TV Writing Symposium
Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OKSue 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, OKJoin 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, OKJoin 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, OKJoin us for the annual Cadenhead-Settle Memorial Lecture featuring Craig Koslofsky, professor of history at the University of Illinois.
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It Isn’t Easy Being Free: the Promise and Peril of Knowledge for All
Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OKWe have more access to more information, more culture and more science than ever before in human history, much of it free. But free information hasn’t set us free. Why […]
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The Limits of Freedom: Seeking a Better Balance in America between Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity
Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OKJoin the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities for an enlightening lecture with Victor Tan Chen, an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, on the dangers of this disenchantment in modern-day […]
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Lamont Lindstrom: Recollections from Vanuatu and TU
Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OKJoin 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, OKJoin 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, OKAs 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, OKEric 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, OKPlease 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, OKJoin 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, OKJust 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, OKOklahoma 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, OKThe 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.