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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Literary scholar Elisa Tamarkin (Univ. California, Berkeley) presents the talk “Terms of Art: Defeat,” Oct. 29, 4–5:30 pm on campus, exploring the notion of defeat from the perspective of the end of the #VietnamWar and its ramifications. buff.ly/buLhKfm #Humanities

Text: Terms of Art / "Defeat" / A Talk by Elisa Tamarkin (University of California, Berkeley); Image: photo of Elisa Tamarkin

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Join us 10/13, 5-6:30 pm at Brown for “FIGHT SONGS: A Brief History of Controversial Pop Music,” with The New Yorker writer Kelefa Sanneh, on how music not only unifies but divides, and what our arguments about music really mean. buff.ly/go7j1g5 #PopMusic #MusicCriticism #PopularMusicStudies

Picture of Kelefa Sanneh with text "Kelefa Sanneh: Fight Songs: A Brief History of Controversial Pop Music"

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Join us Sept. 29, 4-5:30 pm at Brown for “Latinx Studies: Origins, Crossroads, Futures,” with Natalia Molina (American Studies and Ethnicity | University of Southern California) reflecting on a field she has shaped for years. buff.ly/MePg77R #LatinxStudies #EthnicStudies Photo credit: Jamie Pham

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Scholar/artist Subhankar Banerjee (University of New Mexico) explores how environmental creative practices and scholarly writing can come together under one roof. Mon. Sept. 28, 5:30–7 pm at Brown. buff.ly/ZNnEi7k #EnvironmentalHumanities #EnvironmentalArts #Borderlands

Photograph of Subhankar Banerjee with with text: What is Environmental Arts & Humanities? Reflections from Three Borderlands A Talk by Subhankar Banerjee

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Join pediatric emergency physician/award-winning writer Rachel Kowalsky (BA ’97) for a talk and reception celebrating the latest issue of the “The Brown Journal of #MedicalHumanities,” September 23, 5:30–7 pm at Brown. buff.ly/SLVKnlv

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Join the “AI and the Humanities” lab for “A Conversation on Context” Sept. 22, 5:30–7:00 pm on campus. Faculty, students, and staff will discuss when and why context is important to them and how their understanding of context is shifting with the spread of #GenerativeAI. buff.ly/1nlAdXv

Text: Models-Scale-Context AI and the Humanities "A Conversation on Context"
Image: Mountain range

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Brown University humanities Ph.D. students, sign up now for the workshop “How to Get a Job in a Liberal Arts College,” 10/1, 9 am – 3 pm. The workshop offers a practical guide to application materials, interviews, and campus visits. Seating is limited. buff.ly/QimSDPb

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Explore the “Doctoral Futures” initiative in “Doctoral Futures,” a conversation w/ #MLA Executive Director Paula Krebs, 9/14, 4 pm on campus. The initiative aims to reimagine the humanities Ph.D. & build equitable, resilient, career-diverse programs. buff.ly/wQKXxIp

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Education brings us all together at Brown, but it takes many forms. Join us for “Humanists on Education” Sept. 11 @ 1 pm on campus, and hear what education means for a specialist in education, a historian, a scholar of religion, & the Dean of the College! buff.ly/z6dl4Xn

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Brown Journal of Medical Humanities Launch Party, featuring a talk by Dr. Rachel Kowalsky "The Future Presupposed: Implicit Hope in Creation" Portrait of Rachel Kowalsky and a cover image of the spring 2026 issue of the journal

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

“If we recognize the plurality of approaches, frameworks, and methods in the humanities ... and seek to cultivate value clarification, then you’re basically doing the crucial work of civic education all the time” — Amanda Anderson. Listen to “Stop Ruminating (Or Don’t)”: buff.ly/arXJOfl #Podcast

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“I think the humanities is gaslighted quite frequently and as a kind of general cultural fact.” — Amanda Anderson. Listen to “Stop Ruminating (Or Don’t)”: buff.ly/arXJOfl #Podcast

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

In “Stop Ruminating (Or Don’t),” the 4th ep. of “The Confluence: Ethnic Studies and the Public Good,” host Shelley Lee talks with scholar Amanda Anderson about the humanities, the challenges posed by AI, the politics of viewpoint diversity, and more. buff.ly/arXJOfl #Humanities #HigherEd #Podcast

