“Value and Video Games: The Good in the Pursuit of the Bad ... · “The Violinist’s Thumb And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code” Sam

WRITERS SPEAKERS AND IDEAS

Fall 2017

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“Value and Video Games: The Good in the Pursuit of the Bad”

Gwen Bradford

Friday, September 8, 12:15-1:30pm, MUS 101

“Wait Till You See Me Dance”Deb Olin Unferth

Monday, October 9, 6:30pm, MUS 101

“Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion”

“The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Politics in San Francisco”Cary Cardova

Friday, December 1, 6:30pm, MUS 101

“The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality”Walter Benn Michaels

Thursday, October 19, 6:30pm, MUS 101

Jay HeinrichsThursday, September 28, 6:30pm, MUS 101

“American Umpire”Elizabeth Cobbs

Wednesday, November 1, 6:30pm, MUS 101

“The Violinist’s Thumb And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code”

Sam KeanTuesday, November 14, 6:30pm, MUS 101

“Deeper Space: Behavioral Risks on Mars and Asteroid Missions”

Dr. Kelley Slack

Thursday, September 21, 12:30-1:30pm, CLA 114

“The Pimping of Prostitution: Abolishing the Sex Work Myth”Julie Bindel

Tuesday, November 7, 12:30-1:30pm, MUS 101


Fall 2017



Gwen Bradford















Dr. Kelley Slack




Spring 2019

“The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality” Walter Benn Michaels

TBA (Feb/March), 6:30pm, MUS 101

“The Violinist’s Thumb And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code” Sam Kean

TBA (Feb), TBA, MUS 101

“Ayn Rand’s Image of the Virtuous Egoist?” Tara Smith, University of Texas

Monday, April 1, TBA, TBA


Fall 2017



Gwen Bradford















Dr. Kelley Slack





Fall 2017



Gwen Bradford















Dr. Kelley Slack




Spring 2019

“The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality” Walter Benn Michaels

TBA (Feb/March), 6:30pm, MUS 101

“The Violinist’s Thumb And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code” Sam Kean

TBA (Feb), TBA, MUS 101

“Ayn Rand’s Image of the Virtuous Egoist?” Tara Smith, University of Texas

Monday, April 1, TBA, TBA

Fall 2019

“Creating Reality in Fiction: Balancing Fact and Imagination” Chris Cander, Author

Tuesday, November 5, 12:30pm, APA Main Stage

“Blue Texas: Looking Back to the Future” Max Krochmal, Texas Christian University

Monday, September 23, 6:30pm, SCC

“Abraham Lincoln and Citizenship” Mark E. Steiner, South Texas College of Law Houston

Tuesday, September 17, 12:30pm, CLA 112

“Curious Minds: The 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing” Gwen Bradford, Jared Miller, Thilo Schimmel, and David Shi

Friday, October 25, 8:00am-12:10pm, SCC

“Paul’s Not Dead: The 50th Anniversary of Abbey Road” Beetle

Monday, September 30, 6:30pm, MUS 118

“Sheroes, Housewife Heroines, and Beautiful Alien Monsters, Oh My! A Brief History of Women in Science Fiction” Lisa Yaszek, Georgia Institute of Technology

Thursday, October 17, 12:30pm, SCC

“Writing to Save Our Lives: Why We Need True Stories Now More Than Ever” Cameron Dezen Hammon, Author

Wednesday, November 13, 12:30pm, SCC

“Who’s Telling Your News: A Reading and Conversation with Houston’s Third Poet Laureate” Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, Poet Laureate of Houston, TX

Wednesday, November 20, 12:30pm, SCC

Documents

“Value and Video Games: The Good in the Pursuit of the Bad ... · “The Violinist’s Thumb And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code” Sam