Current News
Congratulations to Cultural Forms alumni Ken MacLeish!!
Posted: Jul 5, 2011
Professor Pauline Strong Recognized for work in Humanities
Posted: May 17, 2011
...She is an academic, an expert in historical anthropology and gender studies, most visible these past two years as the director of the Humanities Institute at the University of Texas...
Guidelines and Procedures for Applying to our Program.
Posted: Nov 1, 2010
New admission procedures and deadline dates enacted...
What does Race Have to do with It?
Posted: Aug 16, 2010
By any measure, this has been a busy year for news stories about race. The most recent, involving the firing of Shirley Sherrod from her post at the U.S. Department of Agriculture over remarks on a videotape that initially appeared racist
John Hartigan Weighs In On Affirmative Action
Posted: Aug 16, 2010
In late July, U.S. Sen. James Webb, D-Va., published a bold call to revamp affirmative action that seemed certain to generate attention and controversy. But that call, "Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege," was lost as the Shirley Sherrod story unfolded.
Director of Americo Paredes, John Hartigan Enters the "Race"
Posted: Aug 11, 2010
Keep up with the national conversation on race relations
An intriguing dynamic of our conversation about race is how we settle upon examples from a wash of news stories to stand for how and why race matters today
