Humanities Library

About: This podcast is a place where Marquette University's Center for Urban Research, Teaching, & Outreach to have conversations central to affirming human rights and human dignity.

Link: Find CURTO Conversations here. 

About: Philosophy today is almost exclusively carried out either in limited-access classrooms, at professional conferences, or in total isolation in an office or study. Philosophy for the People challenges these contemporary modes of philosophizing by inviting members of academia to participate in a form of public dialogue. In each episode I sit down with a philosopher to discuss questions of ultimate concern in ways that are relevant to everyday people and the crises and conundrums we face. I also offer free online seminars for anyone interested in taking a deeper dive into the topics.

Link: Find Philosophy for the People here.

About: This is an exciting project designed to highlight some of the research currently underway at Marquette, as well as share how our classes are exploring topics related to the pandemic and its impact on society.  Our goal was to bring together an interdisciplinary group to reflect on a topic and then produce a podcast based on their conversation. We hope to highlight similarities and divergences in the ways different fields do research and share the resulting information learning.  

Link: Find COVID Conversations here.

About: PhD Futures Now! is a podcast on collaboration, career diversity, and graduate education in the Humanities. This podcast is a project of Humanities Without Walls, a sixteen university consortium headquartered at the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Link: Find PhD Futures Now! here.

About: To quote Richard Carrier, "Historians are the memory cells of the metaphorical 'brain' that is the whole human race." In a time of "fake news" and the appropriation of facts for ideologic purposes, it is crucial for those of us who fulfill that role to engage with the public. Evoking History is a podcast where historians will discuss both their research and current events to preserve social memory.

Link: Find Evoking History here.

About: Sub Titles was inaugurated in a bad year (2020) in order to do what we hope is a good thing: talk about music and movies without becoming hamstrung by what dusty gatekeepers insist on discussing. Matt (music) and Tim (movies) sought out “Best of” lists from providers who are alternately inspiring and frustrating, and decided to go about replacing them bit by bit.

Link: Find Sub Titles here.

About: She is Katie, an English Ph.D. Student, and he is Ben, a History Doctoral Candidate. Together they watch trashy TV and analyze it.

 Link: Find SO Many Opinions here.

About: Tracey is the brains behind the twitter album review phenomenon Kloäka Hammer. Ben is an oldhead with a penchant for nihilism and bourbon. Together they are just two metalheads giving their thoughts on bands and albums across the metallic spectrum. Now with more Dr. David Pizzo.

Link: Find Thunderdome Metal Reviews here.

The New-York Historical Society's 2018 exhibit of the same name produced a downloadable curriculum in three units: Reconstruction, 1865-1877; The Rise of Jim Crow, 1877-1900; and Challenging Jim Crow, 1900-1919. Click here to download.

Race to Ratify, an award-winning game from iCivics, drops you into 1787 and takes you across all 13 states to debate the radical new plan for a young American government. Influence others through the social media of the day — pamphlets. Download Race to Ratify here.

The AJHS has recreated the sitting room of Emma Lazarus, Jewish poetess of the text on the Statue of Liberty. While you can't visit it in person, you can click through a digital storybook on their website or even schedule a time to "chat" with the poetess sitting in the room. A variety of other free programming geared towards children age 7-12 is available, including "Soapbox Yoga" and virtual poetry workshops. 

The nationwide project is kicking off with the publication of a new anthology of African American poetry which will spread across the country in the form of programming in partner cities and at local libraries during the fall and winter. Visit Lift Every Voice here.

Mission US is a series of "serious games" about "serious history." With interactive chapters exploring the American Revolution, the Antebellum Era, the Westward Expansion, the turn-of-the-century Immigrant Experience, the Great Depression, and World War II internment camps. The games are also accompanied by educator guides, like classroom videos and primary sources. Visit Mission US here.

All CfAH recorded events and livestreams can be viewed on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyQHOhd5CyDn17-iNkhqrRg.