Join us for a conversation followed by an audience Q&A with Sequoia Nagamatsu, author of How High We Go in the Dark. The conversation will focus on themes associated with worldbuilding from both writerly craft and societal perspectives as it pertains to identity, the environment, and generational memory.

Join us on Dec. 11 for an evening of music, archival exploration, and learning about the life of Werner Simon, who documented his life and escape from Nazi Germany in the 1930s. The evening will feature a small exhibit of archival materials from the Werner Simon papers in the Upper Midwest Jewish Archives, a presentation on Simon’s life by UMN student Ryken Farr, and a brief musical performance on Werner Simon’s Guadagnini violin housed with the School of Music.

Join the Charles Babbage Institute and CBI Archives on Friday, Nov. 14 for a presentation by Lisa Messeri, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Yale University, about her new book, In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles.

Join the Center for Premodern Studies on Friday, Oct. 24 for a lecture by printmaker Rebecca Gilbert. A light lunch will be served at this event. Participants are encouraged to RSVP for this event to help plan the catering needs.

Join us for an Archives and Special Collections pop-up exhibit for Banned Books Week. See books, maps, newspapers, and other materials that have been restricted, censored, challenged, and banned across the last 500 years!