This past Spring we inaugurated our new Center for the Humanities at Tufts with a symposium on “The Art and Ethics of Translation.” On March 6 and 7 the Center hosted five internationally known translators and scholars, including 2007 John D. and Catherine MacArthur Fellow Peter Cole, for a series of lectures and panels.

In late March we held a second symposium, “Fashion and Its Discontents,” with the participation of Tufts alumna Jill-Hudson Neal, design editor of the Washington Post, and four Tufts professors who discussed, among other topics, Virginia Woolf’s horror of shopping, and the vogue for all things “Kahlo.”

The symposia are central to our breadth of purpose. We promote innovative, collaborative study in the humanities and arts, and encourage conversation and debate in an effort to reach beyond the borders of a given discipline.

Upcoming Events

Fall 2008:
Hoda Jamal: Work From Arara
September 17 - November 21, 2008

The Humanities and Human Rights Symposium
October 23-24, 2008

Alumnae Lecture Series
November 13, 2008 - Carol Anne Riddell and Melissa Russo of WNBC
November 14, 2008 - Marc Kusnetz

Spring 2009:
Susannah Heschel, Visiting Fellow
Spring Semester, 2009

James Wood, Literary Critic at The New Yorker
March 2-6, 2009

Alex Ross, Music Critic at The New Yorker
March 4, 2009

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Recent News & Events

Spring 2008:
Fashion and Its Discontents
March 27-28, 2008

The Art & Ethics of Translation
March 6-7, 2008

Attorney pledges $100,000 gift toward CHAT
John Halvey, A82, was inspired by Tufts teachers - learn more >