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September 11, 2026Ethnography in Critical Times
Join us on September 25-26, 2026 in GLAS 311 for the Ethnography in Critical Times conference. Supported by a Glasscock Center Symposium & Small Conference Grant.
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September 11, 2026National Arts & Humanities Month 2026
October is National Arts & Humanities Month! The Glasscock Center is gearing up to support a slate of pop-up presentations by student orgs in celebration.
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September 8, 2026
Reimagining Justice
On Oct 29 & 30, join us for the "Reimagining Justice" conference in GLAS 311.
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August 31, 20262026 Fall Research Showcase: Undergraduate Glasscock Scholars
Featuring our 15th cohort of Undergraduate Glasscock Scholars, this showcase provides these students the opportunity to present their research progress.
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August 30, 2026Fall 2026 Glasscock Residential Fellows
Meet our Faculty and Graduate Residential Fellows for Fall 2026
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August 26, 2026
NHC’s Scholars at Work Webinar: Insights into the NHC Fellowship Application Process
The National Humanities Center is offering a curated lineup of free, online professional development sessions designed to support humanities scholars in their research, teaching, and public engagement efforts. These webinars are open to all faculty at Texas A&M as an NHC-sponsoring institution. Webinar topics include: Insights into the NHC Fellowship Application Process Martha M.F. Kelly […]
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August 26, 2026
Call for Applications: 2027-28 National Humanities Center Residential Fellowship Program
The National Humanities Center invites applications for year-long or semester-long residential fellowships. Mid-career, senior, and emerging scholars from all areas of the humanities with a strong record of peer-reviewed work are encouraged to apply.
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August 26, 2026
Upcoming NHC’s Scholars at Work Webinar Series
The National Humanities Center is offering a curated lineup of free, online professional development sessions designed to support humanities scholars in their research, teaching, and public engagement efforts. These webinars are open to all faculty at Texas A&M as an NHC-sponsoring institution. Webinar topics include: Insights into the NHC Fellowship Application Process Martha M.F. Kelly […]
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August 14, 20262026-27 Graduate Research Fellows
Meet our 2026-27 Glasscock Graduate Research Fellows
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August 14, 20262026-27 Faculty Research Fellows
Meet our 2026-27 Glasscock Faculty Research Fellows
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August 14, 20262026-27 Global Publication Translation Grant Recipients
Meet our 2026-27 Glasscock Global Publication Translation Grant recipients
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August 11, 2026Rosenheim Early-Career Scholar Lecture: Dr. Isaac Blacksin
The Glasscock Center presents the 2026 Rosenheim Early-Career Scholar Lecture.
On 10/19/26 at 12:00pm in GLAS 311, Dr. Blacksin (Communication) will deliver the lecture, "Extermination as Protection: Ethnographic Reflections on the Meaning of War Today" -
August 11, 2026Short-Term Visiting Fellows 2026-27
Learn about this year's Short-Term Visiting Fellows
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August 5, 2026
2026-27 Colloquium Schedule
The presentation schedule for the 2026-27 Colloquium Series is now available. Mark your calendars!
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July 20, 2026
National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships 2027–28 | Call for Applications
The National Humanities Center (NHC) invites applications for academic-year or semester-long residential fellowships. Fellows enjoy private studies, in-house dining, and the exceptional service of NHC librarians to access and acquire all types of research materials while in residence. Our independent endowment ensures that Fellows have the time and freedom to work on what they choose. Mid-career, […]
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July 14, 2026Finalists for 27th Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize
Check out the 5 books selected as finalists for the prize
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July 14, 2026
American Council of Learned Societies Announces 2026-27 Fellowship and Grant Competitions
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce its 2026-27 fellowship and grant competitions. ACLS offers programs that promote research across all fields of the humanities and social sciences, as well as programs focused on public engagement beyond the academy. In 2026, ACLS proudly celebrates 100 years of grantmaking to individual scholars. […]
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July 10, 20262026-27 Undergraduate Glasscock Scholars
Meet our 2026-27 Undergraduate Glasscock Scholars!
