Humanities Institute
Building Community in an Age of Increasing Anxiety and Polarization
John A. Powell writes and speaks extensively on a number of issues related to racial justice, poverty, opportunity-based housing, voting rights, racial and ethnic identity, spirituality and social justice, and […]
Read MoreA Conversation about Syrian Refugees with Lina Sergie Attar
Lina Sergie Attar is the co-founder and CEO of Karam Foundation. She is a Syrian-American architect and writer from Aleppo. She co-developed Karam’s Innovative Education initiatives: the creative therapy and […]
Read MoreRepresenting and Defending Political Activists in U.S. Courts in the Age of Terrorism
Michael Deutsch will discuss the emergence of Federal and State “terrorism” laws, including sentencing enhancements, special court secrecy and security procedures and the use of Grand Jury inquisitions which target […]
Read MoreOwning Up to American Torture
Within days of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, some officials in the Bush administration began contemplating the notion that captured suspects might need to be tortured in order to collect “actionable […]
Read MoreReporting Conflict in the Arab World
Steve Negus, independent journalist and former Baghdad correspondent will lead a student-only workshop. This workshop is open to all 7C students. Sponsored by The Humanities Institute and Dean of Students.
Read MoreAnticipatory States and the Planetary Perils
Professor of Anthropology and of the Social Sciences at University of Chicago, Joseph Masco will be presenting a lecture on Anticipatory States and Planetary Perils. This program is presented by […]
Read MoreThe Global War on Terror from the Standpoint of its Victims
Vijay Prashad is the George and Martha Kellner Chair of South Asian History and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College. He is the author, most recently, of The Death […]
Read MoreNative American Resistance and Interventions
This event brings together a panel of notable scholars and leaders from Indian country such as Roberta Cordero, Leo Killsback, Charlotte Cote and Arnold Thomas to address various angles of […]
Read MoreTO ALL RELATIONS: Movement Workshop with Nobuko Miyamoto
Nobuko Miyamoto creates a safe and sacred space for an experiential process using, movement, music and playful theater games. In this microcosmic circle, individual creativity opens and group energy emerges. […]
Read MoreThe Invisible Genocide of Native Americans in the 21st Century
Tara Houska is Ojibwe from Couchiching First Nation. She is a tribal rights attorney in Washington, D.C., the National Campaigns Director for Honor the Earth, and an advisor to the […]
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