The Public Humanities Exchange program (HEX and HEX-U) at the UW-Madison Center for the Humanities funds innovative public humanities projects that forge partnerships between community organizations and UW-Madison students. The following blog post is written …
A Humanities Year in Review: 2023-2024
For 25 years, the Center for the Humanities at UW-Madison has been a nexus for interdisciplinary programs and events within and across the humanities and social sciences. As we look back on the year and …
Mellon Public Humanities Fellow Alumni Spotlight: Richelle Wilson, Producer, WPR
Richelle Wilson is a producer at Wisconsin Public Radio and a PhD candidate in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+, where she is writing a dissertation about IKEA. During her time at UW-Madison, she …
Get Involved with the Center this Year
Now Accepting Applications for 2023-24 Public Humanities Scholarships and Programs The Center for the Humanities promotes cross-disciplinary, collaborative, and public humanities initiatives across and beyond the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Our research programs enable students and …
Cap Times’ Evjue Foundation announces over $900,000 in grants
Congratulations to all the recipients! Read more about the grants from the Evjue Foundation, the Capital Times’ charitable arm.
CFH Director Russ Castronovo: What Wisconsin understands about the Declaration of Independence
Please check out this article from the Wisconsin State Journal: What Wisconsin understands about the Declaration of Independence
A Humanities Year in Review
For more than 20 years, the Center for the Humanities at UW-Madison has been a nexus for interdisciplinary programs and events within and across the humanities and social sciences. As we look back on the …
Remembering Susan Stanford Friedman (1943-2023)
The Center for the Humanities shares in mourning Susan Stanford Friedman, Virginia Woolf Professor Emerita of English and Gender and Women’s Studies and Hilldale Professor Emerita of Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a …
A New Avenue to Navigate the Humanities Job Market
Twice a week, Marta-Laura Suska visited the Dane County juvenile detention center and youth shelter, usually with a local artist in tow or ready to lead a Capoeira workshop. Her visits were part of The …