{"id":53481,"date":"2025-09-24T10:02:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/?page_id=53481"},"modified":"2025-09-24T10:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:03:00","slug":"upcoming-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/programs\/speakers-bureau\/upcoming-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming 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; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][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 _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;41f87d7c-e4d9-4592-9c54-19e74899971a&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Speakers Bureau : Upcoming Speakers (beginning January 1)<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]    <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\"\n                                            >\n                        Art                    <\/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                    <\/option>;\n                                    <option\n                        value=\"philosophy\"\n                                            >\n                        Philosophy                    <\/option>;\n                            <\/select>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n<div class=\"talks\">\n                    <div class=\"topic topic-science-and-technology\">\n                            <h2>Science and Technology<\/h2>\n                        <div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shankarnarayan\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Narayan.png\" alt=\"A.I., Civil Rights, and the Fight for a Just Future\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shankarnarayan\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Shankar-Narayan-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Shankar\tNarayan\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shankarnarayan\/\">\n                                    Shankar\tNarayan                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shankarnarayan\/\">\n                                    A.I., Civil Rights, and the Fight for a Just Future                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/chirag-shah\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Shah.png\" alt=\"Being Human in the Age of A.I.\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/chirag-shah\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Shah-Chirag-Headshot-1.png\" alt=\"Chirag Shah\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/chirag-shah\/\">\n                                    Chirag Shah                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/chirag-shah\/\">\n                                    Being Human in the Age of A.I.                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/geoffrey-turnovsky\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Turnovsky.png\" alt=\"Permanent Ink: Why We Still Love Print in the Digital Age \" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/geoffrey-turnovsky\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Turnovsky-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Geoffrey Turnovsky\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/geoffrey-turnovsky\/\">\n                                    Geoffrey Turnovsky                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/geoffrey-turnovsky\/\">\n                                    Permanent Ink: Why We Still Love Print in the Digital Age                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/t-andrew-wahl-3\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wahl.png\" alt=\"Doomscrolling Detox: Finding Your Balance in the Digital Age\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/t-andrew-wahl-3\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wahl-Headshot.png\" alt=\"T. Andrew Wahl\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/t-andrew-wahl-3\/\">\n                                    T. Andrew Wahl                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/t-andrew-wahl-3\/\">\n                                    Doomscrolling Detox: Finding Your Balance in the Digital Age                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"topic topic-art\">\n                            <h2>Art<\/h2>\n                        <div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lakeya-afolalu\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Afolalu.png\" alt=\"Art, Creativity, and Immigrant Youth\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lakeya-afolalu\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lakeya-Afolalu-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Lakeya Afolalu\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lakeya-afolalu\/\">\n                                    Lakeya Afolalu                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lakeya-afolalu\/\">\n                                    Art, Creativity, and Immigrant Youth                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/katie-buckingham\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Buckingham.png\" alt=\"Heart of Glass: Art and Innovation at 2100 Degrees\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/katie-buckingham\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Buckingham-headshot-1.png\" alt=\"Katie Buckingham\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/katie-buckingham\/\">\n                                    Katie Buckingham                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/katie-buckingham\/\">\n                                    Heart of Glass: Art and Innovation at 2100 Degrees                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/clare-johnson\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Clare-Johnson-1.png\" alt=\"A Life in Sticky Notes\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/clare-johnson\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Clare-Johnson-headshot.png\" alt=\"Clare Johnson\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/clare-johnson\/\">\n                                    Clare Johnson                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/clare-johnson\/\">\n                                    A Life in Sticky Notes                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/dale-kutzera\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kutzera.png\" alt=\"Paul Hayden Kirk and Midcentury Modern NW Architecture \" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/dale-kutzera\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dale-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Dale Kutzera\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/dale-kutzera\/\">\n                                    Dale Kutzera                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/dale-kutzera\/\">\n                                    Paul Hayden Kirk and Midcentury Modern NW Architecture                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jake-prendez-and-judy-avitia\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jake-Prendez.png\" alt=\"Nepantla: Exploring Chicano Art \" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jake-prendez-and-judy-avitia\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Prendez-Headshot-1.png\" alt=\"Jake