Get tickets to Cleveland International Film Festival’s virtual events September 18, 2020A generous grant from the Kulas Foundation allows the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities to provide free tickets...Student Life·
“The Sounds of Jewry in Early 20th Century American Popular Music” September 16, 2020How do the melodies associated with ethnic groups go from familiar tunes to musical stereotypes? The Baker-Nord Center...Events·
“Conversations with the Starry Messenger: Kepler, Galileo and the New Science” September 3, 2020The Department of Physics and the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will co-sponsor “Conversations with the Starry Messenger:...Events·
“Depression: Medical Science and Medical Humanities” September 2, 2020Someone close to you is likely taking an antidepressant. In 2017, the World Health Organization named depressive disorders...Events·
Canceled—2020 Cleveland Humanities Festival: TRUTH March 13, 2020In light of Ohio’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Cuyahoga County and state actions to mitigate further spread,...Featured·
A Community Conversation on Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News March 6, 2020Members of the campus community are invited to join in a discussion of Kevin Young’s award-winning Bunk: The...Events·
2020 Cleveland Humanities Festival: TRUTH March 2, 2020This spring, the fifth Cleveland Humanities Festival continues its annual exploration of some of society’s most pressing issues...Campus & CommunityFeatured·
2019 Walter A. Strauss Lecture Series: “The Author in the Margins” November 1, 2019The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host Elisabeth Ladenson, professor of French and romance philology at Columbia...Events·
Faculty Work-in-Progress—“Domestic Horrors in the Age of Revolution: Acid Throwing in Leonora Sansay’s Secret History; or, The Horrors of St. Domingo” October 24, 2019In recent years, Europe and Asia have seen a surge in acid attacks that have increased public awareness...Events·
Faculty Work-in-Progress—“Bodies of the Nation: U.S. Disaster Identification in the Early Cold War” October 16, 2019The Baker Nord-Center for the Humanities will host a Faculty Work-In-Progress lecture by Vicki Daniel, an instructor in...Events·