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Susan Stryker, November 10

Kaplan's fall Conversation in the Critical Humanities will feature renowned transgender historian and theorist Susan Stryker. Stryker will be in conversation with Marquis Bey (Professor of Black Studies) and will present work from her autotheoretical history of the gender concept, Changing Gender (forthcoming August 2026, Farrar Straus Giroux).

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS—Deadline: January 16, 2026

The Humanities in Translation (HiT) Prize competition!

2026-2027 theme: HOSPITALITY

Presented by the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, Northwestern University Press, and Kaplan Humanities Institute, the winner will receive a total cash prize of $5,000 and a commitment from Northwestern University Press to publish the finished work.

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Highlights and Events

 

Announcing Kaplan Fellows for 2025-2026

 

The Kaplan Humanities Institute is delighted to announce our 2025-2026 cohorts of Faculty Fellows, Franke Graduate and Undergraduate Fellows, and Library Fellow and Affiliate!

 

Friday Morning Faculty Writing Sessions

 

Ease into the weekend feeling productive! Join us in the Kaplan Seminar Room (Kresge 2351) on Friday mornings (9am-12pm) to work quietly, but in community, on your own writing project. You make it a habit, and we’ll make the coffee! No session on Nov. 28.

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