Inclusion Imperative Humanities Symposium 2022

The Dresher Center for the Humanities and the Anti-Racism and Action Faculty Working Group present:

Inclusion Imperative Humanities Symposium 2022

Inclusion and Public Humanities: Challenges and Opportunities for Justice-Oriented Teaching and Learning

Register by April 6, 2022 (videoconference links will be sent the week of April 4, 2022)

The Humanities Symposium, a project of the Inclusion Imperative’s Diversity Teaching Network, is an opportunity for connection among area scholars, students, and others who share a commitment to diversity and inclusion in the pursuit of the humanities. The Symposium presents innovative ideas and resources for engaged research, teaching, and programming to facilitate equity and social justice.

This year’s Symposium spotlights the public humanities, which we define as research, teaching, and/or programming that has evolved through collaboration with individuals and organizations outside of the academy.

Public humanities assert that diverse groups of people can come together to engage in a meaningful and productive dialogue on subjects of common concern. Public humanities work also requires us to acknowledge significant barriers that continue to limit access to public spaces, humanities disciplines, and educational institutions. Through public humanities inquiry and learning, we think critically and concretely about how to ensure our practice is diverse, equitable, inclusive, and oriented toward social justice.

Contact inclusionimperative@umbc.edu with any questions.

Through the Inclusion Imperative Program, partners UMBC, Bowie State University, Coppin State University, and Howard University are cultivating a regional network of scholars who are committed to diversity and inclusion in the humanities. The Inclusion Imperative’s Diversity Teaching Network expands conversations on diversity in the curriculum, helps advance community-engaged and other socially aware humanities pedagogies, and creates a supportive environment for faculty. The Inclusion Imperative is a program of the UMBC Dresher Center for the Humanities, through a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.