The CHAT Advisory Board works with the directors to shape the future of the Center. Board members also evaluate all of CHAT's fellowship and grant applications.
The spirited discussions at its bi-annual meetings have forged most of CHAT's current slate of programs, making the Advisory Board the heart and soul of the Center.
Overview
The College of Liberal Arts established the Center for the Humanities at Temple (CHAT) in 2003 to create an interdisciplinary forum that supports scholarship and intellectual inquiry in the humanities by Temple University faculty and graduate students. The Center seeks to bridge the disciplinary divides between departments and the University’s colleges by promoting broad, humanities-based conversations that connect scholars across scholarly fields and modes of inquiry. The Center sponsors conferences, lectures, discussions groups, pedagogical innovations, and research projects. Located on the tenth floor of Gladfelter Hall, the Center's comfortable quarters serve as a gathering place for scholars from across the disciplines to meet, enjoy social hours, and read the latest humanities-oriented journals and periodicals.
The Center sponsors a rich and diverse range of activities, including:
- Visits of distinguished scholars to campus
- Public lectures and conferences in the humanities for the campus and the community
- Research grants to faculty and students
- The Center for the Humanities Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
- Graduate Fellowship and Associateship programs
- Programs to strengthen interdisciplinary graduate and undergraduate studies in the humanities
- Contributions to planning and development across the humanities in the College of Liberal Arts
- Community programming
- Cooperation with national and international humanities institutions
The Center seeks to support research and teaching in the humanities throughout the University. Participation in the Center is open to faculty and students in all schools and colleges at Temple University.
Contact Us
In Person
CHAT is located on the tenth floor of Gladfelter Hall on the main campus of Temple University. See directions for full information.
By Phone
Main number: 215 204-6386
Fax number: 215 204-8371
By Mail
Center for the Humanities at Temple
10th Floor, Gladfelter Hall
1115 West Berks Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6089
By Email
Center for the Humanities
10th Floor, Gladfelter Hall
1115 West Berks Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6089
Phone - 215-204-6386
Fax - 215-204-8371
Email - chat@temple.edu