About the Center
The Leslie Center for the Humanities can be found in Haldeman Center on North Main Street, Hanover. Founded in 1999 (October 2000 news release) October 2000 news release), the Center contributes to the lively intellectual life of the College through an active program of academic events, by working with colleagues at Dartmouth on a range of scholarly projects, and by offering fellowships. The Center is a member of the global Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI).
Our Mission
- To be a site of innovation and excellence in the humanities, with a strong commitment to interdisciplinarity.
- To host or organize conferences, symposia, seminars, performances and exhibitions
- To house and fund both Dartmouth faculty fellows and visiting scholars and artists in residence
- To improve campus coordination and publicity for the humanities, and actively pursue interdisciplinary cooperation with all Dartmouth departments and programs
- To undertake collaborative ventures wherever possible with other campus centers, foundations and institutes (e.g. Rockefeller, Montgomery, Dickey), and to seek ongoing connections with the Hood Museum and the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts
- To involve Dartmouth students in humanities-related and interdisciplinary activities; to foster student initiatives and contact with Dartmouth faculty as well as visiting academics and artists
- To play an active role in the rapidly expanding global network of humanities centers (CHCI) now numbering over one hundred in the US, England, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Australia, Russia, China, and elsewhere
- To form connections (in cooperation with existing college offices) with leading foundations that support humanities ventures
- To give Dartmouth a role commensurate with its high aspirations in shaping the intellectual and artistic world of the twenty first century
John Torres, Jr. (American), 1938-2001, reproduced by permission of Alexandra Torres