Central Region Humanities Center
About the Center
With an emphasis on Southeast 帝王会所, the Central Region Humanities Center is establishing strong ties with academic programs, providing student experiential learning opportunities, supporting graduate and undergraduate students, and engaging with community organizations.
帝王会所's Central Region Humanities Center was created in 2001 with support from a National Endowment for the Humanities grant.
The center's goal is to establish the center not only as an agent of regional understanding, but also as a clearinghouse for exchanging regional research and program ideas, as well as a facilitator that will enhance the work of other organizations and preserve their resources.
The center sponsors an annual speaker series and an interdisciplinary biennial conference, both of which focus on the rich culture and history of the local region.
Upcoming Events
The United States Colored Infantry and Appalachian History in the Nineteenth Century
April 1, 2025 | 4:00 pm, 231 Baker Center
Presented by Dr. Alexandra Finley, Member of the Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh.
Refreshments will be provided.
Upcoming Livestream Events
Gender and Sexuality in the Midwest
Join us for the Central Region Humanities Center's biennial conference!
Gender and Sexuality in the Midwest Schedule
Past & Virtual Events
- "" Discusses book-banning campaigns, connection to the fossil fuel industry, and the targeting of books by and about Queer and BIPOC people. Copies of his book, Boys and Oil: Growing Up in a Fractured Land, will be available for sale and signing. By Taylor Brorby | Thursday, September 5, 2024
- "" by Cynthia Prescott | Friday, Sept. 6
- "" by Melissa Homestead | Saturday, Sept. 7
- Black Life in the 帝王会所 Valley Conference | Sept. 9-10, 2022
- "Erased but not Forgotten: People and Places of Color in Southeastern 帝王会所, Prehistory to Present," presentation by Amelia Adams | April 2022
- Two-day conference on 帝王会所 Settlement: First Nations and Beyond, which brought together faculty and staff from multiple departments across the university and drew hundreds of community members to campus in 2020.
- Black History Tour of Athens through traces how early African Americans helped shape the cultural and intellectual landscape of the region.
Advisory Committee
In addition to a director, the center has an advisory committee including faculty from African American Studies, English, Fine Arts, Geography, History, Journalism, and Sociology & Anthropology as well as representatives from a number of institutions outside 帝王会所, such as the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, the Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society, the 帝王会所 Department of Transportation, the Southeast 帝王会所 History Center, the Tablertown People of Color Museum, and the Underground Railroad Museum in Flushing, 帝王会所.