Corey Robin: Clarence Thomas’s Radical Race Politics

Elvehjem Building, Room L150, 800 University Avenue
@ 5:00 pm

Clarence Thomas’s Radical Race Politics and the Future of the Supreme Court This Humanities Without Boundaries event is presented in partnership with Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Visiting Scholar Program and the event is co-sponsored with …

Humanities Without Boundaries: Cho Nam-joo

Madison Central Public Library, 201 W. Mifflin Street
@ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Moderated by Professor Eunsil Oh, Department of Sociology, UW-Madison. Presented in partnership with Wisconsin Book Festival. In this engaging Humanities Without Boundaries conversation, author Cho Nam-joo will talk about her recent and upcoming works as well …

Film Screening: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

The Marquee Cinema at Wisconsin Union, 1308 W. Dayton Street #245
@ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Please join the UW-Madison Center for the Humanities for a free film screening of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 Directed by Kim Do-young (South Korea, 2019). Based on the bestselling novel by Cho Nam-joo, this powerful …

Humanities Without Boundaries: Meghan O’Gieblyn

Elvehjem Building, Room L140, 800 University Avenue
@ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Automated Thought: The Life of the Mind in the Age of AI What’s the point of thinking? This is not an idle question but a dilemma we face constantly in daily life — and one …

Humanities Without Boundaries: Musa al-Gharbi

Elvehjem Building, Room L150, 800 University Avenue
@ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite Musa al-Gharbi is a sociologist and assistant professor in the School of Communication and Journalism at Stony Brook University. His research primarily focuses on the …

Humanities Without Boundaries: Elisabeth Anker

Elvehjem Building, Room L140, 800 University Avenue
@ 5:30 pm

Make Sovereignty Great Again: American Feelings in a Global Age Across the U.S., citizens have begun exercising individual sovereignty in surprising ways. Internet influencers promote “life hacking” to optimize their life spans, while tech “bros” …

CANCELLED: Humanities Without Boundaries: Helen Morales

Elvehjem Building, Room L140, 800 University Avenue
@ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

NOTE: This event has been cancelled. Professor Helen Morales is unable to travel to Madison and this lecture has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule this for a future date and we will share an …

Humanities Without Boundaries: Valeria Luiselli

Madison Central Public Library, 201 W. Mifflin Street
@ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Moderated by Paola Hernandez, Mellon-Morgridge Professor of Spanish, UW-Madison. Presented in partnership with Wisconsin Book Festival. In this engaging Humanities Without Boundaries conversation, Lost Children Archive author Valeria Luiselli will talk about her latest novel …

Humanities Without Boundaries: Pete Souza

Marquee Cinema at Union South, 1308 W. Dayton Street
@ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Pete Souza, Former White House Photographer Public Images of the U.S. Presidency Presented by the UW-Madison Department of Communication Arts. In conversation with Cara Finnegan, Theon Hill, and Allison Prasch. Please join us to engage …

A Conversation with Jenny Slate

Shannon Hall at Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street
@ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Jenny Slate’s career is impressive and inspiring, from stand-up comedy, music videos, and podcasts to award-winning film, television, and writing. Her national bestselling novel Little Weirds was named by Vanity Fair as one of its 31 Great Quarantine Reads. …