Events
Upcoming events
One of the most difficult aspects of displacement is the way it disconnects us from the people, organizations, and causes that meant so much to us back home. How do we stay personally, professionally, and politically engaged when we are no longer physically present? In this panel discussion, writer Danson Kahyana (Uganda), editorial cartoonist Pedro […]
An introduction on how to strategically approach editors with pitches, how to orient your own work within the variety of sites that are publishing today, and the major differences between scholarly and public writing. This is the first workshop in the Secrets of publishing series by Ed Simon. Simon is the Public Humanities Special Faculty […]
A discussion on how your scholarship can be used to illuminate current political and cultural events as well as how those same events can be used in the process of strategic pitching. This is the second workshop in the Secrets of publishing series by Ed Simon. Simon is the Public Humanities Special Faculty in the […]
Websites such as Aeon, Lapham’s Quarterly, and JSTOR Daily, as well as more traditional journalistic publications from The Atlantic to The New Yorker, often publish narrative pieces that translate scholarship into long-form journalism. This workshop will focus on both the process of pitching and writing such articles. This is the third workshop in the Secrets […]
A practical look at the world of trade publishing-agents, advances, royalties, contracts, marketing, and publicity. This is the fourth workshop in the Secrets of publishing series by Ed Simon. Simon is the Public Humanities Special Faculty in the English Department of Carnegie Mellon University and the founding editor of The Pittsburgh Review of Books. In […]
Past events
To protect attendees’ privacy, we do not record panel discussions or Q&A segments where personal information is discussed.
The First Amendment of the United States Constitution is brief and direct: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress […]
This session provides a basic introduction to digital security for individuals involved in human rights, academia, the arts, and media. Facilitator Mykola Kostynyan guides you on how to assess and manage your risks in communications, information storage, and other digital spaces. Mykola Kostynyan is coordinator of RESIDENT.ngo and co-founder of the Eastern Partnership Digital Security […]
Sociologist Alfred Babo and theater scholar Burcu Yasemin Şeyben led a discussion of the 2025 book, Exiled Scholars in Western Academia: Refugees or Intellectuals? The volume, which Dr. Babo co-edited with Sayed Hassan Akhlaq, includes first-hand narratives from scholars from around the world working in political sciences, international studies, anthropology, law, philosophy, and the humanities. […]
In this workshop intended for literary, journalistic, and nonfiction writers of all disciplines, translator Elisabeth Jaquette provides guidance on how to get work translated into English in the United States. Topics covered include finding and working with a translator, sources of translation funding, seeking a publisher, and working with an editor. In her presentation, Elisabeth […]
These are challenging times for scholars, artists, and human rights activists in the United States, and especially for displaced people in temporary placements on temporary visas. On April 24, 2025, 45 people joined a conversation about recent changes in US policies on immigration, free speech, and funding for research, education, and the arts. To protect […]