{"id":49621,"date":"2024-06-02T08:12:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T15:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/?page_id=49621"},"modified":"2025-09-23T10:50:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:50:26","slug":"current-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/programs\/speakers-bureau\/current-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;60px||70px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text 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                           <option\n                        value=\"art-and-music\"\n                                            >\n                        Art and Music                    <\/option>;\n                                    <option\n                        value=\"literature\"\n                                            >\n                        Literature                    <\/option>;\n                                    <option\n                        value=\"society\"\n                                            >\n                        Society                    <\/option>;\n                                    <option\n                        value=\"history\"\n                                            >\n                        History                    <\/option>;\n                                    <option\n                        value=\"culture\"\n                                            >\n                        Culture                    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                                       <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/muhammad-ahmad\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Muhammad-Ahmad-1.png\" alt=\"Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/muhammad-ahmad\/\">\n                                    Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/muhammad-ahmad\/\">\n                                    When Your Grandpa Is a Bot: AI, Death, and Digital Doppelgangers                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/avery-dame-griff\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/avery_damegriff_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"old computers and pixel heart graphic\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/avery-dame-griff\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Avery-Dame-Griff-1.png\" alt=\"Avery Dame-Griff\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/avery-dame-griff\/\">\n                                    Avery Dame-Griff                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/avery-dame-griff\/\">\n                                    Love and Modems: The Early Internet and LGBT Communities                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"topic topic-art-and-music\">\n                            <h2>Art and Music<\/h2>\n                        <div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/deepti-agrawal-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/deepti_agrawal_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"kids making a mural\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/deepti-agrawal-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Deepti-Agrawal-1.png\" alt=\"Deepti Agrawal\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/deepti-agrawal-2\/\">\n                                    Deepti Agrawal                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/deepti-agrawal-2\/\">\n                                    Madhubani Painting: Ancient Art, Modern Freedom                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/peter-blecha\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/peter_blecha_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"old picture of musicians\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/peter-blecha\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pete-Blecha-1.png\" alt=\"Peter Blecha\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/peter-blecha\/\">\n                                    Peter Blecha                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/peter-blecha\/\">\n                                    Stomp and Shout: The Untold Story of Northwest Rock & Roll                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/latoya-brackett\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/latoya_brackett_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Jimi Hendrix\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/latoya-brackett\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LaToya-Brackett-1.png\" alt=\"LaToya Brackett\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/latoya-brackett\/\">\n                                    LaToya Brackett                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/latoya-brackett\/\">\n                                    They Want Our Rhythm, but Not Our Blues: African American Innovation through Pop Culture                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/piyali-biswas-de\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design47.png\" alt=\"Beyond Words: Storytelling through Indian Classical Dance\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/piyali-biswas-de\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Piyali-Biswas-De-1.png\" alt=\"Piyali Biswas De\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/piyali-biswas-de\/\">\n                                    Piyali Biswas De                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/piyali-biswas-de\/\">\n                                    Beyond Words: Storytelling through Indian Classical Dance                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/annabel-quintero\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/annabel_quintero_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"hip hop dancer\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/annabel-quintero\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Annabel-Quintero-1.png\" alt=\"Annabel Quintero\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/annabel-quintero\/\">\n                                    Annabel Quintero                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/annabel-quintero\/\">\n                                    Mambo 2 Hip Hop                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joel-underwood\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/joel_underwood_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Woody Guthrie\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joel-underwood\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Joel-Underwood-1.png\" alt=\"Joel Underwood\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joel-underwood\/\">\n                                    Joel Underwood                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joel-underwood\/\">\n                                    That Ribbon of Highway: Woody Guthrie in the Pacific Northwest                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"topic topic-literature\">\n                            <h2>Literature<\/h2>\n                        <div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/tara-campbell\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/tara_campbell_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Imagining the Future: A Speculative Fiction Writing Workshop\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/tara-campbell\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tara-Campbell-1.png\" alt=\"Tara Campbell\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/tara-campbell\/\">\n                                    Tara Campbell                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/tara-campbell\/\">\n                                    