Humanities News

Wes Markofski, Assistant Professor of Sociology, has received funding from the Louisville Institute for his project “Good News for the Common Good: Multicultural Evangelicalism and Ethical Democracy in America.” The Louisville Institute Sabbatical Grant for Researchers enables ecclesially-engaged academics and scholarly religious leaders to conduct major studies that contribute to the vitality of Christianity in North America.

Associate Professor of Sociology, was interviewed for a recent article in Jezebel, Rewriting the ‘Fairy Tale’ Adoption Narrative.  

The CCCE is excited to welcome Max Lyonga, a contemporary Cameroonian painter, to his residency at Carleton.

Partisan politics prevents those on the political left from seeing threats to campus free expression, argue Jeffrey Aaron Snyder and Amna Khalid.

“Free Solo” chronicles the first-ever free solo climb of El Capitan at Yosemite National Park.

Associate Professor of Linguistics, will receive research and travel support from the Icelandic Research Fund at the Icelandic Centre for Research for the project “Ditransitives in Insular Scandinavian.” The Icelandic Research Fund supports a wide range of science, humanities, and arts research in Iceland, and made 31 grants (to 17% of applicants) in this round of funding. The initial award of 17.5 million Icelandic króna for year 1 (roughly $145,000) is renewable for two additional years. This project is a collaboration with Jóhannes Gísli Jónsson at the University of Iceland, and other faculty and researchers at University of the Faroe Islands, the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Yale University, and the University of Konstanz. The project funds will allow Cherlon to continue her ongoing research centered at the University of Iceland and University of the Faroe Islands.

The annual event will be led by Reverend Oliver White, co-pastor at Clark-Grace Memorial United Church of Christ in South St. Paul.

Penn State professor David Titley will discuss how the U.S. military might play a role in combating climate change

Casey will present, “Competing Conceptions of Religion in American Foreign Policy.”