Anatomy of a Public Humanities Program - A visit with Susan Derwin - 9/19/25
The French & Italian Department is organizing a special public and engaged humanities event on September 19th. Susan Derwin, Director of the UC Santa Barbara Interdisciplinary Center, will discuss her groundbreaking work with California schools and prisons (see the attached flyer). Please join us and spread the word!
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Anatomy of a Public Humanities Program
A visit with Susan Derwin
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Friday, September 19th
5:00PM
HUMN 250
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In her talk, Susan Derwin will explore the social impact the humanities can have, through an examination of two programs she developed as Director of UC Santa Barbara’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center: the first is a civics education partnership established with the Santa Barbara Unified School District and a local public historical society; and the second is a correspondence program in literary studies that is active in all 32 California prisons. Susan Derwin is professor of comparative literature and director of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at UC Santa Barbara.
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Free Event! Open to the public!