanities Center welcomes applications from scholars engaged in advanced humanities research for the 2026–27 academic year. The deadline to apply is October 2, 2025. Please help us spread the word about this opportunity.
Scholarly Programs | National Humanities Center
The National Humanities Center provides scholars with an environment and resources conducive to generating new knowledge and furthering understanding of the human experience.
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August 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
@rhetsoc.bsky.social The National Humanities Center welcomes applications from scholars engaged in advanced humanities research for the 2026–27 academic year. The deadline to apply is October 2, 2025. Please help us spread the word about this opportunity.
📣 Applications are open for the VT LIT Class of 2026! The Institute for Leadership in Technology fellowship program is a one-year executive degree in the humanities.
🗓️ Express interest by Aug 15: lit.vt.edu
Please share with anyone who should know!
🗓️ Express interest by Aug 15: lit.vt.edu
Please share with anyone who should know!
July 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📣 Applications are open for the VT LIT Class of 2026! The Institute for Leadership in Technology fellowship program is a one-year executive degree in the humanities.
🗓️ Express interest by Aug 15: lit.vt.edu
Please share with anyone who should know!
🗓️ Express interest by Aug 15: lit.vt.edu
Please share with anyone who should know!
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The National Humanities Center will offer up to 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the #humanities for the 2026–27 academic year. Help us spread the word about this exciting opportunity. The deadline to apply is October 2, 2025.
Scholarly Programs | National Humanities Center
The National Humanities Center provides scholars with an environment and resources conducive to generating new knowledge and furthering understanding of the human experience.
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July 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The National Humanities Center will offer up to 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the #humanities for the 2026–27 academic year. Help us spread the word about this exciting opportunity. The deadline to apply is October 2, 2025.
📅 On this day in history: July 8, 1776
Just four days after its adoption, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud for the first time in public, from the steps of what is now Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA.
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Just four days after its adoption, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud for the first time in public, from the steps of what is now Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA.
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July 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📅 On this day in history: July 8, 1776
Just four days after its adoption, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud for the first time in public, from the steps of what is now Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA.
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Just four days after its adoption, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud for the first time in public, from the steps of what is now Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA.
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"Stories inspire, help us make sense of strange times or sometimes just the stranger down the street, and build in us the power to imagine futures more varied than we might have otherwise dreamed."
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Opinion: Why storytelling and the National Endowment for the Humanities matter, in Oregon and across the nation • Oregon ArtsWatch
Stories shape us, and the endowment – facing elimination by the Trump administration – helps us tell our culturally important tales. You can help keep the federal and Oregon endowments and other cruci...
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July 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"Stories inspire, help us make sense of strange times or sometimes just the stranger down the street, and build in us the power to imagine futures more varied than we might have otherwise dreamed."
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ACLS to Present New Findings on Value of Liberal Arts Education
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ACLS to Present New Findings on Value of Liberal Arts Education
On Thursday, July 17, and Friday, July 18, 2025, ACLS will host presentations by the AVDF/ACLS Fellows for Research on the Liberal Arts. The program is made possible by a generous grant from the Arthu...
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June 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
ACLS to Present New Findings on Value of Liberal Arts Education
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Virginia Humanities has announced $113,193 in grants to 24 nonprofit organizations.
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Virginia Humanities announces grants; more …
Public invited to comment on Virginia wildlife plan. Claude Moore seeks applicants for health care scholarships.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Virginia Humanities has announced $113,193 in grants to 24 nonprofit organizations.
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Apply now for VT Faculty In-Person Writing Retreat sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost. Deadline Friday, June 27th, 2025.
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Faculty Writing Retreats
Our faculty writing retreats offer time and space to focus on your writing in a supportive community. We offer annual summer and winter retreats as well as roving writing retreats throughout the acade...
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June 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Apply now for VT Faculty In-Person Writing Retreat sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost. Deadline Friday, June 27th, 2025.
