The "Just US Graduate Student Dinners" Initiative is hosting a dinner at 6 pm on October 7 at The Fung House (48 Professors Row). Grad Students are welcome!

Next Wednesday, 10/8, join us at 4 pm for a presentation by Postdoctoral Fellow Daniel Sunshine entitled "Bidding Adieu to Dixie." All are welcome. Hope to see you there!

There is a new initiative starting up next Friday, 10/10-- the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Studies Initiative! Contact Professors Alice Sullivan and Gregory Crane for more details, or join us on October 10 at noon. Learn more: tinyurl.com/AMEMS-2025

The National Humanities Alliance has a new website explaining why studying the humanities in college is key for future success in a rapidly changing world. Read more: nhalliance.org/career-succe...

Due to inclement weather, this meeting will start immediately at the Fung House (48 Professors Row). The tour of the pollinator gardens will be rescheduled.

Join us today at 4 pm to hear Lily Mengesha discuss her new book, Critical Dreaming! Open to all.

The Aurality Hub is back this Friday at 2 pm in Barnard LL26. Come meet Louis Chude-Sokei of Boston University. All are welcome! To RSVP, email organizers Joseph Auner, Riccardo Giancconi, and Alessandra Campana.

Next Thursday at 1 pm (Sept 25), join us for a discussion of the future of the Tufts Pollinator Initiative! Meet at the Pollinator Garden between Balloua and Barnum Halls. A discussion at the Fung House (48 Professors Row) to follow!

Come join us on September 24, 4 pm for a conversation with Lilian Mengesha about her new book, Critical Dreaming. Save the date!

Tomorrow (9/11) at 4 pm, all Tufts faculty, staff, and graduate students are welcome to join us tomorrow for an Open House event with the University Ecologies Initiative! Hope to see you there!

The University Ecologies Initiative is hoping to hire a visiting artist for a residency in spring of 2026. If you are an artist interested in a residency program, we would love for you to apply: apply.interfolio.com/171212

The University Ecologies team invites the Tufts community to join them on Thursday, 9/11 for an Open House event. Join to connect with colleagues & friends, and to learn more about this project. We hope to see you there!

On Wednesday (9/3), CHAT held our first Open House event of the fall, which included a preview of various events happening in the fine arts! Our slideshow of upcoming events is on our website: humanities.tufts.edu/news/fine-ar...

Join us tomorrow (9/3) for our first Open House event, here at the Fung House (48 Professors Row). We will be previewing various events in the fine arts. Hope to see you there!

CHAT invites the Tufts Community to join us on Wednesday, September 3rd at 4 pm for our first Open House event of the new year, celebrating the fine arts. We hope you can join us!

The Boston Digital Humanities group is looking for a host for their 2026 symposium. If your institution is interested in hosting, please let them know here: tinyurl.com/apply-Boston...

The Tufts Graduate Humanities Conference has extended its deadline for papers to July 1! Tufts grad students are encouraged to apply. Learn more here: tinyurl.com/Tufts-Papers25

Tufts 2025 MFA Thesis presentations are featured in TuftsNow. Congratulations MFA graduates! now.tufts.edu/2025/05/27/f...

CHAT would like to thank our 2024-2025 fellows for a wonderful year. Thanks for sharing your scholarship with us and creating such a great community. humanities.tufts.edu/people/curre...

The New England Humanities Consortium has recently announced funding opportunities, up to $5000. Details are on the CHAT website. The proposal link is here: tinyurl.com/NEH-2025

Congratulations to the Tufts Class of 2025! Well done Jumbos!

Tomorrow (5/17), The Umbrella Arts Center in Concord will present a program of three locally shot short films about impactful women in Concord history, created by Half the History. This event is free! humanities.tufts.edu/news/half-hi...

Our presentation with Rebecca Zajac has changed to an online event. The direct zoom link is on our website (humanities.tufts.edu), but also at tinyurl.com/zajac-may8.

On May 8, Join us to hear Rebecca Zajac discuss black resistance and prosperity in Antebellum America. Details on our website: humanities.tufts.edu.

Congratulations @kharyjones.bsky.social!

On May 7th, Tufts Faculty are invited to a special workshop with John Ghazvinian about writing for non-academic sources. Please register to attend: tinyurl.com/Tufts-worksh...

