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 |
Professor Alexandra Locking is a member of the History Department whose work focuses on the eleventh and twelfth centuries in medieval Europe. Her research focuses on how religious beliefs and medieval ideas of gender influenced the way people thought about power and rulership in a Christian society. Her current book project focuses on how religious reform challenged and changed the roles of elite laywomen in medieval society. She is also exploring how the early crusading movement grew out of and affected concepts about gender and race in the medieval European worldview.
Event details for Big Thought Series: The Shadow of the Crusades in Post-9/11 America
A panel of Saint Anselm College Students Moderated by Professor Georgia Henley, English Department
Georgia Henley is a member of the English Department who specializes in the languages and literatures of medieval Britain. She employs digital humanities and book-historical methods to uncover the literary networks that connected England to its earliest colonies. She is the author and co-author of numerous scholarly publications, and a Senior Fellow in the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography. Her current book project, Reimagining the Past in the Anglo-Welsh Borderlands (forthcoming with Oxford University Press), examines how Anglo-Welsh families reimagined the Welsh past in order to influence the political landscape of the Welsh borderlands.
Event details for Big Thought Series: Understanding the Modern World through the Medieval Past
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 |
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.
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