You're invited to our upcoming lecture by Dr. Sumit Baudh /sumythr.bsky.social, the Fullbright-Nehru Visiting Chair on Civil and Human Rights Emory University "One Hundred Years of Bhagat Singh Thind: Citizenship and Protection Laws in India &the US- from Critical Race and Dalit Perspectives"

Sumit Baudh /sumythr.bsky.social on 100 years of the Bhagat Singh Thind judgement. Really hope there will be a recording available later or a piece that Sumit will write.

Congratulations to Ben Thomas, a current IDEAS Fellow in the ILA! We are so proud of you and all of your academic accomplishments! Wishing you a beautiful time at St. Andrews!

ILA's own Dr. Robyn Fivush made a recent appearance on BBC's "Sounds" Podcast speaking on the importance of storytelling. You can find this podcast on BBC, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and most podcast listening services. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

ILA’s own Abigayle Mazzocco presented “GlossiSHARE: How a Company Went from Selling Blush to Being the CoolGirl’s Best Friend” this past weekend at PCA/ACA's 2023 National Conference. We couldn’t be more proud to have Abigayle representing us at such a prestigious conference!

As the semester winds down, our last IDS 220 class (What Does it Mean to be Human?) stopped for a photo. It was a joy to have all of you in class this semester!

Another fabulous Emory Institute for the Liberal Arts class that changed lives! “what does it mean to be human” is the core of the kinds of questions we love to wrestle with!

The American Studies major from Emory Institute for the Liberal Arts focuses on topics distinctive to the U.S. and broader Americas, like this research into punk's significance to Southern activism. Congrats, Wren!

ILA Director Dr. Robyn Fivush gave a beautiful speech at the honors graduation ceremony! You can read the full transcript here.

ILA’s own, Dr. Rose Deighton-Mohammed, edited a special issue of the journal Body and Religion. Check it out! journal.equinoxpub.com/BAR/

Congratulations to ILA's own Dr. Rose Deighton-Mohammed and fellow colleagues of LGS’s Graduate Division of Religion on their career moves! gs.emory.edu/happening/stud…

Dr. Earl Brooks’s visit to Emory was a success! Sponsored by the ILA, events included student workshops about the connections between the arts and humanities, and jazz performances alongside a lecture about the rhetorical legacies of Black expression in music.

Check out this blog post by Dr. Robyn Fivush on The Innermost House, a memoir written by ILA faculty member Cynthia Blakeley. psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-…

Recapping IDEAS Week 2025! Thank you all for joining us for a week of interdisciplinary encounters and exchange. Our theme for this year, “Art and Activism,” probed the capacity of creative expression to engage communities and galvanize social transformation.