Upcoming Events
Work-in-Progress Talks
Starting 01/25/24
Noon | CTIHB Jewel Box
Min Jin Lee
In Conversation with David Roh
Save the Date 03/19/24
7:00 p.m. | Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Dear England
National Theatre Live
Save the Date 04/13/24
Noon | Broadway Centre Cinemas
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Author of Braiding Sweetgrasss
& Kyle Whyte
Environmental justice & Indigenous justice
Save the Date 04/17/24
7:00 p.m. | Moot Courtroom
The Motive and the Cue
National Theatre Live
Save the Date 05/11/24
Noon | Broadway Centre Cinemas
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Tanner Humanities Center Mission
The Tanner Humanities Center advances humanities exploration and engagement through public outreach, academic research and educational enrichment. The activities reflect a vision of the humanities as not only relevant, stimulating, and cutting-edge, but also essential for developing critical thinking, tolerance, and respect on campus and in the community. Learn More About Us
Center News
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Danielle Endres Discusses Indigenous Resistance to Nuclear Waste
The Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah hosted a talk with Danielle Endres, professor of communication and director of the U’s Environmental Humanities program. Endres discussed her new book Nuclear Decolonization: Indigenous Resistance to High-Level Nuclear Waste Siting, which details the activism of the Western Shoshone, Southern Paiute and Goshute people against establishing nuclear waste repositories on Indigenous land.
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Author of “Pachinko,” Min Jin Lee, Speaks at the University of Utah
The University of Utah’s Tanner Humanities Center will host Min Jin Lee, author of “Free Food for Millionaires” and editor of “The Best American Short Stories 2023,” as part of the Author Meets Readers series at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Tuesday, March 19, at 7 p.m. Lee will be in conversation with David Roh, professor of English at the U. A book signing hosted by The King’s English will follow with Lee’s novels available for purchase.
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Danielle Endres "Nuclear Decolonization: Indigenous Resistance to High-Level Nuclear Waste Siting."
The Tanner Humanities Center will host Danielle Endres, professor of communication and director of the University of Utah's Environmental Humanities program, to discuss her new book, "Nuclear Decolonization: Indigenous Resistance to High-Level Nuclear Waste Siting." As part of the Author Meets Readers series, Endres will discuss her new book with Logan Gomez, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, at The Obert C. & Grace A. Tanner Humanities Center Jewel Box on Feb. 21, 2024, at 1 p.m.
Events
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Mar 19
Tuesday
7pm - 8pmMin Jin Lee in Conversation with David Roh| Tanner Humanities Center
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Mar 19
Tuesday
Tanner: Min Jin Lee
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Mar 28
Thursday
12pm - 1pm“We’re just people. We’re not these crazy guys with guns: Rhetorical Narratives and Officer Identity Performance" | Nicole Clawson
Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB)
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Apr 04
Thursday
12pm - 1pm"Desert Time" | C.J. Alvarez
Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB)
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Apr 09
Tuesday
12pm - 1pm"From Resistance to Interconnectivity: Enacting the Rhetoric of Yin" | Hua Zhu
Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB)
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Apr 17
Wednesday
7pm - 8pmRobin Wall Kimmerer & Kyle Whyte | Tanner Humanities Center