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

“I want whatever we can do to help people who want to learn or want to know more, who are curious to be able to find ways to address that curiosity.” — Renee Romano. Listen to “Beyond the Ivory Tower: Public Humanities and Historical Memory”: buff.ly/JpxjGdN #Podcast

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

“I have experienced a lot of Black history tours or exhibitions that were not created by Black people, that were not created in community. And they’re missing a lot.” — Gaila Sims (public historian/museum educator). Listen to “Beyond the Ivory Tower”: buff.ly/JpxjGdN

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

“Ethnic Studies has played a role in democratizing and making public humanities a more meaningful practice with communities.” — Renee Romano. Listen to “Beyond the Ivory Tower: Public Humanities and Historical Memory”: buff.ly/JpxjGdN #Humanities #EthnicStudies #Podcast

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

In “Beyond the Ivory Tower: Public Humanities and Historical Memory,” the third episode of the #podcast “The Confluence,” we explore how Ethnic Studies is changing public understandings of race in America. Featuring Renee Romano and Gaila Sims. buff.ly/JpxjGdN #Humanities #EthnicStudies

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Scholar Leerom Medovoi (@uarizona.bsky.social) presents “‘The Defense of Society Has Been Betrayed’: Ensoulment & the Politics of History on the Far Right Today,” a keynote talk at the conference “Race and Its Avatars.” Thursday, May 7, 3:30 – 5 pm on campus. Read more: buff.ly/7LgKRKw #Humanities

Text: Race and Its Avatars / Literary Identity Politics from the Medieval to the Present / Keynote Talk, May 7 @ 3:30 pm / "The Defense of Society Has Been Betrayed": Ensoulment and the Politics of History on the Far Right Today / Leerom Medovoi (University of Arizona)

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Join us for a one-day conference “Race and Its Avatars: Literary Identity Politics from the Medieval to the Present,” May 7, 9:45 am – 5 pm on campus. With a keynote talk by scholar Leerom Medovoi (@uarizona.bsky.social) at 3:30 pm. Read more: buff.ly/klzYoop #Humanities

Text: Race and Its Avatars / Literary Identity Politics from the Medieval to the Present; Image: Medieval map of the world beside a contemporary satellite image

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Come celebrate the innovative and timely work of 8 Brown University Ph.D. candidates at the 2026 Collaborative Public Workshop. May 2, 9 am – 6 pm, on campus. Schedule, abstracts, and bios: buff.ly/7pnBgew @brownuresearch.bsky.social

Text: Collaborative Public Workshop / 8 presentations by Brown University doctoral students in the collaborative humanities; Images: portraits of Zeynep Aygun, Michele Moghrabi, Tessa Finley, Amanda Macedo Macedo, Monica Futong Ren, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, Jason Emmett Collins, and Armin Schneider

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Michele Moghrabi & Zeynep Aygun (#ComparativeLiterature) explore the Socratic method and superstition in psychoanalysis at the 2026 Collaborative Public Workshop, May 2 on campus. Schedule, abstracts, and bios: buff.ly/7pnBgew #Humanities @brownuresearch.bsky.social

Text: Collaborative Public Workshop / May 2, 2026 / Session 4, 4:15-6 pm / Michele Moghrabi (Comparative Literature), “(Once More) Toward a Theory of Socratic Elenchus” / Zeynep Aygun (Comparative Literature), “Psychoanalysis and Superstition”; Images: Portraits of Michele Moghrabi and Zeynep Aygun

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Armin Schneider (#IntegrativeStudies) & Jason Emmett Collins (#English) offer meditations on the role of literature in the history of thought at the 2026 Collaborative Public Workshop, May 2 on campus. Schedule, abstracts, and bios: buff.ly/7pnBgew #Humanities @brownuresearch.bsky.social

Text: Collaborative Public Workshop / May 2, 2026 / Session 3, 2-3:45 pm / Armin Schneider (Integrative Studies), “Preliminaries II: Hic Rhodus, Providence, RI, 2026” / Jason Emmett Collins (English), “Our Epistemologies of Vision: Empiricism and Discernment in Samuel Richardson’s ‘Clarissa’”; Images: Portraits of Armin Schneider and Jason Emmett Collins

