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Greater Boston Digital Humanities calls for symposium proposals
Proposals are requested by January 31. The symposium will be held April 12, 2024.
January 12, 2024
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Thank you for your service, Dean Glaser
James M. Glaser, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences since 2014, has been named provost and executive vice president of Santa Clara University in California.
January 11, 2024
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Dr. Kwasi Ampene to Return Artefacts to Ghana
Dr. Kwasi Ampene, Chair of the Music Department at Tufts, will be traveling to California in January to recover a seven-piece artefact taken from Ghana during the Sagrenti War.
January 2, 2024
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Congratulations to Kendra Field, Whiting Foundation Grant Recipient
Congratulations to Dr. Kendra Field, winner of the 2023 Whiting Foundation grant for non-fiction.
December 19, 2023
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Tufts University Art Galleries Releases Spring Preview
Tufts University Art Galleries (TUAG) are proud to announce three spring 2024 exhibitions that explore shapeshifting conceptions of gender and sexuality throughout modern history.
December 4, 2023
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Winter Book Recommendations from Tufts Now
Tufts faculty, staff, and students offer a wide-ranging selection for your reading pleasure.
November 28, 2023
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CHAT is now accepting applications for Postdoctoral Position
The Center for the Humanities at Tufts University, in partnership with the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy (CSRD) and the Office of Provost, invites applications for a residential postdoctoral fellowship beginning July 1, 2024.
November 15, 2023
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New Fellowship & Grant Opportunities
Several external groups have posted new fellowship and grant opportunities with deadlines coming up soon.
November 14, 2023
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Slavery, Colonialism and their Legacies Symposium held at Tufts Dental School
On November 8th, the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, along with the History Department, the Center for the Humanities at Tufts, the Tufts Archival Research Center and the Office of the Provost hosted a symposium at Tufts Dental School in Boston, to introduce the Slavery, Colonialism and Their Legacies at Tufts (SCL) Project.
November 13, 2023
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CHAT is accepting Faculty Fellowships for 2024-25. Apply by December 17
The Center for the Humanities at Tufts offers three research fellowships each academic year to faculty in the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts who are engaged in humanistic scholarship or artistic creation or criticism. Tenured faculty, tenure track faculty, and professors of the practice are eligible to apply.
November 13, 2023
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Environmental Humanities Symposium draws interdisciplinary crowd
The Environmental Humanities Symposium drew a crowd of students and professors from many disciplines on September 21 and 22 in Curtis Hall.
October 18, 2023
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Tickets for Marie Antoinette, a TDPS production, on sale now
The Department of Theater, Dance and Performance studies enthusiastically welcomes the entire Tufts community to come see David Adjmi’s (playwright) contemporary take on the young queen of France.
October 12, 2023