Evanston Northwestern Humanities Lecture Series

The Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities has teamed up with the Evanston Public Library for an ongoing lecture series of Northwestern University humanities faculty to share their research with members of the Evanston community.

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All events are held in the Community Meeting Room, Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, IL.

These events are free and open to the public.

2012 -2013 Schedule

JANICE RADWAY , Professor, School of Communication - Communication Studies

Topic: "Debating the Meaning of Girlhood in the 1990s: How Girls Talked Back and What it Means Now for their Futures”
Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 7 PM

 

THOMAS SIMPSON, Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Department of French and Italian

 

Topic: "Murder and Media in the New Rome "
Thursday, January 31, 2013, 7 PM

 

LAURA HEIN, Professor, Department of History

Topic: "World War II Remembrance in East Asia"
Thursday, November 1, 2012, 7 PM

 

 

 

 

Past Evanston Northwestern Humanities Lectures, 2007-2012