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May 20, 2026
NHC’s Scholars at Work Webinar Series
The National Humanities Center is offering a curated lineup of free, online professional development sessions designed to support humanities scholars in their research, teaching, and public engagement efforts. These webinars are open to all faculty at Texas A&M as an NHC-sponsoring institution. Webinar topics include: Supporting Faculty Fellowship Applications Martha M. F. Kelly (NHC Fellow, […]
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May 14, 2026
ArCC Research Seminar – Ancient Memory Systems and Digital Preservation (27 May 2026)
If you are thinking about digital fragility, the challenges of archival storage, digital vulnerability, memory, material durability, and long-term preservation, this seminar will be of interest to you. You are warmly invited to attend the upcoming Centre for Arts and Creative Cultures (ArCC) Research Seminar: Ancient Memory Systems and Digital Preservation27 May 2026 | 2:00-4:30pmWilliam […]
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May 8, 2026
2026-27 Colloquium Schedule will be announced late-summer
The colloquium presentation schedule for the upcoming year will be announced in the coming months. We look forward to featuring the works in progress of our new cohort of Glasscock fellows.
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May 7, 2026Congrats, Grads! Aggie Glasscock Scholars ’26
Congratulations to our graduating Aggie Glasscock Scholars! Click to see the class of 2026.
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April 16, 2026
Ready to Publish? Join PVFA 626 — Writing for Publication in the Arts
About Writing for Publication in the Arts Are you ready to turn your research or creative work into a publishable essay? PVFA 626: Writing for Publication in the Arts guides graduate students through the process of crafting a journal-submission-ready draft as the final project. Whether you’re in the arts, humanities, or related fields, this course […]
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April 15, 2026
Colloquium Series: Jaqueline Mendez 4/21/26
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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April 10, 2026History in the Making: Reconstructing Early Modern Textiles and Clothing
Dr. Sophie Pitman from the University of Wisconsin-Madison joins us as a Glasscock Short-Term Visiting Fellow. Public presentation and hands-on textile experimentation: 4/15 | 12:00 | GLAS 311
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April 7, 2026What Darwin Missed: An Illustrated Lecture by Joan Fontcuberta
In this illustrated lecture, conceptual artist and photographer Joan Fontcuberta explores coral reefs as hybrid entities that challenge traditional systems of classification and knowledge.
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April 1, 2026Mapping Victory – A New Digital Resource
Announcing the launch of Mapping Victory -- a digital collection of souvenir maps produced by U.S. Army units at the end of World War II in Europe. This project, led by Dr. Adam Seipp (HIST), was supported in part by the Undergraduate Glasscock Scholars Program.
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March 31, 2026
Book History Workshop Summer 2026
Texas A&M's Cushing Memorial Library & Archives will host their Summer 2026 Book History Workshop from May 31-June 5, 2026 with support from the Glasscock Center to provide scholarships for 2 undergraduate humanities students to attend. Apply by May 5.
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March 30, 2026Beyond the Limits of Interpretation: Translation, Hermeneutics, and East-West Cross-Cultural Understanding
Dr. Chang joins us from Soochow University in Taipei, Taiwan as a Glasscock Short-Term Visiting Fellow.
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March 30, 2026
Colloquium Series: Jonathan Brunstedt & Akshara Dafre 4/14/26
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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March 30, 20262026 Fallon-Marshall Lecture: Dr. Zina Trost
Dr. Zina Trost, Psychological & Brain Sciences will deliver the 2026 Fallon-Marshall Lecture on April 6, 2026: "Body & Mind: Using Virtual Reality to Push the Boundaries of Pain Treatment and Human Transformation"
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March 25, 2026
Colloquium Series: Madelaine Setiawan 3/31/26
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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March 22, 2026Populism, Media, and Contentious Mobilization Across the Globe
Populism, Media, and Contentious Mobilization across the Globeon April 1, 2026 in GLAS 311.
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March 17, 20262026 Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium
Our second annual Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium takes place on March 27, 2026.
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March 17, 2026
Division of Research Arts & Humanities Fellowships are Open: Applications Due on Wednesday, April 15
Arts and Humanities Fellowship Application is now open!The annual selection of new fellows recognizes extraordinary scholarship and creativity among Texas A&M faculty members who are engaged in the humanities or the creative arts.Applications are due April 15, 2026 Division of Research is hosting a campus-wide Q&A session on Friday, March 20th at 2 p.m. Faculty must register […]
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March 16, 2026
Colloquium Series: Jun Lei & Leslie Torres 3/24/26
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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March 14, 2026“Moved by Modernity: How Development Shapes Migration in Rural Ethiopia” | Dr. Kerilyn Schewel
Dr. Schewel joins us from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Glasscock Short-Term Visiting Fellow.
