Calendar

Upcoming Events

The events calendar lists all upcoming Humanities Institute programs, including events open to the public and those pertaining to specific campus or community constituencies. Each calendar entry that is a PUBLIC EVENT or a CO-SPONSORED EVENT is tagged as such in capital letters.

Fall 2008

Sept. 22 Free (Thinking) Lunch: Mark Lawrence, Department of Government, presents "Rewriting the History of the Vietnam War," noon-1:30 p.m., The Clay Pit.

Oct. 1 Research Associate and Community Sabbatical programs reception, 5:30-7 p.m., The Clay Pit

Oct. 7 Daniel Ellsberg, activist and author of The Pentagon Papers and Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers, presents “Secrecy and Presidential Wars: Lessons of ’68,” 7:30 p.m., Jessen Auditorium. (CO-SPONSORED PUBLIC EVENT) Note: This event is free and open to the public, but TICKETS ARE REQUIRED. Tickets will be distributed starting October 1, 2008, at the Intellectual Property Bookstore (24th and Guadalupe, with parking available) on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the capacity of Jessen Auditorium is reached, wait-list tickets will be issued. Wait-list ticket-holders will be seated after 7:15.

Oct. 10-12 1968: A Global Perspective (CO-SPONSORED PUBLIC EVENT)

Oct. 15 Teachers as Scholars Seminar Dr. John M. González, Department of English Rethinking Texas History: Myth and Counternarrative, Part I

Oct. 15 Free (Thinking) Lunch: Daron Shaw, Department of Government, presents “Fact and Myths About American Voters,” noon-1:30 p.m., The Clay Pit.

Oct. 29 Paul and Mary Ho China Studies Lecture (PUBLIC EVENT) Dr. Andrew Nathan, Columbia University “China’s Challenge to Human Rights: Repression at Home and ‘Peaceful Rising’ Abroad” 7:30 p.m., Avaya Auditorium, ACE 2.302

Nov 5 Teachers as Scholars Seminar Dr. John M. González, Department of English Rethinking Texas History: Myth and Counternarrative, Part II

Nov. 19 Free (Thinking) Lunch: Samuel Gosling, Department of Psychology, presents “A Room With a Cue: Personality Impressions Based on Bedrooms, Offices, Web Pages, Music Collections, and Facebook Profiles,” noon-1:30, The Clay Pit.

For more information about any of these events, please contact the Institute at (512) 471-2654 or information@humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu.

"The exhibit puts a face on the builders of our infrastructure—so underprotected, so humble and honorable. Thank you for 'recording' their experiences." —Johnston High School student Juan Carillo on the travelling exhibition, "Building Austin's Community: Immigrant Lives" (March-April, 2006)