Articles

Laurie Anderson photo

Caveman with Eyes in the Back of Her Head

Grammy winner, performance artist, inventor, filmmaker, and artist-in-residence at NASA, Laurie Anderson (ΦBK, Barnard College) gains new notoriety for the re-release of her 1982 album Big Science.

Neil St. Clair photo

Entrepreneur and ΦBK-NY President Neil St. Clair Gives Capitalism a Conscience

Everything St. Clair does, from his professional endeavors to his personal life, is focused around one main idea: to remove fear from everyday life.

Kathryn Morris

Kathryn Morris Appointed President of St. Lawrence University

“All of my career has been focused on the value of the liberal arts in the holistic development of the student. It’s part of who I am.” — Kathryn Morris (ΦBK, Gettysburg College)

Elisabeth Jaquette photo

Translation and the Impossibility of History

Elisabeth Jaquette’s (ΦBK, Swarthmore College) latest full-length translation, the Palestinian novel Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

Peter Meineck photo

ΦBK Visiting Scholar Peter Meineck Brings Antiquity to the Modern World

Meineck, a New York University professor of classics, virtually participated in his first Visiting Scholar event at the University of Arkansas on March 10 and 11.

Frederick M. Lawrence photo

From the Secretary: Collaboration with Chapters and Campus Leadership

We are reaching out to engage at the campus level as more institutions confront hard choices and as those choices threaten to undermine the possibilities for a robust arts and sciences experience.

Visiting Scholar Program image

ΦBK Visiting Scholars 2021-2022

Since 1956, the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program has been offering undergraduates the opportunity to spend time with some of America’s most distinguished scholars. Meet our visiting scholars for the upcoming academic year.

PBK Key image

Application Cycle for New Chapters Now Open

This August, the Triennial Council will vote on granting new charters to institutions considered during the 2018-2021 cycle.

Daffodils in Snow image

Spring to It

Liberal arts and sciences graduates like you can provide crucial advocacy roles as legislatures adopt state budgets from early spring to early summer.

H. Annita Zhong photo

From the Lab to the Law

In January of this year, H. Annita Zhong (ΦBK, MIT) was named one of 95 lawyers in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s list of “Minority Leaders of Influence.”

Blaine Greteman photo

The Social Media of the Renaissance: Books

ΦBK author Blaine Greteman discusses his forthcoming book and his journey to becoming a member at Oklahoma State University.

Leo Damrosch photo

Lessons in Fellowship from the Age of Enlightenment

Historian Leo Damrosch (ΦBK, Yale University) discusses his book, The Club: Johnson, Boswell and the Friends Who Shaped an Age, shortlisted for the Christian Gauss Award.