Humanities Graduate Student Symposium

2026 Symposium:
What does it mean to be human?

Saturday, February 7, 2026
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sankey Chamber, Brock University

Full Program

What Does it Mean to be Human?

Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sankey Chamber, Brock University

The fourth annual Humanities Graduate Student Symposium invites graduate students to explore the theme “What Does It Means to Be Human?” This year’s symposium seeks to foster knowledge mobilization and interdisciplinary dialogue on the experiences, identities, and representations that define, question, and reimagine humanity—past, present, and future.

From the earliest expressions of myth and art to the emerging challenges of the digital age, the question of what it means to be human has inspired philosophers, historians, artists, writers, and thinkers for millennia. This symposium encourages reflection on the ways humanity is constructed, contested, and represented across disciplines.

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