University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Nov. 15-21

THE YEAR OF THE HUMANITIES IN THE UNIVERSITY
“The Black Radical Tradition: Freedom, Emancipation and the Question of the Human,” Anthony Bogues, Asa Messer Professor of Humanities and Critical Theory, professor, Departments of Africana Studies and of the History of Art and Architecture, and director, Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Brown University, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 16, Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning, Global Studies Center and Humanities Center, www.humanities.pitt.edu

“Spinach and Tobacco: Making Shakespearian Unoriginals,” Peter Holland, McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies, Department of Film, Television, and Theatre, concurrent professor, Department of English, associate dean for the arts, University of Notre Dame, 4 p.m. Nov. 19, Ballroom A, University Club, 123 University Pl., Oakland, ACC Distinguished Lecturers Program, ACC Academic Consortium, www.humanities.pitt.edu

PITTSBURGH CONTEMPORARY WRITERS SERIES
Poet Ed Roberson, Pittsburgh native and author of the nationally acclaimed poetry collections Atmosphere Conditions (Green Integer, 1999) and Voices Cast Out to Talk Us In (University of Iowa Press, 1995), 8:30 p.m. Nov. 19, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt Writing Program and University Store on Fifth, https://pghwriterseries.wordpress.com

LECTURE
“And Then There Was Mass: From the Higgs to the Unknown,” Joe Incandela, Joe and Pat Yzurdiaga Chair in Experimental Science and professor, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 4:30 p.m. Nov. 17, Ballroom A, University Club, 123 University Pl., Oakland, Pitt Department of Physics and Astronomy, www.physicsandastronomy.pitt.edu

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