From: Center for Humanities Research <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Center for Humanities Research
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 10:51 AM

Subject: CHR news and opportunities

Dear Colleagues and Students,

I want thank you all for your overwhelming enthusiasm and support this semester! We are looking forward to a very exciting spring;

—we will welcome an exceptional cohort of fellows, all working on projects related to our theme of dissent, and all of whom will be presenting work next semester;

--we have about 10 new reading groups that have been organizing and will begin in the spring—we are in the process of creating webpages for each group! Visit our website for more info https://chr.gmu.edu/programming/;

—we will host a virtual discussion with Spencer Crew, Robinson Professor and Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, as part of a celebration honoring his enormous contributions to Mason, April 14th, 4-6m; this event will also kick-off Hindsights 2020: Reflections on Slavery, Reparations and Restorative Justice, an initiative spearheaded by Stefan Wheelock and others;

—we will host a panel discussion that will showcase the responses of humanities faculty to the pandemic and 2020 more broadly, featuring Andrew Peterson on the pandemic (Philosophy); Tehama M Lopez Bunyasi on Black Lives Matter (Carter School); Meredith Lair on teaching the election (History/Art History); and RRCHNM’s Pandemic Religion Project — date TBA;

—we look forward to our first workshop for undergraduates, a 3 or 4 part session on "What is Humanities Research?" Faculty members will engage in discussions with undergraduates about what humanities research is, why it matters, how we do it, how students can engage in their own research, as well as how the crucial and marketable these humanities research skills for a vast range of careers. Students participating in the workshop will receive a microcredential/badge: https://secure-web.cisco.com/17i8vvCWb8zOEgdsj3ygIVaPFZUJLInNQAuOC2-rgJabuCbTvdIZfYa5C37vMtPtc1gAIHN2qGSeqPtgZo5uYvkZwvPQmV4fOapEVXtbns0hKKSmRBTCDelCy3WflxOdQQOOGO9A_0CTrio3CBGl6Hn14-QqE276ATebzS5Nqdk908xf49drBrQl8qb57xZK_GSmw6G6ZojPZlhJX2Dxf-QYyCExsTqImccROHz8hq64vko4oKhZXB8jSo98kGcIQ_mac20JihWzEUmIZRQy2gkdfXR-LDH-qfhc_DGiB_kaDijC1WqG2-S4VWeHm_zhQLzx_MkbGfnofvqCEvBC8DtHYJ2z_vuzKW2eJeuSKwOlB42l9M-H1f2FCOyTpw0TVQ1dcPKJSqbhvkJMC3x7-OOG-yimdyNgU-x99nl5WzaRKotdPnk83TuBZH07It-ROSeVL4dFqaj_5fqfN6PV7zJiRg6CeIJBbYJqL7f4uNr4/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youracclaim.com%2Forg%2Fgeorge-mason-university%2Fbadge%2Fhumanities-research-scholar<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1MwIlVg9k4WcsgjvJKSo2caBza0Hvsv__Zw3wTxSRyAEhwWcgqc6xhGqu2fOnVgA4VzeTEFQnJ0v2eKJ0onj5S6nAcm8s_zGxnBr1axNC_5_2QzwRR1xiirwvQeGk2xns5_V2eR51sdk7ck2hWkD84Rc4MYClKdMpOZ0q7FljhQVPTK5outEsOs92e0CYdyE92TDyFY4u8TOERE_a6lv5m8FX5BFLSIR7AVRxUgavK5ppz72Cfu7GKMwKQVUwAIM0UtV0jT7txOkgrorbLegGmOkxqrrFzaQLqdFvzyVzaN4NPhHJmOFY73knShOIFRrKNGQsY07Rlm5NGpEWy-06MD9_6URwttGbqQvOCTYbFpdBzIE1LxA92h2HcKl0HPKICBysSJVMxUcxAk5mfw2i9-hHHfyzlbrdwyUxihdtRccN9Nhtm15i-Ne_WTT1BT8w_L7jrGXedH004UboeZEu9A/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youracclaim.com%2Forg%2Fgeorge-mason-university%2Fbadge%2Fhumanities-research-scholar>;

—we will be moving in to our new location on the 6th floor of Horizon Hall!

—stay tuned: next semester we will open our call for small research grants and for our fellowship applications for fall 2021!

I hope everyone has a restful and healthy break! We’ll “see" you in late January!

Take care,
Alison

Alison Landsberg
Director, Center for Humanities Research (CHR)
Professor of History and Cultural Studies
George Mason University
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