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The Center for the Humanities
The Hood College Center for the Humanities was founded in 1990 by a group of interested faculty members from the humanities departments at Hood—art, English, foreign languages, history and political science, music, and philosophy and religion. These departments elect a five-member council which is responsible for the ongoing work of the Center. During its 15-year existence, Hood’s Center for the Humanities has presented a distinguished roster of events, including lectures, symposia, film series, concerts, poetry readings and colloquia. In 1999, Hood was the recipient of a major challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which helps provide for an annual lecture series, an NEH visiting scholar and release time for faculty. In recent years, our visiting lecturers have included capital punishment activist Sister Helen Prejean and political philosopher Cornel West. Last year’s Colloquium, “Cultural Encounters,” focused on understanding and appreciating cultural differences.
The Center for the Humanities of Hood College is pleased to announce its 2009-2010 Colloquium, “Provocations, Passions and Disruptions.” Under the direction of Rebecca Prime, NEH Sophia M. Libman professor of humanities, the Colloquium will feature lectures, performances and events that explore the concepts of historical rupture and disturbance across the centuries. Funded in part by an NEH challenge grant, all events are free and open to the public.
This year’s fall Colloquium events include a lecture by Peter Singer, a renowned and often controversial philosoopher; a reading and talk by historical novelist William Heath; and a lecture by noted musicologist Alan Walker.
For a full calendar of this fall’s events please click here.
For further information, please contact Prime at prime@hood.edu.