Prendez and Judy Avitia-Gonzalez\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jake-prendez-and-judy-avitia\/\">\n                                    Jake Prendez and Judy Avitia-Gonzalez                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jake-prendez-and-judy-avitia\/\">\n                                    Nepantla: Exploring Chicano Art                                 <\/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-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tara-Campbell.png\" alt=\"Finding Yourself in Art, A Creative Writing Workshop\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/tara-campbell-2\/\">\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-2\/\">\n                                    Tara Campbell                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/tara-campbell-2\/\">\n                                    Finding Yourself in Art, A Creative 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\/claudia-castro-luna\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Castro-Luna.png\" alt=\"Green Expectations, A Poetry Workshop\/Ilusiones Verdes, Un Taller de Poes\u00eda\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/claudia-castro-luna\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Claudia-Castro-Luna-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Claudia Castro Luna\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/claudia-castro-luna\/\">\n                                    Claudia Castro Luna                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/claudia-castro-luna\/\">\n                                    Green Expectations, A Poetry Workshop\/Ilusiones Verdes, Un Taller de Poes\u00eda                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/thomaspruiksma\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pruiksma.png\" alt=\"Facing Turmoil with Integrity: What Gandhi and MLK Learned from an Ancient Masterpiece\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/thomaspruiksma\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pruiskma-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Thomas\tPruiksma\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/thomaspruiksma\/\">\n                                    Thomas\tPruiksma                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/thomaspruiksma\/\">\n                                    Facing Turmoil with Integrity: What Gandhi and MLK Learned from an Ancient Masterpiece                                <\/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\/michael-artime\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Artime.png\" alt=\"The Strange Link Between Shark Attacks and Voting Behavior\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/michael-artime\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Artim-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Michael Artime\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/michael-artime\/\">\n                                    Michael Artime                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/michael-artime\/\">\n                                    The Strange Link Between Shark Attacks and Voting Behavior                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/onur-bakiner\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bakiner.png\" alt=\"Power and Politics in the Age of A.I.\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/onur-bakiner\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Onur-Bakiner-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Onur Bakiner\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/onur-bakiner\/\">\n                                    Onur Bakiner                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/onur-bakiner\/\">\n                                    Power and Politics in the Age of A.I.                                <\/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-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brackett.png\" alt=\"Platforms for Protest: When Black Athletes Speak Up\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/latoya-brackett-2\/\">\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-2\/\">\n                                    LaToya Brackett                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/latoya-brackett-2\/\">\n                                    Platforms for Protest: When Black Athletes Speak Up                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lisa-brodoff-and-lynn-grotsky\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grotsky-Brodoff.png\" alt=\"The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Adoption Rights\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lisa-brodoff-and-lynn-grotsky\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lynn-Grotsky-Lisa-Brodoff.png\" alt=\"Lisa Brodoff and Lynn Grotsky\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lisa-brodoff-and-lynn-grotsky\/\">\n                                    Lisa Brodoff and Lynn Grotsky                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lisa-brodoff-and-lynn-grotsky\/\">\n                                    The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Adoption Rights                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trillium-239-3\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trillium.png\" alt=\"Women Who Step Up, Not Aside\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trillium-239-3\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trillium-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Trillium-239\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trillium-239-3\/\">\n                                    Trillium-239                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trillium-239-3\/\">\n                                    Women Who Step Up, Not Aside                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joseph-lenti\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lenti.png\" alt=\"The Squatters Dilemma: Global Housing Lessons for Local Housing Problems\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joseph-lenti\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lenti-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Joseph Lenti\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joseph-lenti\/\">\n                                    Joseph Lenti                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joseph-lenti\/\">\n                                    The Squatters Dilemma: Global Housing Lessons for Local Housing Problems                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/douglas-levy\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Levy.png\" alt=\"Relentless: The Little-known Stories of Four Olympic Heroes\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/douglas-levy\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Levy-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Douglas Levy\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/douglas-levy\/\">\n                                    Douglas Levy                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/douglas-levy\/\">\n                                    