ASU Humanities Institute

10/08/2026

Is morality informed by how — and to what — we give our attention?

In this lecture, Silvia Caprioglio Panizza will explore how attention fundamentally shapes our reality, informs our character and motivates us to act.

Learn to harness the potential of attention to transform your experience of the world, including your ethical worldview.

RSVP at https://asuevents.asu.edu/event/what-does-attention-have-do-morality

10/07/2026

10/06/2026

📚 Read together and encounter military experience through literature. In anticipation of Phil Klay's visit during Salute to Service, join us in reading a book by a military veteran (like Klay's "Uncertain Ground" or "Redeployment"), then engage with him yourself during a special lecture and reception on Nov. 12! Register for both events at https://humanitiesinstitute.asu.edu/events

ASU Future Security Initiative Office for Veteran and Military Academic Engagement - ASU Pat Tillman Veterans Center - Arizona State University

10/02/2026

October is here — and we've a huge line-up of events for Banned Books Week, Humanities Week and more. Register at https://humanitiesinstitute.asu.edu/events

09/30/2026

What do plants have to tell us about the past, present and future? 🌱 ASU Professor Julia Sarreal is mobilizing the field of plant humanities in a public symposium in collaboration with ASU Library, ASU Farm and Desert Botanical Garden. Learn more about this important field, then register for the events to see research in action: https://news.asu.edu/20260930-arts-humanities-and-education-what-plant-life-has-say-about-past-present-and-future

Barrett, The Honors College at ASU ASU New College at West Valley campus

09/29/2026

09/29/2026

Join us in reading a book by a military veteran in advance of Phil Klay's visit on Nov. 12! The first 50 people to register for Veterans' Voices: Reading Group by Oct. 1 will receive a free book! Register now: https://asuevents.asu.edu/event/reading-group-veterans-voices?id=0

ID: close-up overhead view of a person's hands arranging a stack of books and slowly revealing the titles: "Redeployment" by Phil Klay, "The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq" by Helen Benedict, "Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls: Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War" by Tom Holm and "Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in the Age of Endless, Invisible War" by Phil Klay. Below the last title is a gold sheet of paper with handwritten details for Reading Group: Veterans' Voices, which is on Fridays from 2 to 3:15 p.m. in Ross-Blakley Hall 197 on Oct. 16, Oct. 23, Oct. 30 and Nov. 6, and Citizenship in the Age of Endless Wars with Phil Klay, which is on Nov. 12 in Carson Ballroom and via ASU Live beginning with a lecture from 4 to 5 p.m. and ending with a reception and book sale and signing between 5 and 5:45 p.m.

Pat Tillman Veterans Center - Arizona State University Office for Veteran and Military Academic Engagement - ASU ASU Future Security Initiative

09/29/2026

Don't forget! Seed grant and fellowship applications are open now through Oct. 20! Need some inspiration? Here's a look at how recent seed grant recipients are bringing their research to life at upcoming Humanities Institute events. Submit your application online!

Apply for a seed grant: https://humanitiesinstitute.asu.edu/grants-awards/seed-grants

Apply for a fellowship: https://humanitiesinstitute.asu.edu/grants-awards/fellows

Register for an event: https://humanitiesinstitute.asu.edu/events

ASU Department of English ASU New College at West Valley campus School of International Letters and Cultures at ASU

09/26/2026

🌎 For World Environmental Health Day, we're highlighting "Ecocide in Ukraine: The Environmental Cost of Russia's War" by Darya Tsymbalyuk, this year’s Humanities Institute Book Award winner. The book looks at the environmental damage caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Join us on Nov. 5 as we celebrate Tsymbalyuk at the 2025–26 Humanities Institute Book Award Ceremony. A lecture, Q&A with Tsymbalyuk, and book sale and signing will follow the ceremony. Register at https://asuevents.asu.edu/event/2025-26-humanities-institute-book-award-ceremony?id=0

Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies

09/25/2026

What do letters allow us to say, remember and discover? 💌

On Oct. 2, join Applied Theory to explore the simple, intimate practice of writing a letter. There will be gentle prompts, conversation and quiet time to write your own personal letter in the company of others. Writing materials and light refreshments will be provided. Register at https://asuevents.asu.edu/event/dear-correspondence-way-knowing?id=0