Humanities Research Center News

Lycoming College to screen award-winning documentary “She Rises Up” with filmmaker Q&A

The Humanities Research Center (HRC) at Lycoming College will host a special screening of "She Rises Up," the acclaimed PBS NOW documentary directed by Maureen Castle Tusty, on Sept. 3, at 7 p.m., in the Trogner Presentation Room in the Krapf Gateway Center. The screening will be followed by a live Q&A session with producer and filmmaker Sally Lifland.

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Students honored at Lycoming College Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference

Lycoming College’s fourth annual Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference was its largest yet featuring 78 presenters from institutions across the region, all dedicated to furthering the humanities through high-level undergraduate research.

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Native American and Indigenous studies expert to keynote at Lycoming College Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference

Lycoming College will host Scott Manning Stevens, Ph.D., as the final speaker of its Environmental Justice Symposium and keynote at its fourth Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference. Stevens’ talk, “The Haudenosaunee and the Ethos of Sustainability,” is slated for Saturday, April 11, 5 p.m., in the Trogner Presentation Room, Krapf Gateway Center. The event is free and open to the public.

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New undergraduate research featured in third edition of Mid-Atlantic Humanities Review

Lycoming College announced the third edition of its Mid-Atlantic Humanities Review: A Journal of Undergraduate Research (MHR), featuring fifteen essays from undergraduate students from the mid-Atlantic region, including four from Lycoming College. The annual publication is available in both print and on the Lycoming website.

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Environmental Justice Symposium to feature series of lectures

With the start of the spring term, Lycoming College announced the Environmental Justice Symposium, a semester-long series of lectures and hands-on activities designed to inspire students, faculty, and Williamsport residents to think about how the environment impacts their communities, as well as how art and storytelling can support the environmental justice movement.

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Lycoming College awards undergraduate students for outstanding research

Lycoming College hosted students from colleges and universities throughout the region for its third annual Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference. The conference, which is dedicated to furthering the humanities through high-level research, saw six students awarded for their research papers.

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Lycoming College student interns release second season of institutional history podcasts

Armed with a $150,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant, Lycoming College’s Humanities Research Center today launched the second season of the Lycoming College History Podcast Series. The podcasts serve the dual purpose of functioning as one component of a larger strategy to digitally preserve the institution’s 200+ year history, as well as providing research experiences for student interns as they prepare to embark on careers or graduate studies.

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Literary agent helps new authors “write through it” at Lycoming College

For many creatives, the last step of their work — getting it published — remains elusive and confusing. This is where literary agents, like Kate McKean, come in.

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WVIA ArtScene: Lycoming College Humanities Research Center

Erika Funke interviews English faculty members Phoebe Wagner and Andrew Leiter about Lycoming's 3rd Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, as well as about the conference's keynote speaker, author Zara Chowdhary, who will read from her debut memoir "The Lucky Ones." Click here to listen to the interview.

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Widely acclaimed author Zara Chowdhary to read from debut memoir at Lycoming College

Lycoming College will welcome author Zara Chowdhary to its third annual Lycoming College Undergraduate Research Conference for a reading from her debut memoir, “The Lucky Ones.” The event is slated for Saturday, April 5, at 5 p.m. in the Trogner Presentation Room in Krapf Gateway center on the Lycoming campus. The event is open to the public and free of charge.

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Artist and co-founder of Monument Lab to discuss perils of public art

How can we make sense of the current state of public art, with its endless variability?

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Second volume of Mid-Atlantic Humanities Review features variety of undergraduate research

Lycoming College released the second volume of its Mid-Atlantic Humanities Review: A Journal of Undergraduate Research (MHR), featuring fifteen essays from undergraduate students from the mid-Atlantic region, including three from Lycoming College. The annual publication is available in both print and on the Lycoming website.

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