Imagining the Future: A Speculative Fiction Writing Workshop                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josh-tuininga\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/josh_tuininga_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"kids looking at comic book\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josh-tuininga\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Josh-Tuininga-1.png\" alt=\"Josh Tuininga\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josh-tuininga\/\">\n                                    Josh Tuininga                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josh-tuininga\/\">\n                                    Sequential: The Storytelling Power of Comic Books                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kristen-millares-young-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/kristen_millaresyoung_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"old photos\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kristen-millares-young-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Young-profile.jpg\" alt=\"Kristen Millares Young\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kristen-millares-young-2\/\">\n                                    Kristen Millares Young                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kristen-millares-young-2\/\">\n                                    How to Write a Family Portrait \/ C\u00f3mo escribir un retrato familiar                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"topic topic-society\">\n                            <h2>Society<\/h2>\n                        <div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maria-chavez-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/maria_chavez_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"The Firsts: Latina Struggles in the United States \" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maria-chavez-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maria-Chavez-1.png\" alt=\"Maria Ch\u00e1vez\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maria-chavez-2\/\">\n                                    Maria Ch\u00e1vez                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maria-chavez-2\/\">\n                                    The Firsts: Latina Struggles in the United States                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josephine-ensign\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/josephine_ensign_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Homelessness and the Meaning of Home \" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josephine-ensign\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Josephine-Ensign-1.png\" alt=\"Josephine Ensign\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josephine-ensign\/\">\n                                    Josephine Ensign                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josephine-ensign\/\">\n                                    Homelessness and the Meaning of Home                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/michael-goldsby\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/michael_goldsby_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"people toasting with beer\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/michael-goldsby\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Michael-Goldsby-1.png\" alt=\"Michael Goldsby\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/michael-goldsby\/\">\n                                    Michael Goldsby                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/michael-goldsby\/\">\n                                    How Beer Might Save Democracy                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/carolyn-long\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/carolyn_long_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"teddy bear wearing american flag tshirt\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/carolyn-long\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Carolyn-Long-1.png\" alt=\"Carolyn Long\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>         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Shame in American Politics                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/richard-middleton-kaplan-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/richard_middletonkaplan_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Honoring Women Peacebuilders in Africa and Beyond\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/richard-middleton-kaplan-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Middleton-Kaplan-profile.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Middleton-Kaplan\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/richard-middleton-kaplan-2\/\">\n                                    Richard Middleton-Kaplan                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/richard-middleton-kaplan-2\/\">\n                                    Honoring Women Peacebuilders in Africa and Beyond                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"topic topic-history\">\n                            <h2>History<\/h2>\n                        <div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/luther-adams\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/luther_adams_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"painting of person on brick wall\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/luther-adams\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Luther-Adams-1.png\" alt=\"Luther Adams - Free Man of Color\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/luther-adams\/\">\n                                    Luther Adams - Free Man of Color                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/luther-adams\/\">\n                                    A Space for Black History                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/quinnita-cobbins-modica\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/quinnita_cobbins_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"women at civil rights protest\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/quinnita-cobbins-modica\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/QuinNita-Cobbins-Modica-1.png\" alt=\"Quin\u2019Nita Cobbins-Modica\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/quinnita-cobbins-modica\/\">\n                                    Quin\u2019Nita Cobbins-Modica                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/quinnita-cobbins-modica\/\">\n                                    We Are Also in Bondage Here: Black Women in the Washington Civil Rights Movement                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/steve-edmiston-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/steve_edmiston_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"UFO illustration\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/steve-edmiston-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Steve-Edmiston-1.png\" alt=\"Steve Edmiston\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/steve-edmiston-2\/\">\n                                    Steve Edmiston                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/steve-edmiston-2\/\">\n                                    UFO Northwest: How Washington State Spawned the Men In Black                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/elise-hooper\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/elise_hooper_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"womens track and field\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/elise-hooper\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elise-Hooper-1.png\" alt=\"Elise