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Humanities Institute

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Humanities Institute

The Humanities Institute is dedicated to supporting the generation and promotion of ideas in all aspects of the humanities and related disciplines. It engages Penn State faculty, other academics, and the public in ongoing discussion of the most pressing questions of our time.

Primary Contact: Elizabeth Ceres

Group Website: https://hi.psu.edu

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October 2026
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
27	28	29	30	1	2	3
4	5	6 Partus and Property: Reading Black Mothering into the Black Radical Tradition noon–1:00 p.m.	7	8	9	10
11	12 “Art as Autobiography”: Talk by Abel Azcona 3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.	13 “Six Brief Actions on Autobiography” Performance by Abel Azcona 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.	14 The Process of Writing Trauma: Workshop in Spanish by Abel Azcona 12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.	15 The Phenomenological Discussion Group Meeting 6:00 p.m.	16 Film Screening and Talk: I Am What I Am 6:00 p.m.	17
18	19	20 What’s it giving? Nonbinary “they” and the fight to queer meaning noon–1:00 p.m.	21 Reading New Books: Gestural Listening In and Beyond the Classroom by Laura Feibush 4:00 p.m.	22	23 Film Screening and Talk: Another Sky 6:00 p.m.	24
25	26	27 “The Wakandization of Africa: Unity, Black Power and the Problem of Utopia” noon–1:00 p.m.	28 “Inclusion and Exclusion by Design: Immigrant Integration during the Industrial Era and the Role of Religious Organizations” noon–1:15 p.m.	29	30	31
1	2 The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Chris Hoshnic 12:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m.	3 “My Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart: Trauma and the Lyric Memoir” noon–1:00 p.m.	4	5	6 Film Screening and Talk: Los Colonos 6:00 p.m.	7