Today's read: in this interview with former fellow Dimitris Xygalatas (@xygalatas.bsky.social), he discusses his work on rituals showing their meaningfulness and importance to human life.

Today’s listen: our second “What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI?” podcast episode on AI and Education. In this episode scholars from Connecticut and Morocco discuss how AI will reshape the future of education across the disciplines.

Join us Thursday 10/9 for our symposium: “What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI?” This symposium featuring scholars in Connecticut and Morocco will define terms associated with artificial intelligence and address the challenges posed by AI on the future of the humanities. buff.ly/69yt5aw.

Today's read: Did you miss Ashmita Mukherjee's fellow talk last week on forms of resistance through literary amusement in Post/Colonial India? Catch what you missed in The Daily Campus:

In this clip of the episode on AI and Justice for the "What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI?" podcast scholars discuss how philosophers have changed their approach to defining and understanding justice. To listen to the full episode, click here: buff.ly/M9bPNdD

Today’s listen: our first “What Are We Talking About When We Talk About AI?” podcast episode, as part of our Human-Centered AI Initiative. In this episode scholars from Connecticut and Morocco define the term “justice” and how AI can be deployed to create a just and equitable world. buff.ly/M9bPNdD

Today!! Join us at 3:30pm for Ashmita Mukherjee's fellow talk, "Amusement and Affect in Post/Colonial India." Details below: buff.ly/n0Khmf0

Tomorrow! Join us at 3:30pm for Ashmita Mukherjee's fellow talk, "Amusement and Affect in Post/Colonial India." Details below:

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships support early-stage dissertation projects poised to take humanistic research in bold new directions. $52K awards fund year of research & mentorship. Apply by Oct. 29: www.acls.org/DIF

Next week! Join us Wednesday (9/17) at 3:30pm for Ashmita Mukherjee's fellow talk, "Amusement and Affect in Post/Colonial India." Details below:

Today!! Join us at 3:30pm for Ahmed AboHamad's fellow talk, “The Inward Turn and the Vices of Political (Dis)engagement." Details below:

Today! Join us virtually at 12:15pm for a workshop featuring a panel of recent UConn PhDs and UConn Faculty where they will provide advice about "Navigating the Academic Job Market." Details below: buff.ly/kNbXSeb

Tomorrow! Join us at 3:30pm for Ahmed AboHamad's fellow talk, “The Inward Turn and the Vices of Political (Dis)engagement." Details below:

Tomorrow! Join us virtually at 12:15pm for a workshop featuring a panel of recent UConn PhDs and UConn Faculty where they will provide advice about "Navigating the Academic Job Market." Details below: buff.ly/kNbXSeb

Next week! Join us virtually on Wednesday (9/10) at 12:15pm for a workshop featuring a panel of recent UConn PhDs and UConn Faculty where they will provide advice about "Navigating the Academic Job Market." Details below: buff.ly/kNbXSeb

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Next week! Join us Wednesday (9/10) at 3:30pm for Ahmed AboHamad's fellow talk, “The Inward Turn and the Vices of Political (Dis)engagement." Details below:

Today’s read: Former fellow @sarahwillen.bsky.social on the premature deinstallation of the CDC Museum exhibition “Health Is a Human Right: Achieving Health Equity.” buff.ly/A7gnB4t

We were thrilled to introduce our twenty-fourth class of Humanities Institute fellows last night at the 2025–26 welcome reception. Welcome 2025–25 fellows!!

Welcome back to campus, UConn! We are excited to begin another year of fellowship, research, and collaboration at the Humanities Institute.

Today’s read: Former fellow Ana María Díaz Marcos on the international network of anti-fascist librarians that helped Spanish Republicans in the Spanish postwar period. english.elpais.com/internationa...

Want to learn more about the Humanities Institute and get a look at what we have planned for 2025–26? Check out our year in review booklet!

Introducing our 2025–25 Undergraduate Humanities Research Fellows! Josephine Burke (Political Science & Human Rights), Suleen Kareem (Philosophy & Human Rights), Autumn Scott (History), and Bryce Turner (Anthropology & Molecular and Cell Biology).

Join us in welcoming '25–26 Visiting Scholar Jennifer Cazenave (@bostonu.bsky.social) to UConn! Jennifer will be working on her project, Lessons in Seeing, which argues that media technologies have been actively involved in the construction and deconstruction of disability as a project of exclusion.

Former fellow Janet Pritchard’s work will be featured in an exhibition at the CT River Museum entitled, Watermark: Capturing the Connecticut. ctrivermuseum.org/exhibition/w...

Our residential fellowship competition is underway. While you consider applying, check out our interview with Martha Kelly, the NHC’s vice president for scholarly programs, and gain valuable insight into the application process.

Please join us in welcoming UCHI’s 2025–26 Dissertation Research Scholars! Asmita Aasaavari (Sociology) Ahmed AboHamad (Philosophy) Catalina Alvarado-Cañuta, Richard Brown Dissertation Fellow (Anthropology) Ashmita Mukherjee, Draper Dissertation Fellow (Literatures, Cultures, and Languages):

Introducing UCHI 2025–26 UConn Faculty Fellows! April Anson, Peter Constantine, Najnin Islam, Julia Smachylo, Kathleen Tonry, Fiona Somerset, Harry van der Hulst, and Christopher Vials. Welcome, fellows!

