Humanities

Two speakers will lead a discussion on science, philosophy and the environment at this year\'s Berry Lecture at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Vanderbilt University encourages active journalists to apply to attend its 2008 media fellowship, "Immigration: Nation\'s Bedrock or Burden?," April 1-4, 2008, in Nashville, Tenn. Read More

The Vanderbilt Television News Archive and NBC Universal have formed a new partnership to provide streaming video access for students, researchers and faculty at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Read More

Carol M. Swain, Vanderbilt professor of political science and law, has been nominated to the National Council on the Humanities, the White House announced. The appointment is for a six-year term. Read More

Watch video of Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan Indian from Guatemala internationally recognized for her work for social justice and cultural reconciliation for indigenous people, speaking at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Poet and novelist Judson Mitcham, the only two-time winner of the Townsend Prize for Fiction, will read from his work at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has expanded and extended its support for the Vanderbilt University-based Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) with additional funding of up to $9 million. Read More

All theology - like all politics - is local. In that spirit, Vanderbilt Divinity School is planning new emphasis on engaging the creative community in its home city of Nashville. Financed by a $340,000 five-year grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, the divinity school will soon ring with music and be the site of film screenings. Read More

To influence voters, especially those without strong ideological beliefs, presidential candidates should pay as much attention to their oratorical skills as to their stances on issues, according to research by Vanderbilt University political scientist Christian Grose. Read More

Vanderbilt University\'s Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center will announce the winners of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical and Essay Contest Saturday, Jan. 26, at an 11:30 a.m. luncheon for all local students participating in the contest and their families. Read More

James Hoch, a New Jersey poet whose work has been compared to songwriters Bruce Springsteen and Elliott Smith, will read from his poetry at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Mark Mathabane spent his childhood living under apartheid in South Africa. But, unlike many, he was able to escape the devastating poverty and violence of a Johannesburg ghetto through the help of 1972 Wimbledon champion Stan Smith and a tennis scholarship to South Carolina\'s Limestone College. Read More

Leading thinkers on tricky topics of global justice will speak during a Tuesday afternoon series at Vanderbilt University, and the public is invited to participate. Read More

Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan Indian from Guatemala internationally recognized for her work for social justice and cultural reconciliation for indigenous people, will speak at Vanderbilt University on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at Benton Chapel on Vanderbilt University\'s campus. Read More

Three years ago, Vanderbilt University ethnomusicologist Greg Barz realized that American popular culture was sweeping Africa and could very well threaten centuries-old musical traditions. Read More

Films from 14 countries will be screened for free during a foreign film series at Vanderbilt University running each Wednesday evening until April 16 except for spring break. Two bonus screenings will occur on Mondays. Read More

Voters should welcome an increase in political attack ads on the airwaves as the presidential nominating process moves into overdrive, says Vanderbilt University political scientist John Geer. Read More

A series of musical performances, panel discussions, the release of a double CD of religious music and a conference to sum it all up will mark a semester-long investigation of "God in Music City" at Vanderbilt University. Read More

President Bush has nominated Carol M. Swain, Vanderbilt professor of political science and law, to the National Council on the Humanities, the White House announced. The appointment, subject to confirmation by the U.S. Senate, is for a six-year term. Read More

Actor, singer and activist Harry Belafonte will kick off Vanderbilt University\'s 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Series with a 6 p.m. lecture Monday, Jan. 14, at the Student Life Center. Read More