2017 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival
The Pittsburgh Humanities Festival, a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and the Humanities Center of Carnegie Mellon University, is a three-day gathering of internationally-renowned academics, artists, and intellectual innovators in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. The second Festival, March 24 – 26, 2017, will offer intimate conversations, interviews, and performances focused on art, literature, music, science, policy, politics, and more—all helping us to explore what it means to be human. It’s smart talk about stuff that matters.
Download the Festival Guide (PDF).
Festival Pricing
CORE CONVERSATIONS PASS 24 intimate conversations, interviews, & performances on Saturday and Sunday |
PASSES: $20 |
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ALL ACCESS Includes all Core Conversations and all featured events. Place all Featured Events & Core Conversations pass in Cart to activate discount. |
best seats $120 |
best value $70 |
best price $60 |
FEATURED EVENTS Writers of the Onion, 03/24; Bassem Youssef, 03/25; K. N. Cleaver & D. Oliver-Velez, 03/26 |
best seats $50 |
best value $25 |
best price $20 |
Student pricing available with valid student ID.
Featured Events
Bassem Youssef
A Conversation with Kathleen Neal Cleaver and Denise Oliver-Velez
Festival Core Conversations Pass
Festival Core Conversations Pass
Core Conversations
Saturday, March 25
Harris Theater
Michael Bérubé - Life As Jamie Knows It
Martín Espada: An Interview with Jim Daniels
Virginia Johnson - Art in Our Time
Steve James - Documentary Filmmaker
More Just Communities - From Stories to Action
Trust Arts Education Center | 4th Floor
Demeatria Boccella in conversation with Karin Legato
Suzie Silver - A Presentation of Queer Media Projects
Elizabeth Watkins - On the Pill
Elizabeth Otto - The Bauhaus at Theresienstadt Concentration Camp: Friedl Dicker-Brandeis
Trust Arts Education Center | Peirce Studio
Mark Clayton Southers (Interview with PG critic Chris Rawson)
James Livingston - The End of Work
Lisa Tetrault - The Myth of Seneca Falls
Sunday, March 26
Harris Theater
Yona Harvey in Conversation with Ed Piskor
Have-A-Chat for Humanity: PJ Gaynard
Robert Christgau - "The Dean of Rock Critics"
Trust Arts Education Center | 4th Floor
Elaine Frantz Parsons - The Ku Klux Klan in the History of White-on-Black Violence
Have-A-Chat for Humanity: Bergita Bugarija
Sharon Dilworth
Aaron Steinfeld - Human Reactions to In/Appropriate Robot Behavior
Trust Arts Education Center | Peirce Studio
Ambassador (Ret.) John F. Maisto in conversation with Ambassador Dan Simpson: Foreign Affiars Challenges Past & Present - A Western Pennsylvania Perspective
Have-A-Chat for Humanity: David Bennett
Chris Potter in Conversation with Patrick Doyle - Journalism in the Age of Social Media
Linn Meyers
Past Humanities Festivals
Learn about our inaugural festival from 2015.
Sponsors and Partners
90.5 WESA | 91.3 WYEP | Andy Warhol Museum | Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival | Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh | Center for the Arts in Society, Carnegie Mellon University | City of Asylum | Crazy Mocha | Eventioneers | Humanities Center, University of Pittsburgh Humanities Scholars Program, Carnegie Mellon University | Institute for the Arts and Humanities, Penn State University | NEXT Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania Humanities Council | Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures | Gary and Valerie Schaffer | The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation | White Whale Books | World Affairs Council