The Humanities Center at Texas Tech

The Humanities Center at Texas Tech The Humanities Center fosters world-leading research in the humanities.

We facilitate collaboration among the diverse research communities of Texas Tech, the nation, and the globe in pursuit of richer conceptualizations of human cultural production. To this end, we promote critical investigations, articulations, and alliances which both strengthen existing partnerships and imagine new ones.

The Humanities Center congratulates Alumni College Fellow Dr. Pamela Zinn of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatu...
09/30/2026

The Humanities Center congratulates Alumni College Fellow Dr. Pamela Zinn of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures on the international conference "Lucretius and His Times: Interdisciplinary Perspectives," going on this week in Palermo!

Don't forget to join the Humanities Center today at 1pm on Zoom, when we host our final Book Publishing Lab workshop of ...
05/06/2026

Don't forget to join the Humanities Center today at 1pm on Zoom, when we host our final Book Publishing Lab workshop of the semester with academic developmental editor Dr. Shanon Fitzpatrick.

Dr. Fitzpatrick will discuss what academic developmental editors do and how they assist with large scholarly projects before moving into a discussion of a manuscript in progress by BPL Fellow Dr. Kanika Batra of the Department of English.

This workshop is open to all faculty and graduate students. Register on Zoom at https://texastech.zoom.us/meeting/register/qbDbIp9SQMyG32NbyGpl6g

Do you know what an academic developmental editor does? Come find out on Wednesday, May 6 when the Humanities Center hos...
05/05/2026

Do you know what an academic developmental editor does? Come find out on Wednesday, May 6 when the Humanities Center hosts an online workshop in our Book Publishing Lab at 1pm Central with developmental editor Dr. Shanon Fitzpatrick.

Dr. Fitzpatrick will be leading a workshop on a new book in progress by BPL Faculty Fellow Dr. Kanika Batra of the Department of English.

Register for this Zoom event at https://texastech.zoom.us/meeting/register/qbDbIp9SQMyG32NbyGpl6g

Don't forget to join us today in 228 Weeks Hall at 1pm for a workshop in the Book Publishing Lab, as we continue to disc...
05/04/2026

Don't forget to join us today in 228 Weeks Hall at 1pm for a workshop in the Book Publishing Lab, as we continue to discuss a new manuscript in process by Book Publishing Lab Fellow Dr. Lauren Miller of Anthropology.

Our guest speaker will be Dr. May Joseph of Pratt Institute.

Dr. May Joseph is the founder of Harmattan Theater, an environmental theater company based in New York City and Professor of Global Studies in the Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies at Pratt Institute, New York. She is currently the Managing Co-Editor-in-Chief of ‘Island Studies Journal’, https://islandstudiesjournal.org. Dr. Joseph's scholarly research combines critical theory with architectural and environmental theory and performance practice.

This workshop is open to all faculty and graduate students.

Join the Humanities Center on Monday and Wednesday for our final two workshops of the semester in the Book Publishing La...
04/30/2026

Join the Humanities Center on Monday and Wednesday for our final two workshops of the semester in the Book Publishing Lab!

The Humanities Center's Book Publishing Lab is a competitive program for tenured or tenure-track faculty members in humanities fields, designed to support and expedite the publication of original scholarly monographs. In the coming week, the Center will be hosting our final two workshops: on Monday, in person, with Dr. May Joseph, and on Wednesday, online, with Dr. Shanon Fitzpatrick.

These workshops offer an inside look at the peer review process, strategies for revising long projects, and insight into the mechanics of scholarly publishing. Open to all faculty and graduate students.

Dr. Joseph's workshop will be hosted in person at 228 Weeks Hall. To register for Dr. Fitzpatrick's workshop, see https://texastech.zoom.us/meeting/register/qbDbIp9SQMyG32NbyGpl6g

Join the Humanities Center on Monday and Thursday for two workshops in the Book Publishing Lab!The Humanities Center's B...
04/24/2026

Join the Humanities Center on Monday and Thursday for two workshops in the Book Publishing Lab!

The Humanities Center's Book Publishing Lab is a competitive program for tenured or tenure-track faculty members in humanities fields, designed to support and expedite the publication of original scholarly monographs. In the coming week, the Center will be hosting two workshops: on Monday, in person, with Dr. Petra Rethmann, and on Thursday, online, with Dr. Suzanne Scafe.

These workshops offer an inside look at the peer review process, strategies for revising long projects, and insight into the mechanics of scholarly publishing.

Dr. Rethmann will be leading a workshop on a manuscript in process by Book Publishing Lab Fellow Dr. Lauren Miller (Anthropology), and Dr. Scafe will be leading a workshop on a manuscript in process by Book Publishing Lab Fellow Dr. Kanika Batra (English).

Dr. Rethmann's workshop will be in 328 Weeks Hall. To register for Dr. Scafe's online workshop, click on https://texastech.zoom.us/meeting/register/F4aGTQGuT-mqVXDiyIFIjg

Join the Humanities Center on April 30 at 1pm Central for an online Book Publishing Lab workshop with Dr. Suzanne Scafe ...
04/23/2026

Join the Humanities Center on April 30 at 1pm Central for an online Book Publishing Lab workshop with Dr. Suzanne Scafe of Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Dr. Scafe will lead a workshop on a new scholarly book-in-progress by BPL Fellow and TTU Professor of English Dr. Kanika Batra (with Dr. Maryse Jayarusiya of St. Louis University).

This workshop is open to all faculty and graduate students.

Register online at https://texastech.zoom.us/meeting/register/F4aGTQGuT-mqVXDiyIFIjg

Join the Humanities Center on Monday, April 27 in 328 Weeks Hall from 1:00 to 2:30pm when we host a workshop with Dr. Pe...
04/21/2026

Join the Humanities Center on Monday, April 27 in 328 Weeks Hall from 1:00 to 2:30pm when we host a workshop with Dr. Petra Rethmann, Professor of Anthropology from McMaster University. Dr. Rethmann will be workshopping a developing book manuscript by BPL Fellow Dr. Lauren Miller, Associate Professor of Anthropology here at Texas Tech.

This event is open to all TTU faculty and graduate students and provides an inside look at the revision process for scholarly books and insight into the publishing process for original monographs.

If you are interested in receiving materials related to Dr. Miller's project ahead of time, email [email protected].

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