Upcoming Events

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.

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 …

UNL PhD candidate Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto reads from his new poetry collection, THE NAMING. The book explores the movements, excesses, and extremes of existing as a postmodern individual, connecting these experiences to ancestry. The poems in this …

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In honor of the 250th anniversary of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Professor David M. Rabban, the Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail, and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin …

Roque Raquel Salas Rivera reads from his new book, “Algaraba: The Song of Cenex, Natural Son of the Isle Alarabyya,” an epic poem that follows the journey of Cenex, a trans being who retrospectively narrates his life while navigating the stories told …

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.

Ángel García (UNL creative writing alum) will read from his new collection of poetry, INDIFFERENT CITIES, which is the inaugual winner of the Helena Whitehill Book Award from Tupelo Press. From the judge’s citation (by Jane Wong): “To read …

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