Humanity: Everyone’s a Member
At the Gregory J. Grappone Humanities Institute, we are developing innovative ways to integrate humanistic thought and understanding into people’s lives. We know that humanity is one title we can all share in common and we believe that we are all called to be engaged students seeking to understand the world and our place in it.
At their essence, the Humanities cultivate human wisdom by engaging us in the ageless conversation about the meaning of our lives.
Discover humanitas, an interdisciplinary humanities journal of expressive student work and scholarship, sponsored by the Gregory J. Grappone Humanities Institute.
humanitas aims to feature the best student writing and artwork across disciplines in the humanities, including but not limited to academic analysis, narrative features, translations, exegetical reflective work, poetry, fiction, and illustration. The journal seeks to cultivate and showcase the distinction of Saint Anselm College through excellent student work.
Upcoming Events
The Grappone Humanities Institute is so excited to welcome students, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of the monastic community to our weekly discussions!
Want to join us on Zoom? Use this link to tune in to each Fall 2024 forum: https://anselm.zoom.us/j/96267954042
Zoom Passcode: 173024
| Date | Topic | Moderator(s) |
| September 13, 2024 | "Does my major matter?" | Dr. Benjamin Horton, Assistant Dean |
| September 20, 2024 | "What does science fiction have to teach us?" | Professor Derk Wierda, Chemistry Department |
| September 27, 2024 | "Can a book ever really be banned?" | Professor Christian Gregory, Education Department |
| October 4, 2024 | "How old is too old to be president?" | Professor Elizabeth Rickenbach, Psychology Department Co-Host: |
| October 18, 2024 | "Why is it so much harder to be nice to ourselves than to other people?" | Professor Rong Huang, Economics and Business Department Co-Host: |
| October 25, 2024 | "Why are we superstitious?" | Professor Meoghan Cronin, English and Communication Department |
| November 1, 2024 | "Should we have hope or should we embrace hopelessness for our world?" | Professor Marc Rugani, Theology Department |
| November 8, 2024 | "Do my dreams mean anything?" | Professor Chani Marchiselli, English and Communication Department |
| November 15, 2024 | "What can scientific models really tell us about reality?" | Professor David Guerra, Physics Department |
| November 22, 2024 | "Is there such a thing as caring too much?" | Professor Christine Gustafson, Politics Department |
Presenter: Professor Katherine Bentz, Fine Arts Department
Kate Bentz is Professor of Art History at Saint Anselm College and the Academic Director of Saint Anselm’s study abroad program in Tuscania, Italy. Her research focuses on urbanism and landscape history in sixteenth-century Italy, and she has published her work in scholarly journals such as Sixteenth-Century Journal and The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, and has received fellowships and grants from institutions such as the National Endowment for the Humanities, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collections, Villa I Tatti-The Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, and The Getty Research Institute.
Presenter: Dr Vincent Colapietro '73
Vincent Colapietro is a 1973 graduate of Saint Anselm College and a Liberal Arts Research Professor Emeritus at Pennsylvania State University in the Departments of Philosophy and African American Studies. Through the Center for the Humanities at the University of Rhode Island, he has a teaching appointment in the departments of English, Writing & Rhetoric, and Philosophy.
In the course of his career he has authored several books and over two hundred articles. In 2004 he was honored by the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy with the Herbert W. Schneider Award for lifetime achievement.
Presenter: Jennifer Mulitello
Jennifer Militello is the current Poet Laureate of New Hampshire. She is the author of the hybrid collection Identifying the Pathogen, named a finalist for the 2024 FC2 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize (forthcoming, 2025), The Pact (Tupelo Press/Shearsman Books, 2021) and the memoir Knock Wood, winner of the Dzanc Nonfiction Prize (Dzanc Books, 2019), as well as four previous books of poetry. Her work has appeared in numerous national journals in the U.S. and abroad. She has taught at Brown University, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, the Rhode Island School of Design, and is currently a faculty member in the MFA program at New England College.
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