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Humanities Events

February 14, 2025

Camil Golub

Philosophy Lecture: Camil Golub

February 14, 2025 at 3:00pm5:00pm EST

Hall of Languages, 111

The Syracuse University Department of Philosophy is pleased to welcome Camil Golub (Rutgers). Golub will deliver a talk entitled, “Grief and meaning.” Abstract: Grief after the loss of a…

February 26, 2025

Sports and Theatre: The Arena that Connects Us

February 26, 2025 at 6:00pm7:00pm EST

Syracuse Stage/Drama Theater Complex, Sutton Pavilion

Syracuse Stage presents a panel discussion with former Orange athletes Eric Devendorf and Eric Jackson moderated by former editor of ESPN.com Javier Maymi-Perez in conjunction with the play King…

March 18, 2025

Me and Molly: The Importance of an Audience

March 18, 2025 at 5:00pm6:30pm EDT

Bird Library, 114

Using archival letters from the Special Collections Research Center’s Gertrude Berg Papers, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Emily Nussbaum discusses fans’ parasocial relationship with Gertrude Berg.

April 3, 2025

The Beloved Community: A Reading by New York State Poet Laureate Patricia Spears Jones

April 3, 2025 at 7:00pm8:30pm EDT

340 Montgomery Street, Syracuse

Spears Jones is a past NEA and NYFA poetry fellow, and the author of five collections, including The Beloved Community (2023) and A Lucent Fire: New and Selected Poems (2015), and co-editor of…

April 4, 2025

Poetry and Community: A Discussion with Patricia Spears Jones

April 4, 2025 at 9:00am11:00am EDT

Tolley Building, 304

Join New York State Poet Laureate Patricia Spears Jones and the YMCA Writers Voice for a craft-focused discussion, open to poets, students of poetry, and the campus community. Space is limited! To…

April 5, 2025

Building a Global Organ Community Through Film: Q&A with Will Fraser

April 5, 2025 at 7:00pm9:00pm EDT

Hendricks Chapel

Film director Will Fraser shares excerpts from two decades of work documenting cultural heritage related to the pipe organ and discusses the future of the instrument with a panel of organists.…

April 9, 2025

Advice from an ex-editor: Some things to think about when you’re submitting an article manuscript

April 9, 2025 at 3:30pm5:00pm EDT

Bird Library, Peter Graham Scholarly Commons (Room 114)

Lecture featuring Joshua Piker, William & Mary. Dr. Piker was Editor of the William and Mary Quarterly from 2014 to 2024. His talk will be oriented toward graduate students and early career…

April 11, 2025

Headshot of Derrick Darby

Anbar Lecture: “Bayard Rustin and the Responsibilities of Political Organizing”

April 11, 2025 at 3:00pm5:00pm EDT

Huntington Beard Crouse Hall (HBC), Gifford Auditorium

Derrick Darby is Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. His recent books are Boxed In: Making…