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09/03/2026

Tarez Samra Graban, Ph.D. in the FSU English Department, presented her papers on the UN World Conference on Women and South Africa’s Black Sash at the 22nd Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America in Portland, Oregon. 📖🕊️📜

Florida State University

09/02/2026

Florida State University is one of the nation’s top 20 public universities in TIME’s inaugural ranking of America’s Best Colleges. FSU ranked No. 17 among

Kudos to Megharaj Adhikari and the other graduate student fellows at the FSU Humanities Center. Megha is a doctoral can...
09/01/2026

Kudos to Megharaj Adhikari and the other graduate student fellows at the FSU Humanities Center. Megha is a doctoral candidate working with Dr. Aaron Jaffe in the FSU Department of English. His dissertation, “Peak Modernism,” argues that modernism’s most radical formal experiments emerged from the encounter with altitude, geology, and deep time, reading the mountain not as a backdrop for human meaning but as an elemental medium in its own right. The project draws together modernist literature, expedition archives, media theory, ecocriticism, postcolonial thought, and Upanishadic cosmology.
Read more about Megha and the other dissertation fellows at: https://artsandsciences.fsu.edu/article/fsu-humanities-center-announces-inaugural-class-dissertation-fellows

09/01/2026

It's official! 🎉 Florida State University has launched the FSU Humanities Center within the FSU College of Arts & Sciences, establishing an interdisciplinary hub to advance humanities research and expand the field’s visibility across the university and beyond.

“The Humanities Center reflects the legacy of FSU’s commitment to the advancement of the humanities,” said FSU President Richard McCullough. “We are creating new opportunities for faculty, students, staff and the community to collaborate, pursue important research and further strengthen the humanities at FSU.”

Affiliated units from the FSU College of Arts and Sciences 📚
▶️ FSU Department of Classics
▶️ FSU English Department
▶️ FSU Department of History
▶️ FSU Department of Modern Languages & Linguistics
▶️ FSU Department of Philosophy
▶️ FSU Department of Religion

Affiliated units from the College of Fine Arts at Florida State University 🎨
▶️ FSU Department of Art History
▶️ Theatre and Performance Research program (The School of Theatre at Florida State)

Affiliated units from the Florida State University College of Music 🎶
▶️ Musicology program
▶️ Music Theory and Composition program

To check out the full story, visit: fla.st/UHJNSI2N.

Florida State University Division of Research

08/31/2026

In two weeks, David Kirby (FSU English Department) will deliver "The Music of America, Then and Now" as part of the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System's “Library Lunch Break” lecture series! 🎶

🗓️ Monday, Sept. 14
⏰ 12-1 p.m.
📍 Leon County Public Library

Kirby will take attendees on a fast-paced journey through 200 years of American music, from folk and field chants to R&B, the blues, rock 'n' roll and rap.

The talk will be followed by a Q&A session, and a lunch of sandwiches, sides, cookies and lemonade is included.

The “Library Lunch Break” lecture series, which is is free and open to the public, highlights different topics in U.S. history in celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence.

For event details, visit: bit.ly/4gE1QDf.

Florida State University

08/26/2026

Michael Neal, Ph.D. in the Department of English, (), had his article, “Following the North Star: Movement Toward Universal Writing Assessment,” published in the Journal of Writing Assessment, a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to topics in writing assessment. ✍️📚📝









https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-133-134-summer-fall-2026/memory-architecture Professor and University Alumni D...
08/13/2026

https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-133-134-summer-fall-2026/memory-architecture
Professor and University Alumni Distinguished Writer Diane Roberts has an essay published in the Summer/Fall 2026 issue of Oxford American titled “Memory Architecture: Devotion to a Florida home.” Roberts is the author of four books, including Dream State, a historical memoir of her Florida family and Tribal: College Football and the Secret Heart of America. Her work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Times of London, The Guardian, and The Washington Post.

08/10/2026

This Wednesday, the Florida State University English Department's Aaron Jaffe will deliver "Moby-Dick and the Endless Afterlives of the White Whale" as part of the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System's “Library Lunch Break” lecture series! 🐋

🗓️ Wednesday, Aug. 12
⏰ 12-1 p.m.
📍 Leon County Public Library

Jaffe's talk will explore how the literary classic "Moby-Dick" by Herman Melville has continued to capture our attention, including its 1956 Hollywood film adaption.

Fun fact: "Moby-Dick" was originally published in 1851 — the same year Florida State University was founded.

The “Library Lunch Break” lecture series, which is is free and open to the public, highlights different topics in U.S. history in celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence.

For event details, visit: bit.ly/4wGiV64.

08/08/2026

On July 4, 2026, the United States is celebrating a historic milestone—its 250th birthday! This landmark anniversary honors two and a half centuries since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. It’s an opportunity to reflect on our nation's founding promise: that we are all created equ...

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