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Jan

31

Workshop

Manuscript Workshop

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The first HC manuscript workshop will take place at 1:30 pm on January 31, 2025 and feature Emily Pope-Obeda's first book manuscript, "National Expulsions in a Transnational World: The Global Dimensions of American Deportation Practice in the Interwar Era." Torrie Hester from…

Dec

11

Social

Nano Human(ities) Interfaces: Winter Mixer and Tour

Location:
NHI Visualization Lab, HST Building
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Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to a happy hour and tour of the Nano Human Interface Research Labs! Food and drink will be provided in the kitchen outside of the visualization lab, located in the basement of the HST building as soon as you exit elevator 1…

Oct

24

Lecture

The Planetary Turn in Historical Thinking with Dipesh Chakrabarty

Location:
Linderman Library, Room 200
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Dipesh Chakrabarty teaches History and South Asian Studies at the University of Chicago. His publications include Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference (2000; 2008), The Climate of History in a Planetary Age (2021) and One Planet, Many Worlds …

Sep

12

Apr

9

Class

Complicating Queerness in the Middle East with Madian al-Jazerah

Location:
Humanities Center
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Presented by Lehigh University Global Studies, the Center for Global Isalmic Studies, the Pride Center, and the Humanities Center, Madian al-Jazerah, activist, entrepeneur, and author of Are You This? Or Are You This? will be joinging us for a dinner conversation around…

Apr

4

Lecture

The Future of Work in the Age of AI with Ken Liu

Location:
HST 3rd Floor
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What will work be like in the future? Should we celebrate that robots will make our lives better or worry about AI taking our jobs? What can we do to prepare? Author and futurist Ken Liu will discuss these topics and more! Come with an open mind and plenty of questions!