Humanities Lecture Links (2020-21)
All times given are Pacific Time
H-Net Announce (for events):
https://networks.h-net.org/h-announce
Local:
Internet Studies Center Lecture Series: https://cs.wwu.edu/isc/isc-lecture-series
Humanities Washington calendar... lots of online events: https://www.humanities.org/events/
Humanities Wash. “Bedtime Stories”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XedCKnt61as
Virtual events at the Whatcom Museum: https://www.whatcommuseum.org/events/2020-10/
Museums:
Virtual events at the British Museum:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions-events/lectures-discussions
Virtual tour of the Louvre: https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
Virtual events at the Smithsonian Institution: https://www.si.edu/events/online
On virtual museums:
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/arts/design/best-virtual-museum-guides.html
Google: https://artsandculture.google.com/
Digital Humanities:
Cambridge: https://www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/learning
University of Washington: https://simpsoncenter.org/programs/digital-humanities
Universities:
Cambridge: https://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/east-asia-seminar-series-michaelmas-2020 - East Asian Studies Zoom lectures
Oxford:
Events calendar: https://www.ox.ac.uk/events-list
Interesting upcoming:
“The Ages of Globalization,” on “interactions of technology, geography, and institutions… [in] seven ages of globalization”: https://www.ox.ac.uk/event/book-talk-ages-globalization (10/27 @ 9 am)
Princeton:
Events: https://www.princeton.edu/events
Humanities: https://humanities.princeton.edu/events/audience/open-to-the-public/
Interesting upcoming: Print and the Arabo-Islamic Renaissance (10/19 @ 9 am)
Racialization in Late Antique Italy and Italian Historiography (10/19 @ 9am)
Stanford:
All This Rising: Humanities in the Next Ten Years:
https://shc.stanford.edu/events/all-rising-humanities-next-ten-years (11/2 @ 11 am)
Thinking with Islamic Things:
https://shc.stanford.edu/events/1891-lectures-humanities-0 (11/10 @ 11 am)
Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer & Poetry in Iran:
https://shc.stanford.edu/events/inside-center-niloofar-haeri (12/10 @ 11 am)
University of Central Florida:
Lunch in Pompeii: How Metal Shaped Pompeii and the Roman Empire (10/28 @ 9 am)
University of Chicago:
Humanities Lectures Calendar: https://humanities.uchicago.edu/calendar
Interesting upcoming:
Humanities Day with talks on Popol Vuh, and “Jewish Music in Times of Exile”: https://humanitiesday.uchicago.edu/ (10/17, all day)
Women in Philosophy: Helga Varden, "Sex, Love, and Gender: A Kantian Theory":
https://humanities.uchicago.edu/calendar/details/CAL-ff808081-74f77bd2-0174-f917ab7b-00001737eventscalendar%2540uchicago.edu (Oct. 21 @ 4 pm)
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg:
A series of virtual lectures hosted by the International Research Consortium “Fate, Freedom, and Prognostication” at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. The full schedule is available at http://ikgf.fau.de/events/upcoming-events/
University of Washington:
UW’s Simpson Center calendar: https://simpsoncenter.org/calendar
Yale:
Franke lectures (this year with a particular interest in Karl Mark: https://whc.yale.edu/events
Campus Resources
A variety of resources are available to help students with their academic work and preparation for a career and graduate school. We encourage students to become familiar with resources at Western Washington University and professional psychology organizations. We also present information about local activities and attractions.
Admissions Office Counseling Center
Important Dates and Deadlines (from the Registrar Office)
Plagiarism: The Students Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism, Dept of Sociology, WWU
Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty, University Judicial Affairs, WWU
Volunteer Resources
There are many opportunities for students to volunteer, gain valuable skills, and give back to the community. Students may contact the Center for Service Learning at Western Washington University or the Whatcom Volunteer Center to learn about current and upcoming volunteer experiences. Students also may contact faculty members in the Liberal Studies Department, who may know of opportunities.