The Humanities Center is happy to announce that the following 15 students have been chosen from 56 applicants as Humanities Student Fellows for 2024-25. All will take the yearlong honors seminar "Banned Books" with Ayelet Brinn, assistant professor of Judaic studies and history (A&S), and will receive a scholarship.
2024-25 Humanities Student Fellows:
1. Lydia Balas (English and Psychology, A&S)
2. Madalyn Behrmann (Psychology, A&S)
3. Shaynah Castro (Politics, A&S)
4. Augustus Cullivan (Clarinet, Hartt)
5. Hailey D'Alessio (Art History, HAS)
6. Niyah Davis (Education, Hillyer/ENHP)
7. Alicia Farr (Architecture, CETA)
8. Melina Haynes (Biology, A&S)
9. Diego Huaman (History, A&S)
10. Olivia Jascot (English, A&S)
11. Rhiannon Lara (Biology, A&S)
12. Ilan Sperber (General Studies, A&S)
13. Finn Stigliano (Studio Art, HAS)
14. Ariel Wright (Communication, A&S)
15. Jiani Zuo (Illustration, HAS)
Professor Brinn's seminar will explore the history and politics of banning, censoring, and burning books in both the U.S. and abroad. The fall semester (HON 389) is a seminar-style class. The spring semester (HON 390) doubles as a public lecture series where Humanities Center Faculty Fellows from the University of Hartford and other experts in the field will speak.
The Humanities Center aims to provide greater visibility for the humanities at the University of Hartford and to furnish venues for interdisciplinary exchanges across the humanities and the arts, sciences, technology, media, music, psychology, film, philosophy, history, and literature. It was founded in 1984 in the College of Arts and Sciences through a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant. For more information, visit our webpage or Facebook page.