As part of the 2021 CHCI Annual Meeting, the CHCI Public Humanities Network organized four sessions (a public meeting and three conversations), recordings of which can be found below.
- Thursday, May 13, 1 pm EDT: Public Humanities Network Meeting
- Monday, May 17, 2 pm EDT: The Américas Awards
- Tuesday, May 18, 2 pm EDT: Building Public Humanities Networks
- Wednesday, May 19, 1 pm EDT: Just Futures and the Public Humanities
The public meeting was open to current and prospective members, and served as an opportunity to talk with each other, to exchange ideas for the network going forward, and to become involved in our activities.
Public Humanities Network Steering Committee
Nicholas Allen, University of Georgia
Pauline Strong, University of Texas
Jonathan Elmer, Indiana University
Teresa Mangum, University of Iowa
John Arroyo, University of Oregon
Public Humanities Network Meeting
Date: Thursday, May 13, 2021
Moderator: Nicholas Allen
- Introductions and welcome to members and prospective members
- Updates on members’ activities
- Member Conversation: Rael Salley, "The Space for Creative Black Imagination"
- Opportunities for members
- Ideas to build the network
The Américas Awards
Date: Monday, May 17, 2021
The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs founded the Américas Award in 1993 to encourage and commend authors, illustrators and publishers who produce quality children’s and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinx in the United States. Join this conversation to learn more about the program as a model of public engagement, and to discover more about the authors who have been recognized by it.
Colleen McCoy, Vanderbilt University, Latin American Studies
Denise Woltering-Vargas, Tulane University, Stone Center for Latin American Studies
In conversation with Jonathan Elmer
Building Public Humanities Networks
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2021,
As interest in collaborative humanities scholarship and practice has grown, centers and institutes are assembling critical infrastructure. Panelists share the challenges and successes of building networks across “The Divided City” of St. Louis, the Central New York Humanities Corridor, the “Humanities Without Walls” consortium spanning the Midwest, and an international field that includes the University of Ghana, Washington University, Stellenbosch University, and the American University of Cairo.
Moderator: Teresa Mangum
Vivian May, Syracuse University
Amanda Anderson, Brown University
Jean Allman, Washington University in St. Louis
Antoinette Burton, University of Illinois
Paul Fleming, Cornell University
Just Futures and the Public Humanities
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Driven by its belief in the leading role of the humanities to address the most difficult challenges of our time, the Mellon Foundation has created Just Futures, grants awarded through a competitive process to multidisciplinary, university-based teams across the US who are committed to racial justice and social equality. In August 2020, the Foundation’s Higher Learning program inaugurated the initiative by inviting scholars from a select group of colleges and universities to propose ambitious humanities-based projects that would address racial inequality in bold and imaginative ways. Join this conversation to hear more about some of the projects involved in this transformative public humanities initiative.
Moderator: Armando I. Bengochea, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Tony Bogues, Brown University
Tracey Deutsch, University of Minnesota
Nikki Taylor, Howard University
John Arroyo, University of Oregon
Alfonso Gonzales, University of California Riverside