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March 5, 2026
All of Us and More Conference 2026: Hidden Health Patterns in Data
Discover how leaders in data science, public health and clinical research are connecting clinical, genomic and social data to transform real-world health insights. Explore innovative student research, cutting-edge biodata and AI applications, and join us to be part of the next wave of data-driven discovery. March 19-20, 2026Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center, College Station, […]
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March 2, 2026
Colloquium Series: Leonardo Cardoso & Brady DeHoust 3/3/26
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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March 1, 2026
Announcing the NHC’s Scholars at Work Webinar Series
The National Humanities Center is offering a curated lineup of free, online professional development sessions designed to support humanities scholars in their research, teaching, and public engagement efforts. These webinars are open to all faculty at Texas A&M as an NHC-sponsoring institution. Webinar topics include: Taking Ideas Public: A Scholar’s Guide to Trade Publishing Blair […]
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February 23, 2026“Sociolinguistic considerations of severe weather communication for Spanish-speaking communities” | Dr. Salvatore Callesano
Dr. Callesano joins us from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign as a Glasscock Short-Term Visiting Fellow.
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February 18, 2026
Colloquium Series: Margaret Ezell & Christopher Bishop 2/24/26
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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February 11, 2026
Colloquium Series: Marcelo López-Dinardi & Emma Newman 2/17/26
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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February 9, 2026“Academic Freedom Now” | Dr. David Rabban
Dr. Rabban joins us from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law as a Glasscock Short-Term Visiting Fellow.
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February 4, 2026
Colloquium Series: Nada Al-Jamal 2/10/26
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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January 30, 2026NVS Conference: “The Winter’s Tale” & “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
A New Variorum Shakespeare (NVS) Conference:
"The Winter's Tale & A Midsummer Night's Dream"
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January 27, 2026
Colloquium Series: Nancy Plankey-Videla & Mark Mallory 2/3/26
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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January 20, 2026Short-Term Visiting Fellows 2025-26
Learn about this year's Short-Term Visiting Fellows
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January 14, 2026UHRS Applications
Apply by February 6 to participate in the 2026 Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium on March 27.
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January 8, 2026Spring 2026 Glasscock Residential Fellows
Meet our Faculty and Graduate Residential Fellows for Spring 2026
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December 18, 20252025-26 Winter Break
Texas A&M, and the Glasscock Center office, will close for Winter Break at noon on Dec 23. Offices will re-open on Jan 5, 2026.
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December 16, 2025Apply Now: Faculty Directors of Undergraduate Glasscock Scholars
Deadline: January 30, 2026
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November 12, 2025
Accepting Applications: Faculty Directors for UGS Program
Apply by January 30, 2026 to direct a Summer 2026 seminar for our Undergraduate Glasscock Scholars program.
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November 12, 2025Undergraduate Research Opportunity
DEADLINE EXTENDED to December 8 to apply for participation in the Spring 2026 URTH cohort.
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November 12, 2025
Spring 2026 Colloquium Series
Our Colloquium Series will resume in Spring 2026! Check the full schedule to see when our Fellows will present their works-in-progress.
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October 29, 2025
Colloquium Series: Michael Collins & Rachel Cicoria 11/4/25
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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October 23, 2025
2025-26 Global Publication Translation Grant Recipients
Meet our 2025-26 Glasscock Global Publication Translation Grant recipients
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October 22, 2025
Colloquium Series: Stephen Riegg & Lauren Nyquist 10/28/25
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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October 15, 2025
Colloquium Series: Ilayda Onder & Noah Crawford 10/21/25
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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October 8, 2025
Application for Summer Residency at the National Humanities Center
In partnership with the Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Architecture, and Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts, the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research is pleased to issue a call for applications for a Summer Residential Scholar at the National Humanities Center (NHC).
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October 7, 202526th Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize: Empire of Purity: The History of Americans’ Global War on Prostitution
Dec 9 | 12pm | MSC 2300D
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October 1, 2025
Colloquium Series: Pujarinee Mitra 10/7/25
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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October 1, 2025Metaphysics of the Anthropocene: A Workshop on the Thought of Jean Vioulac
Oct 23-24, 2025 in GLAS 311
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September 30, 2025Visual Arts & the Thought of the Anthropocene
Nov 6-8, 2025 | Presented by the Humanities and the Anthropocene Initiative
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September 29, 2025
Colloquium Series: Zachary Stewart 9/30/25
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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September 24, 2025
UHRS 2026 Committee
Meet the 4 Aggies serving on our UHRS Committee!
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September 17, 2025
Colloquium Series: Lorien Foote & Seulgiye Kim 9/23/25
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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September 12, 2025National Arts & Humanities Month 2025
In celebration of National Arts and Humanities Month (October), the Glasscock Center is supporting pop-up presentations and performances by registered student organizations.
