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2026-27 Interdisciplinary Working Groups - Call for Applications
Now accepting applications from faculty and graduate students seeking to explore common research interests from different disciplinary perspectives
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Announcing the 2026 Public Humanities Fellows
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Dr. Uchechukwu Umezurike discusses toxic masculinity on Global News
CIH Research Fellow recommends open conversation to help break the cycle of toxic masculinity
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Calgary Institute for the Humanities marks 50 years of asking ‘why’
Founded a decade apart, UCalgary and the Calgary Institute for the Humanities have grown together as a home for inquiry, dialogue and big questions
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Calgary Atlas Project Artist Receives Prestigious Gershon Iskowitz Prize
Rita McKeough awarded $75,000 and solo exhibition at Art Gallery of Alberta
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CIH Team Presents Mythologies of Outer Space at Jasper Dark Sky Festival
Festival event features film screening, readings, and discussion
LGBTQ2S+ Learning and Sharing at UCalgary. You make it happen.
Lively and accessible academic perspectives are essential in helping us to understand how far our communities have come, and how far we still need to go. The annual LGBTQ2S+ Lecture continues to play this important role by welcoming internationally renowned LGBTQ2S+ scholars, artists and activists to our city.
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New book explores Alberta’s oil history and culture
History professor Dr. Paul Chastko, PhD, examines how oil shaped politics, popular culture and identity in early twentieth-century Alberta in his new book The Boom. His research traces how resource development influenced regional identity and political life.
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