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#FreeTalk! On May 3 from 2-2:30pm Eastern, I'll be giving a #free online talk on #TheLastMan by #MaryShelley. This talk previews my month-long "Meet The Last Man" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity, which is scheduled for June 2025. This is part of the SPACE Showcase day of programming.

Everyone is invited!

Teaser: youtu.be/tzV-5T-td38?si=19zzTm

Info on the May 3 talk: blackberry.signumuniversity.or

#Free #OnlineEvent: The Greatness of #SylviaPlath

Sarah Ruden joins #LibraryOfAmerica LIVE for a conversation inspired by her book I Am the Arrow: The Life & Art of Sylvia Plath in Six Poems, published this month by Library of America, with Pulitzer-winning poet Diane Seuss and pre-eminent Plath scholars Heather Clark and Amanda Golden. #Poetry #Literature #Plath #Books #Bookstodon

eventbrite.com/e/the-greatness

EventbriteThe Greatness of Sylvia PlathWith Sarah Ruden, Diane Seuss, Heather Clark, and Amanda Golden

Free #OnlineEvent from #LibraryOfAmerica: What is #Totalitarianism? Understanding #HannahArendt Now

Registration is required, but there is no fee.

In her masterpiece, The Origins of Totalitarianism, Arendt linked the horrors of Nazism and Stalinism, seeing them as twin manifestations of a terrifying new political system that sought absolute control over all aspects of life. How does this book, which probed the psychology and pathology of the twentieth century, take on new relevance in today’s political landscape?
#FreeEvent #Resist

eventbrite.com/e/what-is-total

EventbriteWhat Is Totalitarianism? Understanding Hannah Arendt NowWith David Bromwich, Seyla Benhabib, Roger Berkowitz, and Thomas Wild

#CallForPapers for #OnlineConference:

#History and #Nostalgia: The #1950s in #PopularCulture

The 1950s was the decade where the world began to recover from the tragedy of the Second World War. This conference aims to explore both the popular culture of the 1950s, and how the 1950s have been depicted in the popular culture of other eras. #PopCRN #OnlineEvent #Academics #CFP #PopularCultureResearchNetwork

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/