Hooper\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/elise-hooper\/\">\n                                    Elise Hooper                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/elise-hooper\/\">\n                                    Fast Girls: Trailblazing Women Olympians                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kestral-smith\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/kestrel_smith_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Two Quinault tribal members fishing in 1910\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kestral-smith\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kestrel-Smith-1.png\" alt=\"Kestrel Smith\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kestral-smith\/\">\n                                    Kestrel Smith                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kestral-smith\/\">\n                                    Fish Wars: Tribal Rights and Resiliency in the Pacific Northwest                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/amanda-van-lanen\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/amanda_vanlanen_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"washington apples advertisement\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/amanda-van-lanen\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Amanda-Van-Landen-1.png\" alt=\"Amanda Van Lanen\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/amanda-van-lanen\/\">\n                                    Amanda Van Lanen                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/amanda-van-lanen\/\">\n                                    Big Apples, Big Business: How Washington Became the Apple State                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/aaron-whitefoot\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/aaron_whitefoot_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Hunting, Fishing, and Native Sovereignty\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/aaron-whitefoot\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Aaron-Paul-Whitefoot-1.png\" alt=\"Aaron Whitefoot\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/aaron-whitefoot\/\">\n                                    Aaron Whitefoot                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/aaron-whitefoot\/\">\n                                    Hunting, Fishing, and Native Sovereignty                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"topic topic-culture\">\n                            <h2>Culture<\/h2>\n                        <div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/harriet-baskas-3\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/harriet_baskas_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"teapot house\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/harriet-baskas-3\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Harriet-Baskas-1.png\" alt=\"Harriet Baskas\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/harriet-baskas-3\/\">\n                                    Harriet Baskas                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/harriet-baskas-3\/\">\n                                    Weird, Wonderful, and Worrisome Objects in Washington State's Museums                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trevor-bond\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/trevor_bond_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Nez Perce artifact\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trevor-bond\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Trevor-Bond-1.png\" alt=\"Trevor Bond\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trevor-bond\/\">\n                                    Trevor Bond                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trevor-bond\/\">\n                                    Coming Home: How the Nez Perce Tribe Regained Their Cultural Heritage                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maia-brown\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/maia_brown_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"scissors yarn and candle\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maia-brown\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maia-Brown-1.png\" alt=\"Maia Brown\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maia-brown\/\">\n                                    Maia Brown                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maia-brown\/\">\n                                    Measuring Mourning: A Ritual for Loss                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/david-george-gordon-3\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/david_gordon_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"oyster shells\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/david-george-gordon-3\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/David-George-Gordon-1.png\" alt=\"David George Gordon\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/david-george-gordon-3\/\">\n                                    David George Gordon                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/david-george-gordon-3\/\">\n                                    Heaven on the Half Shell: Washington State\u2019s Oyster Odyssey                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/john-halliday\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/john_halliday_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"native american drum\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/john-halliday\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John-Halliday-1.png\" alt=\"John Halliday\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/john-halliday\/\">\n                                    John Halliday                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/john-halliday\/\">\n                                    What Is a Chief? How Native Values Can Teach Resilience                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/itohan-m-idumwonyi\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/itohan_idumwonyl_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Ubuntu: How an Ancient African Concept Can Help Human Flourishing\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/itohan-m-idumwonyi\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Itohan-Idumwonyi-1.png\" alt=\"Itohan M. Idumwonyi\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/itohan-m-idumwonyi\/\">\n                                    Itohan M. Idumwonyi                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/itohan-m-idumwonyi\/\">\n                                    Ubuntu: How an Ancient African Concept Can Help Human Flourishing                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/diane-johnston\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/diane_johnston_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"skirt with pockets\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/diane-johnston\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Untitled-design5.png\" alt=\"Diane Johnston\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/diane-johnston\/\">\n                                    Diane Johnston                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/diane-johnston\/\">\n                                    And It Has Pockets! The Battle for Women's Clothing Equality                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/nancy-koppelman-3\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nancy_koppelman_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"mosaic menorah\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/nancy-koppelman-3\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Nancy-Koppelman-1.png\" alt=\"Nancy