Director's Message

The Humanities Center is a vital presence on Texas Tech’s campus.  The breadth and depth of inspiring and essential work being done by our humanists is truly impressive; promoting them and their work is a real joy.  Our community of scholars, dedicated to the central questions of human life and culture, offers a model for the collegial pursuit of truth through critical and creative discourse.

To that end, the Humanities Center offers a series of programs to encourage conversations on campus, in the region, and across the country.  Our fellowship and other research-based programs provide resources of time and money to TTU scholars in the humanities so they can carry out their work.  We also bring respected scholars to Lubbock so they can share in our exceptional community and hone their work within it.  Finally, we provide platforms to share this excellent work throughout our community and the nation.  

In short, the Humanities Center aims to be a true center, the place on campus which illuminates human creativity and wisdom, past and present.  In this vein, I also see the Humanities Center as place that should give voice to the concerns our community, especially given the outsize effect recent changes have had on us and our work.  As Director, I hope to amplify not only our community’s work but also our voice.  I look forward to fostering our community with you in the coming years.

Dr. Donald Lavigne