{"id":22,"date":"2017-08-14T18:48:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T18:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2025-11-08T19:27:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:27:50","slug":"past-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/past-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Past and Pending Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2025<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Classics Day<\/strong><br \/>\nNovember 21, 2025 (co-sponsored with the Department of Classics &amp; General Humanities)<\/p>\n<h2>2024<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Classics Day<\/strong><br \/>\nNovember 15, 2024: <strong>&#8220;Technology &#8212; Friend or Foe?&#8221;<\/strong> (co-sponsored with the Department of Classics &amp; General Humanities)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2024\/06\/19\/hands-on-cultural-history-2\/\"><strong>&#8220;Hands-On Cultural History: An Opportunity for Experiential Learning&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nMay 3, 2024 (co-sponsored with Department of Spanish and Latino Studies and HOLA [Oral History of the Latinos and Digital Archive]).<\/p>\n<h2>2023<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2023\/02\/10\/advice-from-the-ancients-on-how-to-dress\/\"><strong>&#8220;How to Dress: Textiles and Weaving in Antiquity&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nFebruary 21, 2023<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2024\/01\/23\/return-to-campus-for-classics-day\/\"><strong>Classics Day<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nOctober 23, 2023 (co-sponsored with the Department of Classics &amp; General Humanities)<\/p>\n<h2>2022<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2022\/03\/31\/how-to-be-happy-advice-from-the-ancients-spring-2022\/\"><strong>&#8220;How to Be Happy: Fostering Well-Being through Ancient Philosophy&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nDrs. Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Prudence Jones, and Tim Renner, February 23, 12.00-2.00 p.m. (co-sponsored with the Center for Heritage and Archaeological Studies and the CHSS Dean\u2019s Office).<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;How to Handle Money: Ancient Coins and their Designs&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nMarch 17, 2022,\u00a0 Alan M. Stahl, Curator of Numismatics, Princeton University (co-sponsored with the Center for Heritage and Archaeological Studies and the CHSS Dean\u2019s Office).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2022\/03\/31\/how-to-nourish-your-body-status-and-social-conflict-in-ancient-foods-april-4-2022\/\"><strong>&#8220;How to Nourish Your Body: Status and Social Conflict in Ancient Foods&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nDr. Charles Feldman, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, April 24, 2022<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2022\/04\/21\/a-conversation-with-roosevelt-montas\/\"><strong>&#8220;A Conversation with Roosevelt Mont\u00e1s&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nRoosevelt Mont\u00e1s, Columbia University, April 26, 2022, 2022 (co-sponsored with the Department of Classics &amp; General Humanities and the CHSS Dean&#8217;s Office).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Classics Day<\/strong><br \/>\nFriday, October 28, 2022 (co-sponsored with the Department of Classics &amp; General Humanities)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2022\/10\/13\/discovering-classical-new-york\/\"><strong>&#8220;Discovering Classical New York&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nMatthew McGowan, Fordham University, October 13, 2022 (via Zoom) (co-sponsored with the Department of Classics &amp; General Humanities)<\/p>\n<h2>2021<\/h2>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The King\u2019s Docile Body? The Role of Maps, Games, and Globes in the 17<sup>th<\/sup> and 18<sup>th<\/sup> Centuries in France&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nMay 5, 2021, Dr. Ting Chang, University of Nottingham, UK (co-sponsored with the Department of World Languages and Cultures, and the Medieval and Early Modern Studies Seminar).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2022\/03\/31\/john-cotton-dana-and-a-modern-vision-of-cultural-heritage-september-28-2021\/\"><strong>&#8220;John Cotton Dana and a Modern Vision of Cultural Heritage&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nDr. Deborah Chatr-Aryamontri, September 28, 2021 (co-sponsored with the Center for Heritage and Archaeological Studies)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Classics Day<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 29, 2021 (via Zoom) (co-sponsored with the Department of Classics &amp; General Humanities)<\/p>\n<h2>2020<\/h2>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Is God Funky or What?: The Dynamics of Power, Music, and Black Healing&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nApril 16, 2020 (canceled due to Covid-10) (co-sponsored with Department of Religion).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Classics Day<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 30, 2020 (via Zoom).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2020\/11\/16\/humanities-graduates-and-the-tech-industry\/\"><strong>&#8220;Humanities Graduates and the Tech Industry&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThursday, November 19, 2020 (via Zoom).<\/p>\n<h2>2019<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Classics Day<\/strong><br \/>\nNovember 1, 2019 (co-sponsored with the Department of Classics &amp; General Humanities)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2019\/11\/17\/when-democracy-requires-violence\/\"><strong>&#8220;When Democracy Requires Violence: the Political Problem of Post-Independence Gabon&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nNovember 18, 2019, Dr. Daniel Mengara (co-sponsored with Department of World Languages and Cultures).