Welcome to the Humanities weekly newsletter, the Lindsay Bulletin Board 📌

Do you have an event, opportunity, or course you would like to feature in our newsletter? Please email Carolann.Tkach@Chatham.edu before Thursday evening for it to be included!

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on-campus events

Chatham Drama Club’s “Into the Woods”

Dates & Times: Friday, March 20th at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 21st at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 22nd at 2 p.m. Friday, March 27th at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 28th at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 29th at 2 p.m.

Location: Eddy Theatre, Chatham University

Link to buy tickets: (Chatham Drama Presents: Into the Woods | Eventbrite)

Teju Cole Craft Talk 

Date: Monday, March 30

Time: 3:30 p.m. – craft talk 7:00 p.m. – reading

Location: craft talk – Chatham University, Coolidge Hall, Room 134 reading – Carnegie Mellon University, Danforth Conference Room, University Center

More Information Here: (https://events.chatham.edu/event/teju-cole-craft-talk)

Chatham Around the World 

Date: Friday, March 27

Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location: Carriage House

More Information Here: (https://events.chatham.edu/event/chatham-around-the-world-356)

Public Book Reading – Boys & Oil with Taylor Brorby

Date: Monday, March 16

Time: 4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Location: Welker Room (in Laughlin Music Hall on Shadyside campus)  

Join us for a public book reading by acclaimed author Taylor Brorby, Spring 2026 Falk School Rachel Carson Visiting Scholar. Brorby will read from his book Boys & Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land and discuss themes of identity, environment, and activism. The event will take place on March 16th from 4:30–5:45 PM in the Welker Room at Shadyside campus. Light appetizers and beverages will be provided.

RSVPs are required (registration link below) – free to attend

Public Reading of Taylor Brorby’s book “Boys and Oil” (RSVP required) – Chatham University

Pittsburgh Feminist Student Summit

Date: March 21, 2026

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Location: Mellon Center, Chatham University

Link to register: (PGH Feminist Student Summit)

Humanities Spring Awards Ceremony and Senior Mugging

Date: April 17, 2026

Time: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Location: Carriage House

* Guests are welcome! Email c.helms@chatham.edu with any questions.

Third Annual Humanities, Social Sciences, & Honors Research Symposium:

Date: Saturday, April 11

Time: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Location: Shadyside Campus, Mellon Center & Mellon Board Room

Undergraduate students are invited to present their research and Capstone projects at the Third Annual Humanities, Social Sciences, & Honors Research Symposium. Sponsored by the Chatham Honors Program, Humanities Department, Social Science Department and the College of Arts & Sciences, this event provides an excellent opportunity for students to present their work in a professional academic setting.

Event Schedule  – Poster Presentations: 11:00 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Mellon Center  – Lunch: 1 p.m. | Mellon Board Room  -Awards Ceremony: 1:30 p.m. | Mellon Board Room

Welcome submissions from:  – Humanities and Social Science students on Capstone Proposals & Final Capstone Research  – Honors Students from all majors and schools  – CHP Researches Cohort (required) – Spring 2026 Honors Program graduates (required)

Submission Guidelines:  All submissions must be submitted [through this form] and received by March 27, 2026 at 5:00pm. 

Registration Deadline to Attend: Friday, April 3, 2026. Registration Link for all participants and attendees will be circulated on April 1, 2026.

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Off-Campus Events

Lycoming College – Undergraduate Humanities research Conference

Date: Saturday, April 11th, 2026

Submission Deadline: February 6, 2026

Location: Lycoming College 1 College Place Williamsport, PA

• This conference solicits advanced undergraduate research from scholars in literature, history, religious studies, philosophy, modern or classical languages, art history, and social sciences with humanistic content. Students who are interested in future graduate studies, professionalization opportunities, or simply sharing your research, please consider submitting your work.

