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Shakespeare is Here
Trinity researchers examine Shakespeare as told from the U.S.-Mexico border
Opening the Door to the Home for the Humanities
Trinity announces the grand opening of Dicke Hall
The Humanities Are Home
Trinity’s enduring commitment to the disciplines of the human experience
Hands-On Humanities
Trinity students take on humanities research through lab experiences
Humanities Collective Celebrates Frederick Douglass Day
Trinity community transcribes documents for Colored Conventions Project
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Johns Hopkins professor speaks on education inequality
William Egginton, director of the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins University, gave a lecture entitled “How Education Went from the Great Equalizer to the Great Divider, and What We Can Do to Fix it”... -
San Antonio students carefully transcribing letters of former slaves
The room gets crowded as Trinity University hosts "Frederick Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon" with volunteers entering the handwritten notes by slaves into a common database... -
Students, faculty transcribe black history in library
People came from all around the Trinity community to help make a difference and recognize the historical influence of Frederick Douglass. Claudia Stokes, chair of the English department and organizer of the event, believes that...
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Humanities Day a celebration of Trinity’s core values
“I’ve never read a book that started with the sentence, ‘I did what my mother told me.’ ” These are the words of newspaperman and entrepreneur Robert Rivard, a guest on the second panel of Trinity’s first Humanities Day...
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‘Taking the long view’ with Daniel Mendelsohn
“All criticism, I think, is ultimately an ethical or moral undertaking,” said Mendelsohn, an award-winning author and part-time professor at Bard College. “But I want to push back against that inevitable normativity... -
Solidarity vigil held to stand against hate
On Monday, Aug. 21, the Humanities Collective offered a space for the Trinity community to gather and stand in solidarity with the victims of the Charlottesville riot, the Barcelona attack and other acts of violence....