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Arts & Events January 13, 2026 - 2:39 pm

Upcoming Watkins Museum exhibition to celebrate 5 decades of KU’s Hall Center for the Humanities

by Lawrence Times

An upcoming exhibition at the Watkins Museum will look at 50 years of growth and impact at the Hall Center for the Humanities, a research center at KU.

Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events April 13, 2024 - 12:16 pm

Stories for All Festival in Lawrence aims to amplify voices of marginalized people

by Lawrence Times

An upcoming three-day festival in Lawrence will highlight storytelling projects dedicated to gathering marginalized and suppressed histories, interconnecting them and amplifying them through digital media.

Dan Oetting
Education February 29, 2024 - 9:32 am

Giselle Anatol named director of KU’s Hall Center for the Humanities

by Lawrence Times

Giselle Anatol, professor of English at KU, has been named the director of the Hall Center for the Humanities, effective next week.

Arts & Events October 20, 2023 - 11:17 am

‘Haunting Humanities’ event to imitate spooky science fair

by Lawrence Times

Community members are invited to get spooked by history, literature, language and culture during an upcoming humanities festival in downtown Lawrence.

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Lawrence Life December 6, 2021 - 10:20 pm

Clint Smith explains ‘critical race theory boogeyman’ in Lawrence talk

by Mackenzie Clark

Vocal opponents of critical race theory aim to perpetuate the myth of meritocracy and the single story of American exceptionalism, author Clint Smith told the crowd at Liberty Hall Monday night.

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Arts & Events December 3, 2021 - 3:44 pm

Clint Smith, author of ‘How the Word is Passed,’ to speak in Lawrence Monday

by Lawrence Times

Clint Smith — poet, journalist and author of “How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America” — will speak at Liberty Hall Monday evening.

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