Upcoming Events

Join us for an evening of readings, mingling, and festivities to celebrate the launch of The Lives of Immigrants and Refugees: Tales of Migration, Hope, Grief, and Finding Home in Nebraska, a new edited collection from the University of Nebraska …

Lecture by Johannes von Moltke (University of Michigan) as part of the Humanities on the Edge speaker series.

Drawing on the results of the Nebraska Roots Migration Survey, this talk will aim to dispel negative stereotypes associated with rural Nebraskans (e.g., they are ‘left behind’ or ‘stuck’) and the hollowing out of rural areas (i.e., ‘brain drain’) by …

Laura White will be in conversation about her new book, “The Play of Belief in Nineteenth-Century Fairy Tales and Fairy Narratives.” While Victorian culture was broadly Christian, its fantasy literature for children shed the explicit piety of writers …

UNL English professor Hope Wabuke reads from her new book, BLOOD ON THE LEAVES, a searing and lyrical poetry collection that explores the intimate, haunted relationship between Blackness and the natural world. At once a site of refuge and rupture, …

Michael Lowenthal will discuss his new book, PLACE ENVY: ESSAYS IN SEARCH OF ORIENTATION, and Scott Heim will discuss the reissue of his classic novel of gay literature, MYSTERIOUS SKIN.

Roland Vegso, Professor and Department Head at the University of Georgia.

In Indigenous traditions our livelihoods as humans rely upon the livelihoods of the beings with whom we share this world. This lecture will discuss how these connections have been disrupted, resulting in social inequities and health impacts seen …

The good life is much more than the pursuit of happiness-it’s instead the pursuit of and reflection on meaning. Personal storytelling is one method for making meaning, bridging divides, building connection, and coping with life’s difficulties.

The CAS Inquire panel, featuring the five speakers from this year’s theme “The Future of the Good Life”, convenes to discuss and answer questions from the audience. Details from previous talks and Zoom registration for this event are available at the …