From October 15-20, ASU will be hosting The College’s Humanities Week with over 20 in-person and virtual events.
Events are open to students, faculty, staff and community members. Enjoy free food, swag, and speakers. The current event schedule is listed below, but updates can be viewed on the Humanities Week website.
Sunday, Oct. 15
‘Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion’ Book Launch by Pulitzer Prize Winner Mitchell S. Jackson in Conversation with Marc J. Spears
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. | Phoenix Art Museum
Join us for the release of Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion by Mitchell S. Jackson. This sumptuous, colorful book celebrates NBA fashion and the decades of cultural and political phenomena that bring it into being.
The author will be in conversation with renowned veteran NBA reporter Marc J. Spears.
Monday, Oct. 16
TikTok and Tarot: Imagining Ethical Futures for Social Media
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
The Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics invites students and faculty to play, experiment, and discover using our Humane Tech Oracle Deck to explore our relationships with “the algorithm;” a mystifying black box we interact with every time we use our smart technology or engage in social media.
We will also be sharing about our newest research project, Understanding Algorithmic Folk Theories: Tracing Community-Based Knowledge on TikTok, which was recently awarded a grant by the NEH Dangers and Opportunities of Technology program.
Humanities Week SILC Café: German
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | Durham Hall Lobby
The School of International Letters and Cultures invites anyone who is searching for a place to come and get to know people from across the world or surround themselves with languages from around the globe.
SILC Café will be every day during Humanities Week with a different language department hosting each one — and a Sun Devil Rewards secret word each day!
Arming Students for Good: Youth Activism to Prevent Violence
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. | Walton Center for Planetary Health (Room 107 and Atrium)
Join the Humanities Lab at Arizona State University for a late afternoon event designed to elevate youth voices in collective efforts to prevent violence.
Hear from public figures, scientists and students about what we know about school shootings. Participate in interactive activities designed to demonstrate the urgent need for innovative solutions.
Tuesday, Oct. 17
Open Mic hosted by Hayden’s Ferry Review and Thousand Languages Project
12 p.m. to 1 p.m. | Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing or Online
Come share your creative work at this open mic event hosted by Hayden’s Ferry Review and the Thousand Languages Project.
We welcome poets, short story writers, and song writers/musicians and a microphone will be provided. Participants may share up to 3 minutes. Walk-ins may still sign up to participate.
ASU Worldbuilding Initiative Distinguished Lecture with Connor Alexander
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The ASU Worldbuilding Initiative invites you to join us during Humanities Week to welcome our Fall 2023 Worldbuilding Distinguished Lecturer, Connor Alexander, lead designer of the award-winning tabletop roleplaying game Coyote & Crow.
In this interactive lecture and workshop, Connor Alexander will first introduce the world of Coyote & Crow, a sci-fi and fantasy tabletop role playing game set in a First Nations alternate future where colonization never happened, detailing the inventive and collaborative work that went into the game’s design and launch.
Afterward, he will lead participants in a character creation workshop where students and other audience members can make their own Coyote & Crow characters to take home with them, working in collaboration with Connor Alexander, the Akinana Circle live play team, and other members of the audience.
Humanities Week SILC Café: Japanese
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | Durham Hall Lobby
The School of International Letters and Cultures invites anyone who is searching for a place to come and get to know people from across the world or surround themselves with languages from around the globe.
SILC Café will be every day during Humanities Week with a different language department hosting each one — and a Sun Devil Rewards secret word each day!
An Evening with Eddie Glaude Jr.
7 p.m. to 8 p.m. | Armstrong Hall (Room 101)
Eddie Glaude is a passionate educator, author and political commentator. He has authored a number of books on Black communities, the difficulties of race in the United States and the challenges we face as a democracy. He has also written award-winning books on religion and philosophy.
He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University and a contributor on programs like Morning Joe and Deadline Whitehouse with Nicolle Wallace. He also regularly appears on Meet the Press on Sundays and is a columnist for TIME Magazine.
