Videos
2024 Undergraduate Research Winner Presentation - Michael Herndon
Posted May 23, 2025
Congratulations to Michael Herndon, winner of the Institute for the Humanities Undergraduate Research Prize for his project, “Community Resilience: Disaster Relief Practices and Informing Better Built Environments” about how communities respond to local natural and man-made disasters.
Institute for the Humanities Writer in Residence Kwame Dawes Public Reading 2024
Posted May 23, 2025
Institute for the Humanities Fellows Presentations
Posted May 23, 2025
2022 Writer-in-Residence Ross Gay - Public Reading
Posted May 23, 2025
Making Sense of the Midterms A Roundtable Discussion
Posted May 23, 2025
What's up with Higher Education?
Posted May 23, 2025
Institute for the Humanities 2022 Fellow Presentations
Posted May 23, 2025
Ross Gay Poetry Reading with the J. L. King Center
Posted May 23, 2025
American Exceptionalism: A Conversation with Dr. Andy Lang
From Understanding “American Exceptionalism” from the Civil War to Today, a conversation with Dr. Andrew F. Lang
Presented September 19, 2023
Institute for the Humanities Censorship in the Libraries panel discussion
From Censorship in the Libraries
Presented April 20, 2023
2023 Undergraduate Research Winner Presentation - Karter Wilbert
Posted May 23, 2025
The Complicated History of Russia and Ukraine - Dr. Stephen Brain
From Special IH Presentation: 'It's Complicated': The History of Russia and Ukraine
Presented March 29, 2022
"Speak Easily" - Religion Panel on After Life
Posted May 23, 2025
Reproductive Rights in the Age of COVID: What the Texas Law Means for Mississippi
Posted May 23, 2025
"HBCU's From Yesterday to Today" - a Virtual Event
Posted May 23, 2025
"Poetry is for Everyone!" with Dr. Catherine Pierce, Poet Laureate of Mississippi
From Reading and Conversation with Mississippi Poet Laureate, Dr. Catherine Pierce
Presented August 24, 2021
History of the Humanities? Virtual Event
From History of the Humanities? A Virtual Discussion
Presented March 30, 2021
Reading from 2021's Writer-"Off"-Resident Hanif Abdurraqib
From 2021 Writer-'Off'-Residence Presentation
Presented February 18, 2021
"From 1619 to 1776: How Do we Frame American History?" Featuring Dr. Anne Marshall, Dr. Judy Ridner, and Ms. Cynthia Thomas
From From 1619 to 1776: How do we frame American history?
Presented March 16, 2021
"What are the Sports Humanities Anyway?" A Conversation with Dr. Scott Kretchmar and Dr. Gregg Twietmeyer
From What are the Sports Humanities Anyway? - Virtual Presentation
Presented February 4, 2021
"Democracy in Peril? Understanding the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol"
From Democracy in Peril? Understanding the Attack on the Capitol and the Road to the Inauguration in Wider Contexts
Presented January 26, 2021
"What are the Medical Humanities Anyway?" A Conversation with Dr. Courtney Thompson and Dr. Jessica Martucci
From What are the Medical Humanities Anyway?
Presented December 11, 2020
"'Why do we Suffer?' A Buddhist Perspective on 2020." A Conversation with Dr. Alex Vessey
From "Why do we Suffer?" A Buddhist Perspective on 2020
Presented November 3, 2020
"What are the Digital Humanities Anyway?" A Conversation with Dhanashree Thorat
From What is the Digital Humanities Anyway? A Conversation with Dr. Dhanashree Thorat
Presented October 15, 2020
"The Experience of Blackness During the Pandemic": an interview with Dr. Anthony Neal - Institute for the Humanities, COVID-19 Interview Series
Posted May 23, 2025
"The Nature of the Covid-19 Beast": an interview with Dr. Cliff Story, M.D. - Institute for the Humanities, COVID-19 Interview Series
Posted May 23, 2025
"Understanding Risk at the Time of the Covid-19 Pandemic": an interview with Dr. Davide Orsini - Institute for the Humanities, COVID-19 Interview Series
Posted May 23, 2025
"Preparing for the 2020 Election": an interview with Dr. Lia Merivaki - Institute for the Humanities, COVID-19 Interview Series
Posted May 23, 2025
"Is the Pandemic Good for the Environment?": An Interview with Dr. David Hoffman - Institute for the Humanities, COVID-19 Interview Series
Posted May 23, 2025
"Understanding the Pandemic": an Interview with Dr. Courtney Thompson- Institute for the Humanities, COVID-19 Interview Series
Posted May 23, 2025