Programs and Events

The Center for the Humanities supports a variety of ongoing events and programs, including our colloquium series, our sponsored book series, and awards for both faculty and students. 

Humanities Colloquium Series

Drake Faculty undertaking reseach in the humanities offer insights into their current work as the basis for discussion during occasional Friday afternoon meetings. For more information contact Jeff Karnicky, Associate Professor, Department of English.

Humanities Reads!

Faculty teaching courses in the humanities, or courses with a central-humanities related component are invited to adopt a common text annually. Nominations for each year's chosen text are due by Board's last meeting of the spring semester.

Awards

The Center confers awards for both students and faculty who demonstrate outstanding work in the humanities. The Edward C. Truman Award of $500 is given annually to a Drake undergraduate in the junior year. The Humanities Research Scholar Award offers a robust package of research support over a three-year term.

The Center has also committed substantial support to several ongoing events and programs housed in other departments.

The Comparison Project

Affiliated with the Department of Philosophy and Religion, TCP is an experimental effort in philosophy of religion that is historically grounded and religiously diverse. The Comparison Project features a series of lectures by scholars of religion, interfaith dialogues by Drake students and local religious leaders, and panel discussions by philosophers of religion. For more information contact Dr. Timothy Knepper, Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion.

Susan Glaspell Writers & Critics Series

Hosted by the Drake University Department of English and sponsored by the Center for the Humanities, the Writers and Critics Series brings both established fiction writers, poets, essayists, historians, and scholars to the Drake Campus to give public talks and readings, meet with students, and attend classes. For more information contact Yasmina Madden, Assistant Professor, Department of English.