<\/p>\n<h2>2018<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Classics Day<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 26, 2018 (co-sponsored with the Department of Classics &amp; General Humanities)<\/p>\n<h2>2017<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2017\/05\/03\/18045_the-thing-s-the-thing\/\">&#8220;The Thing&#8217;s &#8220;the thing&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nApril 24, 2017, Dr. Jim Harris, Andrew Mellon Teaching Curator at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford, Dr. Senta German, Department of Classics &amp; General Humanities<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/calendar\/view-event.php?id=48495\">Classics Day<\/a><br \/>\nOctober 27, 2017 (co-sponsored with the Department of Classics &amp; General Humanities)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/past-programs\/world-cultures-day-2017\/\">World Cultures Day: &#8220;Universal Voices&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nDecember 1<\/p>\n<h2>2016<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/past-programs\/classics-day-2016-november-4-2016\/\">Classics Day 2016<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNovember 4, 2016 (co-sponsored with the Department of Classics &amp; General Humanities)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/past-programs\/world-cultures-day-2016\/\">World Cultures Day, 2016<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>November 18, 2016<\/p>\n<h2>2014-2015<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Classics Day, 2014<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 31, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spanish Day, 2014<\/strong><br \/>\nNovember 21, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Philosophy in Schools\/Religions of the World Day<\/strong><br \/>\nDecember 5, 2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2015\/03\/03\/14179_french-day-2015\/\"><strong>French Day<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nFebruary 6, 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>World Mythologies Day<\/strong><br \/>\nApril 10, 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2015\/04\/19\/14458_why-learn-to-make-a-living-or-make-a-life\/\">Why Learn? To Make a Living or Make a Life?<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>April 29, 2015<\/p>\n<h2>2013-2014<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Classics Day, 2013<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 25, 2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>Philosophy in the Schools\/Religions of the World Day<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Born Free? Ideas, Beliefs, and Self-Expression in the World(s) We Live in&#8221;<br \/>\nNovember 15, 2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;American Dream, American Reality&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nFebruary 28, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>French Day<\/strong><br \/>\nMarch 21, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spanish Day<\/strong><br \/>\nMarch 28, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Nature? Or Nurture?&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nApril 9, 2014<\/p>\n<h2>2012-2013<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Classics Day, 2012<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 19, 2012<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2012\/03\/31\/9623_-165-attend-philosophy-in-the-schools-day-for-secondary-students\/\"><strong>Philosophy in the Schools\/Religions of the World Day<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;What are you made of . . . mind, reason, body, passion?<br \/>\nProgram Description<br \/>\nDecember 7, 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The Dystopic Vision: Nightmare Worlds&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong>January 25, 2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>French Day, 2013<\/strong><br \/>\nMarch 1, 2013<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2013\/05\/09\/11392_the-humanities-all-in-the-family\/\"><strong>&#8220;HEART of the News&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nMay 1, 2103<\/p>\n<h2>2011-2012<\/h2>\n<p class=\"www_sub_content\"><strong>Classics Day, 2011<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 21, 2011<\/p>\n<p class=\"www_sub_content\"><strong>Humanities in the Schools Day, 2011<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Old Made New; Dialoguing with the Past&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nDecember 2, 2011<\/p>\n<p class=\"www_sub_content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2012\/03\/31\/9622_teachers-explore-the-frankenstein-factor\/\"><strong>&#8220;The Frankenstein Factor, Culture and Context&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nFebruary 3, 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2012\/03\/31\/9623_-165-attend-philosophy-in-the-schools-day-for-secondary-students\/\">Philosophy in the Schools Day<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>&#8220;The Examined Life: Ethics and Knowledge in Action&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong>February 10, 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The Many Faces of Hercules&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong>March 2, 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong>World Cultures Day<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/2012\/04\/05\/9656_-it-s-a-small-world\/\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a Small World: The Impact of Global Communication on the 21st Century&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>October 21, 2011<\/p>\n<h2>2010-2011<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Classics Day, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Humanities in the Schools Day, 2010<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>&#8220;What Kind of People Should We Be? 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