Hub Workshops
The Liberal Arts Engagement Hub workshops are centered around techniques and best practices for community-engaged humanities work. Always open to the public, these workshops are designed to bring together university and community members interested in, or already deeply engaged in, humanities-based community-collaborative projects. We always offer food and build in time for attendees to introduce themselves and make connections.
Spring 2026 Series: Crisis and Change
The Hub’s Spring 2026 event series hones the practice of coming together through crisis and change. This theme is embedded in one of the goals of publicly engaged humanities, which The Hub uses as a framework to anchor our community engagement programming. Our present moment necessitates building a community of solidarity and mutualism.
The Crisis and Change Series will feature several ongoing projects and initiatives that are meeting the moment. These presentations will serve as important models for preserving culture in times of heightened urgency and will help facilitate discussions around how we can learn from and incorporate these methods into our own engaged work. Some of the topics covered will include crowd sourcing data, oral history, and community archiving.
Upcoming Hub Workshops
Stay tuned for more information about the Crisis and Change Series in Spring 2026.
POSTPONED: new date not yet scheduled.
Join the Save Our Signs team for a presentation and discussion event where we will explore how to connect institutional resources to people power in order to protect endangered cultural resources. This hybrid event is free and open to the public. Learn More and Register.
November 7 from 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Everyone has a story to tell—why not tell yours with maps? In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to use Esri StoryMaps to create engaging, interactive narratives that showcase your research, fieldwork, or community projects. We’ll discuss strategies for designing clear, impactful StoryMaps, then guide you through the steps to build your own.
April 23 & May 1
Inclusive Engagement: Partnering with the Disability Community is a two-part asynchronous workshop for University of Minnesota partners to foster ethical and meaningful collaborations with disability communities. Participants will learn best practices for outreach, create access statements, and develop an action plan for inclusive engagement. The online videos will soon be made available on The Hub's website.
April 23 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Minnesota Star Tribune reporter Eric Roper and producer Melissa Townsend, along with community adviser Greg McMoore, share the lessons they learned while making the organization's first narrative podcast, Ghost of a Chance.