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As a part of Virginia Tech's Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia (MAAV) initiative, VT students and scholars are partnering with the Calfee Community & Cultural Center to bring overlooked histories to light. @mellon.org @virginiatech.bsky.social
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VT students work with Pulaski’s Calfee Center to celebrate people who stood up against injustice
The country celebrates Juneteenth this week—a holiday that marks the end of slavery after the Civil War. The Calfee Community and Cultural Center in Pulaski is hosting a celebration Friday evening, pa...
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June 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
As a part of Virginia Tech's Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia (MAAV) initiative, VT students and scholars are partnering with the Calfee Community & Cultural Center to bring overlooked histories to light. @mellon.org @virginiatech.bsky.social
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Humanities at work, telling forgotten stories news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Research at risk: Records of enslaved people seeking freedom | Cornell Chronicle
A research project collecting records of freedom-seeking enslaved people in the pre-Civil War U.S. came to a halt when researchers received a stop-work order from the National Endowment for the Humani...
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June 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Virginia Humanities details how $1.7 million in federal funding cuts will impact the 50-year-old nonprofit
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Virginia Humanities details how $1.7 million in federal funding cuts will impact the 50-year-old nonprofit
An 'immediate loss this large is impossible to manage without making difficult and painful decisions,' said Matthew Gibson, executive director of Virginia Humanities.
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June 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Virginia Humanities details how $1.7 million in federal funding cuts will impact the 50-year-old nonprofit
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"In order to use AI meaningfully, the foundation of the humanities spirit such as philosophy and ethics is essential."
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As artificial intelligence (AI) reorganizes the industrial landscape, major universities are strengt.. - MK
As artificial intelligence (AI) reorganizes the industrial landscape, major universities are strengthening their humanities. Universities are increasing their investment in humanities infrastructure, ...
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June 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"In order to use AI meaningfully, the foundation of the humanities spirit such as philosophy and ethics is essential."
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What if history class felt more like playing a game? One professor discovered that student-designed video games could unlock deeper thinking about the past and transform how history is taught.
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How student-designed video games made me rethink how I teach history
A history professor describes how student-designed video games have transformed his classroom and provided a substitute for academic essays.
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June 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
What if history class felt more like playing a game? One professor discovered that student-designed video games could unlock deeper thinking about the past and transform how history is taught.
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Blending technology and the humanities, the University of Exeter’s new degree in Interactive Storytelling Design prepares students to craft immersive narratives for the digital age.
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University launches new degree to develop storytellers for a digital age
An innovative new degree is set to launch this September with a mission to level up a new generation of video game and digital-savvy storytellers. The MA Interactive Storytelling Design: Video Games a...
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June 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Blending technology and the humanities, the University of Exeter’s new degree in Interactive Storytelling Design prepares students to craft immersive narratives for the digital age.
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What happens when you bring the humanities into the trades? A panel discussion at the recent 94th Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences explored this question and highlighted how the humanities are transforming skilled professions.
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Brains and Builders: Congress 2025 Spotlights the Powerful Fusion of Humanities and Skilled Trades
/CNW/ - What if the most resilient and fulfilling careers of the future weren't found solely in coding bootcamps but in combining training in the humanities...
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June 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
What happens when you bring the humanities into the trades? A panel discussion at the recent 94th Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences explored this question and highlighted how the humanities are transforming skilled professions.
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Center for Humanities Newsletter, May 15, 2025
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CfH Newsletter May 15, 2025.pdf
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May 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Center for Humanities Newsletter, May 15, 2025
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Thanks to @hercampus.bsky.social for featuring our Books at the Brewery event! Check out the article to learn more about the authors, their inspiration, and how humanities thrive beyond the classroom:
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#CenterForHumanities #HumanitiesMatter
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Female Authors Showcase Works at the Center for Humanities “Books at the Brewery”
At the charming Eastern Divide Brewery, the Center for Humanities at Virginia Tech recently hosted a “Books at the Brewery” event, celebrating published books from within the last year in VT humanitie...
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May 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Thanks to @hercampus.bsky.social for featuring our Books at the Brewery event! Check out the article to learn more about the authors, their inspiration, and how humanities thrive beyond the classroom:
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#CenterForHumanities #HumanitiesMatter
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#CenterForHumanities #HumanitiesMatter