The Work of the Humanist: A Conversation
In this session, humanities scholars step back from these external defenses and discuss the core of what humanists do and what they think are the best practices for doing it.
Book Talk: Keeper of My Kin
Historian Ada Ferrer will talk about the intersection between family, memoir and history, and her forthcoming book, Keeper of My Kin: Memoir of an Immigrant Daughter (Scribner 2026).
Manorexia: How anorexia and bodybuilding helped me navigate locker-rooms, gyms, jails and other male spaces
Harold Aram Veeser, English Professor and 2025-2026 Rifkind Fellow will read from and discuss his book in progress, a memoir of male anorexia confessions. While current hospital records show that more males than ever are presenting with eating disorders, few male anorexic memoirs have appeared.
Irvin Weathersby Jr. longlisted for PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith award for Nonfiction
In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Spaces has been longlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction, for “a distinguished book of general nonfiction possessing notable literary merit and critical perspective that illuminates important contemporary issues.”