Relentless: The Little-known Stories of Four Olympic Heroes                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jacob-lewis\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lewis-2.png\" alt=\"Why Trust is Essential to Democracy\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jacob-lewis\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lewis-headshot.png\" alt=\"Jacob Lewis\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jacob-lewis\/\">\n                                    Jacob Lewis                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jacob-lewis\/\">\n                                    Why Trust is Essential to Democracy                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maggie-mertens\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Speakers-Bureau-26-27-Headers-850-x-450.png\" alt=\"How Women Won the Marathon and Changed Our View of Gender\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maggie-mertens\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Maggie-Mertens-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Maggie Mertens\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maggie-mertens\/\">\n                                    Maggie Mertens                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maggie-mertens\/\">\n                                    How Women Won the Marathon and Changed Our View of Gender                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/yasemin-sari\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sari-New.png\" alt=\"Together: The Promise of Democracy\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/yasemin-sari\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sari-2-BnW.png\" alt=\"Yasemin Sari\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/yasemin-sari\/\">\n                                    Yasemin Sari                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/yasemin-sari\/\">\n                                    Together: The Promise of Democracy                                <\/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\/teresa-andre\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andre.png\" alt=\"Pavement and Plucky Girls: 1920s Tales from Washington\u2019s First Highway\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/teresa-andre\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Teri-Andre-Heashot.png\" alt=\"Teresa Andre\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/teresa-andre\/\">\n                                    Teresa Andre                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/teresa-andre\/\">\n                                    Pavement and Plucky Girls: 1920s Tales from Washington\u2019s First Highway                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/daniel-atkinson\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Daniel-Atkinson.png\" alt=\"The Vanguard Generation: African American Artists, 1880-1918\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/daniel-atkinson\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Atkinson-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Daniel Atkinson\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/daniel-atkinson\/\">\n                                    Daniel Atkinson                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/daniel-atkinson\/\">\n                                    The Vanguard Generation: African American Artists, 1880-1918                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/feliks-banel-3\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Banal.png\" alt=\"All Over The Map: Stories Behind the Names of Washington Places and Things \" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/feliks-banel-3\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Feliks-Banel-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Feliks Banel\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/feliks-banel-3\/\">\n                                    Feliks Banel                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/feliks-banel-3\/\">\n                                    All Over The Map: Stories Behind the Names of Washington Places and Things                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/becky-garrison\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Garrison.png\" alt=\"How Whiskey Won Washington\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/becky-garrison\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Becky-Garrison-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Becky Garrison\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/becky-garrison\/\">\n                                    Becky Garrison                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/becky-garrison\/\">\n                                    How Whiskey Won Washington                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lawrence-hatter\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hatter-2.png\" alt=\"The American Revolution&#039;s End and an Empire\u2019s Beginning\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lawrence-hatter\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hatter-headshot.png\" alt=\"Lawrence Hatter\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lawrence-hatter\/\">\n                                    Lawrence Hatter                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lawrence-hatter\/\">\n                                    The American Revolution's End and an Empire\u2019s Beginning                                <\/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-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Diane-Johnston.png\" alt=\"Hidden Layers: Women&#039;s Undergarments and How They&#039;ve Shaped Ladies\u2019 Liberties\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/diane-johnston-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Diane-Johnston-Headshot.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-2\/\">\n                                    Diane Johnston                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/diane-johnston-2\/\">\n                                    Hidden Layers: Women's Undergarments and How They've Shaped Ladies\u2019 Liberties                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/r-charles-weller\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Weller1.png\" alt=\"How America Talks (Differently) About Slavery\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/r-charles-weller\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Weller-headshot.png\" alt=\"R. Charles Weller\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/r-charles-weller\/\">\n                                    R. Charles Weller                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/r-charles-weller\/\">\n                                    How America Talks (Differently) About Slavery                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/william-woodward-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Woodward.png\" alt=\"The Spokane Olympian Who Shot Off His Hand and Transformed the American