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Third Thursdays

The Kaplan Humanities Institute has launched a new series of faculty get-togethers on the third Thursday of each month. These will take many forms, all of which we hope will help generate community, connections, good will, and good cheer!

All Third Thursdays take place from 5:00 - 7:00 pm at the Kaplan Institute, Kresge Hall #2350.

Coming up next!

May 15, 2025

Our last Third Thursday for the year will be a Book Party as part of Kaplan's larger Book Week 2025!

Come celebrate the books, edited volumes, and translations that Northwestern humanities faculty have published in the last couple of years! We'll gather with colleagues and friends to ooh and aah the books on display and lift a glass to the accomplishments of scholars from a range of disciplines.

 

Past Third Thursdays

April 17, 2025

April's Third Thursday will be the Public Humanities keynote with Nicole Fleetwood

 

Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Thursday, April 17, 2025
5:30-7:00 pm
Harris Hall #108

Nicole Fleetwood (James Weldon Johnson Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU) will be in conversation with Marquis Bey (Professor of Black Studies, Northwestern).

More details at https://humanities.northwestern.edu/graduate/ph-grad-practicum/events/

 

 

 

March 20, 2025

Come open new pathways and conversations with colleagues over sips and snacks! For March, we've invited faculty from Pritzker School of Law to join us in Evanston to discuss humanities connections and possible areas for collaboration.

Paul Gowder, Professor of Law

Emily Kadens, Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor of Law and Vice Dean

Andy Koppelman, John Paul Stevens Professor of Law

Ajay Mehrotra, Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law

February 20, 2025

Another chance to meet up with colleagues over sips and snacks! Join us for some casual conversation with colleagues and friends at the end of the week. Pop in after your class/committee meeting/whatever you’ve got going and unwind! 

This week, we'll hear "flash" talks from three new faculty:

Sarah Dimick (English & Environmental Policy and Culture),

Bihter Esener (Art History),

and Yujay Davina Masah (Black Studies Librarian),

with plenty of time for conversation to follow!

January 16, 2025

Our first Third Thursday will be a New Faculty Focus — Three faculty from different departments will talk for a few minutes about an object of interest in their research or teaching, accompanied by sips and snacks and conversation with all.

Come meet: