Humanities

America's arduous struggle over competing visions of nationhood involving race is a giant step closer to resolution with the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama, says Vanderbilt University historian Gary Gerstle. Read More

Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Levering Lewis will speak at Vanderbilt University Jan. 14 about his new book God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe. Read More

Charles McDew, a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and its chairman from 1961 to 1964, will deliver the keynote lecture for Vanderbilt University's 2009 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Series. Read More

Research by Vanderbilt University professors on Chinese architecture and the Trojan War are among grants announced by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Read More

Carolyn Dever, interim dean of the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University, has accepted an appointment as dean, effective immediately. Read More

A Vanderbilt Associate Professor of English credits her Jamaican grandparents with nurturing her keen interest in uncovering the neglected histories of past generations, especially those of African and Caribbean descent, and preserving their stories for today's learners. Read More

John Sloop, professor of communication studies at Vanderbilt University, has been awarded the prestigious 2008 Charles H. Woolbert Research Award for "The Critique of Vernacular Discourse," published in Communication Monographs. Sloop, who is also associate dean of the College of Arts and Science, is sharing the award with Kent Ono, professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and co-author of the article. Read More

The intricacies of being a black male in America are explored in the new issue of AmeriQuests, the interdisciplinary e-journal based at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Watch video of Roy Blount Jr. delivering the 2008-2009 Harry C. Howard. Jr. Lecture. Read More

Rick Hilles, an acclaimed poet and assistant professor of English at Vanderbilt University, was named one of 10 recipients of the 2008 Whiting Writer's Awards given for "writers of exceptional talent and promise in early career." Read More

Sheryll Cashin, author of The Agitator\'s Daughter: A Memoir of Four Generations of One Extraordinary African-American Family, will give the annual Walter Murray Jr. Commons Lecture Thursday, Nov. 6, at 4 p.m. at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Watch video of a talk by Maureen Tobin Stanley, associate professor of Spanish language, literature, and culture at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, speaking Oct. 23 as part of the Holocaust Lecture Series. Read More

Uncovering ancient treasures, helping police catch dangerous looters and working with the Maya citizens to protect their resources…these are typical activities in the life of Vanderbilt archaeologist Arthur Demarest, who will give a free public lecture Tuesday, Oct. 28, on the Vanderbilt campus. Read More

Writer Teresa Dovalpage, author of the novel A Girl Like Che Guevara, will read from her work as part of the Gertrude and Harold S. Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Program at Vanderbilt. Read More

Roy Blount Jr., acclaimed author, humorist and Vanderbilt alumnus (B.A. 1963) will present this year's Harry C. Howard Jr. lecture at 4:10 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, in Flynn Auditorium at Vanderbilt University Law School. Read More

Peter Applebome, writer and editor at the New York Times, will present a lecture on Monday, Oct. 13, at 4:10 p.m. in Room 126 of Wilson at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Elizabeth McCracken, a celebrated novelist who has just released a powerful memoir, will read from her work at Vanderbilt University as part of the Gertrude & Harold S. Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Program at Vanderbilt. Read More

Gary Gerstle, the first James G. Stahlman Professor of American History at Vanderbilt University, will deliver his inaugural lecture Sept. 25 on "Minorities, Multiculturalism and the Presidency of George W. Bush." Read More

A panel discussion by Vanderbilt alumni who survived the Holocaust will highlight the 31st Annual Vanderbilt University Holocaust Lecture Series. Read More

E. Ann Kaplan, Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies and director of the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook University, will present a lecture on Monday, Sept. 15, at 4:10 p.m. in the auditorium of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt University. Read More