LACSU/CHCI Conference Program
Amherst College, April 25-27, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Afternoon arrival
Optional museum visits
Welcome Reception & Dinner (6:00-9:00pm)
Ballroom, Inn on Boltwood
Friday, April 26, 2024
All events, unless otherwise noted, will happen in the Center for Humanistic Inquiry, 197 S. Pleasant Street, room 101 (and surrounding spaces)
Registration & Breakfast (available from 8:00am)
Welcome (9:00-9:05am)
- Chris Grobe, Director of the Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Amherst College
- Catherine Epstein, Provost and Dean of the Faculty, Amherst College
Introductory Roundtable: What are “Humanities Centers and Institutes”? (9:05-10:30am)
- Aaron Fai, Membership and Diversity Officer, Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes
- Michele Speitz, Director of the Furman Humanities Center, Furman University
- Laura McEnaney, VP for Research and Academic Programs, Newberry Library
- Nathan Snaza, Coordinator of Humanities at Richmond, University of Richmond
Coffee Break (10:30-10:45am)
Panel 1: Leading Centers Through COVID: Going Digital, Staying Digital (10:45am-12:00pm)
- Rebecca Biron, Director of the Leslie Center for the Humanities, Dartmouth College
- Matt Seybold, Scholar in Residence, Center for Mark Twain Studies, Elmira College
Lunch (12:00-1:00pm)
Panel 2: Public Humanities: (Re)Building Community Ties (1:00-2:15pm)
- Matt Malsky, Director of Higgins School of Humanities, Clark University
- Ian Barrow & Carrie Anderson, Director & Associate Director of the Axinn Center for the Humanities, Middlebury College
- Sean Latham, Director of the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, University of Tulsa
Coffee Break (2:15-2:30pm)
Panel 3: Working Across Institutions (2:30-3:45pm)
- Ray Rennard, Director of Academic Programs, Five Colleges Consortium
- Robert Luckett, Director of the Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University
- Chioma Ajuonuma, Graduate Fellow at the Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University
- Jaylen McDaniels, Undergraduate Intern at the Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University
- Aimee Germain, Program Manager, CNY Humanities Corridor
Break Until Dinner
Shuttle available back to hotel
Reception & Dinner (6:00-9:00pm)
- Catered at the Powerhouse
Saturday, April 27, 2024
All events will happen in the Center for Humanistic Inquiry, 197 S. Pleasant Street, room 101 (and surrounding spaces)
Breakfast (available from 8:00am)
Roundtable 2: What are “Humanities Centers and Institutes”? (9:00-10:30am)
- Timothy Barber, Director of the Meek-Eaton Black Archives, Research Center, and Museum, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- Caleb Elfenbein, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and DEI / former Director of the Center for Humanities, Grinnell College
- Jennifer Greiman, Director of the Humanities Institute, Wake Forest University