The Heyman Center for the Humanities, a.k.a. the academic building oddly juxtaposed with the hedonistic wasteland of East Campus, hosts a great series of lectures throughout the year on subjects from a broad array of humanities fields. So whether you’re into Reconstruction or reification, you just might find something that suits your fancy. The Center’s schedule of events for the rest of the semester follows below. All events are open to the public and no registration is necessary.

image via the Heyman Center

TERRY EAGLETON
“The New Atheism and the War on Terror”
Wednesday, 10 November, 6:15pm
1501 International Affairs Building
Co-sponsored by the Institute of Religion, Culture, and Public Life

The Lionel Trilling Seminar:
TERRY CASTLE; Respondents: SHARON MARCUS & EDWARD MENDELSON
“Rococophilia: War, Beauty, and the Eighteenth Century in British Culture, 1919-1933”
Thursday, 11 November, 6:15pm
Davis Auditorium, the Schapiro Center

CHARLES TAYLOR
“Language and Expression”
Tuesday, 16 November, 6:15pm
Common Room, Heyman Center for the Humanities
Co-sponsored by the Center for Democracy, Toleration, & Religion and the Institute for Religion, Culture, & Public Life

JILL LEPORE
“Tea Leaves: The Right, before and after the Election”
Monday, 29 November, 6:15pm
Davis Auditorium, the Schapiro Center

SUKETU MEHTA, RICHARD SENNETT, & MICHAEL TAUSSIG
“Storytelling and the City”
Tuesday, 30 November, 6:15pm
Common Room, Heyman Center for the Humanities

GREIL MARCUS & CHRISTOPHER RICKS
“The Never-Ending Bob Dylan”
Friday, 3 December, 6:15pm
Davis Auditorium, the Schapiro Center

RICHARD HOWARD, RACHEL HADAS, & JANE SHORE
“Elizabeth Bishop’s ‘Geography III'”
Monday, 6 December 6:15pm
Common Room, Heyman Center for the Humanities