2018 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and the Humanities Center at Carnegie Mellon University welcome you to the 2018 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival February 24 – March 4, 2018.
The Pittsburgh Humanities Festival brings together internationally-renowned academics, artists, and intellectual innovators offering interviews, intimate conversations, and select performances focused on art, literature, music, science, policy, politics, and more—all in a lively, entertaining, accessible format in the Cultural District. It’s smart talk about stuff that matters.
Core Conversations
Core Conversations featuring intimate discussions, interviews, and performances. Tickets can be purchased for just $5 per Conversation.
The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist
X-Men Grand Design: Ed Piskor
Public Open Call: Phone Sex, Anti Sex Work Feminism, and Masculine Socialization
Lou Reed: A Life - Anthony DeCurtis
Should They Stay or Should They Go?: The Monuments Controversy
A Requiem for Rice: A Tribute to Those Enslaved, Exploited, and Brutalized
The Magic of Storytelling: Jonathan Auxier
The Books You are Missing: The Importance of Literary Translation
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity – Steve Silberman
Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus – Laura Kipnis
Meet the Fettermans
Ethics and AI Systems
The Reactionary Mind: The Book that Predicted Trump
Featured Events
Featured Events include performances and presentations in theaters in the heart of the Cultural District.