The COVID-19 Oral History Project is a rapid response oral history focused on archiving the lived experience of the covid-19 epidemic. We have designed this project so that professional researchers and the broader public can create and upload their oral histories to our database. All the data that participants collect and produce will be open […]
Thank you for your patience as we work to define the best path forward from the events that are rapidly unfolding around us due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Herron School of Art and Design and the university are committed to providing you with the same level of rigor and growth that would be […]
In 1903, W.E.B. DuBois published “The Souls of Black Folk,” a seminal work that spurred and under-girded Black protests movements for more than a century. In the essay entitled, “On the Dawn of Freedom,” DuBois suggests that “the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line,—the relation of the darker to the […]
Uranchimeg “Orna” Tsultem has achieved international acclaim in the field of Mongolian art and Asian art history. In 2014, she established a nonprofit organization that aims to support Mongolian U.S. college students. Tsultem has been called the “leading curator and art historian of Mongolia” and has won numerous awards for her work. She now fittingly serves as […]
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, a staunch warrior for her islands and her people, continues to advocate for Native Hawaiian issues spanning the politics, culture, language and history of her home. Hinaleimoana remains dedicated to educating and empowering her community for the last three decades. Her life is her career and she currently devotes her time to teaching Native Hawaiian […]
Indiana University has hundreds of research centers, institutes, and museums spread across its campuses, each of them drawing people together to pursue new understandings and discoveries These special environments for exploring allow researchers from across disciplines, departments, schools, and campuses to collaborate on pursuing important questions and ideas, from the study of religion, ethics, and […]
The most prevalent word in the Hebrew Bible is not God, heaven, or hell; it is the conjunction and, signified by the Hebrew letter vav. Rabbi Sandy Sasso, it seems, has grown fond of this humble word. In her children’s picture book The Story of AND, she tells the story of a girl who loves […]
A Reception for and Public Lecture by Dr Mabel Namubuya Nangami, Moi University, Kenya. Distinguished Kenyan Scholar, Dr. Mabel Nangami, is the Dean of the Moi University School of Public Health. Her research is featured in 23 peer-reviewed journals, and has lead to the development of 31 public health-related training manuals. Currently she serves as […]
The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library welcomes faculty of the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute in delivering their first Public Art & Ethics Seminar for 2020 at the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library. This session will introduce several big ethical questions as a way to think about contemporary public art. Co-hosted by IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute Director and KVML […]
