April 17 and April 18
Humanities Symposium
The Humanities Symposium is an annual celebration of undergraduate research in the humanities and related fields. Students will present their research for audiences of their peers, faculty and community members.
When: April 17-18 during Show Me Research Week
Where: Bond Life Sciences Center, Room 572
The Humanities Symposium and all Show Me Research Week events are free and open to the community.
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Before the Symposium
In advance of the Symposium, two faculty-led workshops will be held to help students with the multi-stage process of both proposing and presenting:
Developing Humanities Research Proposals (3:30-5 p.m. Feb. 27 in A&S Building, Room 303)
Presenting Humanities Research (3:30-5 p.m. April 8 in A&S Building, Room 303)
Show Me Research Weekkeynote lecture
Find out moreWhen: 11 a.m. Friday, April 18
Where: Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences CenterDr. Stephanie Hedge will give a keynote lecture entitled “State of Play: Games, Game Studies, and the Humanities.” This keynote provides a quick primer on games studies (with a focus on tabletop roleplaying games) and will discuss both how games studies fits into the work and study of the humanities broadly, and why studying games feels urgent or necessary in 2025.
Dr. Hedge is associate professor of English and the Director of the Writing Program at the University of Illinois Springfield. She is the co-editor of Roleplaying Games in the Digital Age and Digitally Mediated Composing and You.
Proposal Submissions
If you are interested in presenting at the Humanities Symposium, whether individually or as part of a research team, please visit the submission portal and submit your 200-word proposal by March 14, 2025.
For more information, or to report problems with the submission portal or process, please email Dr. Seth Howes at howesw@missouri.edu.