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September 10, 2025
2025-26 Book Completion Fellows
Meet our 2025-26 Glasscock Book Completion Fellows
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September 10, 2025Rosenheim Early-Career Scholar Lecture: Dr. Miranda Sachs
The Glasscock Center presents the inaugural Rosenheim Early-Career Scholar Lecture.
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September 5, 2025Women and the Twentieth-Century African Diaspora: Historical Approaches
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September 4, 2025Black and Indigenous Histories of Education conference
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September 2, 20252025-26 Humanities Research Working Groups
Check out the various Humanities Working Groups supported by the Glasscock Center and get involved!
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August 28, 2025Undergraduate Humanities Fall 2025 Research Showcase
On 9/5/25, catch our 14th cohort of Undergraduate Glasscock Scholars as they present on their research topics.
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August 26, 2025Fall 2025 Glasscock Residential Fellows
Meet our Faculty and Graduate Residential Fellows for Fall 2025.
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August 21, 2025Academic Year 2025-2026
As we embark on a new academic year, the 24th in the history of the Glasscock Center, I want to send you my warmest wishes for a productive and successful start.
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July 25, 2025
2025-26 Colloquium Series Schedule
Check out the schedule for our 2025-26 Colloquium Series, in which our Fellows will present their works-in-progress.
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July 21, 2025Finalists for 26th Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize
Six books in contention for this year's Prize.
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July 20, 20252025-26 Undergraduate Glasscock Scholars
Meet our 2025-26 Undergraduate Glasscock Scholars!
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July 14, 20252025-26 Graduate Research Fellows
Meet our 2025-26 Glasscock Graduate Research Fellows
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June 27, 2025Summer 2025 Graduate Residential Fellows
Meet our Summer 2025 Glasscock Graduate Residential Fellows
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June 13, 2025
General Programming Call: Folger Institute Scholarly Programs
Folger Institute Scholarly Programs sharing July 14 application deadline, with performance studies emphasis: Shakespeare and Black Performing Women (yearlong combined-mode workshop) Convened by Patricia Akhimie (Folger Institute) and Karen Ann Daniels (Folger Theatre) Four Friday mornings, 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., September 2025 through April 2026 Researching and Writing the Early Modern Dissertation (yearlong combined-mode monthly seminar) Directed by Jenny C. […]
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May 14, 2025Illuminating Humanities: Dr. Tianna Uchacz
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Dr. Tianna Uchacz | College of PVFA
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May 5, 2025Undergraduate Research Highlight: Alexis Brasher
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
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April 22, 2025“Growing Old with Gratitude” | Dr. Patty Limerick
"Growing Old with Gratitude: A How-To Guide to Embracing Generational Transitions in Scholarship" with Dr. Patty Limerick, Glasscock Short-Term Visiting Fellow
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April 14, 2025Illuminating Humanities: Dr. Michael Collins
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Dr. Michael Collins | English
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April 11, 2025Nihilism and the Anthropocene
Presented by the Humanities and the Anthropocene Initiative.
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April 10, 2025
2025-26 Colloquium Schedule to be announced!
Check back over the summer for next year’s colloquium schedule. Over the course of the series, our incoming graduate and faculty fellows will present on their current projects. The Glasscock Center hosts colloquia of works-in-progress throughout the year, offering our fellows an opportunity to discuss their research with colleagues from different disciplines. Colloquium presenters […]
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April 4, 2025Cinema and the Anthropocene
Filmmaker Diana Toucedo visits TAMU for 3 film screenings and discussions, presented by the Humanities and the Anthropocene Initiative.
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March 27, 2025
Colloquium Series: Cindy Barahona 4/8/25
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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March 27, 2025“Trash and Trophy?” with Dr. Ashton Wesner
Presented by the Glasscock Center Short-Term Visiting Fellowship
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March 25, 2025Illuminating Humanities: Alexandra E. LaGrand
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Alexandra E. LaGrand | English
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March 18, 2025
Colloquium Series: Edudzi Sallah & Juan Alonzo 3/25/25
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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March 12, 2025“On the Trail of Ice-Age Explorers of South America” | 2025 Fallon-Marshall Lecture: Dr. Kurt Rademaker
The Glasscock Center presents the Fallon-Marshall lecture series. Dr. Rademaker (Anthropology) will deliver a lecture on 4/15/25.
