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48th Annual Honors Last Lecture, featuring Dr. Colin Flint

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The University Honors Program presents the 48th Annual Honors Last Lecture, featuring Dr. Colin Flint, Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Honors students nominated and interviewed faculty, selecting Dr. Flint as the 2023 Honors Outstanding Professor. His talk, titled “Dare to Build Global Peace,” will challenge audience members to consider the relationship between national security and the geopolitics of global peace. The livestream for a statewide audience and the recording of the event after its completion can be accessed from the University Honors Program website.

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
05
Oct

Arrington Mormon History Lecture: Music & The Unspoken Truth

Lecture/Readings

Join award-winning writer and historian Jared Farmer for a performative lecture including the soundtrack with live organ. Farmer's version of the Arrington Mormon History Lecture will be an homage to the "Music & the Spoken Word" radio show, and a meditation on the relationship between landscape, religion, and sound.

About the Speaker:
Jared Farmer is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and a former Andrew Carnegie Fellow. He is the author of four books, including On Zion's Mount: Mormons, Indians, and the American Landscape (2008), winner of the Francis Parkman Prize, and Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees (2022). Farmer's hometown is Provo, Utah and his alma mater is Utah State University.

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
18
Oct

Negotiating Waiting in Britain: Indian Travelling Ayahs at the Heart of the Empire

Lecture/Readings

Dr. Arunima Datta (University of North Texas) will present a Tanner Talk on her new book, Waiting on Empire: A History of Indian Travelling Ayahs in Britain. Dr. Datta is an award-winning scholar of British Empire and Asian (South and Southeast Asian) history. In her research and teaching, she constantly explores the everyday experiences of labor migrants within the context of the British Empire.

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Old Main |
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