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We have a full and exciting month of campus and community events this March — we hope you will join us! March HI and Co-Sponsored Events Priscilla W
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We have a full and exciting month of campus and community events this March — we hope you will join us! |
March HI and Co-Sponsored Events |
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Avaya Auditorium, 201 East 24th Street, Austin, TX 78712
Free and open to the public
The Texas Institute for Literary and Textual Studies and The Humanities Institute through the Holloway Centennial Lectureship are sponsoring the first lecture in our Distinguished Visiting Lecture Series this spring on the theme of "Health, Well-Being, Healing." Priscilla Wald, Professor in the Department of English at Duke University, will deliver her lecture on the HeLa cell line this Wednesday at 7PM. Dr. Wald's recent work examines how information emerging from research in the genome sciences circulates through language and narratives, and how those narratives "register and promote a particular understanding of science that is steeped in (often misleading) cultural biases and assumptions." |
Thursday, March 2, 2017
6:30 PM - 8:45 PM
APL Terrazas Branch, 1105 East Cesar Street, Austin, TX, 78702
Free and open to the public
Starving the Beast follows the ongoing power struggle between Public Universities and the role of funding—and de-funding—higher education. The film features interviews with individuals who see these establishments as “consumer-oriented organizations.” Director Steve Mims, who wrote about the making of this documentary on the HI blog Thinking in Community, will be present for the screening and for a brief discussion and Q&A following the film.
Join us for a reception at 6:30pm. The screening will begin at 7pm, to be followed by a brief conversation.
Controversy & Conversation is a collaboration between the Difficult Dialogues Program and the Austin Public Library.
Our Controversy & Conversation film screenings are held on the first Thursday of every month. All screenings are free and open to the public. |
Thursday, March 8, 2017
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Belo Center for New Media Auditorium (2.106)
300 W. Dean Keeton, Austin, TX 78712
Free and open to the public
Evan Osnos, staff writer at the New Yorker and Fellow at the Brookings Institution, will be this year's Paul and Mary Ho Distinguished Lecturer in China Studies.
For China, it is a time of transition and transformation. From the country’s thriving and evolving economy to the relationship between the Chinese government and its people to the perception of the nation around the globe, this lecture tracks China as it continues its upward trajectory as global superpower and what that means for everyone. Using his years of experience as the New Yorker’s Beijing correspondent, Evan Osnos shares his 360-degree perspective of the most talked about country in the world.
Please join us for the reception and book signing at 6 pm outside the Belo Center for New Media Auditorium.
The lecture, "Age of Ambition: Truth, Faith & Fortune in China" will follow at 7 pm in the Belo Center Auditorium. |
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Avaya Auditorium
201 East 24th Street, Austin, TX 78712
Free and open to the public
Joseph Gone is Professor of Psychology (Clinical Area) and American Culture (Native American Studies) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His lecture, "Rethinking Mental Health Services for the American Indian Communites: Postcolonial Perspectives and Possibilities," is the second in our Distinguished Visiting Lecture Series on "Health, Well-Being, Healing" this spring as part of our 2016-2018 theme of "Health, Well-Being, Healing." A citizen of the Gros Ventre tribal nation of Montana, Dr. Gone examines cultural influences on mental health through collaborative research partnerships with American Indian communities. Please join the Humanities Institute for this lecture on March 22, 2017 at 7pm in the Avaya Auditorium. |
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
7:00 PM - 9:45 PM
Austin Public Library Cepeda Branch 651 North Pleasant Valley Road
Austin, TX 78702
Free and open to the public. RSVP required.
The Humanities Institute is co-sponsoring a new public reading group on the theme of 'Democracy and Community Action,' hosted by the Austin Public Library. Our third meeting will be held on March 28 at 7PM at the Cepeda Branch of the Austin Public Library. Please join us at this meeting to read and discuss the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and how it is called upon in today's political discourse.
The reading group's resources, meeting agendas, and discussion boards can be found on our Wiki.
Due to limited seating, please RSVP. |
Friday, March 31, 2017
Bob Bullock Theatre
6:00 PM - 8:45 PM
Join the Bullock Museum for a screening and conversation about Enough Said as part of the Femme Film Fridays series, a film series highlighting the cinematic works of women, both behind and in front of the camera. The series is co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute. In Enough Said, a divorcée with romantic intentions decides to pursue a man, then learns he's her new friend's ex-husband.
Included with your ticket is a 6:00pm welcoming reception with a cash bar. Lady Parts Improv will be performing and Mantis Massage will providing short massages during the reception.
Film screening will take place from 7:00pm-8:40pm.
A Q&A will follow the screening with Jill Chamberlain, a screenwriting expert who developed "The Nutshell Technique," and Dawn Johnson. Entrance for this screening will be at the IMAX Lobby doors.
Ticket prices are $3 for Bullock Museum members and university students with a valid ID and $5 for non-members. |
By Lauren Schudde, Assistant Professor in the Program of Higher Education Leadership at UT Austin
"But does higher education only offer private returns? Or does society—the public—stand to gain something from an individual attaining more education? This question is at the heart of the constant battle over state budgets across the country. Educational allocations have been among the first on the chopping block in the name of fiscal conservatism. The narrative that pursuing a college degree is the best way to advance one’s career bolsters support for the usefulness of higher education, but also undermines the understanding that public higher education serves the greater good."
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By Wendy Fernandez, Undergraduate Intern at the Humanities Institute
"Each semester, the Humanities Institute hosts a Public Forum as part of our Difficult Dialogues program, designed to foster dialogue-based learning on campus. On February 13th in the Texas Union, HI hosted a panel discussion with Creativity for Peace, a non-profit organization that trains young Palestinian and Israeli women to be peacemakers in their communities. The organization hosts a three-week summer camp in Santa Fe, NM that teaches these young women how to dialogue across cultural and sociopolitical lines for the purpose of fostering peace."
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For more information on the Humanities Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, or to contact us, please visit us at humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu. |
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