Army\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/william-woodward-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Woodward-Headshot.png\" alt=\"William Woodward\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/william-woodward-2\/\">\n                                    William Woodward                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/william-woodward-2\/\">\n                                    The Spokane Olympian Who Shot Off His Hand and Transformed the American Army                                <\/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-4\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Baskas-new-1.png\" alt=\"Really Old Food, A Love Story\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/harriet-baskas-4\/\">\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-4\/\">\n                                    Harriet Baskas                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/harriet-baskas-4\/\">\n                                    Really Old Food, A Love Story                                <\/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-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Halliday.png\" alt=\"Beyond Treaties: Native Stories of Survival and Strength\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/john-halliday-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Halliday-Headshot.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-2\/\">\n                                    John Halliday                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/john-halliday-2\/\">\n                                    Beyond Treaties: Native Stories of Survival and Strength                                <\/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-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hooper.png\" alt=\"Dollhouses and the Mighty Power of Miniatures\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/elise-hooper-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elise-Hooper.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-2\/\">\n                                    Elise Hooper                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/elise-hooper-2\/\">\n                                    Dollhouses and the Mighty Power of Miniatures                                <\/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\/karen-emmerman-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Emmerman-2.png\" alt=\"Philosophy with Young People (an Educators&#039; Workshop)\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/karen-emmerman-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Emmerman-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Karen Emmerman\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/karen-emmerman-2\/\">\n                                    Karen Emmerman                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/karen-emmerman-2\/\">\n                                    Philosophy with Young People (an Educators' Workshop)                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/karen-emmerman\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Emmerman.png\" alt=\"The Big Idea, Philosophy for Youth\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/karen-emmerman\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Emmerman-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Karen Emmerman\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/karen-emmerman\/\">\n                                    Karen Emmerman                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/karen-emmerman\/\">\n                                    The Big Idea, Philosophy for Youth                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/ian-schnee\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schnee.png\" alt=\"I Play Therefore I Am: Video Games and Philosophy\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/ian-schnee\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schnee-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Ian Schnee\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/ian-schnee\/\">\n                                    Ian Schnee                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/ian-schnee\/\">\n                                    I Play Therefore I Am: Video Games and Philosophy                                <\/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' 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           <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                    <\/option>;\n                                    <option\n                        value=\"philosophy\"\n                                            >\n                        Philosophy                    <\/option>;\n                   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decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Shankar-Narayan-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Shankar\tNarayan\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shankarnarayan\/\">\n                                    Shankar\tNarayan                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/shankarnarayan\/\">\n                                    A.I., Civil Rights, and the Fight for a Just Future                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/chirag-shah\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Shah.png\" alt=\"Being Human in the Age of A.I.\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/chirag-shah\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Shah-Chirag-Headshot-1.png\" alt=\"Chirag Shah\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/chirag-shah\/\">\n                                    Chirag Shah                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/chirag-shah\/\">\n                                    Being Human in the Age of A.I.                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/geoffrey-turnovsky\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Turnovsky.png\" alt=\"Permanent Ink: Why We Still Love Print in the Digital Age \" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/geoffrey-turnovsky\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Turnovsky-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Geoffrey Turnovsky\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/geoffrey-turnovsky\/\">\n                                    Geoffrey Turnovsky                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/geoffrey-turnovsky\/\">\n                                    Permanent Ink: Why We Still Love Print in the Digital Age                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/t-andrew-wahl-3\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wahl.png\" alt=\"Doomscrolling Detox: Finding Your Balance in the Digital Age\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/t-andrew-wahl-3\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wahl-Headshot.png\" alt=\"T. Andrew Wahl\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/t-andrew-wahl-3\/\">\n                                    T. Andrew Wahl                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/t-andrew-wahl-3\/\">\n                                    Doomscrolling Detox: Finding Your Balance in the Digital Age                