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

“We … help [students] become better practitioners in whatever field they end up in.” — Meredith Gadsby (Oberlin College) on Ethnic Studies programs. Listen to “The Struggle Continues (and Transforms),” episode 2 of the podcast “The Confluence”: buff.ly/7e7eAlU

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Tessa Finley (#ReligiousStudies) & Amanda Macedo Macedo (#TheatreArtsAndPerformanceStudies) explore the moral and political significance of art at the 2026 Collaborative Public Workshop, May 2 on campus. Schedule, abstracts, and bios: buff.ly/7pnBgew #Humanities @brownuresearch.bsky.social

ALT: Text: Collaborative Public Workshop / May 2, 2026 / Session 2, 11 am-12:45 pm / Tessa Finley (Religious Studies), “The Iconoclasms of Attention: Iris Murdoch and Marion Milner” / Amanda Macedo Macedo (Theatre Arts and Performance Studies), “Against Resolution: Temporal Disruption and the Politics of Witnessing”; Images: Portraits of Tessa Finley and Amanda Macedo Macedo

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

“Students are voting with their feet … to come take classes because they see the world around them.” — Pablo Mitchell (Oberlin College). Listen to “The Struggle Continues (and Transforms),” episode 2 of the podcast “The Confluence”: buff.ly/7e7eAlU

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

“If you don’t build it from the ground up, you’re not going to have the kind of community support to go argue to the deans.” — Pawan Dhingra (Amherst College) on Ethnic Studies programs. Listen to “The Struggle Continues (and Transforms),” ep2 of “The Confluence” podcast: buff.ly/7e7eAlU

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Monica Futong Ren & Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose (#ModernCultureAndMedia) offer fascinating explorations of film and ritual, kicking off the 2026 Collaborative Public Workshop, May 2 on campus. Schedule, abstracts, and bios: buff.ly/7pnBgew #Humanities @BrownUResearch

Text: Collaborative Public Workshop / May 2, 2026 / Session 1, 9-10:45 am / Monica Futong Ren (Modern Culture and Media), “‘Family Planning’ (1983) for the State: Population, Science Education Film, and Pedagogical Technology in China’s Reform Era” / Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose (Modern Culture and Media), “Performing Return: Baartman, Funeral Rites, and the Fallacy of Homecoming”; Images: Portraits of Monica Futong Ren and Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

How have Gen X scholars sustained and built Ethnic Studies through culture wars and budget cuts? Explore in “The Struggle Continues (and Transforms),” episode 2 of the #podcast “The Confluence: Ethnic Studies and the Public Good.” buff.ly/7e7eAlU

Text: The Confluence: Ethnic Studies and the Public Good / Episode 2: The Struggle Continues (and Transforms) / Featuring Pawan Dhingra, Meredith Gadsby, and Pablo Mitchell

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Join us for a conversation between George Packer, award-winning author/writer for “The Atlantic,” & Cogut Institute Director Amanda Anderson on Packer’s novel “The Emergency,” exploring a time of fracture and upheaval. 4/22, 12 pm on campus. Register: buff.ly/CB4ZCfO.

Text: George Packer in Conversation with Amanda Anderson; Images: portraits of George Packer and Amanda Anderson with the cover of Packer's novel "The Emergency"

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Meghan O’Gieblyn, award-winning author of “God, Human, Animal, Machine” (Doubleday), explores “Attention and the Sacred in the Age of AI” Tuesday, April 21, 4–5:30 pm on campus. Full details: buff.ly/BsrCmK4 #Humanities #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Text: Attention and the Sacred in the Age of AI / Meghan O'Gieblyn; image: portraits of Anthony the Great, Simone Weil, Iris Murdoch, and Meghan O'Gieblyn above an abstract background of cubic shapes

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Join the “#AI and the #Humanities” lab at the Cogut Institute for a two-day workshop, “[SCALE]: Software, Community, Territory,” exploring recent developments in digital culture at different scales, from the psyche and the person to nation-states and the globe. April 17–18 on campus: buff.ly/g62ij6U

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Scholar & Brown University alum Arnav Adhikari (Hamilton College) examines aesthetic engagements with realism in the crucible of historical emergencies in postcolonial India in the talk “Emergency Realisms” Monday, April 20, 12:30–2 pm, on campus. Details & registration: buff.ly/9t7nXlZ #Humanities

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

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