MLA Webinars on the Public Humanities
In conjunction with the publication of the Guidelines for Evaluating Publicly Engaged Humanities Scholarship in Language and Literature Programs, the MLA held a series of four webinars to foster member conversations about developing and sustaining projects in the public humanities and using the guidelines to spark dialogue and implement change around how such projects are valued.
We invite visitors to view recordings of our previous webinars, and we encourage viewers to lead further discussion at their institutions and organizations.
Previous Webinars
Developing and Sustaining Projects in the Public Humanities
4 October 2022, 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Join Inés Vañó García (Saint Anselm Coll.), Matthew Seybold (Elmira Coll.), and Lauren Tilton (Univ. of Richmond) in a webinar moderated by Herman Beavers (Univ. of Pennsylvania) as they share their public-facing and community-engaged work along with strategies for success.
Advocating for the Public Humanities
20 October 2022, 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Join James Blasingame (Arizona State Univ., Tempe), Ashley Champagne (Brown Univ.), and Jordana Cox (Univ. of Waterloo) in a webinar moderated by Christian Rubio (Bentley Univ.) to learn more about advocating for public humanities scholarship on your campus and beyond and about what the new guidelines mean for you.
Podcasting for Humanists
9 March 2023, 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Join Rebecca Davis (Univ. of Delaware, Newark), Ana Garriga (Brown Univ.), Carmen Urbita (Brown Univ.), and Anna Williams (Birmingham-Southern Coll.) in a webinar moderated by Varsha Panjwani (New York Univ., London) as they discuss integrating podcasting with your other scholarly pursuits and reframing your research for listening publics.
The Possibilities of Public Writing
21 March 2023, 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Join David Higgins (Inver Hills Community Coll., MN), Ignacio Sánchez Prado (Washington Univ. in St. Louis), and Hope Wabuke (Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln) in a webinar moderated by Christina Lux (Center for the Humanities, Univ. of California, Merced) as they discuss the influence of public writing on their professional lives and the fostering of connections between public and academic writing communities.
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