Koppelman\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/nancy-koppelman-3\/\">\n                                    Nancy Koppelman                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/nancy-koppelman-3\/\">\n                                    \"The Oldest Hatred\": Coming to Terms with Antisemitism                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/mac-scotty-mcgregor\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Untitled-design69.png\" alt=\"The Messages We Carry\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/mac-scotty-mcgregor\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Mac-McGregor-1.png\" alt=\"Mac Scotty McGregor\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/mac-scotty-mcgregor\/\">\n                                    Mac Scotty McGregor                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/mac-scotty-mcgregor\/\">\n                                    The Messages We Carry                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shin-yu-pai-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Shin-Yu-Pai-speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"letter from asia\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shin-yu-pai-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Shin-Yu-Pai-2.png\" alt=\"Shin Yu Pai\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shin-yu-pai-2\/\">\n                                    Shin Yu Pai                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shin-yu-pai-2\/\">\n                                    Ten Thousand Things: Artifacts of Asian American Life                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/putsata-reang\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Putsata-Reang-speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"colored chalk\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/putsata-reang\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Putsata-Reang-1.png\" alt=\"Putsata Reang\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/putsata-reang\/\">\n                                    Putsata Reang                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/putsata-reang\/\">\n                                    Resisting Erasure through Storytelling                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jennifer-sherman-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/jennifer_sherman_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"aerial view of farm\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jennifer-sherman-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Jennifer-Sherman-1.png\" alt=\"Jennifer Sherman\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jennifer-sherman-2\/\">\n                                    Jennifer Sherman                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jennifer-sherman-2\/\">\n                                    Bad People and Good Ol\u2019 Boys: The Criminalization of Rural Disadvantage                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"topic topic-philosophy\">\n                            <h2>Philosophy<\/h2>\n                        <div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/william-kabasenche\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/william_kabasenche_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"two hands holding pills\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/william-kabasenche\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bill-Kabasenche-1.png\" alt=\"William Kabasenche\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/william-kabasenche\/\">\n                                    William Kabasenche                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/william-kabasenche\/\">\n                                    Morality and Medicine: How Philosophy Can Help with Healthcare Decisions                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shepherd-siegel\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/shepherd_siegel_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"fox wearing a suit\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shepherd-siegel\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Shepherd-Siegel-2.png\" alt=\"Shepherd Siegel\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shepherd-siegel\/\">\n                                    Shepherd Siegel                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shepherd-siegel\/\">\n                                    The Trickster: How this Ancient Archetype Helps Us to Imagine a Better World                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/mike-vanquickenborne-3\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Mike-VanQuickenborne-speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Keeping It Real: How Conversation Creates Truth\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/mike-vanquickenborne-3\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Mike-VanQuickenborne-1.png\" alt=\"Mike VanQuickenborne\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/mike-vanquickenborne-3\/\">\n                                    Mike VanQuickenborne                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/mike-vanquickenborne-3\/\">\n                                    Keeping It Real: How Conversation Creates Truth                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<script>\n    ( function( $ ){\n        $( function(){\n            $( '.talks-filter select' ).change( function(){\n                $( '.talks-filter' ).submit();\n            } );\n        } );\n    } )( jQuery );\n<\/script>\n[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speakers Bureau : Current Speakers    <form class=\"talks-filter\" action=\"\" method=\"GET\">    \n        <label for=\"speaker-list-topic-filter\">Filter by Topic:<\/label>\n        <div class=\"custom-select\">\n            <select id=\"speaker-list-topic-filter\" name=\"topic\">\n                <option value=\"\">All Topics<\/option>\n                                    <option\n                        value=\"science-and-technology\"\n                                            >\n                        Science and Technology                    <\/option>;\n                                    <option\n                        value=\"art-and-music\"\n                                            >\n                        Art and Music                    <\/option>;\n                                    <option\n                        value=\"literature\"\n                                            >\n                        Literature                    <\/option>;\n                                    <option\n                        value=\"society\"\n                                            >\n                        Society                    <\/option>;\n                                    <option\n                        value=\"history\"\n                                            >\n                        History                    <\/option>;\n                                    <option\n                        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src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/muhammad_aurangzeb_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"father and son photo\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/muhammad-ahmad\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Muhammad-Ahmad-1.png\" alt=\"Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/muhammad-ahmad\/\">\n                                    Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/muhammad-ahmad\/\">\n                                    When Your Grandpa Is a Bot: AI, Death, and Digital Doppelgangers                