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Author Talk with Dr. Alex Kor

Mandel JCC Stonehill Auditorium 26001 S Woodland Rd, Beachwood, Ohio

The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Dr. Alex Kor to discuss his memoir, A Blessing, Not a Burden. By all accounts, Dr. Alex Kor’s life has been a miracle. The son of two Holocaust survivors who narrowly escaped death, Kor grew up in Indiana – a state with Midwestern charm and an ignominious history ... Read More

Free

Two Hillbillies and a Queered Conversation

University of Akron Sociology Department 302 Buchtel Mall, Akron, Ohio

Come visit the Miami Township Branch of the Dayton Public Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with LuSter Singelton and Julia Applegate!

Author Talk with Robin Judd

Mandel JCC Stonehill Auditorium 26001 S Woodland Rd, Beachwood, Ohio

The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Robin Judd to discuss her book, Between Two Worlds. Historian Robin Judd, whose grandmother survived the Holocaust and married an American soldier after liberation, introduces us to the Jewish women who lived through genocide and went on to wed American, Canadian and British military personnel after the war. ... Read More

$10 – $12

Author Talk with R. Derek Black

Suburban Temple Kol Ami 22401 Chagrin Blvd, Cleveland, Ohio

The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join R. Derek Black to discuss their memoir, The Klansman's Son. The Klansman’s Son is an astonishing memoir of a childhood built on fear and of breaking from a community of hate. Derek Black was raised to take over the white nationalist movement in the United States. Their father, ... Read More

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Jefferson’s America: Divided but ONE | Family Program for Young Audiences

Cleveland History Center 10835 East Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio

Thomas Jefferson makes his debut in Cleveland, OH to discuss his life’s purpose as founding father, profound thinker, inquisitive innovator, and author of freedom. Northeast Ohio will learn how one man’s intellectual ambition shaped a nation in the midst of strong national division. This event is a Living History program for the general public, college students, high school students, and ... Read More

Jefferson’s America: Divided but ONE | Interview with Jefferson for Adult Audiences

Cleveland History Center 10835 East Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio

Thomas Jefferson makes his debut in Cleveland, OH to discuss his life’s purpose as founding father, profound thinker, inquisitive innovator, and author of freedom. Northeast Ohio will learn how one man’s intellectual ambition shaped a nation in the midst of strong national division. This event is a Living History program for the general public, college students, high school students, and ... Read More

Humanities Happy Hour

Ohio Humanities 541 W Rich St, Columbus, Ohio

Calling all humanists! Stop by the Ohio Humanities office at 541 W Rich St in Franklinton to enjoy a happy hour drink and network with humanities professionals from across Central Ohio on Thursday, December 5 from 4:30-6:00pm. Humanities Happy Hour is a quarterly gathering hosted by Ohio Humanities. Anyone who is passionate about the humanities is welcome to attend, including ... Read More

$5

Ohio Humanities Grants Program Informational Webinar

Virtual

Join the Ohio Humanities program staff for an overview of the grants program and what funding opportunities are available to humanities-based organizations across Ohio. Register for the event using this link!

Aldus Society Speaker Series: Roger Jerome

Thurber Center 91 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio

Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Roger Jerome! Roger Jerome will speak about Charles Dickens in Ohio. Few people know that the great novelist visited most parts of Ohio in 1842 and wrote about it. Roger has studied his travels in detail and promises original details. The Aldus Society brings ... Read More

Aldus Society Speaker Series: Alan Farmer

Thurber Center 91 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio

Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Alan Farmer! Farmer will discuss recent advances in estimating the numbers of lost books to consider how lost books might reshape our view of the early modern English book trade and the cultural history of England from the mid-16th to the mid-17th century. The ... Read More

Aldus Society Speaker Series: Rhiannon Knol

Thurber Center 91 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio

Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Rhiannon Knol! Rhiannon Knol will speak about the role wrong ideas have played in Renaissance and early modern science, focusing on the writings of Aristotle, Christopher Columbus, and Athanasius Kircher—and reactions by their readers, from Galileo and Harvey to Sor Juana de la Cruz—and ... Read More

Aldus Society Speaker Series: Kari Gunter-Seymore

Thurber Center 91 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio

Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Kari Gunter-Seymore! Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour will discuss literature derived from the 32 Ohio counties “nestled within the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.” The Aldus Society brings literary events and programming to book lovers and educational opportunities to members. Some of our ... Read More

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