All day, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
A concert, lecture, and educational series commemorating Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951). 2:30 pm Nikolai Medtner and Russian Neoclassicism Location: McClintock Choral and Recital Room Tickets:...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
FREE tickets (limited availability)! Honeymoon—also known by its Spanish title, Luna de Miel… Lotra de Sal—is a signature work from Teatro...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Daniel Mendelsohn will discuss his recently published new translation of THE ODYSSEY (University of Chicago Press 2025). This talk is a...
All day, sponsored by French and Italian
Artificial intelligence arrives with an older companion, the history of signs, authority, interpretation, and delegated intelligence. Today’s systems write with...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series
Speaker Daniel Shanahan, Northwestern University Title Charles Seeger's Tin Can: Machine Transcription and the Limits of Musical Measurement Abstract The extraction of data from musical...
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series
Speakers TBD Title Expertise, Trust and Democracy: An STS Perspective on Contemporary Politics Abstract TBD Biographies TBD
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Free and public welcome! Location to be announced. This conversation is part of the Kaplan Humanities Institute's new initiative HumAIn: Being...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series
Speaker Justin Mann, Northwestern University Title Getting Lost in the Dark: Speculations on Black Insecurity Abstract Professor Mann traces the relationship between the aesthetics of...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series
Speaker Christopher Kelty, University of California Los Angeles Title The Internet We Could Have Had Abstract TBD Biography Christopher M. Kelty is a professor at the University...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Annie Tucker and Laksmi Pamuntjak - Translation in Theory and Practice Annie Tucker is winner of the 2025-2026 Humanities in Translation...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series
Speaker Tara Nummedal, Brown University Title TBD Abstract TBD Biography Tara Nummedal joined the History Department in 2002, after completing her undergraduate and graduate degrees in California....
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series
Speaker Laura Martin, Williams College Title Herbicides and the Politics of Plant Life Abstract The chemical 2,4-D kills broadleaved plants while leaving grasses alive. This...
4:30 AM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series
Speaker Stevie Ruiz - California State University Northridge Title Stewards of the Land: Race and Reclaiming Environmental Labor in the American West Abstract The history...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series
Speaker Danielle Wong Title Asian/American Biomedia: Circadian Rhythms, Pores, and Other Racial Know-How Abstract In 1958, American dermatologist Aaron Lerner isolated melatonin, the pineal hormone...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Rita Kothari - Translation in Theory and Practice Rita Kothari is Professor of English and Co-Director, Ashoka Center for Translation, Ashoka...
