Tanner Humanities Center

September 29, 2021 @ 7pm

Author Meets Readers with Anthony Doerr

The King's English Bookshop and the Tanner Humanities Center proudly present an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr. He will be in conversation with bookselling legend, Betsy Burton. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

Your $40 ticket includes one copy of Cloud Cuckoo Land.

Lectures and Conversations

Teacher Workshops

National Theatre Live

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Technology & AI Virtual Book Club - I , Robot

With Andrew Shephard

English faculty members Andrew Shephard and Jeremy Rosen who will run a bi-semester virtual book club on artificial intelligence, starting with I, Robot by Isaac Isamov and discussion led by Prof. Shephard.

When: October 29, 2020
Time: 7:00pm MDT
Location: Virtual

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION

Technology & AI Virtual Book Club - I , Robot

With Andrew Shephard

English faculty members Andrew Shephard and Jeremy Rosen who will run a bi-semester virtual book club on artificial intelligence, starting with I, Robot by Isaac Isamov and discussion led by Prof. Shephard.

When: October 29, 2020
Time: 7:00pm MDT
Location: Virtual

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION

Technology & AI Virtual Book Club - I , Robot

With Andrew Shephard

English faculty members Andrew Shephard and Jeremy Rosen who will run a bi-semester virtual book club on artificial intelligence, starting with I, Robot by Isaac Isamov and discussion led by Prof. Shephard.

When: October 29, 2020
Time: 7:00pm MDT
Location: Virtual

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION

RESEARCH

Fellowships

Work-in-Progress Presentations

Tanner Topics

Mission

The Tanner Humanities Center advances humanities exploration and engagement through academic research, educational enrichment, and public outreach. 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.

MORE ABOUT US

Gateway to Learning Workshops at the Tanner Humanities Center

Established in 1990, our Gateway to Learning Educator Workshops offer K-12 Utah teachers rigorous, affordable professional development opportunities and continuing education courses at the University of Utah. Under the direction of nationally recognized University of Utah faculty members, teachers attend week-long summer workshops to explore current scholarship on academic subjects, new pedagogical methods, curriculum development, and innovative classroom technologies.
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.