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From COVID-19’s transformative impact on people’s daily lives to the global reckoning against histories of colonialism and racism, norms are constantly evolving. The Syracuse University Humanities Center’s yearlong Syracuse Symposium [PDF], entitled Conventions, explores the ever-changing political, social and cultural…

“Timely and timeless” is how Vivian May, director of the Syracuse University Humanities Center, describes “Conventions,” the theme of this year’s Syracuse Symposium. In the political sense, she says a convention can be a gathering or convening, as in political…

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The New York Times’ acclaimed “The 1619 Project,” will be the next guest of the University Lectures series on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. She will be interviewed by Rawiya Kameir,…

As we collectively navigate through a global pandemic, pursue social justice on multiple fronts and seek answers to the global warming crisis, “Futures,” the theme of this year’s Syracuse Symposium hosted by the Syracuse University Humanities Center (SUHC), offers a series…

On Oct. 22 and 23, the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), housed within the College of Law, and the Syracuse University Humanities Center, whose home is the College of Arts and Sciences, are hosting two virtual events on disability and future…

The stories behind breast cancer—patient, survivor, caregiver, medical practitioner and advocate—are the center of the documentary theater production “TitBits: Breast Cancer Stories,” which will debut next month at the Newhouse School. Conceived, produced and directed by Tula Goenka, professor of…

How does a symposium explore silence? Through the eye—or ear—of the beholder. “People experience silence in many ways. It may represent peace and quiet, or—in contexts of inequality—a stifling of voices, or a strategy of resistance,” says Vivian May, director…

Syracuse Symposium concludes its yearlong exploration of “Stories” with a spate of April events that are free and open to the public. Presented by the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), the series explores the role…

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong exploration of “Stories” with three events in March. On March 5, Susan Hill, associate professor of history at the University of Toronto (UT), will discuss “Undoing Bad Press: Rethinking Haudenosaunee Historical Events Erroneously Portrayed in…

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong foray into “Stories” with a panel discussion on South Asian ethnography on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Recognizing the careers of Professors Susan S. Wadley and Ann Grodzins Gold, the event includes guest panelists Kirin Narayan (Australian…