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Object Lessons with Eileen G'Sell and Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy
October 5, 2026
7:00 pm
Humanities Commons, Bachelor Hall 1031
Andrew Ryvkin
Pop-Propaganda: How the Kremlin Markets Its War Like Disney and Coca-Cola
October 6, 2026
4:30 pm
Bachelor Hall Great Room 1042
Denise McCoskey
Faculty Lunch Forum: How Scholars Engage with Popular Culture
October 7, 2026
12:00 pm
Humanities Commons Room, Bachelor Hall 1031
Stephanie Dray
Stephanie Dray "A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams"
October 8, 2026
2:00 pm
Parrish Auditorium, Miami Hamilton
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2026-2027
august 2026
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september 2026
16
Experiments in Documentary: Two Films by Chick Strand
22
The Attention Revolution: Deliberation, Sanctuary, and the Liberal Arts
22
Coffee and Conversation with D. Graham Burnett
22
Humanities Institute Fall Reception
24
The Politics of Grievance: A Nietzschean Analysis
25
Bachelor Hall Grand Opening Celebration
30
Ukraine and Karazin University in Wartime: A View from Within
october 2026
5
Object Lessons with Eileen G'Sell and Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy
6
Pop-Propaganda: How the Kremlin Markets Its War Like Disney and Coca-Cola
7
Faculty Lunch Forum: How Scholars Engage with Popular Culture
8
Stephanie Dray "A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams"
15
Attention Sanctuary
16
Attention Lab
16
Attention Lab 2
16
Attention Sanctuaries: Facilitator Training
16
Love, Politics, and Peoples: A Critique of 'Love Talk' in Politics
20
Catherine Allgor "A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation"
21
Fall Ghost Stories
26
Humanities Engagement Social
28
We are the Bicentennial: Democracy and Diversity in the 1970s
29
How to Be Human in an Age of Digital Distraction
november 2026
9
The 2026 Edward A. Puff and Edith Kottmyer Puff Memorial Lecture in the Study of Christianity
11
Diplomacy During the Russo-Ukrainian War: A Conversation
12
A Political Economy of Attention in Three Registers
december 2026
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January 2027
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february 2027
10
The Listening Body: A Sonic Journey through Medicine
11
Reclaiming Attention: An Immersive Audio Experience
11
The World According to Sound: Ways of Knowing “Age of Distraction”
12
Colloquium co-sponsored by Department of Philosophy and Altman Institute for the Humanities
march 2027
4
Technologies of Attention
11
Le Plaisir du Texting
11
Linda Singer Memorial Lecture
April 2027
8
Metrics, Algorithms, and the Technologies of Attention
22
2026-2027 Altman Symposium: Attention in the Age of Distraction
22
Attention and Surveillance
23
2026-2027 Altman Symposium: Attention in the Age of Distraction
23
Who Gets to be 'Screen Free'? Exploring the Disconnection Divide in Education
may 2027
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