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  • April 2017

  • Thu 6

    Author + Talk: Alan Gómez

    April 6, 2017 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    Join Dr. Alan Eladio Gómez, Borderlands Scholar/Associate Professor with the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University for a presentation and discussion. More information coming soon. 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. - Small group discussion (Limited to 12 RSVPs) 6:45 - 8:30 p.m. - Presentation and Q&A RSVP through eventbrite at https://authortalkalangomez.eventbrite.com.

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  • May 2017

  • Tue 16

    Author + Talk: Jerry Garcia – Phoenix

    May 16, 2017 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    Author + Talk : Looking Like the Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and U.S. Hegemony, 1897-1945 with Jerry Garcia Tuesday, May 16th 5:30-6:30 p.m. (small group discussion) 6:45-8:30 p.m. (Presentation, Q&A) Arizona Humanities - 1242 N. Central Ave. - Phoenix, AZ 85004 If you are interested in purchasing Dr. Garcia's book visit UA Press […]

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  • June 2017

  • Thu 8

    Author + Talk: Jana Rivers Norton

    June 8, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Thursday, June 8, 2017 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Presentation and Q&A Free event! Light refreshments included. Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Ave - Phoenix, AZ 85004 Explore the life of renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist Edith Wharton. Dr. Rivers-Norton will discuss excerpts from “Edith Wharton: When Words First Spoke,” the fourth chapter of her latest […]

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  • October 2017

  • Tue 24

    Author + Talk: Nómada Temporal with Luis Ávila – Phoenix

    October 24, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Nómada Temporal se desarrolla en siete países y más de 25 ciudades. Después de que su casa fuera robada por segunda ocasión, Luis decidió poner todo en un almacén y viajar un par de meses. Nunca pensó que el viaje se extendería por más de un año, conociendo gente fascinante, procesando el dolor de una […]

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  • October 2018

  • Wed 3

    The Big Thirst: Will Arizona Run Out of Water? – Phoenix

    October 3, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Not If We Learn from the Past... Whiskey’s for drinking, and water’s for fighting. The old quip about the West seems truer than ever today, as growth and climate change threaten  our water supplies. The Colorado River is dwindling, rural wells are going dry, and rivers could vanish. But history shows that Arizonans can solve […]

    Free
  • February 2020

  • Fri 28

    Our History is the Future with Nick Estes

    February 28, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Northern Arizona University Liberal Arts Room 120 700 S. Humphreys, Bldg 18, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

    Join us as we delve into the latest chapter in the centuries-long struggle for Indigenous liberation. In this lecture, Nick Estes will discuss his latest work Our History is the Future. In 2016, a small protest encampment at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, initially established to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, […]

  • October 2024

  • Sun 27

    A Haunting Book Club Meeting & Celebration

    October 27, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

    Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Arizona Humanities and the 9th anniversary of the Reading is Medicine Book Club with us! Join us for a thrilling discussion of Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology. Enjoy readings by two featured authors, Darcie Little Badger and Amber Blaeser-Wardzala from the book and immerse yourself in […]

    FREE
  • September 2025

  • Thu 25

    TomorrowTalks: TJ Klune, Author (Virtual)

    September 25, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

    Arizona State University welcomes New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune as a guest in its TomorrowTalks series. Klune will discuss his novel "The Bones Beneath My Skin" in an online event on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025 at 6 p.m. Arizona / MST (6 p.m. PDT / 7 p.m. MDT / 8 p.m. CDT / 9 p.m. EDT). […]

  • October 2025

  • Tue 28

    TomorrowTalks with Melanie Mitchell: “Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans”

    October 28, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Zoom

    In partnership with Arizona Humanities, Arizona State University welcomes the award-winning author and leading computer scientist Melanie Mitchell as a guest in its TomorrowTalks series. Mitchell will discuss her new preface situated "Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans" in an online event on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 at 12 p.m. Arizona / MST (12 p.m. PDT / 1 p.m. MDT […]

  • November 2025

  • Wed 5

    Indigenous Author’s Panel

    November 5, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

    This 1.5 hour virtual panel celebrates Indigenous storytelling and perspectives that inspire and empower. It will include a discussion on perspectives of the value of storytelling for learning, literacy, and language development with Native American students. The panel will be moderated by Amber McCrary and features award-winning authors Laurel Goodluck, K.A. Cobell, and Cynthia Leitich […]

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