Let’s work together.
The Suzy Newhouse Center seeks partners for campus-wide programming and research initiatives. Plan a reading group on a topic of interest to you and your Wellesley colleagues; propose an innovative Newhouse course or an open class session; plan an event that would benefit from wider collaboration. Proposals are welcome.
A faculty reading group can be convened on any topic that interests two or more Wellesley faculty members, at least one of whom represents a humanities department. Normally, a reading group meets approximately three times at the Suzy Newhouse Center during a semester. A stipend of up to $1,000 will be available for use by the leader or leaders of the group to offset the cost of books, refreshments, or a visit by an external speaker/discussant. At the end of each year, the group must submit a brief report (one to two paragraphs) about its progress. Faculty are encouraged to apply early in the academic year as we have limited funds for this purpose. Please write to the director.
Newhouse courses sharpen students’ methodological skills and demonstrate the value of studying the humanities. These courses may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- ‘Open class sessions’ that bring together a set of courses around a broad humanistic theme and demonstrate different approaches to that theme.A capstone event in which students present their final projects to students and faculty
- A capstone event in which students present their final projects to students and faculty
- Experiential learning opportunities, such as field trips, with final reports by students
- A demonstration by a performer, artist, or musician, with student participation
- A course or set of courses that include one or more guest speakers, working with the director on a public event
- A communal project, such as a group translation effort
The center will give priority to collaborative courses that can be integrated into the curriculum on a long-term basis. Interested faculty are encouraged to write to the director with ideas.
Supported by the Mellon Foundation and in collaboration with New England Humanities Consortium (NEHC) and University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (UCHI), the Faculty of Color Working Group (FOCWG) was created to provide extra-institutional space for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) faculty to navigate the particular challenges that they face in their academic positions. For more information, click here.