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/avery-dame-griff\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/avery_damegriff_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"old computers and pixel heart graphic\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/avery-dame-griff\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Avery-Dame-Griff-1.png\" alt=\"Avery Dame-Griff\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/avery-dame-griff\/\">\n                                    Avery Dame-Griff                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/avery-dame-griff\/\">\n                                    Love and Modems: The Early Internet and LGBT Communities                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"topic topic-art-and-music\">\n                            <h2>Art and Music<\/h2>\n                        <div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/deepti-agrawal-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/deepti_agrawal_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"kids making a mural\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/deepti-agrawal-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Deepti-Agrawal-1.png\" alt=\"Deepti Agrawal\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/deepti-agrawal-2\/\">\n                                    Deepti Agrawal                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/deepti-agrawal-2\/\">\n                                    Madhubani Painting: Ancient Art, Modern Freedom                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/peter-blecha\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/peter_blecha_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"old picture of musicians\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/peter-blecha\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pete-Blecha-1.png\" alt=\"Peter Blecha\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/peter-blecha\/\">\n                                    Peter Blecha                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/peter-blecha\/\">\n                                    Stomp and Shout: The Untold Story of Northwest Rock & Roll                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/latoya-brackett\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/latoya_brackett_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Jimi Hendrix\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/latoya-brackett\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LaToya-Brackett-1.png\" alt=\"LaToya Brackett\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/latoya-brackett\/\">\n                                    LaToya Brackett                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/latoya-brackett\/\">\n                                    They Want Our Rhythm, but Not Our Blues: African American Innovation through Pop Culture                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/piyali-biswas-de\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design47.png\" alt=\"Beyond Words: Storytelling through Indian Classical Dance\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/piyali-biswas-de\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Piyali-Biswas-De-1.png\" alt=\"Piyali Biswas De\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/piyali-biswas-de\/\">\n                                    Piyali Biswas De                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/piyali-biswas-de\/\">\n                                    Beyond Words: Storytelling through Indian Classical Dance                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/annabel-quintero\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/annabel_quintero_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"hip hop dancer\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/annabel-quintero\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Annabel-Quintero-1.png\" alt=\"Annabel Quintero\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/annabel-quintero\/\">\n                                    Annabel Quintero                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/annabel-quintero\/\">\n                                    Mambo 2 Hip Hop                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joel-underwood\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/joel_underwood_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Woody Guthrie\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joel-underwood\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Joel-Underwood-1.png\" alt=\"Joel Underwood\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joel-underwood\/\">\n                                    Joel Underwood                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joel-underwood\/\">\n                                    That Ribbon of Highway: Woody Guthrie in the Pacific Northwest                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"topic topic-literature\">\n                            <h2>Literature<\/h2>\n                        <div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/tara-campbell\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/tara_campbell_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Imagining the Future: A Speculative Fiction Writing Workshop\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/tara-campbell\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tara-Campbell-1.png\" alt=\"Tara Campbell\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/tara-campbell\/\">\n                                    Tara Campbell                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/tara-campbell\/\">\n                                    Imagining the Future: A Speculative Fiction Writing Workshop                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josh-tuininga\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/josh_tuininga_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"kids looking at comic book\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josh-tuininga\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Josh-Tuininga-1.png\" alt=\"Josh Tuininga\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josh-tuininga\/\">\n                                    Josh Tuininga                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josh-tuininga\/\">\n                                    Sequential: The Storytelling Power of Comic Books                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kristen-millares-young-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/kristen_millaresyoung_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"old photos\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kristen-millares-young-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Young-profile.jpg\" alt=\"Kristen Millares Young\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kristen-millares-young-2\/\">\n                                    Kristen Millares Young                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kristen-millares-young-2\/\">\n                                    How to Write a Family Portrait \/ C\u00f3mo escribir un retrato familiar                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"topic topic-society\">\n                            <h2>Society<\/h2>\n                        <div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maria-chavez-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/maria_chavez_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"The Firsts: Latina Struggles in the United States \" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maria-chavez-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maria-Chavez-1.png\" alt=\"Maria