Humanities

Forty years ago, the United States was engaged in an unpopular war half-way around the world, Richard Nixon was well on his way to claiming the Republican nomination and the Democrats were locked in a struggle to determine whether to continue the policies of the sitting Democratic president or to choose a candidate who opposed the war and other key administration policies. The year was 1968, and the candidate who was trying to convince the nation that a new way of conducting its business was in order was Robert F. Kennedy. Read More

For the first time, anyone with access to the Internet can hear tapes of Robert Penn Warren's 1964 interviews with prominent Civil Rights activists like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm X and the Rev. James Lawson. The interviews were conducted for Warren's book "Who Speaks for the Negro?" and this project was made possible with the cooperative efforts of the Vanderbilt, Yale and University of Kentucky libraries. Read More

New evidence from the Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile confirms its status as the earliest known human settlement in the Americas and provides additional support for the theory that one early migration route followed the Pacific Coast more than 14,000 years ago. Read More

Two professors in Vanderbilt\'s College of Arts and Science have been named 2008 Fellows by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Michael D. Bess, the Chancellor\'s Professor of History, and Barbara Hahn, Distinguished Professor of German, are among 190 recipients in the United States and Canada to receive a Guggenheim. Read More

Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor of History Catherine Molineux is the co-winner of the 2007-08 James L. Clifford Prize for the best article on any aspect of 18th-century culture. Read More

Disparities continue to exist in the U.S. tax system that unfairly benefits whites over blacks, according to Beverly Moran, professor of law and professor of sociology at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Faculty of Vanderbilt University will discuss whether war is necessary at an open forum. The public is invited to the free event. Read More

Watch video of the Rev. James Lawson, professor at Vanderbilt, giving the keynote presentation for the "We Speak for Ourselves" conference. Read More

Watch video of the Rev. James Lawson, professor at Vanderbilt, giving the keynote presentation for the "We Speak for Ourselves" conference. Read More

Students studying Japanese will have a chance to test their chops April 12 at Tennessee\'s first-ever Japanese Speech Contest. The event will take place April 12 from 12:15 to 6:30 p.m. at Wilson Hall on the Vanderbilt University campus. It is free and open to the public. Read More

A special panel including Houston Baker, Richard King, Bob Moses and Ruth Turner Perot examine Robert Penn Warren's 1965 book "Who Speaks for the Negro?" as part of Vanderbilt's commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death. Read More

A special panel including Houston Baker, Richard King, Bob Moses and Ruth Turner Perot examine Robert Penn Warren\'s 1965 book "Who Speaks for the Negro?" as part of Vanderbilt\'s commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.\'s death. Read More

Vanderbilt University Library users can locate and access more quickly an expanding variety of resources ñ print, digital and electronic ñ thanks to the new online service DiscoverLibrary. Read More

A Cinemax documentary on assisted living centers will be screened at Vanderbilt University. The event is free and the public is invited. Read More

Angela Davis, the Rev. James Lawson, Houston Baker, Richard King, Bob Moses and Ruth Turner Perot are among the scholars and civil rights activists participating in Vanderbilt University\'s "We Speak for Ourselves: A Poet, a Prophet and Voices for the 21st Century" conference on April 4, presented by Vanderbilt\'s Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities. Read More

Watch video of "Las Maras: Street Gangs and Security in Central America and the United States." Read More

Franz Rosenzweig was one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century, and in recent years his journals, letters and writings have been an important spur to thinking about the possibilities and limits of the humanities. He also remains a central figure in fields as varied as literature, history, philosophy and religious studies. Read More

With dangerous youth gangs becoming firmly entrenched in communities throughout the United States and Central America, a March 11 conference at Vanderbilt University will bring together leading experts to share solutions to the alarming problem. Read More

Women writers from lower and working class backgrounds will gather for the 2008 Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Series Spring Symposium to share their experiences and work with readers and each other. Read More

A documentary about the justice system of the Vatican in a case of child abuse will be screened at Vanderbilt University, followed by a discussion with the director. Read More