The Oklahoma Center for the Humanities at The University of Tulsa is pleased to begin its series of blog posts from the fellows of the 2019-20 academic year. The fellows are engaged in wide-ranging creative and research activities surrounding the idea... MORE
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Big Ideas at TU: Killers of the Flower Moon
As one of our annual Big Ideas at TU events, the Oklahoma Center for Humanities will distribute 50 free copies of David Grann’s book, Killers of the Flower Moon. In advance of Grann’s Presidential Lecture on Oct. 22, we... MORE
Oklahoma Center for the Humanities at TU Announces 2019-20 Fellows
The Oklahoma Center for the Humanities at The University of Tulsa has announced its annual class of fellows for the 2019-20 academic year. The ten individuals selected from applications submitted earlier this year include TU faculty and students as well as... MORE
OCH Welcomes Two New Board Members
As we approach the start of another exciting term at the Oklahoma Center for Humanities, we’d like to welcome two new internal board members to our team. Our board members play a key role in planning events, selecting research fellows,... MORE
Memory, Memorials, and Community: March 29-30 at Gilcrease
As part of its year-long focus on the theme of memory, the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities in partnership with Gilcrease Museum and the University of Tulsa History Department will explore the energizing, solemn and often contentious roles that memorials... MORE
Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Seminar on Play: Call for Public Fellows Applications
“Play is the exultation of the possible” —Martin Buber Play is a fundamentally inventive social activity in which we craft rules, experiment with boundaries, find new opportunities for expression, and engage in creative work. Both a noun and a verb,... MORE
White Rabbit Red Rabbit: a Theater Production about [redacted] that You’ll Never Forget
The Oklahoma Center for the Humanities is proud to present White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour in the Tyrell Hall auditorium over two nights and a matinee, Feb 1 and 2 at 8:PM and the 3rd at 2:00 PM. Nassim... MORE
Thinking About the Pittsburgh Mass Shooting: Elana Newman
Our updates from the Humanities Research Seminar continue this week with a post from Elana Newman. Elana is McFarlin Professor of Psychology in Henry Kendall College of Arts & Sciences at The University of Tulsa. Her major area of work focuses... MORE
Past Resistance: Mark de Silva
Our updates from the Humanities Research Seminar continue, this week with a post from Mark de Silva. Mark is the author of the novel Square Wave (Two Dollar Radio, 2016). He holds degrees in philosophy from Brown (AB) and Cambridge (PhD). After six years... MORE
Making Memoirs with Anna Badkhen
We are delighted to welcome author and Tulsa Artist Fellow Anna Badkhen to the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities tomorrow as part of our exploration of memory. This talented memoirist will read from her own work and then welcome readings... MORE