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Phenomenology and the Arts Today

University of Rhode Island, Swan Hall 60 Upper College Road , Kingston, RI

A day long mini-conference featuring NEH Chairman, William Adams, two international speakers, and twelve additional regional and URI speakers and artists. The day will end with a roundtable discussion on "The Humanities and Arts Today and Tomorrow." Schedule and additional info: https://events.uri.edu/event/phenomenology_and_the_arts_today

Free

Margo Jefferson at Ocean State Summer Writing Conference

University of Rhode Island, Swan Hall 60 Upper College Road , Kingston, RI

Pulitzer Prize winner, Margo Jefferson, will give a talk called What is the 21st Century Essay, as a part of a yearlong series in partnership with the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities to commemorate the centennial of the Pulitzers. Jefferson is a cultural critic and the author of two books, On Michael Jackson and Negroland: A Memoir, for which she received the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography.

Free