The Liberal Arts Engagement Hub space as many students and community members gather to attend a workshop.

Liberal Arts Engagement Hub

The Liberal Arts Engagement Hub (The Hub) in the College of Liberal Arts seeks to bring humanistic scholars in the arts, humanities, and social sciences and community members together in a spirit of co-creation and reciprocal partnership to respond to important social problems. The Hub offers a range of programming that supports community-university collaborative partnerships and a physical space in Pillsbury Hall, which can be reserved for community-engaged events and activities.

Apply Now: 2026-27 Interdisciplinary Collaborative Workshop Award

This award provides support to bring together faculty, staff, postdoctoral researchers, students, and community collaborators from a variety of fields to intensively study a topic or question and/or conduct a major research project.

Interdisciplinary Collaborative Workshop Award

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Collective Work with AmplifyMN

Reflection from Nicole Bekesz on her recent internship with AmplifyMN through The Hub's Grounded Knowledge Graduate Student Summer Internship Program.

CLA faculty and staff pose with Goldy during the State Fair

Minnesota State Fair and CLA 2026

Come see us at the Great Minnesota Get-Together! Learn about the programs and people who make liberal arts a world of possibilities. 

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Upcoming Events

A fork, spoon, and plate made of fabric with the text, Equitable Dinners, against a turquoise background
In-Person

Election Defense Equitable Dinner

Equitable Dinners are a social justice initiative by Mixed Blood Theatre designed to bring strangers and friends from diverse backgrounds to experience theatre, share a meal…

Yuichiro Onishi, Hub faculty director, speaking at last year's Hub Open House
In-Person

The Hub's Open House

Join us for The Hub's annual Open House event! This year will feature a brief program at 4:30 PM with remarks from our faculty director Yuichiro Onishi and an introduction to…

Reflection in the water of a sign from Operation Metro Surge in memorial to Alex Pretti
In-Person

Protection Spells for Perilous Times

Join us for a generative poetry writing workshop led by Davi Gray and Kathryn Nuernberger — just bring yourself and a pen, no prior experience with poetry or spell craft…

Ricardo Levins Morales hanging up screen printed posters in a basement. Photo circa 1980
In-Person

Grassroots Digital Archiving Workshop

We invite local community members, history keepers, scholar-activists, and artist-organizers in the Twin Cities to join our grassroots digital archiving workshops.

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The Hub’s biweekly newsletter amplifies community-engaged events and opportunities.

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