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2018 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival

Continuum: Past, Present, Future

February 24 - March 4

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Core Conversations

Saturday, March 3

Rick Sebak: That’s Pittsburgh!
Should they Stay or Should They Go?: The Monuments Controversy
X Men Grand Design: Ed Piskor
Lou Reed: A Life – Anthony DeCurtis
A Requiem for Rice: A Tribute to Those Enslaved, Exploited, and Brutalized
The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist
Public Open Call

Saturday, March 4

Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity – Steve Silberman
Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus
The Magic of Storytelling: Jonathan Auxier
The Reactionary Mind: The Book that Predicted Trump
Meet the Fettermans
The Books You Are Missing: The Importance of Literary Translation
Ethics and AI Systems

Featured Events

Featured Events occur at the Byham Theater and the August Wilson Center. Featured events include NPR’s Guy Raz, National Geographic Live, We Are the XX and more! Discounted student pricing is also available.