Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research

05/05/2026

🔔Ding d**g, we’re having a party tonight!🔔

❄️Brave the snowy weather and join us at the Cooper House from 4pm-6pm this evening for food, drinks, and good company🥶

🥂Let’s celebrate the end of the academic year! Cheers!🥂

04/17/2026

The snow looks good on you, Coop, even if it is spring🥶🌨️❄️☃️

04/06/2026

🚨 Join us! Registration is now open for our ‘Humanities for AI’ event happening on April 20 beginning at 8am 🚨

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WIHR will host ‘Humanities for AI,’ a session as part of the University of Wyoming Science Institute’s Annual Research Symposium. The Symposium will take place at the Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center.

This is a gathering of scholars, practitioners, and visionaries united by a singular purpose: advancing discovery. The Science Institute Research Centers and visiting speakers will discuss how developing technology and research is addressing the unique challenges and opportunities in Wyoming and beyond.

🗓️ Mark your calendars! 🗓️

03/25/2026

⚠️ TOMORROW⚠️ Historian and podcaster will deliver the 2026 Humanities Summit keynote address, “Turning Worlds Upside Down: Reflections on Public History and Podcasting a Revolution.”

We invite you to join us at Coe Library 506 for a continental breakfast as well as music of the Revolutionary Era, a performance by University of Wyoming Collegiate Chorale.

The many synergies with USA 250 national and Wyoming-wide celebrations of the founding of the United States is a central focal point of this year’s Humanities Summit to demonstrate “Humanities in Action” then, but also emphasizing an awareness of now as we forge the future of humanities through interdisciplinary relationships all across UW, our state, and the nation.

We hope to see you there!

03/23/2026

🚨 WIHR is excited to announce the 2026 Humanities Summit, “Humanities in Action 250,” Thursday, March 26 – Friday, March 27! 🚨

This event will bring scholars, educators, advocates and students together to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, a focal point of the summit. In addition, the event will emphasize the future of the humanities through interdisciplinary relationships across UW, the state, and nation. Guest speakers will discuss topics ranging from history to classical literature, as well as innovative strategies for advancing the humanities and shaping the future of education and research in this field.

We encourage you to join us and help us spread the word. This summit is free and open to the public.

See you there!

03/11/2026

🗓️ Join us tomorrow for lunch and a discussion with Professor Dan Auerbach, .uwyo, on his recent research paper, “Rachel Carson’s Ecological Materialism and Metabolic Analysis.”

02/24/2026

👏 We had a great time last week hosting Dr. Andrew Graybill, Professor of History at and series editor in New Borderlands History at ! 👏

Dr. Graybill delivered a lecture on the legacy of one of the earliest attempts to historicize the Great Plains, and led a publishing workshop on navigating academic presses.

🤠 Stay tuned for more great humanities events happening on and around campus!

02/19/2026

You’re invited!

Today we’ll be joined by Dr. Andre Graybill, Professor of History at ! Dr. Graybill will deliver a lecture tracing one early effort to historicize the Great Plains, considering its limitations while arguing for its enduring vitality.

We hope to see you in Business 127 at 12:30pm!

11/10/2025

An exciting event in Coe Library on Thursday, 5-7pm!

10/23/2025

Giving Day is here! Check out our recent posts to see the important work we’ve helped fund. Support the humanities by donating to WIHR: https://give.uwyo.edu/schools/UniversityofWyoming/giving-day-2025/pages/REDD/WIHR/?a=1

Giving Day is coming soon! Consider donating to WIHR to support interdisciplinary research in the humanities. Starting next week, we'll begin sharing stories about work we've funded recently. Stay tuned to hear about the exciting work of UW's humanities researchers!