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March 7, 2025
Colloquium Series: Haley Burke & Tristan Krause 3/18/25
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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March 6, 2025Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium 2025
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February 23, 20252025 Undergraduate Humanities Research Showcase
The inaugural Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium (UHRS), sponsored by the Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, provides an opportunity for humanities students to share their research.
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February 21, 2025
Colloquium Series: Jennifer Wells & Amy Earhart 3/4/25
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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February 21, 2025
Colloquium Series: Sirsha Nandi & Kevin Glowacki 2/18/25
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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February 19, 2025Fallon-Marshall Lecture Series: Dr. Kurt Rademaker
The Glasscock Center presents the Fallon-Marshall lecture series. Dr. Rademaker (Anthropology) will deliver a lecture on 4/15/25.
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February 11, 2025“Arranging Atoms and Reading Arrangement” with Dr. Liza Blake
Presented by the Glasscock Center Short-Term Visiting Fellowship
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February 6, 2025
Information session: Arts & Humanities Fellowship Program
Upcoming information session: the Arts & Humanities Fellows Program. This program provides crucial seed funding to support individual humanities and creative arts scholars seeking significant advancement or completion of major scholarly or creative work. It has a successful track record of propelling faculty toward prestigious external funding opportunities such as NEA and NEH grants and […]
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January 29, 2025Deadline Extended for Faculty Applications
Faculty interested in mentoring undergraduate students through an individual humanities research project should submit an application by February 12.
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January 17, 2025Dying at Sea Symposium with Dr. John McManamon, S.J.
Presented by the Glasscock Center Short-Term Visiting Fellowship
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January 14, 2025
Colloquium Series: Priya Jain & Martin Peterson 2/4/25
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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January 14, 2025Illuminating Humanities: John Patrick Casellas Connors
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
John Patrick Casellas Connors | Geography
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December 9, 2024How One Texas A&M Student Is Working to Bring Missing in Action Soldiers Home
Story by Rob Dixon
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December 5, 2024
Call for Proposals: 2025 Texas Association for Asian American Diaspora Studies (TAAADS) Annual Symposium
This symposium is co-sponsored by: The Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, The Race & Ethnic Studies Institute, the Departments of Philosophy, English, and Sociology at Texas A&M University, and Rice University's Chao Center for Asian Studies.
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November 12, 202425th Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize: What is Extinction? A Natural and Cultural History of Last Animals
Nov 19 | 12pm | MSC 2300D
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November 11, 2024Illuminating Humanities: Alyssa Carpenter
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Alyssa Carpenter | Anthropology
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November 4, 2024An International Workshop on Decoloniality, Infrapolitics, & the Anthropocene
Presented by the Humanities and the Anthropocene Initiative
November 7-9, 9:00am -
October 24, 2024
Colloquium Series: Tanner Ogle & Kim Kattari 10/29/24
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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October 17, 2024
Colloquium Series: John Patrick Casellas Connors & Alyssa Carpenter 10/23/24
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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October 16, 2024
Colloquium Series: Olivia Thomas & Alexandra LaGrand 10/22/24
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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October 14, 2024
Petty Crime in Early Modern London: The Bridewell Court Minute Books (two-weekend seminar)
Co-directed by Alan H. Nelson (University of California, Berkeley), Lena Orlin (Georgetown University), and Duncan Salkeld (University of Chichester)
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October 14, 2024Annual Report 2023-24
The Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research is delighted to share our 2023-24 Annual Report. Within its pages, the report details the impact of the various grants, programs, events, and awards the Center supported, demonstrating the broad landscape of the humanities.
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October 14, 2024Transmodern Primitivisms
Presented by the Glasscock Center Short-Term Visiting Fellowship
October 17, 3:45pm -
October 11, 2024Root and Riffcraft: Woodwind Compositions by Cornelius Boots
Presented by the Glasscock Center Short-Term Visiting Fellowship
October 17, 7:00pm -
October 9, 2024
Colloquium Series: Elizabeth Carlino & Jyotsna Vaid 10/15/24
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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October 4, 2024Energy Humanities and the South: Energy Justice in a Period of Transition
Presented by the Energy Humanities and the Global South
October 11, 9:00am -
October 2, 2024Beginner’s Paleography
On Sept 26-27, our Early Modern Studies Working Group hosted master scribe and paleography instructor Lucas Tucker. Attendees experienced hands-on demonstrations utilizing quills and varieties of early modern writing inks.
