Humanities

Poet Ciaran Carson will read from his work at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Watch video of a Thinking Out of the Lunchbox discussion with Colin Dayan, professor of English, Robert Penn Warren Professor in Humanities; Jemima Pierre, visiting fellow, Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities; and Jane Landers, associate professor of history. Read More

A lecture about Google’s effect on culture, commerce and community set for April 15 at Vanderbilt University has been canceled. Read More

Ira Berlin, an American historian and author of The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations (Viking 2010), will speak at Vanderbilt University on April 16. Read More

Elie Wiesel, author and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, will speak at Vanderbilt University Monday, April 12, at 7 p.m. at Langford Auditorium. Read More

A national literary journal, Nashville Review, has been launched by graduate creative writing students at Vanderbilt University. The journal will operate under a broad definition of literature, including fiction, poetry, comics, songs and films. There will also be interviews of distinguished artists. Read More

Students in Vanderbilt University's World War II history class will watch a P-51 Mustang, arguably the most potent and effective fight plane of that war, fly over the northern part of the Vanderbilt campus at noon on Friday, April 2. Read More

The battle between creationists and Darwinians sometimes appears to be irresolvable. Pick science or religion – you can't have both. Read More

Sensitive issues about medical care for dying patients will be addressed in this year's Berry Lecture, sponsored by the philosophy department at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Vanderbilt University's Center for Latin American Studies will host a public conversation and reception with Alberto Fuguet, an acclaimed Chilean author, journalist and filmmaker, on March 22 at Fido in Hillsboro Village. The event begins at 6 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Read More

Rick Perlstein, an author and political journalist who has written extensively about the history of conservatism in modern America, will speak at Vanderbilt University on March 22. Read More

A Vanderbilt Divinity School professor will present his viewpoint on Rastafarian theology and reggae music March 16 during an event sponsored by the Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture program at the divinity school. Read More

A short story collection by a Vanderbilt University professor described as "an amazingly original Flannery O'Connor/Loretta Lynn collision" is one of five nominees for the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Read More

The Vanderbilt and Nashville communities are invited to the "Hope for Haiti: Holistic Perspectives on the Crisis" forum at Vanderbilt on Feb. 16 at Langford Auditorium. The 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. free event offers diverse, informed perspectives on the recent earthquake disaster in Haiti. Live video of this event will be streamed on VUCast, www.vanderbilt.edu/news. Read More

Vanderbilt University Libraries are remembering one of America's most beloved writers with the exhibit "Mark Twain: An American Original," now on display in Special Collections. Read More

NOTE: Due to blizzard conditions in the D.C. area, Al-Suwaij is unable to travel to Nashville. The event has been canceled. Read More

Richard A. "Pete" Peterson, one of the first professors to research country music from a sociological perspective, died Feb. 4. He was 77. Peterson, a professor of sociology, emeritus, at Vanderbilt University, was founding chairman of the American Sociological Association's culture section. Read More

Musician and recent Reebok Human Rights recipient Anderson Sa, who has used music to help lead Brazilian youth away from drug cartels, will spend a week at Vanderbilt University beginning Feb. 22 in a joint effort by Great Performances at Vanderbilt and the Center for Latin American Studies. Read More

Beth Bachmann of Vanderbilt University is the 2010 winner of The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, given to honor a poet‘s first book. Bachmann‘s Temper, published last year by the University of Pittsburgh Press, was called "an unforgettable first book" by poet Lynn Emanuel. Read More

Vanderbilt University Libraries are remembering one of America‘s most beloved writers with the exhibit "Mark Twain: An American Original," now on display in Special Collections through June 30. The exhibit is free and open to the public weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Special Collections is located at 419 21st Ave. S. Read More