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Flashpoints: Free Speech and Political Dissent

Various Authors
To Tell the Truth Freely:The Life of Ida B. Wells
May
18
Wednesday
May 18, 2022
5:30pm - 6:30pm
American Writers Museum
180 N. Michigan Avenue 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60601
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James Spooner - "High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere." - Jill Hopkins

James Spooner
High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere.
May
18
Wednesday
May 18, 2022
8:00pm
The Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
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Claudio Benzecry - "Perfect Fit" - Harvey Molotch, Fiona Greenland and Fernando Domínguez Rubio

Claudio Benzecry
Perfect Fit: Creative Work in the Global Shoe Industry
May
19
Thursday
May 19, 2022
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Virtual
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Nomi M. Stolzenberg & David N. Myers - "American Shtetl"

Nomi M. Stolzenberg & David N. Myers
American Shtetl
May
19
Thursday
May 19, 2022
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Swift Hall, Common Room
1025 E 58th St
Chicago, IL 60637
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UnCommon Core: Inquiry & Insights with Dana Suskind, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at UChicago Medicine

Dana Suskind
Parent Nation
May
20
Friday
May 20, 2022
10:00am - 11:00am
Oriental Institute, Breasted Hall
1155 E. 58th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
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UnCommon Core: Inquiry & Insights with Adam Green - Remembering, Celebrating, and Learning from the Life of Timuel Black

Adam Green
Sacred Ground
May
20
Friday
May 20, 2022
11:30am - 12:30pm
Oriental Institute, Breasted Hall
1155 E. 58th St. 
Chicago, IL 60637
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Dr. Thomas Fisher - "The Emergency" - Isaiah Selkridge and Heather Renfro

Thomas Fisher
The Emergency
May
20
Friday
May 20, 2022
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Virtual
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UnCommon Core: Inquiry & Insights with Erika Claud, Bozhi Tian, and David Uminsky - A Confluence of Expertise: Bioelectronics, Machine Learning, and Neonatology

Erika Claud, Bozhi Tian, and David Uminsky
Developing Microbiome: Lessons from Early Life
May
20
Friday
May 20, 2022
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Oriental Institute, Breasted Hall
1155 E. 58th St. 
Chicago, IL 60637
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Night Owls: Why Do We Fight?

Christopher Blattman
Why We Fight
May
20
Friday
May 20, 2022
9:00pm - 11:59pm
Mandel Hall
1131 E. 57th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
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Big Brains Podcast Presents: What Motivation Science Can Tell Us about the New Era of Work

Ayelet Fishbach
Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation
May
21
Saturday
May 21, 2022
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Oriental Institute, Breasted Hall
1155 E 58th St
Chicago, IL 60637
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Ralph H. Hruban & Will Linder - "A Scientific Revolution"

Ralph H. Hruban & Will Linder
Scientific Revolution: Ten Men and Women Who Reinvented American Medicine
May
21
Saturday
May 21, 2022
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Harold Leonard Stuart Hall
Room 102
Chicago, IL 60637
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Words + Wine on 57th Street

Multiple Chicago Authors
Me & Mama
May
21
Saturday
May 21, 2022
4:30pm - 7:30pm
57th Street Wines
1448 E. 57th St
Chicago, IL 60637
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Lisa Dordal - "Water Lessons" - Louise LeBourgeois

Lisa Dordal
Water Lessons
May
22
Sunday
May 22, 2022
3:00pm - 4:00pm
First Unitarian Church of Chicago
5650 S Woodlawn Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
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Zachary Samalin - "The Masses Are Revolting" - Anna Kornbluh & Nasser Mufti

Zachary Samalin
The Masses Are Revolting
May
23
Monday
May 23, 2022
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
5751 S Woodlawn Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
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Robert Meister - "Justice Is an Option" - Karin Knorr Cetina & Sanjay Seth

Robert Meister
Justice Is an Option
May
24
Tuesday
May 24, 2022
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Social Science Research Building, Tea Room
1126 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
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Eric Holder - "Our Unfinished March" - Jamie Raskin

Eric Holder
Our Unfinished March
May
24
Tuesday
May 24, 2022
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Quadrangle Club
1155 E. 57th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
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Two Authors in Conversation: Kimberly Kay Hoang and Hal Weitzman

Kimberly Kay Hoang and Hal Weitzman
Spiderweb Capitalism: How Global Elites Exploit Frontier Markets
May
24
Tuesday
May 24, 2022
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
5751 S. Woodlawn ave
Chicago, IL 60637
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Henry A. Giroux - "Pedagogy of Resistance"

Henry A. Giroux
Pedagogy of Resistance: Against Manufactured Ignorance
Jun
01
Wednesday
Jun 01, 2022
10:00am - 11:00am
Virtual
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Kicking Off Summer Reading With My Very Own Library

Natalie Y. Moore and Zetta Elliott
The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation
Jun
01
Wednesday
Jun 01, 2022
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Logan Center for the Arts
915 E. 60th St
Chicago, IL 60637
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June Skinner Sawyers - "Chicago Beer: A History of Brewing, Public Drinking and the Corner Bar"

June Skinner Sawyers
Jun
20
Monday
Jun 20, 2022
7:30pm - 8:30pm
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