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Sep

26

Workshop

Writing Beyond the Academy: Securing an Agent and a Commercial Book Deal

Location:
Chandler Ulmann 212
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Are you interested in publishing a trade book? Not all academics have a desire to do this kind of work. However, for those who do want to engage with the “public sphere”, there is often confusion about where to begin, and a lack of resources to help with the process. Join John…

Sep

18

May

5

Class

Archaeology Exhibition!

Location:
Humanities Center, 224 West Packer Avenue
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Students in Dr. Allison Mickel's class will curate an archaeology exhibition of their findings from the dig in the HC backyard and host a reception at the Humanities Center. See how they unearthed past lives in the backyard of the South Bethlehem building that now houses the…

Apr

26

Conference

Humanities AI Workshop and Conference

Location:
Lewis Lab 270
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Using LLMs in the machine translation of pre-modern Buddhist texts. AI-generated poetry. Deepfake maps.  Leading scholars from around the country working on the intersections of the humanities and technology will convene at Lehigh next April. We aim to identify shared…

Apr

25

Conference

Humanities AI Workshop and Conference

Location:
Lewis Lab 270
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Using LLMs in the machine translation of pre-modern Buddhist texts. AI-generated poetry. Deepfake maps.  Leading scholars from around the country working on the intersections of the humanities and technology will convene at Lehigh next April. We aim to identify shared…

Apr

24

Apr

17

Lecture

Confronting Race, Gender & Ability Bias in Tech with Meredith Broussard

Location:
Neville 001
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What if racism, sexism, and ableism aren't just glitches in mostly functional machinery—what if they're coded into our technological systems? In this talk, data scientist and journalist Meredith Broussard explores why neutrality in tech is a myth and how algorithms can be held…

Feb

13

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