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Humanities in Class Webinars

Live, interactive webinars connect educators with scholars and experts in humanities fields to discuss compelling topics. Webinars are free of charge but require registration.

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2024–25 Series

Fall Semester

Information Literacy; Media Literacy; Digital Literacy; Civic Engagement; Democracy; Teaching; Primary Sources
Interrogating Sources, Past and Present: Teaching Literacy and Democracy
September 10, 2024   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Daisy Martin (Director, The History & Civics Project; Instructor, Education Department, University of California, Santa Cruz)

Subjects: Education Studies   Journalism and Communication   History   Information Literacy   Media Literacy   Digital Literacy   Civic Engagement   Democracy   Teaching   Primary Sources  
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Ethics; Pedagogy; Students; Teachers; Teaching
Education and Student Formation: Ethics and the Profession of Teaching
September 19, 2024   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Edward L. Queen, II (Associate Teaching Professor; Director, D. Abbott Turner Program in Ethics and Servant Leadership, Emory University)

Subjects: Education Studies   Philosophy   Ethics   Pedagogy   Students   Teachers   Teaching  
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Cultural Identity; Diversity; Equity; Pedagogy; Students; Culturally Relevant Teaching
Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms and Equity-Mindsets
September 24, 2024   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Leslie Nicole Clement (Director of the University Honors Program, Johnson C. Smith University)

Subjects: Education Studies   Sociology   Cultural Identity   Diversity   Equity   Pedagogy   Students   Culturally Relevant Teaching  
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American History; Learning; Unlearning
The Power and Science of (Un)Learning
October 3, 2024   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Dolly Chugh (Jacob B. Melnick Term Professor, Management and Organizations Department, New York University)

Subjects: History   Psychology   Education Studies   American History   Learning   Unlearning  
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Literary Criticism; Poetry; Romanticism; Social Movements; Great Britain
Slow Time: Media, Poetry, and the Pace of Literature
October 8, 2024   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Jonathan Sachs (NHC Fellow, 2014–15; 2023–24; Professor of English, Concordia University)

Subjects: Fiction and Poetry   Literature   Literary Criticism   Poetry   Romanticism   Social Movements   Great Britain  
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Asian Americans; Asian American Studies; Asian American History; Teaching
Teaching Asian American History: Going Beyond Representation
October 15, 2024   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Freda Lin (Co-Director, YURI Education Project)

Subjects: Education Studies   History   Asian Americans   Asian American Studies   Asian American History   Teaching  
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American History; American South; Farming; Food; Agriculture; Archives; Primary Sources
History’s Surprising Stories—What Southern Apples Tell Us About the South
October 22, 2024   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Diane Flynt (Founder, Foggy Ridge Cider, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Subjects: History   Education Studies   American History   American South   Farming   Food   Agriculture   Archives   Primary Sources  
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Legal History; Political History; American History; Supreme Court of the United States; United States of America
The Earliest Supreme Court
October 29, 2024   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Sally E. Hadden (NHC Fellow, 2023–24; Professor of History, Western Michigan University)

Subjects: Political Science   History   Legal History   Political History   American History   Supreme Court of the United States   United States of America  
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Artificial Intelligence; Literary Criticism; Poetry; William Carlos Williams
Poems and Other Word Machines
December 3, 2024   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Seth Perlow (Associate Professor of English, Georgetown University)

Subjects: Fiction and Poetry   Technology   Artificial Intelligence   Literary Criticism   Poetry   William Carlos Williams  
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Spring Semester

Teaching; Educational Psychology; Education Theory
The World Becomes What We Teach
January 14, 2025   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Zoe Weil (President, Institute for Humane Education, Antioch University New England)

Subjects: Education Studies   Teaching   Educational Psychology   Education Theory  
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Health Humanities; Medical Humanities; Disability Studies; Diseases; Teaching
The Health Humanities: From the Clinic to the Classroom
January 23, 2025   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Michael Robert Blackie (Associate Professor, Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois Chicago)

