CAROUSEL INSTRUCTIONS - Hi katie!! Here are some instructions to edit this carousel. For visual instructions if needed, copy and paste this link in a new tab: https://thc.utah.edu/_resources/images/events/carousel/image-instructions.jpg.

TO DELETE A SLIDE:

1.) Right-click on the section you'd like to delete.
2.) When the table menu appears, hover over "Row" and click "Delete row".

TO ADD A SLIDE:

1.) Right-click on the last section in the current carousel table.
2.) When the table menu appears, hover over "Row" and click "Copy row".
3.) Once copied, right cick in the same section and click "Paste row after".

TO EDIT AND NEW SLIDE TEXT AND IMAGE:

1.) Once you have your copied slide, edit text in the editor.
2.) Square images work best. Upload your carousel image in the /_resources/images/events/carousel/ folder and publish.
3.) To replace the image, click on it in your new slide, choose your uploaded image, and for "Width" enter 200. Save.

4.) Change button link in editor using the chainlink icon.

Upcoming Events

September 7, 2022 | Author Meets Readers Session with Thi Nguyen

University of Utah Philosophy professor and author of, "Games: Agency as Art."

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September 22, 2022 | Tanner Talk with Azar Nafisi

Azar Nafisi is best known as the author of the national bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, a compassionate and often harrowing portrait of the Islamic revolution in Iran and how it affected one university professor and her students.

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October 6, 2022 | Author Meets Readers Session with Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She is serving her second term as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States.

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November 17, 2022 | Tanner Lecture on Human Values with Heather McGhee

Author of, "The Sum of Us" - Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a common root problem: racism.

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March 2, 2023 | Author Meets Readers Session with Britt Wray

Author of, "Generation Dread" - Britt Wray is an author and leading researcher at the intersection of mental health and climate change.

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April 4, 2023 | Tanner Talk with Kyle Whyte

Kyle Whyte is a philosopher and scholar whose work focuses on the problems and possibilities Indigenous peoples face regarding climate change, environmental justice, and food sovereignty.

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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

Public Outreach

Community engagement opportunities that highlight how the humanities inform issues of public interest and inspire personal growth.

Academic Research

Supporting faculty, graduate student, and undergraduate student research and knowledge in the humanities is central to our mission.

Educational Enrichment

Learn more about our educational outreach programs: Gateway to Learning Educator Workshops and Professors Off Campus.

Center News & Events

Tanner Talk with Nnedi Okorafor

The Tanner Humanities Center was proud to host author Nnedi Okorafor in a virtual conversation with Director Erika George and Assistant Professor of English Andrew Shephard. The discussion focused on her writing, which she describes as "Africanfuturism" and "Africanjujuism," as well as her newest novel, NOOR.
Shoshana Zuboff Delivers Tanner Lecture on Artificial Intelligence and Human Values

The Tanner Humanities Center was proud to host Shoshana Zuboff, author of, "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism," for the Obert C. Tanner Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Human Values, a special series of the Tanner Lectures program.
Banned Books Week 2021

Tanner Humanities Center staff share their favorite quotes and excerpts from historically banned books to celebrate Banned Books Week 2021.