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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 …
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 …
This event originated in College of Arts and Sciences.
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.
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 …
This event originated in College of Arts and Sciences.
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
This event originated in College of Arts and Sciences.
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.
Reading - Fiction/poetry

Poetry with Ángel García

INDIFFERENT CITIES

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Starts at 5:30 pm
Location: Andrews Hall Room: Bailey Library, room 229 Target Audiences:
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 …
Lecture

Humanities on the Edge presents: Johannes von Moltke

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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Abbott Auditorium Target Audiences:
Lecture by Johannes von Moltke (University of Michigan) as part of the Humanities on the Edge speaker series.