Join us tomorrow (4/23) for our final Open House event for the academic year, happening at 4 pm at the Fung House (48 Professors Row). Thank you to all of our scholars and friends who have shared their work with us. Help us celebrate!

Next Wednesday (4/23), join us for the final Open House for the year. Help us celebrate all fellows, faculty speakers, and special guests who have shared their scholarship with us this year. Hope you can attend!

Join us tomorrow (4/16) for an original presentation by CHAT Fellow Manjari Mukherjee (TDPS) about the life of Pramila, the Baghdadi Jewish Actress of Bollywood. Hope to see you there!

Next Tuesday (4/15) join us in Sophia Gordon Hall at 4:30 pm to hear John Lurz (Tufts English Department) discuss his new book, The Barthes Fantastic. We hope you can attend!

Join us today (4/10) at 4:30 pm in Eaton Hall to hear Artist Mary Mattingly discuss urban commons in dialogue with Kit Collins & Kafi Dixon. Hope you can attend!

Join us Wednesday, April 9, at 4 pm to hear Tina Shull from UNC Charlotte discuss Climate Refugee Stories. Come on by if you are free!

The National Humanities Alliance has posted several ways to support the NEH. Your support is very much appreciated and needed in this difficult time. nhalliance.org/federal-fund...

The National Humanities Alliance has issued an important message about upcoming federal actions which may impact humanities centers funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The message is available on their website. nhalliance.org/nha-statemen...

Join us tomorrow (4/2) for a conversation with Caleb Scoville from the Department of Sociology about the Delta Smelt, and the controversies surrounding this small fish. Hope you can attend!

Come to Alumnae Lounge (room 106) tomorrow (3/27) at 4:30 to hear Kriti Sharma from UC-Santa Cruz explore alternate ideas of what life requires. We hope you can join us!

Join us tonight at 6 pm to welcome Meredith Turits (Tufts Alum), to discuss strategies for getting published and also to discuss her new book, Just Want You Here. We hope you can attend!

Next Wednesday, (3/26) CHAT will celebrate all publications in the humanities, humanistic social sciences, and the arts. Please contact Amanda if you have something to celebrate! See you on Wednesday!

This week is Spring Break at Tufts, but next week, we have so many great events coming up. Learn more at our website! humanities.tufts.edu/events/upcom...

CHAT is happy to announce that former postdoctoral fellow, heidi andrea restrepo rhodes, has a new book coming out April 8 from Duke University Press. Congratulations heidi! www.dukeupress.edu/afterlives-o...

On March 26, CHAT will be hosting an event to honor all of the new publications in the Humanities which have come out in the past 12-16 months. If you are Tufts faculty who has published recently, contact the CHAT administrator and share so we can recognize you!

Join us next Wednesday (3/12) for an original presentation by Modhumita Roy, "New Ways to Tell: Progressive Writers and the Bengal Famine (1942)." All are welcome.

The Department of International Literary and Cultural Studies invites you to their annual symposium, Ecology Now!, happening Friday, 3/7 in Alumnae Lounge at Tufts. Featuring Ken Liu.

Join us today at 4 pm for an original presentation by Mary McNeil, Tufts Department of Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora, and CHAT Faculty Fellow

This is a quick reminder that the application period CHAT Dissertation fellowship closes Saturday, March 1. Please be sure to apply! humanities.tufts.edu/dissertation...

The Department of Anthropology invites the Tufts Community to hear Dr. Ruth Toulson for a book talk, "Necropolitics of the Ordinary," tomorrow (2/27) at 4:30 p.m. in Eaton Hall, Room 225. Come check it out!

Tomorrow (2/25), the Department of English (co-sponsored with CHAT & others) is excited to welcome author Hala Ayan to campus (Breed Hall) for a reading and conversation. Hope you can join! Details on the CHAT website: humanities.tufts.edu/events

Next Wednesday (2/26), join us to hear Emily Strasser discuss her new publication, Half-Life of a Secret: Reckoning with a Hidden History. You can learn more at our website: humanities.tufts.edu/events/upcom...

Join us today at 4:30 to hear Leonard Cassuto from Fordham University discuss the importance of readability in academic writing. This event comes with a free book, while supplies last! We hope you can attend today at The Fung House!

Join us today at 4 p.m. to hear Postdoctoral Fellow Daniel Sunshine discuss the connections between slavery, medicine, and public history. All are welcome. Happening at The Fung House!