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September 30, 2024Illuminating Humanities: Chaitanya Lakkimsetti
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Chaitanya Lakkimsetti | Department of Sociology
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September 23, 2024
National Arts & Humanities Month 2024
In celebration of National Arts and Humanities Month (October), the Glasscock Center is supporting pop-up presentations and performances by registered student organizations.
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September 11, 2024Illuminating Humanities: AJ Baginski
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
AJ Baginski | Glasscock Center
by Megan Bodily -
September 5, 2024Finalists for 25th Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize
Six books in contention for the major Prize.
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August 28, 2024
2024-25 Humanities Research Working Groups
Check out the various Humanities Working Groups supported by the Glasscock Center and get involved!
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August 14, 2024
Call for Applications: 2025-26 National Humanities Center Residential Fellowship Program
The National Humanities Center invites applications for year-long or semester-long residential fellowships. Mid-career, senior, and emerging scholars from all areas of the humanities with a strong record of peer-reviewed work are encouraged to apply.
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August 13, 2024Academic Year 2024-25
This year marks the Glasscock Center’s 23rd year of seeding and facilitating humanities research at Texas A&M, and it promises to be a particularly exciting one.
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August 2, 2024
Short-Term Visiting Fellows 2024-25
Learn about this year's Short-Term Visiting Fellows
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August 2, 2024
Glasscock Graduate Arrival Fellows 2024-25
Meet our 2024-25 Glasscock Graduate Arrival Fellows
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August 2, 2024
2024-25 Colloquium Series Schedule
Check out the schedule for our 2024-25 Colloquium Series, in which our Fellows will present their works-in-progress.
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July 29, 2024Illuminating Humanities: Denise Meda-Lambru
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Denise Meda-Lambru | Department of Philosophy
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June 11, 2024
2024-25 Colloquium Schedule – Coming Soon!
Stay tuned for the presentation schedule of our 2024-25 Faculty and Graduate Colloquium Series.
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June 10, 20242024-25 Undergraduate Glasscock Scholars
Meet our 2024-25 Undergraduate Glasscock Scholars!
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May 31, 2024
ArtSci News: Glasscocks Partner with Hagler
Funds from the Glasscocks and Hagler have enabled the College of Arts & Sciences to create two endowed professorships and an endowed chair.
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May 23, 2024Publication year 2023
The Glasscock Center is delighted to share recent book publications by faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Center's affiliated departments. Congratulations to these scholars on their achievement!
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April 22, 2024
Apply for a new Humanities Working Group for 2024-25
The Glasscock Center is accepting applications for new Humanities Research Working Groups in 2024-25. These applications are due May 31, 2024.
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April 22, 2024Transubstantiation: Human Fire Use and the Time of the Earth
Presented by the Humanities and the Anthropocene Initiative
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April 16, 2024Illuminating Humanities: America Jimenez
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
America Jimenez | Department of Philosophy
by Megan Bodily -
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April 4, 2024
FUNDING MATTERS: Grad and Postdoc Introduction to Fellowships & Grants
ArtSci Office of Research Development to offer info session to Grad Students on Fellowships & Grants
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April 3, 2024The Texas State of Mind: Navigating Myth and Politics to Interpret Texas History
2024 Fallon-Marshall Lecture
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April 2, 2024Illuminating Humanities: Sonia Hernández
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Sonia Hernández | Department of History
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March 20, 2024Understanding Small Hydropower in China’s Southeast Frontier, Yunnan Province
Dr. Thomas Ptak | Texas State University
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March 18, 2024Why Context Matters
Dr. Alicia Juarrero
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March 7, 2024Illuminating Humanities: Uma Sarkar
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Uma Sarkar | Department of Computer Science
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March 6, 2024
Colloquium Series: Ewurama Okine 4/23/24
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. By long-standing practice, colloquium presenters provide a draft of their current research, which is made available to members of the Glasscock Center listserv. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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March 1, 2024
Colloquium Series: Theodore George 4/9/24
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. By long-standing practice, colloquium presenters provide a draft of their current research, which is made available to members of the Glasscock Center listserv. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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March 1, 2024Incense: A Performance by Kaoru Watanabe
Acclaimed composer and instrumentalist Kaoru Watanabe will perform on March 7
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February 27, 2024“It’s Just Like Swan Lake!” Movement and Meaning in Popular Culture
Dr. Jen Atkins, Florida State University
March 6, 3:00 PM -
February 23, 2024Afro-Latinx Poetry: an Invisibilized Canon
Dr. Santos-Febres will deliver the keynote lecture in the 2/29 "Afro-Latinx Life & Writing" Symposium
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February 20, 2024Illuminating Humanities: Stephen Badalyan Riegg
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Stephen Badalyan Riegg | Department of History
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February 19, 2024Fallon-Marshall Lecture Series: Dr. Carlos Blanton
The Glasscock Center presents the Fallon-Marshall lecture series. Dr. Blanton (History) will deliver a lecture on 4/10/24.
