Humanities

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

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