Wednesday, Oct. 18
Film and Media Studies Humanities Week Open House
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Ross-Blakley Hall (Room 117)
Film and Media Studies in the Department of English at ASU invites all to our Fall 2023 Humanities Week Open House.
We’ll showcase work from FMS students and faculty, talk about upcoming courses, and provide opportunities for students and potential students to speak with FMS faculty and staff.
Hear Our Voices: Why We Need Historians to Write Children’s Books in the Wake of a Banned Books Movement
2 p.m. to 5 p.m. | Hayden Library (Room 236)
Join the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies and the ASU Libraries for visiting historian Radhika Natarajan’s discussion of her first children’s book, Hear Our Voices: A Powerful Retelling of the British Empire in 20 Stories.
Students will have the opportunity to create book ban and censorship awareness buttons via the library MakerSpace, as well as explore the Censorship Collection, a new curated collection of books and media that focuses on debates over censorship and free-speech.
Shakespeare at 400: Scenes From and Discussion of ‘The Book of Will’ by Lauren Gunderson
5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. | Old Main, Carson Ballroom or Online
In the case of “The Book of Will” by Lauren Gunderson, historical fiction illuminates historical fact. Discover how history was made with the publishing of Shakespeare’s Complete Works. Arizona State University presents scenes from “The Book of Will” by Lauren Gunderson, a modern, comedic look at how the Bard’s plays became the First Folio.
Historian Helen Cam has said: “Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human beings.”
Thursday, Oct. 19
Public History Student Poster Show
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Coor Hall Room 4403
The School for Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies invites you to engage one-on-one with our current students and recent graduates who have been making an impact in public history research!
Students will showcase their projects by creating and presenting poster-sized visual representation of their findings, including the social and cultural significance of their work. The posters will be evaluated by a committee of faculty who will award fellowships to the winning students.
ASU Book Group: ‘The Circle That Fits’ by Kevin Lichty
12 p.m. to 1 p.m. | Piper Writers House or Zoom
The book group is open to all in the ASU community and meets monthly from noon–1 p.m. with two different options for attendance: either in-person at the Piper Writers House or virtually on Zoom. Registration is required for online attendance. In-person attendees are invited to join the author for lunch after at the University Club, no-host.
Humanities Week SILC Café: Arabic
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | Durham Hall Lobby
The School of International Letters and Cultures invites anyone who is searching for a place to come and get to know people from across the world or surround themselves with languages from around the globe.
SILC Café will be every day during Humanities Week with a different language department hosting each one — and a Sun Devil Rewards secret word each day!
Mining the Deep: Speculative Fictions and Futures
Please join us for the 2023 Environmental Humanities Initiative Distinguished Lecture by Elizabeth DeLoughrey, Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles: “Mining the Deep: Speculative Fictions and Futures.”
The lecture examines the oceanic turn in the humanities, particularly what Gaston Bachelard once termed the “depth imagination.”
Social Cohesion Dialogue 2023 – Public Dialogue
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. | Marston Exploration Theater or Online
Jonathan Daniel Wells, author of “The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War” and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, author of “Children of the Land” will be in conversation with communities in and beyond ASU.
Join us as we reflect on vulnerability, borders, resistance, history, love, advocacy and justice.
Friday, Oct. 20
So, what are you going to do with that?
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Armstrong Hall (Room L1-30) or Online
“So, what are you going to do with that?” English majors, history majors, language majors and more have heard the question a million times. The truth is that you can do a lot with a humanities degree.
Join a panel of alumni from the humanities division at The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to hear their stories of where their humanities degrees took them and how their studies have positively influenced their careers.
Humanities Week SILC Café: Spanish
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | Durham Hall Lobby
The School of International Letters and Cultures invites anyone who is searching for a place to come and get to know people from across the world or surround themselves with languages from around the globe.
SILC Café will be every day during Humanities Week with a different language department hosting each one — and a Sun Devil Rewards secret word each day!
