Public Humanities Project Showcase
Participant call:
Campus Community Public Humanities Showcase
As part of this spring’s Public Humanities Symposium, the Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, the Public Humanities Practicum, and the Center for Civic Engagement are thrilled to invite Northwestern campus groups, faculty, staff, librarians, and graduate students to participate in a showcase of public humanities projects that are completed or in-progress.
We have designed the 2026 Symposium to build collaborative cross-campus discussions about public humanities at Northwestern with the aim of stirring dialogue and community across a range of projects and conversations taking place about public humanities.
What counts as a Public Humanities project?
We consider the Public Humanities to encompass any humanistic work that substantively engages with communities beyond the academy, including but not limited to activism, digital projects, curation, and community-engaged research, pedagogy, and partnerships. We are looking for a broad representation of projects across campus. Selected projects will have the opportunity to engage in robust conversations about the public humanities and to share their work with the broader Northwestern community.
Presentation of projects can be in a variety of media: submissions can take a number of different forms, such as poster presentations, a zine-sharing station, a conversation circle, a listening station, and so on. Please keep in mind the format will need to co-exist with simultaneous projects in a shared hall.
This showcase will take place from 3:00 - 4:00 pm during the Public Humanities Symposium in Kresge Hall on Friday, May 29, 2026.
Share your project!
To join us, please fill out this form by 11:59pm on May 11 with a one paragraph (100-300 word) description of your project, why it matters, what communities it aims to engage, and the format in which you'd like to present your project. We will be in touch to discuss details.