Our Society
The Humanities Society is made up of a lively group of students, researchers and fellows, who come together throughout term to discuss exciting developments in the arts, humanities or social sciences.
- Who can join
All College members (students, Fellows, Visiting Fellows, and scholars) are welcome to attend our events and join our society. The talks are also open to the wider University community and the general public. We define the Humanities in a broad sense to include history, religion, philosophy literature, languages, law, economics, political science, music and fine arts.
- What we offer
We offer a programme of international and interdisciplinary interest, featuring talks on a range of cultural contexts and themes, from a range of historical periods and perspectives. The talks provide a platform both for eminent academics as well as early and mid-career scholars at the forefront of their disciplines.
Many of our speakers are from Cambridge, creating interactions between Wolfsonians and the wider scholarly community at the University, but we also invite speakers from further afield including, in recent years, from Italy, Germany, Israel, South Africa and the US.
- How talks work
The talks are organised and coordinated by the Humanities Society Committee. We do our best to make our events informal and inclusive. For each event there is an opportunity to mix with the speaker and other attendees over drinks before and after the talk. Following the talk we usually take the speaker to Formal Hall, and College members (and their guests) are very welcome to join us and continue the conversation over dinner.
Lent Term 2025
| Tue 6 May | Dr Soung-U Kim | Standard language ideology, linguistic nationalism and marginalisation: the case of South Korea |
| Thu 22 May | Joint event with the ÐÔÊӽ紫ýScience Society | Science vs Humanities Societies Quiz |
| Tue 27 May | Shadi Seifouri | Diamonds as Props of Colonial Worldmaking |
| Tue 3 June | Dr Toby Simpson | How Jewish refugees founded and sustained The Wiener Holocaust Library, 1934-2011 |
| Tue 10 June | Dr Caitlin Jensen | ‘Like a sandstorm roaring in its violence’: Perceptions of weather in ancient Egypt |
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Committee Members
Please feel free to contact any of us if you have any questions about our events or suggestions for speakers.
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- Dr Cezary Kucewicz, Chair
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- Dr Stephen Wilford