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February 15, 2024The Ecognosis Seminars with Richard Doyle
Presented by the Humanities and the Anthropocene Initiative
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February 14, 2024Submissions Open: 25th Annual Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize
Submissions for the 25th Annual Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize are due
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February 14, 2024
Colloquium Series: Kevin O’Sullivan & Haley Burke 2/27/24
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. By long-standing practice, colloquium presenters provide a draft of their current research, which is made available to members of the Glasscock Center listserv. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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February 7, 2024
Colloquium Series: Reginal Mills & Tristan Krause 2/13/24
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. By long-standing practice, colloquium presenters provide a draft of their current research, which is made available to members of the Glasscock Center listserv. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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February 6, 2024Sweet Fuel: Brazilian Ethanol in Historical Perspective
February 12, 3pm: Dr. Jennifer Eaglin | Ohio State University
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February 6, 2024Illuminating Humanities: Colin Peek
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Colin Peek | Department of Global Languages and Cultures
by Megan Bodily -
February 2, 2024AI & the Humanities
Dr. Matthew Jones, Princeton | Notable Lecture
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January 25, 2024Spring 2024
After a freezing cold start to the semester, things are starting to warm up on campus and in the Glasscock Center.
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January 25, 2024Melt, Rise, and the Future of Water: A Climate Story
January 29, 3pm: Dr. Cymene Howe | Rice University
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January 19, 2024
Colloquium Series: Susanneh Bieber & Denise Meda-Lambru 2/6/24
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. By long-standing practice, colloquium presenters provide a draft of their current research, which is made available to members of the Glasscock Center listserv. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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January 16, 2024Illuminating Humanities: Allegra Midgette
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Allegra Midgette | Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
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December 21, 2023
Call for Applications – 2024 Arts & Humanities Fellowship Program
The Arts & Humanities Fellowship invites research applications from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and creative arts pursuing projects that embody exceptional research.
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December 4, 2023Illuminating Humanities: Diego Sepulveda-Allen
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Diego Sepulveda-Allen | Philosophy and History
by Megan Bodily -
November 20, 2023Illuminating Humanities: Janet Eunjin Cho
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Janet Eunjin Cho | Department of English
by Megan Bodily -
October 25, 2023
Colloquium Series: Chaitanya Lakkimsetti & Anand Datla 10/31/23
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. By long-standing practice, colloquium presenters provide a draft of their current research, which is made available to members of the Glasscock Center listserv. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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October 23, 2023Announcing the winner of the 24th Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize
24th Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize Lecture
Nov 29 | 12pm | MSC 2300D
Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future -
October 19, 2023Illuminating Humanities: Lauren Currie
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Lauren Currie | History
by Megan Bodily -
October 10, 2023
Colloquium Series: Robin Veldman & Michael Portal 10/24/23
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. By long-standing practice, colloquium presenters provide a draft of their current research, which is made available to members of the Glasscock Center listserv. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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October 10, 2023
Colloquium Series: Maddalena Cerrato & Valentina Aduen 10/17/23
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. By long-standing practice, colloquium presenters provide a draft of their current research, which is made available to members of the Glasscock Center listserv. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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October 2, 2023Supporting Humanities Research at TAMU: Coffee Conversation Series
Oct 5 & 12 An informal series over coffee and refreshments that overviews Texas A&M's external grant procedures as well as funding opportunities for Hispanic Serving Institutions. Bring your questions and listen to comments on the process by recently-funded faculty.
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September 21, 2023Illuminating Humanities: Dr. Glen Miller
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Glen Miller | Philosophy and Humanities
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September 20, 2023
Colloquium Series: Huyen Nguyen & Zachary Riggins 10/3/23
The Colloquium Series offers Glasscock Center Fellows an opportunity to discuss a work-in-progress with faculty and graduate students from different disciplines. By long-standing practice, colloquium presenters provide a draft of their current research, which is made available to members of the Glasscock Center listserv. Each colloquium begins with the presenter’s short (10-15 minute) exposition of the project, after which the floor is open for comments and queries. The format is by design informal, conversational, and interdisciplinary.
