Hidden Humanities – College of Arts & Sciences

Anthropologist to Present Humanities Lecture on the Muslim Headscarf at UA

April 5, 2016

Dr. Mayanthi Fernando, an anthropologist and ethnographer from the University of California at Santa Cruz, will present “Storytelling Against the Grain: Muslim Lives, French Myths, and the Power of Ethnography” Thursday, April 21 at 7 p.m. in room 205 of Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus. The lecture is part of UA’s Hidden Humanities lecture series. The event is free and open to the public. The Hidden Humanities lecture series was founded in 2014 to bring nationally prominent […]

Feminist Scholar to Present Humanities Lecture

October 12, 2015

From the October 2015 Desktop News | Dr. Catharine Stimpson, a pioneer in the study of women and gender and a founder of feminist criticism, will present “Waging War, Making Peace, Doing the Humanities: Why ‘Macbeth’ Matters” Thursday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. in room 205 of Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus. The lecture is part of UA’s Hidden Humanities lecture series. The event is free and open to the public. Hidden Humanities was founded in 2014 […]

Noted Humanities Scholar Michael Bérubé to Lecture at UA

February 23, 2015

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Dr. Michael Bérubé, director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities and the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature at Pennsylvania State University, will present “The Value and Values of the Humanities” Feb. 26 as part of The University of Alabama’s Hidden Humanities lecture series. The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. in room 205 of Gorgas Library on the UA campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Hidden Humanities lecture […]

Former NEH Chair Kicks Off New Hidden Humanities Lecture Series at UA

September 30, 2014

Dr. William Ferris, professor of history and senior associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present “Standing at the Crossroads: The Humanities and the American South” Oct. 6 as part of The University of Alabama’s new Hidden Humanities lecture series. The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. in room 205 of Gorgas Library on the UA campus. Hidden Humanities is a newly founded lecture […]