HSS Humanities Center Events: Fostering Scholarship-Centered Community
The HSS Humanities Center holds events throughout the year to bring together scholars at all career stages from across HSS.
January 2026
| DATE | TIME/LOCATION | EVENT NAME | EVENT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/22/26 | 1:00 p.m. 鈥� 5:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Open House | The HSSHC invites all faculty, staff, and students to drop by our brand-new space in Howe Russell. Learn about our suite of programming, talk with the HSSHC Director and Advisory Board members, share ideas, or just enjoy our comfortable space and light refreshments. We look forward to chatting with you on day one of our special two-day launch event. |
| 1/23/26 | 10:00 a.m. 鈥� 3:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Open House | The HSSHC invites all faculty, staff, and students to drop by our brand-new space in Howe Russell. Learn about our suite of programming, talk with the HSSHC Director and Advisory Board members, share ideas, or just enjoy our comfortable space and light refreshments. We look forward to chatting with you on this second day of our two-day launch event. |
| 1/28/26 | 12:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Momentum Workshop | The HSSHC Book Institute鈥檚 Momentum Workshop Series welcomes Mari Rethelyi (Religious Studies and History; Director, Jewish Studies). We will discuss her chapter, 鈥淩ace of Hungarians, the Race of Hungarian Jews, and their Common History,鈥� from her book on Jewish nationalism in twentieth-century Hungary. All faculty and graduate students are invited to attend. You do not have to read the chapter in advance to participate in this energizing conversation. Email Prof. Pallavi Rastogi (prastogi@lsu.edu), co-director of The Book Institute, if you would like to read a pre-circulated copy of Prof. Rethelyi鈥檚 work or if you have any other questions about The Momentum Workshops. The chapter will be available electronically at the event. Light refreshments will be served. |
February 2026
| DATE | TIME/LOCATION | EVENT NAME | EVENT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2/10/26 | 12:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Public Reading | The HSSHC and LSU Creative Writing will host a reading featuring work by Maurice Carlos Ruffin and Tyler Robert Sheldon. Join us for literary brilliance and community. |
| 2/12/26 | 3:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Public Lecture | (Penn State University) will deliver a public lecture on "Navigating Multiple Channels for Engaging in Supportive Interactions," as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Kellie Brisini (Communication Studies) and the students of CMST 7912. |
| 2/13/26 | 11:30 a.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Graduate Student Workshop | (Penn State University) will lead a graduate student workshop in the "Hidden Curriculum: Pizza and Professional Development鈥� series, as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Kellie Brisini (Communication Studies) and the students of CMST 7912. All interested HSS graduate students are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. |
| 2/25/26 | 12:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Public Lecture | (Purdue) will deliver a public lecture on 鈥淏eing is a Problem: Deleuze鈥檚 Metaphysics of Manifolds,鈥� as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Michael Ardoline (Philosophy) and the students of PHIL 7910. |
| 2/26/26 | 12:00 p.m., 211 Coates Hall | Graduate Student Workshop | (Purdue) will lead a graduate student workshop on 鈥淩esearch in Continental Philosophy,鈥� as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Michael Ardoline (Philosophy) and the students of PHIL 7910. All interested HSS graduate students are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. |
| 2/27/26 | 10:00 a.m. 鈥� 5:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Books in Progress Symposium | The HSSHC is proud to sponsor the symposium 鈥淎sians on the Third Coast: Other Races, Other Cultures in Louisiana,鈥� in support of the essay collection of the same name, edited by Madoka Kishi (English) and Pallavi Rastogi (English), and under advance contract with LSU Press. Contributors to this volume will present their research and creative activity, discuss the work in progress, and offer feedback to one another. Join this thrilling discussion, featuring authors reflecting on the rich, textured, and often-obscured aspects of the Asian and Asian American presence in Louisiana. All are welcome; light refreshments will be served. |
March 2026
| DATE | TIME/LOCATION | EVENT NAME | EVENT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/4/26 | 5:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Public Lecture | (University of Washington) will deliver a public lecture on "The Mud Womb of The Deep: Lessons in Hold/ing the History of Middle Passage," as part of her mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Alex Meany (English) and the students of ENGL 7974. |
| 3/4/26 or 3/5/26 | 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Graduate Student Workshop | (University of Washington) will lead a graduate student workshop, "Works-in-Progress and Intellectual Trajectories," as part of her mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Alex Meany (English) and the students of ENGL 7974. All interested HSS graduate students are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. |
| 3/31/26 | 12:00 p.m., 210 Stubbs Hall | Brown Bag Event | (University of Wisconsin鈥擬adison) will discuss 鈥淗egel on Bureaucracy鈥� at the Political Science Research Series brown bag event, as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. James Stoner (Political Science) and the students of POLI 7982. |
| 3/31/26 | 4:30 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Public Lecture | (University of Wisconsin鈥擬adison) will deliver a public lecture on 鈥淭he Birth of Academic Freedom,鈥� as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. James Stoner (Political Science) and the students of POLI 7982. |
April 2026
| DATE | TIME/LOCATION | EVENT NAME | EVENT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4/1/26 | 12:00 p.m., 216 Stubbs Hall | Graduate Student Workshop | (University of Wisconsin鈥擬adison) will lead a graduate student workshop, 鈥淐onversation on Podcasts, Conferences, and the Public Face of Political Theory,鈥� as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. James Stoner (Political Science) and the students of POLI 7982, and in tandem with the Political Theory Lunch Colloquy. |
| 4/6/26 | 2:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Momentum Workshop | The HSSHC Book Institute鈥檚 Momentum Workshop Series welcomes Cat Jacquet (History and WGSS). We will discuss a chapter from her monograph in progress. All faculty and graduate students are invited to attend. You do not have to read the chapter in advance to participate in this exciting conversation. Email Prof. Pallavi Rastogi (prastogi@lsu.edu), co-director of The Book Institute, if you would like to read a pre-circulated copy of Prof. Jacquet鈥檚 work or if you have any other questions about The Momentum Workshops. The chapter will be available electronically at the event. Light refreshments will be served. |
| 4/7/26 | 12:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Public Lecture | (Texas A&M) will deliver a public lecture on 鈥淥rganic and Inorganic Intelligences: Evolution, AI & Biotechnicity,鈥� as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Deborah Goldgaber (Philosophy and WGSS) and the students of FREN 7970/PHIL 4003. |
| 4/7/26 | 4:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Graduate Student Workshop | (Texas A&M) will lead a graduate student workshop on 鈥淭heory after Theory: On the 鈥榚mpirical-turn鈥� in the Humanities,鈥� as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Deborah Goldgaber (Philosophy and WGSS) and the students of FREN 7970/PHIL 4003. |
June 2026
| DATE | TIME/LOCATION | EVENT NAME | EVENT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6/1/26 鈥� 6/5/26 | HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | HSSHC Book Institute |
If you鈥檙e working on a book鈥搘hether your first or your twentieth鈥搕he HSSHS Book Institute is here to help you chisel through writer鈥檚 block, overcome those knotty conceptual problems, and advise you about the promotion process. During a week-long cohort model which will convene from Monday, June 1 to Friday, June 5 2026 from 10 am to 3.00 pm (with a break for lunch), Book Institute Fellows will receive detailed feedback on one chapter and the larger project, mentorship from peers, guidance from editors at university presses, and, above all, reassurance that they don鈥檛 have to go it alone. The Institute鈥檚 mentors will lead workshop reviews of Fellows鈥� manuscripts and assist them in developing concrete plans to publish their books. The call for applications for the 2026 HSSHC Book Institute will be announced early in Spring 2026. For more information on the Book Institute, click here. |
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