ASU Humanities Institute

10/15/2026

Professors engaged in a discussion about what book banning is and how it impacts intellectual freedom at the university level.

10/14/2026

How do we grow well together? 🌱 Join a panel discussion featuring affiliates of the documentary “Hearts of Glass” to explore one community’s attempt to address timely and pressing issues around local food production, inclusion and opportunity.

The documentary is available to registrants! Register, watch the award-winning film, then join us in conversation with ASU Lincoln Center, ASU College of Health Solutions and ASU Farm: https://asuevents.asu.edu/event/hearts-glass-panel-discussion?id=0

Hearts of Glass

10/13/2026

Don't let this opportunity pass you by! Seed grant and fellowship applications close in one week!

Apply for a seed grant: https://humanitiesinstitute.asu.edu/grants-awards/seed-grants

Apply for a fellowship: https://humanitiesinstitute.asu.edu/grants-awards/fellows

10/12/2026

What does attention have to do with morality? 🤔 Meet philosopher Silvia Caprioglio Panizza, who's joining us for Humanities Week on Oct. 26 at 3 p.m. to explore the role attention plays in our every day lives. Register for the event at https://asuevents.asu.edu/event/what-does-attention-have-do-morality?id=0

Video description: Silvia speaks to the camera. Final end slides indicate ASU's Humanities Week is Oct. 26-30.

10/08/2026

Is morality informed by how — and to what — we give our attention?

In this lecture, Silvia Caprioglio Panizza will explore how attention fundamentally shapes our reality, informs our character and motivates us to act.

Learn to harness the potential of attention to transform your experience of the world, including your ethical worldview.

RSVP at https://asuevents.asu.edu/event/what-does-attention-have-do-morality

10/07/2026

10/06/2026

📚 Read together and encounter military experience through literature. In anticipation of Phil Klay's visit during Salute to Service, join us in reading a book by a military veteran (like Klay's "Uncertain Ground" or "Redeployment"), then engage with him yourself during a special lecture and reception on Nov. 12! Register for both events at https://humanitiesinstitute.asu.edu/events

ASU Future Security Initiative Office for Veteran and Military Academic Engagement - ASU Pat Tillman Veterans Center - Arizona State University

10/02/2026

October is here — and we've a huge line-up of events for Banned Books Week, Humanities Week and more. Register at https://humanitiesinstitute.asu.edu/events

09/30/2026

What do plants have to tell us about the past, present and future? 🌱 ASU Professor Julia Sarreal is mobilizing the field of plant humanities in a public symposium in collaboration with ASU Library, ASU Farm and Desert Botanical Garden. Learn more about this important field, then register for the events to see research in action: https://news.asu.edu/20260930-arts-humanities-and-education-what-plant-life-has-say-about-past-present-and-future

Barrett, The Honors College at ASU ASU New College at West Valley campus

09/29/2026