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"topic topic-art\">\n                            <h2>Art<\/h2>\n                        <div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lakeya-afolalu\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Afolalu.png\" alt=\"Art, Creativity, and Immigrant Youth\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lakeya-afolalu\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lakeya-Afolalu-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Lakeya Afolalu\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lakeya-afolalu\/\">\n                                    Lakeya Afolalu                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lakeya-afolalu\/\">\n                                    Art, Creativity, and Immigrant Youth                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/katie-buckingham\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Buckingham.png\" alt=\"Heart of Glass: Art and Innovation at 2100 Degrees\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/katie-buckingham\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Buckingham-headshot-1.png\" alt=\"Katie Buckingham\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/katie-buckingham\/\">\n                                    Katie Buckingham                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/katie-buckingham\/\">\n                                    Heart of Glass: Art and Innovation at 2100 Degrees                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/clare-johnson\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Clare-Johnson-1.png\" alt=\"A Life in Sticky Notes\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/clare-johnson\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Clare-Johnson-headshot.png\" alt=\"Clare Johnson\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/clare-johnson\/\">\n                                    Clare Johnson                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/clare-johnson\/\">\n                                    A Life in Sticky Notes                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/dale-kutzera\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kutzera.png\" alt=\"Paul Hayden Kirk and Midcentury Modern NW Architecture \" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/dale-kutzera\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dale-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Dale Kutzera\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/dale-kutzera\/\">\n                                    Dale Kutzera                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/dale-kutzera\/\">\n                                    Paul Hayden Kirk and Midcentury Modern NW Architecture                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jake-prendez-and-judy-avitia\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jake-Prendez.png\" alt=\"Nepantla: Exploring Chicano Art \" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jake-prendez-and-judy-avitia\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Prendez-Headshot-1.png\" alt=\"Jake Prendez and Judy Avitia-Gonzalez\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jake-prendez-and-judy-avitia\/\">\n                                    Jake Prendez and Judy Avitia-Gonzalez                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jake-prendez-and-judy-avitia\/\">\n                                    Nepantla: Exploring Chicano Art                                 <\/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-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tara-Campbell.png\" alt=\"Finding Yourself in Art, A Creative Writing Workshop\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/tara-campbell-2\/\">\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-2\/\">\n                                    Tara Campbell                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/tara-campbell-2\/\">\n                                    Finding Yourself in Art, A Creative 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\/claudia-castro-luna\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Castro-Luna.png\" alt=\"Green Expectations, A Poetry Workshop\/Ilusiones Verdes, Un Taller de Poes\u00eda\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/claudia-castro-luna\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Claudia-Castro-Luna-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Claudia Castro Luna\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/claudia-castro-luna\/\">\n                                    Claudia Castro Luna                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/claudia-castro-luna\/\">\n                                    Green Expectations, A Poetry Workshop\/Ilusiones Verdes, Un Taller de Poes\u00eda                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/thomaspruiksma\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pruiksma.png\" alt=\"Facing Turmoil with Integrity: What Gandhi and MLK Learned from an Ancient Masterpiece\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/thomaspruiksma\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pruiskma-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Thomas\tPruiksma\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/thomaspruiksma\/\">\n                                    Thomas\tPruiksma                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/thomaspruiksma\/\">\n                                    Facing Turmoil with Integrity: What Gandhi and MLK Learned from an Ancient Masterpiece                                <\/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\/michael-artime\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Artime.png\" alt=\"The Strange Link Between Shark Attacks and Voting Behavior\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/michael-artime\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Artim-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Michael Artime\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/michael-artime\/\">\n                                    Michael Artime                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/michael-artime\/\">\n                                    The Strange Link Between Shark Attacks and Voting Behavior                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/onur-bakiner\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bakiner.png\" alt=\"Power and Politics in the Age of A.I.\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/onur-bakiner\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Onur-Bakiner-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Onur Bakiner\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/onur-bakiner\/\">\n                                    Onur Bakiner                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/onur-bakiner\/\">\n                                    Power and Politics in the Age of A.I.                                <\/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-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brackett.png\" alt=\"Platforms for Protest: When Black Athletes Speak Up\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/latoya-brackett-2\/\">\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-2\/\">\n                                    LaToya Brackett                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/latoya-brackett-2\/\">\n                                    Platforms for Protest: When Black Athletes Speak Up                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lisa-brodoff-and-lynn-grotsky\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grotsky-Brodoff.png\" alt=\"The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Adoption Rights\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lisa-brodoff-and-lynn-grotsky\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lynn-Grotsky-Lisa-Brodoff.png\" alt=\"Lisa Brodoff and Lynn Grotsky\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lisa-brodoff-and-lynn-grotsky\/\">\n                                    Lisa Brodoff and Lynn Grotsky                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lisa-brodoff-and-lynn-grotsky\/\">\n                                    The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Adoption Rights                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trillium-239-3\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trillium.png\" alt=\"Women Who Step Up, Not Aside\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trillium-239-3\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trillium-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Trillium-239\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trillium-239-3\/\">\n                                    Trillium-239                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/trillium-239-3\/\">\n                                    Women Who Step Up, Not Aside                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joseph-lenti\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lenti.png\" alt=\"The Squatters Dilemma: Global Housing Lessons for Local Housing Problems\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joseph-lenti\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lenti-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Joseph Lenti\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joseph-lenti\/\">\n                                    Joseph Lenti                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/joseph-lenti\/\">\n                                    The Squatters Dilemma: Global Housing Lessons for Local Housing Problems                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/douglas-levy\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Levy.png\" alt=\"Relentless: The Little-known Stories of Four Olympic Heroes\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/douglas-levy\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Levy-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Douglas Levy\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/douglas-levy\/\">\n                                    Douglas Levy                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/douglas-levy\/\">\n                                    Relentless: The Little-known Stories of Four Olympic Heroes                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jacob-lewis\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lewis-2.png\" alt=\"Why Trust is Essential to Democracy\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jacob-lewis\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lewis-headshot.png\" alt=\"Jacob Lewis\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jacob-lewis\/\">\n                                    Jacob Lewis                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/jacob-lewis\/\">\n                                    Why Trust is Essential to Democracy                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maggie-mertens\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Speakers-Bureau-26-27-Headers-850-x-450.png\" alt=\"How Women Won the Marathon and Changed Our View of Gender\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maggie-mertens\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Maggie-Mertens-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Maggie Mertens\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maggie-mertens\/\">\n                                    Maggie Mertens                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/maggie-mertens\/\">\n                                    How Women Won the Marathon and Changed Our View of Gender                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/yasemin-sari\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sari-New.png\" alt=\"Together: The Promise of Democracy\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/yasemin-sari\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sari-2-BnW.png\" alt=\"Yasemin Sari\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/yasemin-sari\/\">\n                                    Yasemin Sari                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/yasemin-sari\/\">\n                                    Together: The Promise of Democracy                                <\/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\/teresa-andre\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andre.png\" alt=\"Pavement and Plucky Girls: 1920s Tales from Washington\u2019s First Highway\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/teresa-andre\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Teri-Andre-Heashot.png\" alt=\"Teresa Andre\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/teresa-andre\/\">\n                                    Teresa Andre                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/teresa-andre\/\">\n                                    Pavement and Plucky Girls: 1920s Tales from Washington\u2019s First Highway                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/daniel-atkinson\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Daniel-Atkinson.png\" alt=\"The Vanguard Generation: African American Artists, 1880-1918\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/daniel-atkinson\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Atkinson-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Daniel Atkinson\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/daniel-atkinson\/\">\n                                    Daniel Atkinson                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/daniel-atkinson\/\">\n                                    The Vanguard Generation: African American Artists, 1880-1918                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/feliks-banel-3\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Banal.png\" alt=\"All Over The Map: Stories Behind the Names of Washington Places and Things \" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/feliks-banel-3\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Feliks-Banel-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Feliks Banel\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/feliks-banel-3\/\">\n                                    Feliks Banel                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/feliks-banel-3\/\">\n                                    All Over The Map: Stories Behind the Names