Ch\u00e1vez\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maria-chavez-2\/\">\n                                    Maria Ch\u00e1vez                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maria-chavez-2\/\">\n                                    The Firsts: Latina Struggles in the United States                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josephine-ensign\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/josephine_ensign_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Homelessness and the Meaning of Home \" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josephine-ensign\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Josephine-Ensign-1.png\" alt=\"Josephine Ensign\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josephine-ensign\/\">\n                                    Josephine Ensign                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/josephine-ensign\/\">\n                                    Homelessness and the Meaning of Home                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/michael-goldsby\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/michael_goldsby_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"people toasting with beer\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/michael-goldsby\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Michael-Goldsby-1.png\" alt=\"Michael Goldsby\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/michael-goldsby\/\">\n                                    Michael Goldsby                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/michael-goldsby\/\">\n                                    How Beer Might Save Democracy                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/carolyn-long\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/carolyn_long_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"teddy bear wearing american flag tshirt\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/carolyn-long\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Carolyn-Long-1.png\" alt=\"Carolyn Long\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/carolyn-long\/\">\n                                    Carolyn Long                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/carolyn-long\/\">\n                                    Have You No Sense of Decency? Shame in American Politics                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/richard-middleton-kaplan-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/richard_middletonkaplan_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Honoring Women Peacebuilders in Africa and Beyond\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/richard-middleton-kaplan-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Middleton-Kaplan-profile.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Middleton-Kaplan\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/richard-middleton-kaplan-2\/\">\n                                    Richard Middleton-Kaplan                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/richard-middleton-kaplan-2\/\">\n                                    Honoring Women Peacebuilders in Africa and Beyond                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"topic topic-history\">\n                            <h2>History<\/h2>\n                        <div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/luther-adams\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/luther_adams_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"painting of person on brick wall\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/luther-adams\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Luther-Adams-1.png\" alt=\"Luther Adams - Free Man of Color\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/luther-adams\/\">\n                                    Luther Adams - Free Man of Color                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/luther-adams\/\">\n                                    A Space for Black History                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/quinnita-cobbins-modica\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/quinnita_cobbins_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"women at civil rights protest\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/quinnita-cobbins-modica\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/QuinNita-Cobbins-Modica-1.png\" alt=\"Quin\u2019Nita Cobbins-Modica\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/quinnita-cobbins-modica\/\">\n                                    Quin\u2019Nita Cobbins-Modica                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/quinnita-cobbins-modica\/\">\n                                    We Are Also in Bondage Here: Black Women in the Washington Civil Rights Movement                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/steve-edmiston-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/steve_edmiston_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"UFO illustration\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/steve-edmiston-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Steve-Edmiston-1.png\" alt=\"Steve Edmiston\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/steve-edmiston-2\/\">\n                                    Steve Edmiston                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/steve-edmiston-2\/\">\n                                    UFO Northwest: How Washington State Spawned the Men In Black                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/elise-hooper\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/elise_hooper_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"womens track and field\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/elise-hooper\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elise-Hooper-1.png\" alt=\"Elise Hooper\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/elise-hooper\/\">\n                                    Elise Hooper                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/elise-hooper\/\">\n                                    Fast Girls: Trailblazing Women Olympians                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kestral-smith\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/kestrel_smith_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Two Quinault tribal members fishing in 1910\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kestral-smith\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kestrel-Smith-1.png\" alt=\"Kestrel Smith\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kestral-smith\/\">\n                                    Kestrel Smith                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/kestral-smith\/\">\n                                    Fish Wars: Tribal Rights and Resiliency in the Pacific Northwest                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/amanda-van-lanen\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/amanda_vanlanen_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"washington apples advertisement\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/amanda-van-lanen\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Amanda-Van-Landen-1.png\" alt=\"Amanda Van Lanen\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/amanda-van-lanen\/\">\n                                    Amanda Van Lanen                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/amanda-van-lanen\/\">\n                                    Big Apples, Big Business: How Washington Became the Apple State                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/aaron-whitefoot\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/aaron_whitefoot_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Hunting, Fishing, and Native