2024-2025 Events
2024-2025 Theme: Ghosts and Haunting, The Persistence of the Past
The past does not simply stay in the past. Sometimes, what we thought we forgot or hoped to forget, reappears in the present to haunt us. Cultures around the world have traditions and stories about haunted places and the existence of ghosts and spirits that allow us to preserve cultural memory, process trauma, and explore ideas about the existence of an afterlife. Ghosts and hauntings reveal the power of memory and storytelling and can reflect our nostalgia for what is gone or heighten our fear of the unknown.
The Humanities Center is the interdisciplinary heart of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. Our purpose is to create and nurture a culture of ideas at Chico State and to engage our diverse intellectual community through public events. During the 2024-25 year, the Humanities Center will host a series of lectures and films exploring the ghosts and haunted places that stay with us in the present.