of Washington Places and Things                                 <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/becky-garrison\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Garrison.png\" alt=\"How Whiskey Won Washington\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/becky-garrison\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Becky-Garrison-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Becky Garrison\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/becky-garrison\/\">\n                                    Becky Garrison                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/becky-garrison\/\">\n                                    How Whiskey Won Washington                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lawrence-hatter\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hatter-2.png\" alt=\"The American Revolution&#039;s End and an Empire\u2019s Beginning\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lawrence-hatter\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hatter-headshot.png\" alt=\"Lawrence Hatter\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lawrence-hatter\/\">\n                                    Lawrence Hatter                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lawrence-hatter\/\">\n                                    The American Revolution's End and an Empire\u2019s Beginning                                <\/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-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Diane-Johnston.png\" alt=\"Hidden Layers: Women&#039;s Undergarments and How They&#039;ve Shaped Ladies\u2019 Liberties\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/diane-johnston-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Diane-Johnston-Headshot.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-2\/\">\n                                    Diane Johnston                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/diane-johnston-2\/\">\n                                    Hidden Layers: Women's Undergarments and How They've Shaped Ladies\u2019 Liberties                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/r-charles-weller\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Weller1.png\" alt=\"How America Talks (Differently) About Slavery\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/r-charles-weller\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Weller-headshot.png\" alt=\"R. Charles Weller\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/r-charles-weller\/\">\n                                    R. Charles Weller                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/r-charles-weller\/\">\n                                    How America Talks (Differently) About Slavery                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/william-woodward-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Woodward.png\" alt=\"The Spokane Olympian Who Shot Off His Hand and Transformed the American Army\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/william-woodward-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Woodward-Headshot.png\" alt=\"William Woodward\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/william-woodward-2\/\">\n                                    William Woodward                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/william-woodward-2\/\">\n                                    The Spokane Olympian Who Shot Off His Hand and Transformed the American Army                                <\/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-4\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Baskas-new-1.png\" alt=\"Really Old Food, A Love Story\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/harriet-baskas-4\/\">\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-4\/\">\n                                    Harriet Baskas                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/harriet-baskas-4\/\">\n                                    Really Old Food, A Love Story                                <\/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-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Halliday.png\" alt=\"Beyond Treaties: Native Stories of Survival and Strength\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/john-halliday-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Halliday-Headshot.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-2\/\">\n                                    John Halliday                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/john-halliday-2\/\">\n                                    Beyond Treaties: Native Stories of Survival and Strength                                <\/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-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hooper.png\" alt=\"Dollhouses and the Mighty Power of Miniatures\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/elise-hooper-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elise-Hooper.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-2\/\">\n                                    Elise Hooper                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/elise-hooper-2\/\">\n                                    Dollhouses and the Mighty Power of Miniatures                                <\/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\/karen-emmerman-2\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Emmerman-2.png\" alt=\"Philosophy with Young People (an Educators&#039; Workshop)\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/karen-emmerman-2\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Emmerman-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Karen Emmerman\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/karen-emmerman-2\/\">\n                                    Karen Emmerman                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/karen-emmerman-2\/\">\n                                    Philosophy with Young People (an Educators' Workshop)                                <\/a>\n                            <\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\" animate\">\n                        <div class=\"photo\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/karen-emmerman\/\">\n                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Emmerman.png\" alt=\"The Big Idea, Philosophy for Youth\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" \/>                                                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"headshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/karen-emmerman\/\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Emmerman-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Karen Emmerman\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <p class=\"author\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/karen-emmerman\/\">\n                                    Karen Emmerman                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>                        \n                            <h3>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/karen-emmerman\/\">\n                                    The Big Idea, Philosophy for Youth             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