The CHI Salon series brings the Amherst community together around humanities scholarship. The Center for Humanistic Inquiry hosts CHI Salons Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m.

CHI Salon - Architectural Ghosts
Wed, Feb 8, 2023
4:30 pm
Frost Library, CHI THINK TANK
Pecha kucha-style rapid talks, given by Amherst and Five College faculty and staff, on works in the exhibition "Architectu...

CHI Salon - Folger Undergraduate Fellows 2023
Wed, Feb 15, 2023
4:30 pm
Frost Library, CHI THINK TANK
2023 Folger Undergraduate Fellows are Regina Deri ‘25, Xe Enfys ‘25, Christian Pattavina ‘24, Cole Warren ‘24, Ima...

CHI Salon - Roots: Palestinian and Israeli Voices from the West Bank
Wed, Feb 22, 2023
4:30 pm
Frost Library, CHI THINK TANK
The Roots organization forwards collaboration and dialogue in the West Bank between Israelis and Palestinians. This Salon ...

CHI Salon - Words for the Heart: A Treasury of Emotions from Classical India
Wed, Mar 1, 2023
4:30 pm
Frost Library, CHI THINK TANK
Maria Heim, in a conversation with Professor Jagannathan, will discuss her new book "Words for the Heart: A Treasury of Em...

CHI Salon - New Digital Worlds: A Conversation with Roopika Risam
Wed, Mar 8, 2023
4:30 pm
Frost Library, CHI THINK TANK
A multifaceted interdisciplinary scholar and pedagogue, Roopika Risam is also a pioneer in the field of postcolonial digit...

CHI Salon - AI in the Liberal Arts
Wed, Mar 22, 2023
4:30 pm
Frost Library, CHI THINK TANK
Laura Sizer (Mount Holyoke College) will speak about the interactions between work in artificial intelligence and work acr...

CHI Salon - The Ink in the Grooves: Conversations on Literature and Rock 'n' Roll
Wed, Mar 29, 2023
4:30 pm
Frost Library, CHI Think Tank
The Ink in the Grooves provides a backstage pass to the creative processes behind some of the most exciting and influentia...

CHI Salon - Wine Sensorium
Wed, Apr 5, 2023
4:30 pm
Frost Library, CHI THINK TANK
The annual CHI faculty & staff wine-tasting, with a curation of wines by Rick Lopez and Chris van den Berg as well as ...

CHI Salon - Being Human in STEM
Wed, Apr 12, 2023
4:30 pm
Frost Library, CHI THINK TANK
The Being Human in STEM (HSTEM) program is one of the many enduring legacies from the 2015 Amherst Uprising.

CHI Salon - On Decolonizing Theater
Wed, Apr 19, 2023
4:30 pm
Frost Library, CHI THINK TANK
Courtney Elkin Mohler (Associate Professor of Theater, Boston College) and Naveen Choudhury (Visiting Assistant Professor ...