Past Events – Events Calendar

TV Writing Symposium

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK

Sue Tenney and Amy Palmer Robertson, the creator and head writer on the hit Netflix series Virgin River, will talk about the art and craft of writing for television as […]

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The Cold War and Queer Liberation

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK

Join us for a conversation with GerShun Avilez, associate professor of English at the University of Maryland, as he explores how the Cold War conflict between the U.S. and the […]

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Shadow Agendas, Long Reckonings: Legacies of American Foreign Policy, at Home and Abroad

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK

Join us Sept. 26 for a fascinating discussion with George Black, Anne Nelson and Elliott Woods. All three spent years as frontline journalists before turning from the heat of conflict to writing about history and policy and the invisible forces that determine which conflicts our country enters and on which side. Now, they are engaged […]

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Cadenhead-Settle Memorial Lecture in History

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK

Join us for the annual Cadenhead-Settle Memorial Lecture featuring Craig Koslofsky, professor of history at the University of Illinois.

Free

Lamont Lindstrom: Recollections from Vanuatu and TU

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK

Join the Anthropology Department in celebrating the careers of Lamont Lindstrom, Garrick Bailey and Bob Pickering, who have worked a combined total of 100 years at TU. Lamont Lindstrom will […]

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Lessons from the Cherokee Print Shop: How Printers Used Christian Pamphlets to Fight Indian Removal

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK

Join the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities for an enlightening conversation with Sonia Hazard, Ph.D., about her work on two editions of a Cherokee-language evangelical tract titled Poor Sarah. The first of these tracts originates in 1833 and was published by Cherokees in New Echota, Cherokee Nation. The second is from 1843 and was published […]

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Judy O. Berry Honorary Endowed Lecture Series: Nicki Aubuchon-Endsley

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK

As part of the Judy O. Berry Honorary Endowed Lecture Series, Nicki Aubuchon-Endsley, Ph.D., will present a lecture titled Maternal Depression: Rates, Risks, Results and Resources. This will be a hybrid presentation with both an in-person lecture at The University of Tulsa and a virtual option for those who are unable to visit campus. Register […]

Hip Hop and the 1992 LA Uprising

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK

Eric Harvey, assistant professor in the School of Communications at Grand Valley State University and freelance writer and reporter on music, media and commerce, will discuss his new book, Who […]

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The War in Ukraine: An Expert Roundtable

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK

Please join us in-person in the Tyrrell Hall Auditorium or online via Teams. Moderator Zenia Kish – Assistant Professor, Media Studies Panelists Robert Donaldson – Professor Emeritus, Political Science Martin Jirušek – Assistant Professor, International and European Studies (Masaryk University) Elana Newman – Professor, Psychology Ben Peters – Associate Professor, Media Studies Olga Randolph – […]

Ecology and Toni Morrison

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK

Join us for an exciting talk about Toni Morrison’s treatment of ecology. In this lecture, Professor Althea Tait will explore the connections between hunger, agency and ecology in the works of Morrison. She will delve into the complications and anxieties of radical hunger and the defiant survival, sustenance and beauty of the victory gardens of […]

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Evidence of a Queer Past: Recovering Willa Cather and Edith Lewis’ Creative Partnership

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK

Just what were lesbian sexuality and identity in the early twentieth century U.S., and how do orientations toward evidence inform biographical inquiry into the lives of women who loved women in the historical record? Willa Cather and Edith Lewis lived an un-closeted, if discreet, life as a couple in New York City from 1908 to […]

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Speculation: Fictions, Frenzies, Futures and Failures

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK

Oklahoma Center for the Humanities is thrilled to welcome Gayle Rogers, author of Speculation: A Cultural History from Aristotle to AI, for a discussion of his research. From religious introspection to contemplation of the future to frenzied gambling, the idea of “speculation” harbors a rich tapestry of meanings. Now, as computers and AI speculate for […]

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Lecture: Cardinal Newman’s “Idea of a Univeristy”

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK

The Department of Philosophy and Religion is pleased to present a lecture by Susan Hanssen, chair of history at the University of Dallas. Hanssen will be discussing John Henry Newman's Idea of a University in its historical context and will detail its relevance for the 21st century.