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WRITERS SPEAKERS AND IDEAS
Fall 2017
For more information: [email protected] • 281-312-1744
“Value and Video Games: The Good in the Pursuit of the Bad”
Gwen Bradford
Friday, September 8, 12:15-1:30pm, MUS 101
“Wait Till You See Me Dance”Deb Olin Unferth
Monday, October 9, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion”
“The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Politics in San Francisco”Cary Cardova
Friday, December 1, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality”Walter Benn Michaels
Thursday, October 19, 6:30pm, MUS 101
Jay HeinrichsThursday, September 28, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“American Umpire”Elizabeth Cobbs
Wednesday, November 1, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“The Violinist’s Thumb And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code”
Sam KeanTuesday, November 14, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“Deeper Space: Behavioral Risks on Mars and Asteroid Missions”
Dr. Kelley Slack
Thursday, September 21, 12:30-1:30pm, CLA 114
“The Pimping of Prostitution: Abolishing the Sex Work Myth”Julie Bindel
Tuesday, November 7, 12:30-1:30pm, MUS 101
WRITERS SPEAKERS AND IDEAS
Fall 2017
For more information: [email protected] • 281-312-1744
“Value and Video Games: The Good in the Pursuit of the Bad”
Gwen Bradford
Friday, September 8, 12:15-1:30pm, MUS 101
“Wait Till You See Me Dance”Deb Olin Unferth
Monday, October 9, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion”
“The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Politics in San Francisco”Cary Cardova
Friday, December 1, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality”Walter Benn Michaels
Thursday, October 19, 6:30pm, MUS 101
Jay HeinrichsThursday, September 28, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“American Umpire”Elizabeth Cobbs
Wednesday, November 1, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“The Violinist’s Thumb And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code”
Sam KeanTuesday, November 14, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“Deeper Space: Behavioral Risks on Mars and Asteroid Missions”
Dr. Kelley Slack
Thursday, September 21, 12:30-1:30pm, CLA 114
“The Pimping of Prostitution: Abolishing the Sex Work Myth”Julie Bindel
Tuesday, November 7, 12:30-1:30pm, MUS 101
Spring 2019
“The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality” Walter Benn Michaels
TBA (Feb/March), 6:30pm, MUS 101
“The Violinist’s Thumb And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code” Sam Kean
TBA (Feb), TBA, MUS 101
“Ayn Rand’s Image of the Virtuous Egoist?” Tara Smith, University of Texas
Monday, April 1, TBA, TBA
WRITERS SPEAKERS AND IDEAS
Fall 2017
For more information: [email protected] • 281-312-1744
“Value and Video Games: The Good in the Pursuit of the Bad”
Gwen Bradford
Friday, September 8, 12:15-1:30pm, MUS 101
“Wait Till You See Me Dance”Deb Olin Unferth
Monday, October 9, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion”
“The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Politics in San Francisco”Cary Cardova
Friday, December 1, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality”Walter Benn Michaels
Thursday, October 19, 6:30pm, MUS 101
Jay HeinrichsThursday, September 28, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“American Umpire”Elizabeth Cobbs
Wednesday, November 1, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“The Violinist’s Thumb And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code”
Sam KeanTuesday, November 14, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“Deeper Space: Behavioral Risks on Mars and Asteroid Missions”
Dr. Kelley Slack
Thursday, September 21, 12:30-1:30pm, CLA 114
“The Pimping of Prostitution: Abolishing the Sex Work Myth”Julie Bindel
Tuesday, November 7, 12:30-1:30pm, MUS 101
WRITERS SPEAKERS AND IDEAS
Fall 2017
For more information: [email protected] • 281-312-1744
“Value and Video Games: The Good in the Pursuit of the Bad”
Gwen Bradford
Friday, September 8, 12:15-1:30pm, MUS 101
“Wait Till You See Me Dance”Deb Olin Unferth
Monday, October 9, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion”
“The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Politics in San Francisco”Cary Cardova
Friday, December 1, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality”Walter Benn Michaels
Thursday, October 19, 6:30pm, MUS 101
Jay HeinrichsThursday, September 28, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“American Umpire”Elizabeth Cobbs
Wednesday, November 1, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“The Violinist’s Thumb And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code”
Sam KeanTuesday, November 14, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“Deeper Space: Behavioral Risks on Mars and Asteroid Missions”
Dr. Kelley Slack
Thursday, September 21, 12:30-1:30pm, CLA 114
“The Pimping of Prostitution: Abolishing the Sex Work Myth”Julie Bindel
Tuesday, November 7, 12:30-1:30pm, MUS 101
Spring 2019
“The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality” Walter Benn Michaels
TBA (Feb/March), 6:30pm, MUS 101
“The Violinist’s Thumb And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code” Sam Kean
TBA (Feb), TBA, MUS 101
“Ayn Rand’s Image of the Virtuous Egoist?” Tara Smith, University of Texas
Monday, April 1, TBA, TBA
Spring 2019
“The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality” Walter Benn Michaels
Thursday, April 25, 6:30pm, SCC
“A Taste for the Beautiful: The Evolution of Attraction” Dr. Michael Ryan, University of Texas - Austin
Friday, March 1, 12:30pm, MUS 101
“From Inkling to Ink: Story Creation” James R. Hannibal, Simon & Schuster
Thursday, February 7, 12:30pm, SCC
“Branch Rickey Reflects on Baseball and Jackie Robinson” Dr. John “Chuck” Chalberg, Ph.D.
Thursday, January 31, 6:30pm, TBA
“Spoons and Thumbs: Funny, Spooky, Poignant, and Completely True Science Stories” Sam Kean
Thursday, February 21, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“Social Justice and the Rise of the Religious Left” Lillian Calles Barger, Ph.D.
Thursday, March 21, 6:30pm, SCC
“On the Variation within Animal Species...By Means of Natural Selection” (5th Annual Darwin Day) Rich Meisel, Ph.D., University of Houston
Tuesday, February 12, 12:30pm, MUS 101
“Refusing to Forget: La Matanza and Public Memory” John Morán González, Ph.D., University of Texas - Austin
Tuesday, February 12, 6:30pm, MUS 101
“Ayn Rand’s Image of the Virtuous Egoist” Tara Smith, University of Texas
Monday, April 1, 6:00pm, MUS 101