Spring 2019 Meeting… Correct Art History: A Feminist Response Bridging community practice and academic scholarship, Dr. Amy Stanley, Associate Professor of History (NU) who specializes in Modern Japan and Gender Studies, will be in conversation with Michelle Hartney, a Chicago-based… Continue Reading
Lunch at the Block!
— TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4th 11:30 – 1:00 — Interested in the public life of the humanities? Curious about alternative careers for humanities doctoral students? Join the NU Public Humanities Colloquium! We’ll be kicking off a series of events for the… Continue Reading
Check out our new Resources
We’ve added a Resources page to feature opportunities–at Northwestern and beyond–to build relationships and competencies in the public humanities.
Humanities Work: Careers for Humanists
Join NU Public Humanities Colloquium on Friday, April 21, for a half-day of career exploration and professional development. We’ve invited NU alumni with PhDs in humanities fields–and jobs in academia, consulting, arts management and public history–to talk to us about… Continue Reading
Humanities Work Beyond the Academy: Lessons from “Humanities Without Walls”
The NU Public Humanities Colloquium will be discussing non-academic/”alt-ac” work and job searching on Thursday, November 17th from 5-6:30 at the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities. We’ll hear from Margaret Lebron and Justin Zullo about their experiences in the… Continue Reading
Livestream: Angela Davis w/ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
This Wednesday, November 16, world-renowned activist, scholar, and author Angela Davis will discuss her new book, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Davis is an outspoken advocate for the… Continue Reading
Alt-Ac Talk Back!
In Summer 2015, Humanities Without Walls organized its first Alternative Academic Career Workshop for pre-doctoral students in the humanities. To kick off our school year, we gathered in the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and hosted a panel of workshop participants, including… Continue Reading
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