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Please join the conversation tomorrow at 5:00 PM: Humanities NOW: The Humanities as a Toolkit for Citizenship We'll examine how the humanities strengthen our capacities as citizens—both within our immediate communities and in broader civic contexts. Our esteemed panelists will highlight key components of the humanities “toolkit,” such as media literacy, historical awareness, and interpretive and rhetorical skills. https://humanities.wisc.edu/event/humanities-toolkit-citizenship/ @uwmadison @uwmadisonls @uw_irh @englishuwmadison @uwhistorydept @isthmusmadison @badgerherald @dailycardinal @uwsoe @uwspanport
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1 month ago
Tomorrow at 5 PM: We'll talk about why we should embrace uncertainty and use math as a tool for helping us think about it honestly. Please join us; free and open to all: https://humanities.wisc.edu/event/focus-jordan-ellenberg/ @uw_irh @uwmadison @englishuwmadison @uwmadisonls @wisconsincs @uw_philosophy_club @uwmathdept @uwhistorydept @captimesmadison @isthmusmadison @badgerherald @wistatejournal
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2 months ago
Thursday: How #artists work with #generative #AI to seek out hallucination for a range of effects -- and how these affect our relationships to and trust in the archive. https://humanities.wisc.edu/event/c21-kris-paulsen/ Please join visiting scholar Kris Paulsen for this special lecture. Free and open to all. You can also register to join a discussion with Paulsen at 12:00 PM on Thursday. Hot Takes on Art and AI: https://humanities.wisc.edu/event/ai-art-authorship/ @uwcommarts @uwmadison @isthmusmadison @englishuwmadison @uw_irh @badgerherald @uwhistorydept @captimesmadison @uwsjmc @uw_artdept @uw_arthistory @uwtheatre @uwmadengr @uwmadisonls @wisconsincs
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2 months ago
Universities are at the center of a political storm. How do we emerge? TOMORROW: Please join us for this timely, important conversation. Free and open to all. More info: https://humanities.wisc.edu/event/humanities-now-how-can-universities-survive/ @uwmadison @uwmadisonls @englishuwmadison @uw_arthistory @uwtheatre @uwsoe @uwhistorydept @frit_uw_madison @badgerherald @dailycardinal @wistatejournal @captimesmadison @isthmusmadison
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5 months ago
TONIGHT: What is the source of morality? Professor Russ Shafer-Landau explores this question and offers us a way to vindicate the objectivity of morality. Please join us 5:30 PM for this special #focusonthehumanities talk. Free and open to all. @uw_irh @uwmadisonls #philosophy #ethics #metaethics
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6 months ago
TONIGHT! What is true solidarity? Novelist, playwright, and historian Sarah Schulman delves into the intricate and often misunderstood concept of solidarity to provide a new vision for what it means to engage in movements. This conversation is free and open to all. https://humanities.wisc.edu/event/hwb-sarah-schulman/ @uwhistorydept @uwmadisonls @uwsjmc @englishuwmadison @uwmulticultural @uw_polisci @uw_irh @roomofonesownbooks @badgerherald @dailycardinal @uwtheatre
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6 months ago
TONIGHT: How Awesome (or Not) is Social Media? https://humanities.wisc.edu/event/civics-lab-social-media/ Join us for an evening of lively discussion with two thinkers who have parallel perspectives on the social media forces that seem to control our lives today. @universitieswi @uwsjmc @englishuwmadison @uw_polisci @uwmadisonls @uwmadison @uw_irh @uwhistorydept
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6 months ago
Why do we turn to the past in order to confront the crises of the present? This talk is free and open to all. We hope to see you there! https://humanities.wisc.edu/event/hwb-michael-rothberg/ @uwmadison @uwmadisonls @englishuwmadison @uwmadisongeography @uw_polisci @uwmulticultural @uwhistorydept @uwsjmc @wistatejournal @captimesmadison @badgerherald @dailycardinal @isthmusmadison
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7 months ago
Tuesday at 7 PM, please join us for a special conversation with author Cho Nam-joo. More info: https://humanities.wisc.edu/event/hwb-cho-nam-joo/ Presented in partnership with our friends at Wisconsin Book Festival. The event is free and open to all. We hope to see you there! @uwmadison @englishuwmadison @uwceas @wibookfest @uwmadisonls @uwmadlibraries @roomofonesownbooks
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1 year ago
Tomorrow at 5 PM, please join Professor Wendy Hui Kyong Chun for a special talk: "My Mother was a KeyPunch Operator (But She Never Learned to Drive)" This Nellie Y. McKay Lecture delves into the history of keypunch operators in North America by combining personal reflection and critical theory. The event is free and open to all. We hope to see you there! More info: https://humanities.wisc.edu/event/mckay-lecture-wendy-chun/ @uw_irh @englishuwmadison @wisconsincs @uwcdis @uwsjmc @uwcommarts @uwhistorydept @uwmadisonls @uwmadlibraries
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1 year ago
Please join us for a free film screening Tuesday! More info: https://humanities.wisc.edu/event/film-screening-kim-jiyoung-born-1982/ Based on the bestselling novel by Cho Nam-joo, this powerful drama follows Jiyoung, an ordinary Korean woman in her 30s who becomes distressed by her role as a housewife after giving up her career to become a stay-at-home mom. @wudfilm @englishuwmadison @wibookfest @uwceas
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1 year ago
TONIGHT! What’s the point of thinking? Meghan O’Gieblyn, author of "God, Human, Animal, Machine", delivers a talk on Automated Thought: The Life of the Mind in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. More info: https://humanities.wisc.edu/event/hwb-meghan-o-gieblyn/ Please join us at 5:30 PM. Free and open to all. @uwmadison @wistatejournal @badgerherald @dailycardinal @isthmusmadison @englishuwmadison @uw_polisci @uwmadengr
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1 year ago