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DePaul’s Experiential Humanities Collaborative

an museum exhibition room full of people

Opening night for the "Do Say Gay" exhibit at Gerber/Hart Library and Archives

a packed room of people viewing and participating in public art projects

Public Art Event showcasing the work of students in HX Course, "Ni Olvido, Ni Perdon: Historic Memory Project"

two students practice flipping crepes

Sergio Godinez (HX Student Assistant, Former HX Student Fellow) and Camille Perry (HX Student Fellow) practice making crepes during a visit to community partner, Alliance Française

students review protest posters held in special archives

Students review archival materials held in special collections at DePaul on behalf of the Chicago Religious Leadership Network (HX 23-24 Community Partner)

two students stand together reading a flyer at an event

Guests read a flyer together while perusing a gallery showing hosted by one of our HX courses

A group of teaching and community fellows stand next to the Calumet River as Beck Lyons gestures toward the water

Community Fellow Becky Lyons gives the 22-23 Faculty and Community Fellows a tour of the South Branch of the Chicago River

two women stand together poining and looking at three hanging banners displaying calligraphy by Japanese artist, Kameda Bōsai

Kerry Ross (21-22 Faculty Fellow) discussing calligraphy at a class field trip to the Art Institute

A group of 8 students stand and drink water beside their bicycles as they stop for a break during a site visit to Big Marsh Park

HX students stop for a rest while touring Big Marsh Park by bicycle

HumanitiesX, DePaul University's Experiential Humanities Collaborative, supports substantive collaboration between faculty, community partners, and students, focused on bringing humanities methods to bear on today's most pressing social challenges.

Through our collaborative fellowships for faculty and community partner teams and for students, and our HumanitiesX courses, we bring people together to engage and expand the experiential humanities.

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$750,000 Mellon Foundation grant expands Experiential Humanities Collaborative (DePaul Newsline, December 2, 2024)
DO SAY GAY: Banned Books and LGBTQ+ Freedoms (Medium, July 29, 2024)
Experiencing Democracy in America (Medium, July 19, 2024)
Historical Memory Project: Ni Olivido, Ni Perdón (Medium, July 19, 2024)
Teaching the Publicly-Engaged Humanities to Undergraduates: A Workshop Series (Medium, July 10, 2024)
People Power: Students Make the Mission (Medium, July 1, 2024)
NAISA: Creating a Space for Native American and Indigenous Students (Medium, July 1, 2024)
Feeding Each Other Well: Humanities at the Center of Coalition and Community (Medium, July 1, 2024)
Do Say Gay: HumanitiesX Class Advocates for LGBTQ+ Freedom (DePaul Newsline, June 17, 2024)
‘We’ve been here all this time’ (Chicago Reader, June 16, 2024)
HumanitiesX students fire up the crowd at ‘Do Say Gay’ Gerber/Hart exhibit opening (Windy City Times, June 9, 2024)
New Chicago exhibit spotlights queer voices through banned books (CBS News Chicago, June 7, 2024)
‘We Have Always Been Banned’: Gerber/Hart Exhibit Explores Banned Books, LGBTQ+ Resistance (Block Club Chicago, June 6, 2024)
Welcome home: A look at Gerber/ Hart’s Collaboration with DePaul’s HumanitiesX (Medium, May 8, 2024)
Making Space For Queer Acceptance at a Catholic University (Medium, May 3, 2024)
Chicago’s Black Art, Culture, and History: A Visit to the South Side Community Art Center (Medium, May 3, 2024)

China’s Environmental Voices (Medium, October 12, 2023)
Community-Centered Environmental Advocacy (Medium, October 12, 2023)
Rivers of Life: Chicago’s South Side Waterways in Words and Images (Medium, September 18, 2023)
Experiments in the Environmental Humanities: A Visit with Allison Carruth (Medium, July 24, 2023)
Together, We Can Be Unstoppable: How Your Environmental Activism Can Change the World (Medium, July 10, 2023)
Midwest Human Rights Consortium Launches New Films & Website (Medium, May 25, 2023)
The Plant: Meat-Packing Plant Turned Sustainability Incubator (Medium, May 21, 2023)
From Black Box to Proscenium: How Theatre Can Address Climate Crisis (Medium, May 10, 2023)
Sustainability Advancements, the Vincentian Way (Medium, March 9, 2023)

DePaul Engages Community in Sustainability Efforts (Medium, December 14, 2022)
Geographies of Displacement: Art in the Atomic Age (Medium, August 26, 2022)
Sharing Their Stories: Latinx Immigrant Activists' Oral Histories (Medium, August 26, 2022)
Children Seeking Asylum: Creating Digital Media to Support Human Rights (Medium, August 26, 2022)
Advocacy Through Game Design: An Interview with DePaul's Lien Tran (Medium, August 22, 2022)
Japanese Professor from Hiroshima Tries to Spread Peace Education in the U.S. by Creating Curriculum Focusing on the A-bombings and Nuclear Issues (Chugoku Shimbun, July 18, 2022)
Visiting Artist Mami Takahashi Illuminates the Power of Art through Traditional Japanese Lantern-Making Process (Medium, June 29, 2022)
HumanitiesX Fellows Speak About Community Engagement (Medium, June 22, 2022)
Student Fellows Share Learnings from DePaul's HumanitiesX Collaborative (Humanities for All, June 21, 2022)
Molly Hurley Talks to Students about Art, Politics, and Social Change (Medium, May 31, 2022)
Community Partners Weigh in at DePaul (Humanities for All, May 24, 2022)
Creating Oral Histories That Humanize Immigration (Medium, May 23, 2022)
Interdisciplinary Migration Summit Highlights Immigrant Integration (Medium, May 18, 2022)
Vashon Jordan Knows How to Photograph and Inspire (Medium, May 5, 2022)
Legal Obstacles for Asylum-Seekers Too Often Overlooked (Medium, April 21, 2022)
First Cohort of Student Fellows Joins DePaul's HumanitiesX Collaborative (DePaul Newsline, March 4, 2022)
Going Beyond the Textbook: Students Realize the Potential of the Humanities in the 21st Century (Medium, February 17, 2022)

HumanitiesX to Focus on Environmental Crisis and Action in 2022-23 (HX News, December 13, 2021)
Learning from Pilsen's Opposition to a Landmark Designation Plan (Medium, March 2, 2021)
DePaul Documentary Corps Launches New Internship Course (The DePaulia, January 24, 2021)
DePaul Receives $750K from Mellon Foundation to Launch Experiential Humanities Collaborative (DePaul Newsline, April 9, 2019)

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