Upcoming Events
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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“Because I Love My People”: Author Meets Reader with Min Jin Lee
On March 19, as part of the Tanner Humanities Center’s Author Meets Reader series, Min Jin Lee stepped into the Utah Museum of Fine Arts’s Dumke Auditorium for a conversation with Professor David S. Roh.
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Robin Wall Kimmerer and Kyle Whyte in Conversation
The University of Utah’s Tanner Humanities Center will host Whyte, a professor of environment and sustainability and George Willis Pack Professor at University of Michigan, in conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants,” on Wednesday, April 17 at 7 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom of the S.J. Quinney College of Law.
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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.
Events
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Apr 20
Saturday
4pm - 5pmStudent Q&A with ESPN Reporter, Holly Rowe
Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO)
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Apr 20
Saturday
6pm - 8pmWorking with Joy and Passion: Keys to a Successful Career with Holly Rowe
Red Butte Garden Orangerie - Hemingway (ORANGE)
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Apr 24
Wednesday
10am - 12pmHumanities Research Poster Fair
Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO)
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May 08
Wednesday
6pm - 7pmArtist Talk: The Transcontinental Railroad and the Chinese Immigrant Experience
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May 11
Saturday
12pm - 2pmNational Theatre Live- The Motive and the Cue