The university is a place charged with imagining our collective future. We turn to the humanities to craft the values that will shape that future, and to guide us as we face the challenges ahead.
How do we know what we know? What does the truth look like? Consider these questions and more at our exhibition
Seeing Truth: Art, Science, Museums, and Making Knowledge
William Benton Museum of Art
January 17–March 10, 2023
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This exhibition is supported by the Henry Luce Foundation.
Image: Blazing the Trail to the Distant Past by Arthur A. Jansson, used with permission from the American Museum of Natural History.
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What does it mean to be human?
UConn Humanities
We turn to the humanities to craft the values that will shape our future, and to guide us as we face the challenges ahead. What will it mean to be human in the face of technological and ecological upheaval? How does art and culture enable us to anticipate trends we want to embrace, and help us to avoid ancient pitfalls?
The mission of the UConn Humanities Institute (UCHI) is to catalyze, facilitate, and promote research on these questions, and advocate for that research on local and global stages. By hosting annual fellowships to support scholarship at here UConn and across the world, by supporting humanities-focused programming, and by facilitating an interdisciplinary space for scholars to think, collaborate, and create, UCHI serves as a creative laboratory for scholars and students dedicated to foregrounding human values.
Humanities Institute Success
Established, with the help of a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the first-ever New England Humanities Consortium, bringing together both ivy-league and state-sponsored institutions.
Chosen to be an affiliate partner with the Yale Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. UCHI Director Anna Mae Duane will co-direct a two-year seminar convening an international group of leading scholars of the history of slavery.
Awarded a three-year grant of $750,000 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to expand the New England Humanities Consortium (NEHC) Faculty of Color Working Group (FOCWG).
Latest News and Events
Announcing the 2024–25 Humanities Institute Fellows
UCHI is proud to announce its incoming class of fellows. Their projects take many forms including scholarly monographs, plays, and books of photography; span time frames from the ancient world to the present day; and cover topics from sign language, to enslavement, to health and disease.
[Read More]Artificial Intelligence and Artistic Endeavor
Join us for an engaging discussion with Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, Kyle Booten, and Sue Huang. Together, they will explore how AI challenges us to reassess and redefine the concepts of collaboration and creativity. April 18, 3:00pm. Heritage Room.
[Read More]Medical Humanities: The ‘Haunting’ Legacy at the Mansfield Training School
A presentation on the Mansfield Training School Memorial and Museum project, which explores the 133-year history of the Mansfield Training School (MTS) while also focusing on its ties to the University of Connecticut. April 17, 3:30pm.
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The UConnPopCast, hosted by UCHI Associate Director Stephen Dyson and Professor Jeff Dudas, features scholarly analyses of popular culture and interviews with prominent scholars.
Why We Argue features conversations with scholars, artists, and scientists about topics related to truth, science, art, political conviction, and more.