Emma Mafi
Humanities Communications Writer
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Rate My Rant
Students from across campus joined together to share their passion for their studies through short rants on anything and everything linguistics.
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Maidens of Mischief
In her P. A. Christensen Lecture, Professor Belnap looked to the influential women in 19th-century France to explain how disruption can cause social reform.
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Culture You Can Taste
Regardless of where you travel in the world, one thing will stay the same: food’s ability to bring people together.
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An Ode to Anything BUT a Person
This Valentine’s Day, Inscape Journal celebrated with odes about their favorite things from SpaghettiOs to lotion.
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So, Why Humanities?
The German & Russian Department’s 2025 Distinguished Alumnus Award lecturer shared how you can expand your world, one adventure at a time.
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The Missing Works of Victorian England
Periodicals were a hot commodity in the Victorian era. Now, thanks to two BYU professors, we can read them once again.
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Cracking the Code to User-Friendly
Students all over campus join the Office of Digital Humanities to form a top-tier UX team where the user always comes first.
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Refocus Your Fluency
After completing eight months of research on mental health in immersive language environments, three BYU professors share their findings with the Humanities Center.
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Talking in Code
The College of Humanities just added a new language for undergrads. But you don’t speak it, you type it.
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