Past Events – Events Calendar

Publishing workshop with Kevin Dettmar

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

Join us for a moderated lecture and conversation about writing and publishing in mainstream venues. Kevin Dettmar from Pomona College will be in conversation with Ted Genoways (Pacific Standard Magazine, OneEarth Magazine and Virginia Quarterly Review). Kevin Dettmar splits his research and teaching between British & Irish modernism, especially James Joyce and contemporary popular music. […]

Free
Recurring

First Friday Art Crawl

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

Join us for art, music, food and drinks – all with free admission! The First Friday Art Crawl takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. each month in the Tulsa Arts District. Check out TU's current art exhibition, catch some live music and soak up the ambiance of downtown's busiest night of the month.

Free

Pandemic Politics and the Viral Underclass

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

Join the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities in welcoming Steven Thrasher, Ph.D., author of award-winning book The Viral Underclass. Using the HIV/AIDs, COVID-19 and monkeypox epidemics, Thrasher will explain how […]

Free

Work of Sovereignty Symposium

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

Oklahoma Center for the Humanities is partnering with TU’s College of Law to create a three-day symposium that brings together questions about law, identity, history, citizenship and migration. This three-day […]

Free

Freedom Machine or Debt Trap: The Dilemmas of Driving

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

Automobiles have always been promoted and sold as the great American “freedom machines.” But for too many of us, they have become vehicles of unfreedom. Drawing on interviews with formerly […]

Free

Reproductive Rights Symposium

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

“Reproductive Rights and Freedom” will foster public conversation on urgent questions concerning individual rights and bodily autonomy with broad implications for gender equality, community well being, privacy, healthcare, tribal sovereignty […]

Free
Recurring

First Friday Art Crawl

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

Join us for art, music, food and drinks – all with free admission! The First Friday Art Crawl takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. each month in the Tulsa Arts District. Check out TU's current art exhibition, catch some live music and soak up the ambiance of downtown's busiest night of the month.

Free

Work of Sovereignty Exhibition

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

Explore the history and future of tribal nationhood before and after the supreme court ruling on tribal jurisdiction (McGirt v. Oklahoma, 2020). Work of Sovereignty features historical photographs and art […]

Free

Human Freedom in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

In the 21st century, machines are learning to write essays, diagnose disease, create visual art and even write new computer code. As our lives are increasingly guided by artificial intelligence, […]

Free

All-Black Towns of Oklahoma Symposium

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

In the early 1900s, there were as many as 50 all-black towns in Oklahoma. Over the course of the century, the number and sizes of these towns shrank drastically. Only 13 of the original 50 exist today. Now, the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities is bringing together state and town leaders to discuss possible futures […]

Free
Recurring

First Friday Art Crawl

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

Join us for art, music, food and drinks – all with free admission! The First Friday Art Crawl takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. each month in the Tulsa Arts District. Check out TU's current art exhibition, catch some live music and soak up the ambiance of downtown's busiest night of the month.

Free

Recurring

First Friday Art Crawl

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

Join us for art, music, food and drinks – all with free admission! The First Friday Art Crawl takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. each month in the Tulsa […]

Free

Recurring

First Friday Art Crawl

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

Join us for art, music, food and drinks – all with free admission! The First Friday Art Crawl takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. each month in the Tulsa […]

Free

Recurring

First Friday Art Crawl

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

Join us for art, music, food and drinks – all with free admission! The First Friday Art Crawl takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. each month in the Tulsa Arts District. Check out TU's current art exhibition, catch some live music and soak up the ambiance of downtown's busiest night of the month.

Free

Recurring

First Friday Art Crawl

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

Join us for art, music, food and drinks – all with free admission! The First Friday Art Crawl takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. each month in the Tulsa Arts District. Check out TU's current art exhibition, catch some live music and soak up the ambiance of downtown's busiest night of the month.

Free