• The conference has hosted 60-70 scholars from two dozen institutions each year, and they anticipate another robust intellectual event this year. The conference is free and will include awards for the best presentations in different scholarly areas. In addition, all participants will have the opportunity to submit their work to be considered for publication in the Mid-Atlantic Humanities Review: A Journal of Undergraduate Research: (Mid-Atlantic Humanities Review: A Journal of Undergraduate Research)

If you have any questions, would like more information, or have suggestions, contact the Humanities Research Center at Lycoming College: hrc@lycoming.edu or 570-321-4099.

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Call for Submissions

*Needed – Feminist artists and/or artwork to be displayed in the student feminist summit

Any medium is welcome!

Deadline: March 15 (artwork will be displayed at the summit on March 21!

Elderfly Press

Theme: Beautiful & Terrifying: Tales & Visions From the Edge of the Uncanny

Work up for consideration:

Short fiction: up to 5,000 words

Poetry: up to 5 poems per submission

Black-and-white art

Deadline: March 15, 2026

Website and submission link: https://writeontheworld.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions/

For more information please contact Mandy Webster at mandy.webster@elderflybooks.com.

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Career Development Corner

Chatham University – Pennsylvania Center for Women & Politics NEW Leadership Pennsylvania

Dates: May 17 – 22, 2026

Applications Due: March 27, 2026

NEW Leadership Pennsylvania is an intensive, six-day, leadership and public policy institute designed to educate and empower students for future political participation and leadership. The program addresses the under–representation of women in the political arena by focusing on the role of women in politics and policy making in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Link to last year’s 2025 Recap: (NEWL+25+Recap.pdf)

Each year approximately 35 students from colleges and universities across Pennsylvania are selected to attend. NEW Leadership Pennsylvania™ is a part of a national network of NEW Leadership programs developed by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University.

Link to apply: (NEW Leadership — Pennsylvania Center for Women & Politics)

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Faculty Professor Teaching Associate * Full-Time

The English Department at the University of Pittsburgh welcomes applications for an Appointment Stream Teaching Assistant or Teaching Associate Professor position, primarily in the Writing Program, to begin the fall semester of 2026.

Job description:

– The department is specifically interested in candidates who have an established track record in successfully teaching introductory and intermediate creative writing classes, of both single- and multi-genre focus, especially in poetry and poetic literature.

-The successful candidate will also be able to teach capstone-level courses, requiring intensive group and individual work with a small class of upper-level students, with demonstrated experience in fostering student professional development.

– The selected candidate will also have experience in Literature pedagogy and be prepared to teach courses in 20th- and 21st- century literature from a historical perspective.

-The English department is especially interested in applicants who have taught first-year writing and who are interested in contributing to our development of cross-programmatic curricula.

-Applicants must hold an MFA degree in Creative Writing or a related field.

Review of applicants will begin December 1, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled. The appointment requires administrative and budgetary approval. The position is scheduled to begin on August 15, 2026.

For more information on job description, the application process, and requirements, visit:
(Job Description – Faculty Professor Teaching Associate – Full-Time (25006061)

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Casa de Esperanza: Hands of Hope AmeriCorps Program

Description: caring for infants and children up to age six who are at risk for abuse and neglect in Houston, TX

“Hands of Hope AmeriCorps Members will serve vulnerable children throughout a 12-month commitment, living in a private, gated community (at no cost) and receiving a living allowance. Hands of Hope AmeriCorps Members will work collaboratively with other AmeriCorps Members in the home to ensure that children’s physical, emotional, and mental needs are met. While the commitment is only one year, the impact AmeriCorps Members have on the children in their care is lifelong. In turn, the children’s strength, resilience, and love will also make a lifelong impact on them.” – Darean Talmadge, Human Resources Coordinator, Casa de Esperanza de los Ninos, Inc.

Duration of program: September 2026 – August 2027

For more information, please contact Darean Talmadge, (713) 529-0639, dtalmadge@casahope.org 

Application link: https://forms.office.com/r/St0UmVLKH4