HI Announces Dr. Phillip Barrish as the New Associate Director
Wed, Sep 13, 2017
Directors Note: August 2017
Director Pauline Strong recounts HI's 2016-2017 Academic Year
Tue, Aug 1, 2017
Director Pauline Strong recounts HI's 2016-2017 Academic Year
Announcing the Humanities Institute "Health and Humanities" Pop-Up Institute
Fri, Jul 14, 2017
The Humanities Institute is excited to announce that it has been granted matching funds from the Office of the Vice President for Research in support of our 2018 Pop-Up Institute "Health and Humanities: Narrative Medicine, Equity and Diversity, and Community Practice."
Announcing New Lineup for the Controversy & Conversation Documentary Film Screening Series
Thu, Apr 20, 2017
The Humanities Institute is excited to announce that we have selected, in cooperation with the Austin Public Library, a series of new titles to screen at our Controversy & Conversation documentary film screening series!
Humanities Institute Announces 2017 Community Sabbatical Recipients; Program Provides Flexible Leave Time and Mentorship for Professionals at Central Texas Non-Profits
Wed, Apr 19, 2017
The Humanities Institute at The University of Texas at Austin has announced the 2017 recipients of the Community Sabbatical program, which provides paid flexible leave time, faculty collaborators, and access to library resources to selected staff members of non-profit organizations (501(c)3’s) in central Texas.
HI Community Sabbatical Grant Helps Shape Austin's New Central Public Library
Mon, Apr 17, 2017
What is the role of central public libraries in the 21st century? Executive Director of the Austin Public Library Friends Foundation and former recipient of a 2009-2011 Humanities Institute Community Sabbatical Research Grant, Tim Staley, used his sabbatical term with the Humanities Institute to investigate the resurgence of the new central public library in the United States. Over the last roughly 10-15 years, several new central libraries have been built throughout the country, and Austin’s own new Central Library is expected to open downtown this fall. As Executive Director of the Library Foundation, Mr. Staley has led the fundraising efforts and helped plan for Austin’s new central library.
The Native American Post-Colonization Health Crisis: Indigenous Healing and the Research of Joseph Gone
Mon, Mar 13, 2017
Conventional methods of assistance for individuals with psychological discomfort and impairment do not adequately serve the Native American community, argues Dr. Joseph Gone, psychologist and Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. A citizen of the Gros Ventre tribal nation of Montana, Dr. Gone examines the cultural influences that affect mental health, and the convergence in mental health services of of cultural competency and evidence-based practices. His research explores the cultural psychology of identity and social relationships, especially therapeutic interventions like psychotherapy and traditional healing, within indigenous communities.
Mellon/ACLS Invites Applications for the 7th Public Fellows Competition
Sun, Feb 26, 2017
Dr. Max Rayneard, Former HI Community Sabbatical Grantee, Reevaluates the Relationship Between Telling a Story and Healing
Wed, Feb 8, 2017
The Telling Project records and transcribes interviews with veterans and related populations—military families, interpreters, and refugees of war, for example. Together, they then shape the interviews into a performance script, weaving together multiple voices. After collaborative editing of the scripts, The Telling Project provides performance training and rehearsal. Then, veterans and related populations step onto stages to tell their stories directly to the communities where they live.
Dr. Sylvia Gale Brings Her Training at the Humanities Institute to the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement to Partner with Local Communities
Fri, Jan 13, 2017
Sylvia Gale, a former Program Coordinator at the Humanities Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, is today the Director of the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement at University Richmond. The Bonner Center aims to connect students and faculty at the University with the surrounding community. Dr. Gale says that the Center’s mission is to build connections that are not only meaningful academically but rooted in the ethic of reciprocity. “That’s easy to say, but harder to carry out,” says Dr. Gale. “My job is to help us stay true to that ethic.”
University of Toronto Quarterly's Latest Issue Contributes to the Public Humanities
Mon, Dec 19, 2016
The University of Toronto Quarterly's latest issue features articles on the public humanities, including an essay co-written by Doris Sommer and the Director of the Humanities Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, Pauline Strong, titled "Theory Follows from Practice: Lessons from the Field."
Bullock's New Femme Film Series Program Enters Its Second Semester
Fri, Dec 16, 2016
This September, the Bullock Museum launched a new film series called Femme Film Fridays, designed to highlight the cinematic works of women, both behind and in front of the camera.
UT Austin to Feature New Work by Ann Hamilton in January 2017
Tue, Dec 13, 2016
Landmarks, UT’s public art program, expands its collection by adding the largest iteration of Hamilton’s O N E E V E R Y O N E portrait series.
Robert Jensen, Professor of Journalism, Publishes New Book on Patriarchy and Feminism
Fri, Dec 9, 2016
We are excited to announce that Robert Jensen, Professor in the School of Journalism, is coming out with a new book, The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men in January 2017 with Spinifex Press.
Charlie Lockwood, Community Sabbatical Grantee, Discusses His Work at Texas Folklife
Thu, Dec 1, 2016
Charlie Lockwood is the Executive Director at Texas Folklife, an Austin non-profit dedicated to preserving the culture of Texas. He was also a Community Sabbatical grantee with the Humanities Institute in 2015. Mr. Lockwood recently shared with us the critical steps the Community Sabbatical Award allow him to take on an important project for his organization.
Controversy & Conversation: San Antonio Four Exonerated
Tue, Nov 29, 2016
After 22 years of fighting to clean their names, Elizabeth Ramirez, Anna Vasquez, Kristie Mayhugh, and Cassandra Rivera were officially exonerated on November 23, 2016.
Filmmaker Anne De Mare Speaks at Free (Thinking) Lunch
Fri, Jul 31, 2015
De Mare's film, "The Homestretch" will screen on August 6 as part of the Austin Public Library and Difficult Dialogues "Controversy and Conversation" film series.