NEW ARTICLE: ‘It’s not where we are, it’s who we’re near’: Crisis & caring labor in the COVID narratives of middle-class white women in the US rb.gy/ilaa6d @americananthro.bsky.social @socmedanthro.bsky.social sky.social @uconninchip.bsky.social nchip.bsky.social @uconnhumanities.bsky.social

Congratulations to former visiting UCHI fellow Kornel Chang, whose book, A Fractured Liberation: Korea Under US Occupation, has been longlisted for the 2025 Cundill History Prize.

If you missed UConn's first Story Slam—where students shared moving stories about drinking chai with family, getting back into music, learning to accept help from others, and more—all the videos are available on our YouTube channel. Watch now! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Today’s watch: In “Houston, We Need a Doctor” UConn Department of Allied Health Sciences major Natasha Khetan tells her story about disability, diagnosis, and dreams for the future. Filmed at the 2025 UConn Story Slam. youtu.be/A5qS2BW7VZs

ACLS is pleased to announce our 2025-26 fellowship and grant competitions. We offer programs that support research across all fields of the humanities and social sciences: bit.ly/4lI8A3C #humanities #socialsciences #funding

The National Humanities Center will offer up to 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the #humanities for the 2026–27 academic year. Help us spread the word about this exciting opportunity. The deadline to apply is October 2, 2025.

Today’s read: Former fellow Scott Wallace (@uconnjournalism.bsky.social) on his historical memoir, Central America in the Crosshairs of War: On the Road from Vietnam to Iraq. today.uconn.edu/2025/07/war-...

Today‘s watch: In “Punching Up” UConn English major David Cabeceiras tells a story about boxing, writing, and fear. Filmed and recorded at the 2025 UConn Story Slam. youtu.be/9BSDMgiZkmE

Today‘s watch: In “Some Kind of Blue” Myles Tate-Alsgaard tells a story about jazz, fitting in, and finding your way back to the things you love. Filmed at the 2025 UConn Story Slam. youtu.be/1uGiYeEP7iQ

Today’s watch: In “Full Load” English major Hannah Dang recounts a story about laundry, self-sufficiency, conflict, and connection at the 2025 UConn Story Slam. youtu.be/ofC82VAeCWA

Today’s watch: In “Quiet on Set” Digital Media and Design major Martine August Remi tells a story about filmmaking, belonging, and acceptance at the 2025 UConn Story Slam. youtu.be/vYkmu2nBFyQ

Congratulations to former undergraduate fellow Karen Lau who earned a post in the Fulbright US Student Program. She will serve as an English teaching assistant in Taiwan for her Fulbright. Congrats, Karen!

Today’s read: Former fellow Jeremy Pressman writes about the role of protest in democracy for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/millions-ral...

Today's watch: “A Little Ginger.” Aisha Hashimi shares her story about chai, family, and generosity at the 2025 UConn Story Slam. youtu.be/3jcncAEzm-g

Please join us in congratulating former fellow Serkan Görkemli, whose short story collection Sweet Tooth and Other Stories (University Press of Kentucky) was named the 2024 Silver Winner for LGBTQ+ Adult Fiction by the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. Congrats, Serkan!! 🎉 buff.ly/LZlqycz

From finding connection in the boxing ring to understanding identity through language, six students shared their unique perspectives on what it means to find connection in the first annual UConn Story Slam earlier this year. Check out this highlight reel! youtu.be/uxKsqJdZwb8

Today’s watch: Going to the Lordy, a play about Charles Guiteau—the man who assassinated President James Garfield—written and directed by 2024–25 Undergraduate Humanities Research Fellow Evan Wolfgang. Presented by Jump the Creek Productions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=22VY...

UCHI Director Anna Mae Duane is in Morocco working with our partners at UIR to develop a cross-disciplinary, international glossary of AI terms. They're recording a podcast covering key AI-related terms like "learning" and "justice" and, the episode this clip is from, "education."

Step inside the world of groundbreaking undergraduate research at the Humanities Institute. This short video highlights the work of three fellows (Evan Wolfgang, Kathryn Andronowitz, and Kanny Salike) whose projects explore theatre, digital culture, language, and more.

My interview for a blog series to discuss my Graduate Assistantship with @uconnhumanities.bsky.social and share advice about applying skills to different positions. I also talked about my work with EPOCH (w/ @uconnhistory.bsky.social) and @shearites.bsky.social. career.uconn.edu/blog/2025/06...

Learn all about our 2025–26 fellows! Their projects cover time frames from the medieval world to the present day; and engage topics from prison book bans, to disability in film, to environmental justice. buff.ly/jutl5lx

Today’s watch: Kanny Salike, a rising senior studying Linguistics/Philosophy and Anthropology and a 2024–25 Undergraduate Humanities Research Fellow, examines how racism and audism shaped the development of African American English and Black American Sign Language.