The UT Amnesty International chapter will celebrate its fourth annual Human Rights Week March 24 through 27. The week will feature speakers and movies with topics ranging from abuse in the military to food justice to medical activism. All events are free and open to the public.
Writer, lecturer and activist Daniel Ellsberg— best known for his involvement in the Pentagon Papers trial in 1971—will speak tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the University Center Auditorium. It is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Issues Committee.
The UT Amnesty International chapter will celebrate its third annual Human Rights Week March 11 through 20 with speakers on issues ranging from due process rights in foreign lands to reproduction rights to prisoners wrongly sentenced on death row. The week will kick off with a lecture by Ndiva Kofele-Kale at 7:00 p.m. on Monday,
The chronology of California’s battle for same-sex marriage will be performed at UT. A reading of 8, a play written by Dustin Lance Black, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Milk, will be staged at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 5, at the Ula Love Doughty Carousel Theatre. The one-night event is free and open to the
Author and professor Jeff Sharlet will discuss the intersection of religion and politics in America at the second annual David L. Dungan Memorial Lecture at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 28, in the Cox Auditorium of the Alumni Memorial Building. Sharlet’s lecture is titled “The Noise of Democracy: Faith, Faithlessness, and the Country In Between.”
As legislators and voters around the country grapple with whether and how to recognize same-sex relationships, Maggie Gallagher and John Corvino—two of the nation’s leading and opposing voices on this issue—will bring clarity and civility to this otherwise divisive topic during a debate at UT Knoxville on Monday, October 10. The event is free and
The man dubbed one of the most influential figures in the United States, Ralph Nader will speak on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus, at 7:30 p.m. on March 9 at the Cox Auditorium in the Alumni Memorial Building.
American linguist, philosopher, scientist and political activist Noam Chomsky will speak about his career at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, at in the Alumni Memorial Building Cox Auditorium at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The event is free and open to the public.
University of Illinois at Chicago professor John D’Emilio will visit UT Knoxville on Wednesday, Feb. 24, to speak about the life and legacy of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin. “Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin” will begin at 7 p.m. in the University Center Crest Room. The event is free and open
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark will visit UT Knoxville on Tuesday, Feb. 9, to speak on war and the media. “An Evening with Wesley Clark” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Cox Auditorium in Alumni Memorial Building. The event is free and open to the public.
Professor and author Donna Freitas, one of the country’s leading scholars of religion and youth culture, will share her views on spirituality and sexuality on college campuses at UT Knoxville on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Freitas will discuss her latest nonfiction book, “Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance and Religion on America’s College Campuses,”
Emmy Award-winning Animal Planet host Jeff Corwin visits UT Knoxville tonight to discuss what it means to be a naturalist in the 21st century. Corwin will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Cox Auditorium of the Alumni Memorial Building. Sponsored by the Central Program Council’s Issues Committee, the event is free and open to the