Heather Curtis

Historian & Professor of American Religion @ Tufts University. Co-founder Dept of Studies in Race, Colonialism & Diaspora. Author Holy Humanitarians (HUP, 2018)

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In Barnum LL26 today (11/1), the Aurality Hub is hosting their "Jukebox Session"-- bring your music & discuss the trajectories of thinking each clip may generate. Come join!

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Join us tomorrow at noon to hear @ChanceBonar discuss the impact of slavery on the life of the historical Jesus. Lunch available. Hope you can join us!

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Next Wednesday (10/2), join us at 4 p.m. for a talk with Royall House & Slave Quarters Executive Director, Dr. Kyera Singleton, for a presentation, "A Museum that Slavery Built: Memory and the Archive of Containment." We would love to see you there!

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The New England Humanities Consortium is offering research grants up to $5000. Deadline to apply is Oct. 1, 2024. Application is available here: https://t.co/dWW6fJl764

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Yesterday afternoon, Josh Brecheen (R-OK-02) introduced an amendment to the FY 2025 Interior Appropriations bill that would drastically cut funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). To learn more or sign the petition, visit: https://t.co/usWU3frIoD

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HS Boys Lacrosse Final:
Needham 9
Acton-Boxborough 8
Rockets advance to the D1 State Final vs St John's Prep

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The final horn sounds, and this one is all over!!! The Rockets (@NHSRockets) knock off another juggernaut, and they are advancing to play in the Div. 1 boys lacrosse championship!!!

FINAL: No. 7 Needham 9, No. 3 Acton-Boxboro 8. @BostonHeraldHS

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Tufts Office of the Vice Provost recently announced the winners of the 2024 MUSE Grants. Congratulations to all of the winners! https://t.co/VBl9GBiwmz #tufts #humanities

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Join us for a free lecture tonight at the Royall House and Slave Quarters. Hear Professor @jimdowns1 discuss the history of the medical humanities and its relationship to slavery and its legacies. He will be joined by Professors Kendra Field and Kerri Greenidge.

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Two great events are happening tomorrow at CHAT! Come join us at noon to hear CHAT Fellow Mia Levenson present her research, or join us at 6:30 p.m. at the Royall House and Slave Quarters to hear Jim Downs in conversation with Kendra Field and Kerri Greenidge.

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Join us next Wednesday (4/24) to hear CHAT Fellow Mia Levenson discuss the proliferation of eugenic science in early 20th century American popular performances. All are welcome.

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Tufts community: Do you have a project that needs funding? OVPR has springboard grants available! Apply by May 8th for projects starting in August. Learn more here: https://t.co/irlbZ98cf5

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The Half the History Project is excited to announce the trailer for "Ellen Garrison: Scenes from an Activist's Life" is now on YouTube! Check it out: https://t.co/hLSqTjmmuf

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Have you ever wondered how ancient cultures conceived of race and ethnicity? You might want to check out @chancebonar's fall class: Race and Ethnicity in Antiquity.

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Join us next Wednesday (4/17) at noon to hear Professor Alice Sullivan discuss her research, in a presentation, "The History and Visual Culture of Medieval Moldavia." We hope you can join us!

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Join us on Wednesday (4/10) at noon for a special conversation with Ben Chrisinger (Tufts Dept of Community Health) about "Race, US Healthcare, and Early Black Physicians."

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Registration for the Gothic Symposium (CHAT's Coit-Phelps Lecture) on Friday has been extended through today. Sign up if you can: https://t.co/NHNpw2hHYz

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Come to a free concert of @NoNoBoyMusic on April 2 in the Varis Lecture Hall (Granoff, 155).

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CHAT is excited to host a special presentation by Dissertation Fellow Rebekah Waalkes next Wednesday (4/3) at 4 p.m. Come learn more about Becca's latest work! https://t.co/dNzk9FqBH7

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CHAT has two great events happening tomorrow. Join us at noon in Granoff to hear Diego Luis discuss his new book. Join us at 4 p.m. (Fung House) to continue our discussion from 3/14 about the place for the humanities in higher education.