Subjects: Medicine   Humanities   Education Studies   Health Humanities   Medical Humanities   Disability Studies   Diseases   Teaching  
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Authoritarianism; Internet; Social Media; Disinformation; Politics; Russian History; Vladimir Putin; Russia
Networking Putinism: The Rhetoric of Power in the Digital Age
January 28, 2025   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Michael S. Gorham (NHC Fellow, 2023–24; Professor of Russian, University of Florida)

Subjects: Journalism and Communication   Technology   Authoritarianism   Internet   Social Media   Disinformation   Politics   Russian History   Vladimir Putin   Russia  
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African American Music; United States Politics; Cultural Studies; African American History; Hip-Hop; To Pimp a Butterfly; Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp A Butterfly: Hip-Hop, American Politics, and Cultural Impact
February 6, 2025   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Sequoia Maner (NHC Fellow, 2023–24; Assistant Professor, English, Spelman College)

Subjects: Music   Literature   African American Music   United States Politics   Cultural Studies   African American History   Hip-Hop   To Pimp a Butterfly   Kendrick Lamar  
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Teaching; Digital Pedagogy; Artificial Intelligence; Information Literacy; Digital Literacy; Equity
Promoting Equitable Teaching During the AI Literacy Crisis
February 13, 2025   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Antonio Byrd (Assistant Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City)

Subjects: Education Studies   Teaching   Digital Pedagogy   Artificial Intelligence   Information Literacy   Digital Literacy   Equity  
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African American History; Local History
Who Has the Body? Mapping and Preserving the History of African American Cemeteries
February 20, 2025   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Nishani Frazier (Director of Public History, Department of History, North Carolina State University)

Subjects: History   Education Studies   African American History   Local History  
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American History; American Civil Rights Movement; Activism; Activists
Get Back to the Counter: Seven Lessons for Making a Difference
February 25, 2025   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Loki Mulholland (Founder & Executive Director, The Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation)

Subjects: History   Education Studies   American History   American Civil Rights Movement   Activism   Activists  
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Women's History; Women's Studies; American History; Civic Engagement; Primary Sources; Teaching
Re(Thinking) and Re(Designing) the Celebration of American Women’s History
March 6, 2025   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Emily Krichbaum (Director, Center for Girls' and Young Women's Leadership, Columbus School for Girls)

Subjects: History   Education Studies   Gender and Sexuality   Women's History   Women's Studies   American History   Civic Engagement   Primary Sources   Teaching  
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American History; African American History; American South
Country Soul: Music and Race in the American South
April 8, 2025   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Charles L. Hughes (Associate Professor, History/Urban Studies, Rhodes College)

Subjects: Music   History   American History   African American History   American South  
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Japanese History; Media Literacy; Popular Culture; Samurai; Teaching; Japan
Bushido or Bust: Student Perceptions of Samurai and What to do with Them
April 17, 2025   7:00–8:30 pm ET
J. Elijah Bender (Associate Professor of History, Concordia College)

Subjects: Education Studies   Film and Media   History   Japanese History   Media Literacy   Popular Culture   Samurai   Teaching   Japan  
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Pedagogy; Teaching; Students; Higher Education; Inclusive Education
Eight Strategies for Creating Inclusive Classrooms
May 1, 2025   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Lauren S. Cardon (Associate Professor of English, The University of Alabama) and Anne-Marie Womack (Associate Teaching Professor, Activate Engineering Communication Program, Rice University)

Subjects: Education Studies   Pedagogy   Teaching   Students   Higher Education   Inclusive Education  
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American Civil War; American History; American Westward Expansion; Racial Inequality; Slavery; Kansas City, MO
Kansas City, An American Crossroads
May 6, 2025   7:00–8:30 pm ET
Diane L. Mutti Burke (Professor of History; Co-Director of Center for Digital and Public Humanities, University of Missouri-Kansas City)

Subjects: Education Studies   History   American Civil War   American History   American Westward Expansion   Racial Inequality   Slavery   Kansas City, MO  
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