Welcome to the Hall Center
The Hall Center’s mission is to support research in the Humanities, to create knowledge, and to share that knowledge with diverse communities. We believe that the Humanities must play a critical role in building a humane future for our world.
The Hall Center for the Humanities supports, creates, and disseminates research in the Humanities; provides an intellectual hub for scholars and students in the Humanities, Arts, and humanistic Social Sciences; and fosters interdisciplinary conversation across the university. Through its public programming, the Hall Center makes visible the significance and continued relevance of Humanities research, engaging diverse communities across the state in dialogue about local, national, and global issues that Humanities research addresses.
The Hall Center for the Humanities is one of twelve designated research centers at the University of Kansas.
What's New at the Hall Center
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Spencer Museum announces 2020-2021 KU Common Work of ArtJune 30, 2020
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Hall Center announces speaker series for 2020-2021June 30, 2020
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Cruel jokes presaged civil war in Renaissance FranceJune 8, 2020
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Dave Tell named KU digital humanities institute co-directorApril 15, 2020
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32nd annual Seaver Lecture set for March 4March 3, 2020
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Hall Center’s Haunting Humanities returns this weekOctober 21, 2019
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Sarah Deer to lecture on 'Centering the Voices of Native Women'September 26, 2019
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Brittney Cooper will open Hall Center's Humanities Lecture SeriesSeptember 9, 2019
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Author-illustrator Jonny Sun will give Kenneth A. Spencer LectureSeptember 9, 2019
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Haunting Humanities receives Humanities Kansas GrantJuly 29, 2019
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2019 KU Common Book offers complex view of United StatesApril 18, 2019
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KU names new director to lead Hall Center for the HumanitiesMarch 21, 2019
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'Brown Girls' screenings planned in conjunction with poets' visitJanuary 25, 2019
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Writer, activist Jose Antonio Vargas to discuss immigrants' rightsJanuary 22, 2019
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Prestigious NEH grant to support project on Soviet defectionsJanuary 14, 2019
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Outstanding undergraduates selected as Hall Center ScholarsSeptember 19, 2018
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Hall Center announces resident fellows for 2018-2019September 11, 2018
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Katie Batza receives humanities research fellowshipMay 10, 2018
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Hall Center Fellow Links Scholarship to Non-ProfitsApril 11, 2018
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Hall Center announces 2018-19 Humanities Lecture SeriesApril 5, 2018
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30th Annual Seaver Lecture at the Hall Center, March 29thMarch 26, 2018
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The Spencer Museum's "Big Botany" Exhibit Opens March 27thMarch 26, 2018
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Researcher using digital humanities to explore poetry in new waysOctober 17, 2017
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Researcher using digital humanities to explore poetry in new waysOctober 17, 2017
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HALL CENTER ANNOUNCES 2017-2018 RESIDENT FELLOWSMay 1, 2017
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Humanities Professors Win Book Publication AwardsApril 10, 2017
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Veteran War Correspondent to Speak on Lawrence of ArabiaOctober 13, 2016
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KU receives NEH grant for alternative academic doctoral trainingSeptember 14, 2016
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Top political strategist will focus on role of women during KU visitSeptember 14, 2016
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Hall Center Announces 2016-2017 Humanities Lecture SeriesApril 28, 2016
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Panel on the American Dream to take place on April 12March 31, 2016
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HALL CENTER TO HOST 14th ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF BOOKSMarch 7, 2016
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HALL CENTER ANNOUNCES 2016-2017 RESIDENT FELLOWSFebruary 19, 2016
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Hall Center Announces New Mid-Career Faculty FellowshipSeptember 18, 2015
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2015 Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award LectureAugust 31, 2015
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Humanities Professors Win Book Publication AwardsApril 27, 2015
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Hall Center’s 2015-2016 Sias Graduate Fellows AnnouncedApril 2, 2015
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Hall Center to Host 13th Annual Celebration of BooksMarch 23, 2015
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Award winner to develop app about murder of Emmett TillFebruary 26, 2015
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Jazz studies colloquium to explore idea of 'Place'February 25, 2015
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Hall Center launches Applied Humanities Boot CampFebruary 24, 2015
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Former poet laureate to visit as part of Hall Center seriesFebruary 20, 2015
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HALL CENTER ANNOUNCES 2015-2016 RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORK FELLOWSFebruary 18, 2015
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Humanities faculty, graduate students receive Hall Center Travel AwardsFebruary 13, 2015
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University announces December 2014 employees of the monthJanuary 29, 2015
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Outstanding undergraduates selected as Hall Center ScholarsAugust 21, 2014
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Outstanding Undergraduates Selected as Hall Center ScholarsAugust 30, 2017
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2017 Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award LectureSeptember 6, 2017
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Scholar to Speak on Centennial of Russian RevolutionOctober 13, 2017
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Hall Center Announces 2018-19 Humanities Lecture SeriesApril 5, 2018
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Hall Center Receives Humanities Kansas GrantJuly 6, 2018
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Hall Center Announces Resident Fellows for 2018-2019September 11, 2018
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Outstanding Undergraduates Selected as Hall Center ScholarsSeptember 19, 2018
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Scholar to Speak on African American and Latinx History in the United StatesSeptember 13, 2018
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New Book Highlights Plaintiff Stories of Brown v. BoardMarch 8, 2019
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Haunting Humanities Receives Humanities Kansas GrantJuly 29, 2019
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Brittney Cooper Opens Hall Center's Humanities Lecture SeriesSeptember 9, 2019
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Sarah Deer to Lecture on ‘Centering the Voices of Native Women’September 26, 2019
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Hall Center’s Haunting Humanities Returns this WednesdayOctober 21, 2019
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Dr. Dave Tell Named IDRH Co-DirectorApril 15, 2020
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Hall Center Announces Speaker Series for 2020-2021June 30, 2020