University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Jan. 31-Feb. 6

THE YEAR OF THE HUMANITIES IN THE UNIVERSITY
“In Praise of Idleness? The Work of the Humanities,” Helen Small, professor, Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, 5 p.m. Feb. 1, Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Humanities Center and Department of English, www.humanities.pitt.edu

“The Humanities: Can you afford to leave college without them?” panel discussion featuring CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, 7 p.m. Feb. 2, Ballroom A, University Club, 123 University Pl., Oakland, University Honors College and Humanities Center, www.humanities.pitt.edu

“The Anatomy of Melancholy and the Anxiety of Persuasion,” colloquium featuring Susan Wells, Temple University, with responses by Jennifer Waldron, University of Pittsburgh, and Peggy Knapp, Carnegie Mellon University, 12:30 p.m. Feb. 4, Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning, www.humanities.pitt.edu 

“‘I Thought I Heard’: The Origins of Jazz and the Ends of Jazz Writing,” Brent Hayes Edwards, professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, 3 p.m. Feb. 5, 501 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Departments of English and of Music, Humanities Center, and Cultural Studies Program, www.humanities.pitt.edu

“In Search of the Clitoris: Writing and the Body in Our Bodies, Ourselves,” Susan Wells, professor, Department of English, Temple University, 3-4:30 p.m. Feb. 5, Lower Lounge, William Pitt Union, Pitt Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program, www.gsws.pitt.edu

BRIEFING
“Global Challenges and U.S. National Security Strategy: Global Engagement and Leadership,” featuring senior officers from the United States Army War College, 12:45-2:50 p.m. Feb. 3, 3911 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, Pitt Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and the University Center for International Studies, https://pwac.wildapricot.org

EXHIBITION
Studio Arts Summer 2015 Creative Research Exhibition, artwork by five studio arts majors, through Feb. 5, University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland, Pitt Department of Studio Arts, www.studioarts.pitt.edu

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