Brown Bag: “Gothic Horror”

Thursday November 13, 12 noon to 1.30 PM Room J-141, Delta College main campus Also online via Zoom: email hlc@delta.edu for details Many of the tropes in horror that we see in books and movies were first developed by gothic horror writers. Over the last two months, Delta Professor Jeff Vande Zande has traveled to libraries around Michigan to give a talk about the history … Continue reading Brown Bag: “Gothic Horror”

Brown Bag: “Sci Fi, Oh My! LGBT Representation in Star Trek and Doctor Who

Thursday, October 16, 12 noon to 1 PM Room N007, Delta College main campus Also online via Zoom: email hlc@delta.edu for details The popular TV franchises Doctor Who and Star Trek have delighted sci fi fans for 60 years. The appearance of LGBT characters in these shows can seem like a recent development, but there has long been queer representation in science fiction, either openly … Continue reading Brown Bag: “Sci Fi, Oh My! LGBT Representation in Star Trek and Doctor Who

Humanities Learning Center “Brown Bag” event – “Hiroshima and Nagasaki: War Crime or Tragic Necessity?”

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of WW2, Delta history professor Michael Evans and politics professor Ryan Petersen debate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Was it a war crime that killed tens of thousands of civilians in a war that was practically over? Or did it save the lives of millions who would have died had the USA been forced to … Continue reading Humanities Learning Center “Brown Bag” event – “Hiroshima and Nagasaki: War Crime or Tragic Necessity?”

Humanities Learning Center 2024-25 Fellowships

Dan Allen (Social Sciences)Brad DeRoche (Music)Michael Evans (History)Amy French (History)Kim Klein (Political Science)Ryan Petersen (Political Science)Jason Szilagyi (History)Qiana Towns Williams (English)Liz Ullrich (Political Science)We honor these HLC fellows for their contributions to the humanities at Delta College during the 2024-25 academic year by offering “brown bag”presentations and participating and assisting in the provision of these and other events promoting humanities scholarship. Continue reading Humanities Learning Center 2024-25 Fellowships

Black History Month film screening:

“Summer of Soul … or, when the revolution could not be televised” In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem … Continue reading Black History Month film screening:

Indigenous People’s Day “Teach-In”

Join the Humanities Learning Center, Delta College’s BEDI Office, and the Castle Museum of Saginaw County History to mark Indigenous People’s Day. A panel of experts from Michigan and beyond will discuss some major contemporary issues facing Native American communities, including: The Land: Land rights, land acknowledgments, treaties, and the struggle for unpolluted land and water Mascots: The (ab)use of Native American names and images by … Continue reading Indigenous People’s Day “Teach-In”

“Brown Bag” Talk: Lake Placid 1980, the Cold War Olympics

Thurs. Sept 12, 12 noon, N007 With Kim Klein In December 1979, the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan threatened to turn the Cold War hot. Just two months later, athletes from across the world gathered in the village of Lake Placid, NY for the 1980 Winter Olympics. As the summer games were disrupted by politically-motivated boycotts, this was one of the few occasions in the early … Continue reading “Brown Bag” Talk: Lake Placid 1980, the Cold War Olympics

Humanities Learning Center Fellows, 2023-24

This year’s HLC fellows are: Dan Allen (Social Sciences)Mark Balawender (Philosophy)Tom Boudrot (Political Science)Darci Doll (Philosophy)Michael Evans (History)Amy French (History)Ray Lacina (English)Pam Ross McClain (BEDI services)Jason Szilagyi (History)Liz Ullrich (Political Science)We honor these HLC fellows for their contributions to the humanities at Delta College during the 2023-24 academic year by offering “brown bag” presentations and participating and assisting in the provision of these and other … Continue reading Humanities Learning Center Fellows, 2023-24

Brown Bag: Meet Nandi Comer, Michigan’s Poet Laureate

Noon | Wednesday, March 27 | Lecture Theater G160Delta’s Humanities Learning Center invites you to join us for a talk and poetry reading by Michigan’sPoet Laureate, Nandi Comer.There is also an opportunity to meet the Poet Laureate at a reception at 11.15 am in Founders Hall Nandi Comer is the Poet Laureate of Michigan. She is the author of American Family: A Syndrome (Fin-ishing Line … Continue reading Brown Bag: Meet Nandi Comer, Michigan’s Poet Laureate

“Great Michigan Read” book group

Join Delta faculty, staff, and students, and the Great Lakes Bay area community for a book group reading and discussing this year’s Great Michigan Read, Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter. The group will meet both in person and online, and we have selected a range of times and days so that hopefully at last one meeting will match your schedule! Thursday 14 March, 10.30-11.30 am, Delta … Continue reading “Great Michigan Read” book group

The Israel-Palestine Conflict:

In inter-disciplinary panel hosted by the Humanities Learning Center and Delta College History Department Subject experts from among Delta College’s faculty and staff will be talking about the current conflict and its historical context Dr. Dan Allen, Associate Dean Social Sciences  Dr. Mark Balawender, Philosophy Professor  Dr. Ray Lacina, English Professor  Jason Szilagyi, History Professor  Liz Ullrich, Political Science Professor Continue reading The Israel-Palestine Conflict:

Upcoming “Brown Bag” talks, Winter 2024

Wednesday January 31 Inter-disciplinary forum (in collaboration with Delta College History department) on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Lecture Theater (G160), 2 PM – Wednesday February 28 Film screening, “Bad Axe” Oscar-shortlisted documentary about a Cambodian-Mexican-American family in Michigan, and their struggle to keep their family restaurant afloat in the fact of Covid and racism. Includes talk by the film’s director David Siev. Room N102, 12 PM … Continue reading Upcoming “Brown Bag” talks, Winter 2024

2022-23 Humanities Learning Center Fellows

Please join us in celebrating our 2022-23 HLC fellows: Josh Crummer (English)Christina De Clerck-Szilagyi (History)Laura Dull (History)Michael Evans (History)Vince Locke (English)Christina Miller-Bellor (Sociology)Jeff Vande Zande (English)Donny Winter (English) We honor these HLC fellows for their contributions to the humanities at Delta College during the 2022-23 academic year by offering “brown bag” and “teach-in”  presentations and promoting humanities scholarship. Continue reading 2022-23 Humanities Learning Center Fellows

Brown Bag talk with poet and Native American Language expert Margaret Noodin

Poet and Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) language expert Margaret Noodin will be virtually visiting Delta by Zoom next week for a Brown Bag talk hosted by the Humanities Learning Center in collaboration with the Karen MacArthur Endowed Teaching Chair. Margaret Noodin writes her poetry in both Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe language) and English. Her most recent published collection is What the Chickadee Knows (Wayne State University Press).  She will … Continue reading Brown Bag talk with poet and Native American Language expert Margaret Noodin