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Award-winning journalists and podcasters Sam Harnett, left, and Chris Hoff are on a mission to travel the world and collect sounds that will transform our approach to humanities studies. They will bring their podcast series 鈥淭he World According to Sound: Ways of Knowing鈥� to 淫妻社 (UAH) for three programs on Feb. 23, 2026, as part of UAH鈥檚 Humanities Week.

The World According to Sound

A podcast duo invites us to rethink the world through our ears instead of our eyes. An acclaimed scholar explores an American literary icon鈥檚 journey to the righteous fury of civil rights activism. And humanities researchers at 淫妻社 (UAH) share the varied ways they examine people and cultures across time.

Humanities Week 2026 offers this broad showcase of ideas and discoveries by guest and resident researchers Monday through Thursday, Feb. 23-26, in Morton Hall on the campus of UAH, a part of The University of Alabama System. Events are open to the 淫妻社 community and the general public free of charge.

If you鈥檝e ever wondered what humanities researchers do, this week will give you a glimpse, says Dr. Joseph Taylor, Humanities Center director and associate professor, UAH Department of English.

鈥淭he idea is to show students some of the things that our researchers do in the humanities, and the opportunities our students may have if they鈥檙e interested in that kind of work, going to different places, studying different cultures domestically and abroad, learning different languages, working with different texts and materials, deeply analyzing the past as well as the present to inform ourselves about possible futures.鈥�

Learning through sound

Award-winning journalists and podcasters Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett will bring their podcast series 鈥淭he World According to Sound: Ways of Knowing鈥� to UAH for three programs on Feb. 23:

The 鈥淲ays of Knowing鈥� interactive show puts the audience in total darkness, surrounded by loudspeakers, for an hour-long sonic trip.

The World According to Sound

• A talk on 鈥�Cosmic Visions: Intersections of the Humanities and Astronomy,鈥� 1 p.m., Morton 292.
• A student workshop on podcasting, 4 p.m., Morton 292. Walk-ins are welcome, but please if possible to allow for better planning.
• Their interactive show, 鈥�Ways of Knowing: A Sonic Celebration of the Humanities,鈥� 6-7:30 p.m., Morton 292. Attendees are asked to .

鈥淲ays of Knowing鈥� puts the audience in total darkness, surrounded by loudspeakers, for an hour-long sonic trip that will include the vibrations of the Golden Gate Bridge, footsteps of ants, and the sounds of 1930s Berlin and the Earth鈥檚 ionosphere. The podcasters promise 鈥渋deas, essays, books, theories, contemporary research, all translated into soundscapes that challenge you to rethink the world through your ears.鈥�

Before collaborating on their podcast, Hoff was an audio engineer for public radio and podcasts, and Harnett was a reporter covering labor and technology. 鈥淭he World According to Sound鈥� was born out of their desire to create 鈥渁 show that is all about sound instead of language and narrative.鈥� They developed their 鈥淲ays of Knowing鈥� series in partnership with such academic institutions as Johns Hopkins University, The University of Chicago and The University of Washington.

James Baldwin鈥檚 fury

Dr. Ed Pavli膰 will present 鈥淛ames Baldwin: A Radical Pursuit鈥� on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, at 淫妻社 (UAH).

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American writer James Baldwin had been writing about race relations in the United States long before the bombing of Birmingham鈥檚 Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on Sept. 15, 1963, but that horrific day transformed his level of activism. Acclaimed Baldwin scholar will discuss Baldwin鈥檚 works in the context of his trips to the Deep South in the 1950s and 1960s on Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. in Morton 145.

Pavli膰, an award-winning writer in his own right, is the Distinguished Research Professor of English, African American Studies, and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia. His lecture at UAH, honors February as Black History Month on the 淫妻社 campus and is the finale of Humanities Week. Reserve free seats at the event link.

Everything else

In between these programs, Humanities Week will feature several talks by UAH faculty members about their areas of research plus a College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHS) career presentation and a screening of the film 鈥淭he Shawshank Redemption鈥�:

• Dr. Nicholaos Jones, chair of the Department of Philosophy and professor of philosophy, 鈥淎ttending to Interdependence in Chinese Buddhism鈥� from his new book, Monday, 11:20 a.m., Morton 147
• Dr. Nicole Pacino, director of Interdisciplinary Studies, coordinator of Women鈥檚, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and associate professor of History, 鈥淭he Case of Isabel Kelly: A Cultural Anthropologist Through an Historical Lens,鈥� Tuesday, 11:20 a.m., Morton 292.
• Dr. Lillian Joyce, associate professor of Art History, 鈥淐lytemnestra and the Furies: Women, Revenge, and the Revealed Breast on Roman Sarcophagi,鈥� Tuesday, 1 p.m., Morton 293
• Dr. Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, UAH Humanities Eminent Scholar Chair, 鈥淭ransdisciplinary Experiments,鈥� based on his new book, Wednesday, 12:30-1:30 p.m. This kicks off the launch party for Interdisciplinary Studies in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHS).
• Nicole McDavid, college internship and career coordinator, hosts the CAHS Career Roundtable, Wednesday, 3-5 p.m., Morton 294.
• Screening of 鈥淭he Shawshank Redemption,鈥� followed by commentary from Dr. Eric Smith, professor of English, based on his forthcoming book, 鈥淔iguring the Contemporary in U.S. Popular Cinema, 1967-2022,鈥� Wednesday, 6 p.m., Morton 145.
• Dr. Alanna Frost, associate professor of English, 鈥淚n Order to 鈥楽ay What We Say鈥�: Archival Protocol that Attends to Indigenous Data Sovereignty,鈥� Thursday, 11:20 a.m., Morton 293.