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September 18, 2023
Funding Opportunity from the MLA: Pathways Step Grants Application Open! (Deadline: 10/10/23)
Pathways Step Grants Application Open! (Deadline: 10/10/23)
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September 17, 2023
Finalists for 24th Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize
Announcing the finalists for the 24th Annual Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize Libel and Lampoon: Satire in the Courts, 1670-1792 (Oxford University Press) Andrew Benjamin Bricker From the shortlisting committee- “In Libel and Lampoon, Bricker makes early modern legal history relevant to the present by demonstrating that law is central to our understanding of the […]
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August 24, 2023Illuminating Humanities: Madelyn Kennedy
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Madelyn Kennedy | University Studies, Society, Ethics, and Law (S.E.A.L.)
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August 18, 2023Fall 2023
As we embark on the Glasscock Center’s 22nd year, I want to draw your attention to some of our upcoming events and share a few announcements.
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August 17, 2023
2023-24 Glasscock Graduate Arrival Fellows
Meet our 2023-24 Glasscock Graduate Arrival Fellows
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August 16, 2023
Now Hiring: Undergraduate Student Apprentice
Undergraduates in good academic standing are invited to apply to work at the Glasscock Center!
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August 15, 2023New Research Initiative: The Humanities and the Anthropocene
The Glasscock Center has launched a new research initiative, The Humanities and the Anthropocene.
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August 8, 2023
Short-Term Visiting Fellows 2023-24
Learn about this year's Short-Term Visiting Fellows
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July 26, 2023
Cornell University Society for the Humanities 2024-25 Fellowships Call for Applications
The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University invites applications for residential fellowships from scholars whose projects reflect on the 2024-25 theme of Silence. Up to six fellows will be appointed. The fellowships are held for one year (August through July). Each Society Fellow will receive $60,000.
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July 10, 2023
Research Fellows 2023-24
Glasscock Faculty Research Fellows These fellowships are designed to address a need for funding for research that could not be accomplished otherwise in order to complete a book project, major article or series of articles, or other research project that makes an impact in the field. Fellows participate in the Colloquium Series, which will function […]
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July 10, 2023
Internal Fellows 2023-24
Glasscock Internal Faculty Residential Fellows Recipients of the annually awarded Internal Faculty Fellowships receive a one-course teaching release in the fellowship year, a $1,000 research bursary, and an office in the Glasscock Center for the fellowship year. These fellows, along with the Glasscock Faculty and Graduate Research Fellows, will present and participate in the Colloquium […]
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June 22, 2023
2023-24 Glasscock Undergraduate Summer Scholars
Meet our 2023-24 Glasscock Undergraduate Summer Scholars!
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June 13, 2023Illuminating Humanities: Kate Girvin
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
Kate Girvin | Philosophy & Humanities
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June 2, 2023
2023-24 Colloquium Schedule Coming Soon
Stay tuned for the presentation schedule of our 2023-24 Faculty and Graduate Colloquium Series.
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May 30, 2023Illuminating Humanities: April Lee Hatfield
Highlighting Humanities Research and its Impact
April Lee Hatfield | History
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May 11, 2023
Publication year 2022
Adam Rosenthal, Global Languages and Culture Poetics and the Gift: Reading Poetry from Homer to Derrida (Edinburgh University Press, 2022) Adam Seipp, History The Berlin Airlift and the Making of the Cold War (Texas A&M University Press, 2022) Adam Seipp, History | Internal Faculty Residential Fellow, 2020-2021 Fulda Gap: A board game, West German society, and a […]
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May 11, 2023
Publication year 2021
Brian Rouleau, History | Publication Support Grant Recipient, Spring 2021 Empire’s Nursery Children’s Literature and the Origins of the American Century (NYU Press, 2021) Britt Mize and Bruce Gilchrist Beowulf as Children’s Literature (Toronto, 2021) Chaitanya Lakkimsetti, Sociology & Vanita Reddy, English | Three-Year Seminar Grant Recipients, (2019-2022) #MeToo and Transnational Gender Justice (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021) Claire Katz, Philosophy | Grant Recipient […]
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May 11, 2023
Publication year 2020
Chaitanya Lakkimsetti, Sociology | Faculty Research Fellowship Recipient Legalizing Sex: Sexual Minorities, AIDS and Citizenship in India (NYU Press, 2020) Craig Kallendorf, International Studies Printing Virgil: The Transformation of the Classics in the Renaissance (Brill, 2020) Damon Bach, History | Publication Support Grant Recipient, Spring 2020 The American Counterculture: A History of Hippies and Cultural Dissidents (University Press of Kansas, 2020) […]