Center for the Humanities at Wesleyan University

Center for the Humanities at Wesleyan University The Center for the Humanities at Wesleyan University

The Center for the Humanities at Wesleyan University is one of the oldest humanities institute in the United States. It developed from the Center for Advanced Study, which was established at Wesleyan University in 1959, and assumed its present name in 1969 when it was reorganized to include Wesleyan faculty members and students. Since its inception, the mission of the Center has been devoted to tw

o chief and related purposes: To enrich the academic life of the University through lectures, special seminars, colloquia and teaching in regular courses; and to support the Fellows of the Center so that they may devote the bulk of their time to their own research, writing and creative efforts. Self-critical and experimental in nature, the Center for the Humanities is an oasis of interdisciplinary discourse and dialogue in an era of increased professionalization and specialization. Perhaps most important, it remains a truly special place of intense formal and social intellectual engagement.

Join us next Monday, May 4, @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Natasha Korda presents: "Notes o...
04/29/2026

Join us next Monday, May 4, @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Natasha Korda presents: "Notes on Elizabethan Camp, Or, Much Ado about Ruffs"

This lecture is part of the weekly Monday Night Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for The Humanities at Wesleyan University.

Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled. The Monday Night Lecture Series will continue on May 4th with a lecture by...
04/22/2026

Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled.

The Monday Night Lecture Series will continue on May 4th with a lecture by Natasha Korda.

Join us next Monday, April 20, @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Kathryn Gillespie presents: "...
04/14/2026

Join us next Monday, April 20, @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Kathryn Gillespie presents: "The Work that Nothing Does: A Call for Radical Doing and Undoing in Multispecies Worlds"

This lecture is part of the weekly Monday Night Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for The Humanities at Wesleyan University.

Join us next Monday, April 13, @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Lisa Nakamura presents: "The ...
04/07/2026

Join us next Monday, April 13, @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Lisa Nakamura presents: "The Anxiety of Inertia and the Spirituality of Idleness in the Age of A.I."

This lecture is part of the weekly Monday Night Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for The Humanities at Wesleyan University.

Join us next Monday, April 6, @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as I. Emy Matesan presents: "The ...
04/02/2026

Join us next Monday, April 6, @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as I. Emy Matesan presents: "The Strategic Logic of Doing Nothing: Conceptualizing Inaction in Social Movements"

This lecture is part of the weekly Monday Night Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for The Humanities at Wesleyan University.

Join us next Monday, March 30, @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Kerwin Kay presents: "High an...
03/25/2026

Join us next Monday, March 30, @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Kerwin Kay presents: "High and Idle: Empire, Care, and the Refusal to Recover"

This lecture is part of the weekly Monday Night Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for The Humanities at Wesleyan University.

Join us tonight @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Candice Delmas presents: "The Last Thing Lef...
03/23/2026

Join us tonight @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Candice Delmas presents: "The Last Thing Left": Self-Destructive Resistance in Prison

This lecture is part of the weekly Monday Night Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for The Humanities at Wesleyan University.

All members of the junior class are invited to apply for a semester-long Student Fellowship at the Center for the Humani...
02/26/2026

All members of the junior class are invited to apply for a semester-long Student Fellowship at the Center for the Humanities and to attend an Open House on Wednesday, March 4, from 12-1pm at the CFH lounge, 95 Pearl St.

Come meet current student Fellows and learn about their projects and experiences at the Center while enjoying Mondo's pizza!

Join us this Monday, March 2nd @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Elizabeth Povinelli presents:...
02/26/2026

Join us this Monday, March 2nd @ 5pm in Room 100 of The Frank Center for Public Affairs as Elizabeth Povinelli presents: "Rising Tide, Melting Glaciers: Differential Materialization, Relational Ontologies, Dispossession"

This lecture is part of the weekly Monday Night Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for The Humanities at Wesleyan University.

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