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Conversation

Brad Bigelow discusses ‘Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts’

On the subject of Virginia Faulkner, Forgotten Books, and Publishing Reprints

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Starts at 3:00 pm
Location: Andrews Hall Room: Bailey Library, Andrews 229 Target Audiences:
As part of UNL English’s Creative Writing series, Colophon: Conversations on Publishing, Brad Bigelow will discuss his new biography “Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts” (Bison Books), the story of the eccentric bestselling author (novels …
This event originated in English.
Lecture

CAS Inquire

Other Futures: Poetic Uncertainty in the Age of the Algorithm

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5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room/202
Virtual Location: zoom
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Luis Othoniel Rosa (Spanish/Modern Languages and Literatures) will explore how poetic language disrupts the logic of technological determinism and opens pathways to alternative futures beyond ecological, economic, and political catastrophe. Drawing …
Lecture

Humanities on the Edge presents: Alex Brostoff

Paradoxes of Visibility, Transcreations of Opacity

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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium Target Audiences:
Alex Brostoff, assistant professor of English and women’s and gender studies at Georgetown University presents the third of four Humanities on the Edge lectures.
This event originated in English.
Conference/Symposium

2026 Health Equity Conference

Minority Health Disparities Initiative

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8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center Target Audiences:
The 2026 Health Equity Conference will be held on Friday, February 20, 2026, at the Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. Attendees can look forward to a variety of health equity speakers, workshops, networking …
Lecture

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Holy Agnosticism

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5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room/202
Virtual Location: zoom
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Stephen Lahey will explore the rich tradition of Western Mysticism, which embraces uncertainty and the absence of definitive knowledge about God as a legitimate and profound spiritual path. Rather than a weakness, agnosticism and doubt are presented …
Lecture

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Panel Discussion

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5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room/202
Virtual Location: zoom
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TBD
Lecture

Phi Beta Kappa 250th Celebration Lecture

The Meaning of Academic Freedom as a First Amendment Right of Universities

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5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room/202 Target Audiences:
Founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most respected honorary society in the United States with chapters at 293 of the foremost institutions of higher education across the …
Colloquium

Pi Mu Epsilon Lecture: Noah Giransiracusa, Bentley University

Exploring Patterns in Nature and Technology

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4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
Location: Avery Hall Room: 115
I’ll take the audience on a tour of some fun geometric patterns that occur in nature that have helped shape some of our major scientific and technological breakthroughs across the centuries.
This event originated in Math.
Lecture

Humanities on the Edge presents: Roque Raquel Salas Rivera

Anguila Translations and Slippery Gender Practices

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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium Target Audiences:
Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, assistant professor of comparative literature at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez presents the last of four Humanities on the Edge lectures.
This event originated in English.
Conference/Symposium

Annual Digital Humanities Symposium Day 1

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12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room/202 Target Audiences:
The upcoming Digital Humanities Symposium will focus on the theme of Holocaust education through digital humanities tools. Sponsored in 2026 by the Harris Center for Judaic Studies, this annual event builds on a tradition established in 2006 by the …
This event originated in Judaic Studies.