Humanities

Bruce Cole, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, spoke about "The State of the Humanities" at Vanderbilt University, on Friday, Sept. 5. Read More

Alex Espinoza, whose first novel was described as an interesting mix of whimsy and uneasiness by the Los Angeles Times, will perform a reading at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The mixed-media Mexican folk art exhibit Retablos: Miracles on the Border will be on display at Vanderbilt's Sarratt Art Gallery Sept. 4-30, with an opening reception and lecture by Latin American anthropologist Jorge Durand on Sept. 11. Read More

Author Paul Conkin of Vanderbilt University will sign copies of his new book about the American farm at Davis-Kidd Booksellers. Read More

Bruce Cole, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will speak about "The State of the Humanities" at Vanderbilt University, on Friday, Sept. 5, at Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music. Read More

All of life is a struggle. Achieving high ideals demands teeth-gritting pain, sadness and loss. It may take generations to embody the values on which a nation is founded. And once embodied, they perpetually threaten to slip away. Read More

Vanderbilt University Professor of History William Caferro has received the 2008 Otto Grundler Prize for his book John Hawkwood: An English Mercenary in 14th Century Italy. Western Michigan University offers this prestigious award annually for the best book or monograph on medieval studies. Read More

Anthropologist Tom D. Dillehay\'s book Monuments, Empires and Resistance has received the Society of American Archaeology\'s highest book award for 2008. Read More

The effect of the crime rate on overall life satisfaction is relatively small, a Vanderbilt researcher has reported. While public opinion polls show that people think crime should be a high priority for local governments, crime appears to be only a small factor in a person\'s feeling of well-being, according to the study\'s author, Mark Cohen. Read More

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