Oregon Humanities Center

The Oregon Humanities Center promotes and strengthens the humanities at the University of Oregon by supporting student and faculty research, teaching, and collaboration among the disciplines; and by providing enriching public programs for the broader community.


2023–24 theme: Humanities Matter(s)

HUMANITIES MATTER(S) Oregon Humanities Center • celebrating 40 years

The Oregon Humanities Center celebrates its 40th Anniversary in 2023–24. 

The Humanities Matter(s) lecture series will amplify the substance and value of the humanities. Humanities give meaning and shape to our shared human experience while helping us address society’s most challenging questions and issues so we can discover productive ways forward. The humanities help us understand the past, comprehend the world in which we live, and conceptualize a better future.   

This lecture series and events celebrating the Oregon Humanities Center’s 40-year impact on the University and surrounding community will primarily highlight the research and findings of UO humanities faculty by asking: What are the various matters that make up the humanities? Why do the humanities matter? What place do the humanities hold for our shared future? How do we bolster the humanities at a time when they are increasingly under attack? 

woman with light brown skin and short white hair wearing a blue top and a red sweaterClark Lecture
“’Surplus’ White Nationalism and GOP Climate Obstruction”
Laura Pulido, the Collins Chair and Professor of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies and Geography at the University of Oregon where she studies race, environmental justice, and cultural memory.
Thursday, April 4, 2024
4 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room
Register 

 

a drippy painting of two hands with index fingers touchingFaculty Panel
“Science and the Humanities”
Vera Keller, History; Nicolae Morar, Environmental Studies and Philosophy; and Cera Smith, Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
3 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room
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man with light skin and a mop of sandy blond hair looking upNEW DATE:
2023–24 Cressman Lecture

Jobs and Universities: A Tale of Two Futures”
Christopher Newfield,
Director of Research at the Independent Social Research Foundation in London
Thursday, May 23, 2024
4 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room
Register | Watch his UO Today interview

woman with light skin and blond hair pulled into a ponytail holding an old espresso pot in front of a chalkboardWine Chat
“The Coffee Bean in the War Machine: Northern Italian Coffee Business between the World Wars”
Diana Garvin, assistant professor, Romance languages and Italian Studies
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
5:30 p.m., Capitello Wines, 540 Charnelton St.
Register

 

Faculty Panel: “AI and the Humanities” (3/1/24)

OHC Directors’ Roundtable Discussion and Reception (11/3/23)


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