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HUMANITIES EVENTS

Michelle Wright

The Danger of Origins: Migration and Time in the African and Black Diasporas

February 11, 2021
5:00 pm
TBD
Fred Winter

How to Win Humanities Grants

February 18, 2021
5:00 pm
TBD
Tara Zahra

The Great Departure: Mass Migration and Freedom

March 11, 2021
5:00 pm
TBD
A. Naomi Paik

Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary: U.S. Immigration and Abolitionist Futures

March 29, 2021
5:00 pm
TBD
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The 2020-2021 Humanities Event Calendar continues to develop. As it does, this calendar will be updated regularly. Please check back often for all upcoming Humanities Events. All events are being planned with care, caution, and consideration for COVID-19.

this year's events

august 2020

19
Crucial Conversations Session 1: What is the Movement for Black Lives?
24
Siberian Exile: A Conversation with author Julija Šukys
24
Western Program: Tea and Conversation
25
MUM Book Discussion
26
Thinking about History
31
Re-Imagining Russia: 20 Years of the Havighurst Center
31
Art and Architecture Lecture: Diverse City: How Equitable Design and Development Will Shape Urban Futures
31
Western Program: Tea and Conversation
31
Black Student Stories From Abroad

september 2020

2
Crucial Conversations #2 - What Does It Mean to Be Human?
3
myaamiaki aancihsaaciki: The Miami Tribe Removal - A Journey of Healing
8
Western Program: Tea and Conversation
9
The 1619 Project and Freedom on the Move
14
Art & Architecture Lecture: Interior Urbanism
15
Western Program: Tea and Conversation
16
Crucial Conversations #3: White Supremacy and Its Centripetal Force
16
The Allure of Light: A Panel Discussion (Chasing Light Exhibition)
16
Graphic History: A discussion with Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
17
The Path to Research in the Humanities 2020
22
Western Program: Tea and Conversation
22
The Deep Read: Margaret Atwood Live
23
National Park Talks Series: Mt. Rainier
24
America's Refugee Origins: 'Pilgrim' Migration and the Making of a National Myth
28
Art and Architecture Lecture: Designing Dissenting Histories
28
Beyond Europe: Student Stories from Abroad
29
Western Program: Tea and Conversation
29
Reading: Eric Goodman
30
Crucial Conversations #4: The Challenge of Anti-Blackness

october 2020

1
Federal Force, States’ Rights, and the National Good
2
Tell the World: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
5
Art and Architecture Lecture: Building Stories
7
Monuments and History
7
Why Are We Still Fighting Over the Civil War?
10
What Would Martin Do? The Experience of Black Men in America
10
CANCELLED: The reflection of time/ O reflexo do Tempo/ El reflejo del Tiempo
12
POSTPONED: Unfinished: stories on the end of the world- Podcast Launch Event
14
Postponed: "Mothers, Tell Your Daughters"
14
Crucial Conversations #5 - Revolution, Abolition, and Radical Hope
15
Hitler’s Refugees and the Hollywood Screen
15
Postponed: Discussion with Bonnie Jo Campbell
15
Freedom in Black and White: The Making of a Photographer-Activist [Virtual]
16
Gandhi's Challenge to America: Reflections on James Lawson's Philosophy of Non-Violence
16
Mushroom Walk with Dr. Nik Money
16
CHCI Event: The Public Humanities Tomorrow
17
Black Lives Matter: The Emergence of Sports in Dialogue for Racial Equality and Inclusion
19
Art and Architecture Lecture: Walking in the Footsteps of History: Digital Documentation and Visualization of the Civil Rights Movement
19
The Role of the Media in American Democracy
21
Writing about the Past
21
Finding Opportunities in a Global Workplace
21
Beyond the Day of the Dead: Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) as a Revolutionary Artist
26
Art and Architecture Lecture: Layered Experiences: Brand and Storytelling in Design
28
The Path to Research in the Humanities 2020
28
Crucial Conversations #6 - Too Much Schooling, Too Little Education
28
The Periodic Table: Primo Levi and the Dangers of Purity
29
The Legacies of Slavery in Global Perspective

november 2020

2
Art and Architecture Lecture: Do Not Try To Remember: Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture
2
Miami University Digital Humanities Forum
4
The Scene of the Novel: Varieties of the Actual in Early Modern Prose Narratives
5
MU Digital Fringe Festival, Day 1
6
MU Digital Fringe Festival, Day 2
7
MU Digital Fringe Festival, Day 3
11
Works-in-Progress Talk: "Race Mixing"
11
Crucial Conversations #7: Love, Study, Struggle
11
Race, Politics, and Sports
12
MU Digital Fringe Festival, Day 4
13
MU Digital Fringe Festival, Day 5
14
MU Digital Fringe Festival, Day 6
18
Crucial Conversations #8 - Where Do We Go From Here?

december 2020

january 2021

4
Grant Development Information Session

february 2021

11
The Danger of Origins: Migration and Time in the African and Black Diasporas
18
How to Win Humanities Grants

march 2021

11
The Great Departure: Mass Migration and Freedom
29
Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary: U.S. Immigration and Abolitionist Futures

april 2021

15
2020-2021 Altman Symposium: Migrations - Day 1
15
From Population Exchange to Ethnic Cleansing: Lessons from the Balkans
16
2020-2021 Altman Symposium: Migrations - Day 2

may 2021

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