Wake Forest University Humanities Institute

10/07/2026

October News from the WFU Humanities Institute - https://mailchi.mp/dd27d4263dab/september-news-from-the-wfu-humanities-institute-1604

09/27/2026

“Caste and Cane: From Sugarcane Fields to Ethanol in South India”
A Talk by Dr. Sharmila Rudrappa
3:30-5:00pm
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Auditorium
The speaker series, “Technologies of the State: Governance, Social Welfare, and Activism,” hosted by the Sociology Department, continues this fall with a talk by Dr. Sharmila Rudrappa of the University of Illinois-Chicago. Dr. Rudrappa will give the talk, “Caste and Cane: From Sugarcane Fields to Ethanol in South India,” from 3:30-5:00pm on Monday, September 28th in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library Auditorium.
Dr. Rudrappa’s research interests are on reproductive markets, with a focus on the U.S. and India, and she is author of Discounted Life: The Price of Global Surrogacy in India (New York University Press, 2015).

The above talk is co-sponsored by several groups on campus, including the WFU Humanities Institute and the National Endowment for the Humanities together. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed at these events do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

09/20/2026

Dr. Emmaia Gelman will give a talk on her new book, The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State (University of California Press, 2026), at 4:00pm on Tuesday, September 22nd in the Kulynych Auditorium of the Porter Byrum Welcome Center on the WFU Campus.

09/15/2026

Historian and journalist Daniel Brook will present his work on Magnus Hirschfeld, a pioneer s*x researcher and LGBTQ+ advocate living in 1920s Berlin at 5:00pm on Wednesday, September 16th in the ZSR Auditorium.

08/31/2026

September News from the WFU Humanities Institute - https://mailchi.mp/f7fb94ad57f2/september-news-from-the-wfu-humanities-institute

05/26/2026

The last newsletter of the 2025-2026 Academic Year from the WFU Humanities Institute!
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Email from Wake Forest University May 2026 Monthly news & updates The Wake Forest University Humanities Institute establishes programs and provides funding for university faculty in the humanities and

05/12/2026

Prompting Meaning: Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI, a digital collection of essays written by members of the Language, Theory, and Artificial Intelligence Faculty Seminar has been published on the HI website. Click below to read!
https://humanitiesinstitute.wfu.edu/faculty-resources/humanities-hub/publications
It was also plugged by Matt Seybold on his podcast The American Vandal -- thank you for the shout out!

04/01/2026

April News from the WFU Humanities Institute! https://conta.cc/3NTkqwM

Email from Wake Forest University April 2026 Monthly news & updates The Wake Forest University Humanities Institute establishes programs and provides funding for university faculty in the humanities a

03/19/2026

It's DEACS DAY OF GIVING 2026! Click below to make a donation to the WFU Humanities Institute!

The Humanities Institute is celebrating its 15th year of cultivating the excellent research, teaching, and public engagement that enable the liberal arts to thrive at Wake Forest. We build and sustain a culture of humanities scholarship that connects faculty and students across the College of Arts a...

03/02/2026

March is a busy month for the WFU Humanities Institute -- take a look at what's happening in the March Newsletter!
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Email from Wake Forest University March 2026 Monthly news & updates The Wake Forest University Humanities Institute establishes programs and provides funding for university faculty in the humanities a