Two Pitt faculty and one staff member will be among those presenting at the Pittsburgh Humanities Festival on March 26 and 27.
The talks, part of 14 core conversations, will take place at the Trust Arts Education Center at 807 Liberty Ave. A $10 ticket ($5 for students) gives you access to all the conversations. Get tickets here.
“America’s Energy Gamble: People, Economy and Planet” with Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, an associate professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. Noon March 26.
Gamper-Rabindran will discuss how America can get back to an energy transition that's good for the economy and the environment. That’s the question at the heart of this dissection of the Trump administration's energy policy.
“How I Became a Novelist” with Kathleen George, professor in the Department of Theatre Arts. 3 p.m. March 26.
George is the author of several novels, including “The Odds,” which was nominated for an Edgar award for best novel by the Mystery Writers of America. She will share the questions she asks herself about what makes a story worth working on for years. How did she get from writing short fiction to directing plays to writing mysteries to writing other novels? She hopes to provide some answers.
“The Power of Embracing My Disability” with Heather Tomko, outreach coordinator at Pitt's National Center on Family Support. 3 p.m. March 27
Tomko will discuss how she went from downplaying her disability, to accepting it, and even going beyond that to embracing it. These attitudinal shifts resulted in opening up her world, and connecting with the disability community empowered her to fully embrace her identity, disability and all. Her talk was selected as the Public Open Call winner for the festival.
The festival is presented by Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and the Humanities Center of Carnegie Mellon University.