Sovereignty\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/aaron-whitefoot\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Aaron-Paul-Whitefoot-1.png\" alt=\"Aaron Whitefoot\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/aaron-whitefoot\/\">\n                                    Aaron Whitefoot                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/aaron-whitefoot\/\">\n                                    Hunting, Fishing, and Native Sovereignty                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"topic topic-culture\">\n                            <h2>Culture<\/h2>\n                        <div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/harriet-baskas-3\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/harriet_baskas_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"teapot house\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/harriet-baskas-3\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Harriet-Baskas-1.png\" alt=\"Harriet Baskas\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/harriet-baskas-3\/\">\n                                    Harriet Baskas                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/harriet-baskas-3\/\">\n                                    Weird, Wonderful, and Worrisome Objects in Washington State's Museums                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trevor-bond\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/trevor_bond_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Nez Perce artifact\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trevor-bond\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Trevor-Bond-1.png\" alt=\"Trevor Bond\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trevor-bond\/\">\n                                    Trevor Bond                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trevor-bond\/\">\n                                    Coming Home: How the Nez Perce Tribe Regained Their Cultural Heritage                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maia-brown\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/maia_brown_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"scissors yarn and candle\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maia-brown\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maia-Brown-1.png\" alt=\"Maia Brown\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maia-brown\/\">\n                                    Maia Brown                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maia-brown\/\">\n                                    Measuring Mourning: A Ritual for Loss                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/david-george-gordon-3\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/david_gordon_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"oyster shells\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/david-george-gordon-3\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/David-George-Gordon-1.png\" alt=\"David George Gordon\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/david-george-gordon-3\/\">\n                                    David George Gordon                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/david-george-gordon-3\/\">\n                                    Heaven on the Half Shell: Washington State\u2019s Oyster Odyssey                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/john-halliday\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/john_halliday_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"native american drum\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/john-halliday\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John-Halliday-1.png\" alt=\"John Halliday\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/john-halliday\/\">\n                                    John Halliday                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/john-halliday\/\">\n                                    What Is a Chief? How Native Values Can Teach Resilience                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/itohan-m-idumwonyi\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/itohan_idumwonyl_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"Ubuntu: How an Ancient African Concept Can Help Human Flourishing\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/itohan-m-idumwonyi\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Itohan-Idumwonyi-1.png\" alt=\"Itohan M. Idumwonyi\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/itohan-m-idumwonyi\/\">\n                                    Itohan M. Idumwonyi                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/itohan-m-idumwonyi\/\">\n                                    Ubuntu: How an Ancient African Concept Can Help Human Flourishing                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/diane-johnston\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/diane_johnston_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"skirt with pockets\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/diane-johnston\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Untitled-design5.png\" alt=\"Diane Johnston\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/diane-johnston\/\">\n                                    Diane Johnston                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/diane-johnston\/\">\n                                    And It Has Pockets! The Battle for Women's Clothing Equality                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/nancy-koppelman-3\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nancy_koppelman_speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"mosaic menorah\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/nancy-koppelman-3\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Nancy-Koppelman-1.png\" alt=\"Nancy Koppelman\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/nancy-koppelman-3\/\">\n                                    Nancy Koppelman                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/nancy-koppelman-3\/\">\n                                    \"The Oldest Hatred\": Coming to Terms with Antisemitism                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/mac-scotty-mcgregor\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Untitled-design69.png\" alt=\"The Messages We Carry\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/mac-scotty-mcgregor\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Mac-McGregor-1.png\" alt=\"Mac Scotty McGregor\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/mac-scotty-mcgregor\/\">\n                                    Mac Scotty McGregor                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/mac-scotty-mcgregor\/\">\n                                    The Messages We Carry                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shin-yu-pai-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Shin-Yu-Pai-speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"letter from asia\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shin-yu-pai-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Shin-Yu-Pai-2.png\" alt=\"Shin Yu Pai\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shin-yu-pai-2\/\">\n                                    Shin Yu Pai                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shin-yu-pai-2\/\">\n                                    Ten Thousand Things: Artifacts of Asian American Life                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/putsata-reang\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Putsata-Reang-speaker_image.jpg\" alt=\"colored chalk\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/putsata-reang\/\">\n    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