Humanities Center

Since its formation in 2012, the BYU Humanities Center’s mission has been to promote innovative scholarship in areas pertaining to the language, literature, thought, culture, and history of the human conversation. This podcast is a ...more

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January 22, 2021 00:01:25
Trailer: “Faith and Imagination,” a New Podcast from the BYU Humanities Center

Trailer: “Faith and Imagination,” a New Podcast from the BYU Humanities Center

Hello listeners, we wanted to let you all know of a new podcast series from the Center coming this Monday, January 25th 2021, called...

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January 11, 2021 00:49:07
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On Academics, Aesthetics, and Advocacy, with guest Cherene Sherrard, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Intersections between areas of scholarly inquiry and areas of creative expression are both fraught with complexity and ripe with opportunity. Where and how these...

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December 14, 2020 00:47:25
“The Art of Holy Attention,” with guest David Marno, University of California, Berkeley

“The Art of Holy Attention,” with guest David Marno, University of California, Berkeley

Poetry represents perhaps the most elegant use of language, the most delicate expression of the wide range of moods and feelings that make us...

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November 30, 2020 00:45:10
On Religious Universities and Church Education, with guest John Tanner, BYU and former president of BYU-Hawaii

On Religious Universities and Church Education, with guest John Tanner, BYU and former president of BYU-Hawaii

What is the role of religious universities like BYU? How should they resemble or differ from secular universities, and has their role evolved in...

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November 16, 2020 00:44:16
Contemplative Studies, and What it Fails to Contemplate, with guest Jacob Sherman, California Institute of Integral Studies

Contemplative Studies, and What it Fails to Contemplate, with guest Jacob Sherman, California Institute of Integral Studies

Contemplative studies is an emerging interdisciplinary field in universities. It explores the intersection of what we learn with how we learn, asserting that minds...

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November 02, 2020 00:40:27
Why We Need Needless Things: On the Power of Literary Romance – Guest Scott Black, University of Utah

Why We Need Needless Things: On the Power of Literary Romance – Guest Scott Black, University of Utah

What is literature? For much of western history, the word simply designated “educated writing” or “discourse,” a meaning it still retains. However, since the...

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