BOOK EVENTS

Faculty Book Celebration: “Governing Smart Cities as Knowledge Commons” with Mike Madison 
Noon April 12, Barco Law School, Alcoa Room, second floor

The collection Governing Smart Cities as Knowledge Commons, edited by Brett Frischmann, Michael Madison and Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, features essays by Pitt’s Madison and other thought leaders exploring the governance of smart cities, shaping our understanding of increasingly critical regulatory and policy issues through case studies and a knowledge commons framework. This is the fifth book in the Governing Knowledge Commons series. The event will feature commentary from Madison and Karen Lightman, executive director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Metro21: Smart Cities Institute. The event is sponsored by Pitt Cyber, the School of Law, and the Center for Governance and Markets. Register here to attend in person; lunch included. Register here to attend by Zoom.

Book Duet: Michael Sawyer and Aidan Beatty
12:30-2 p.m. April 6, Cathedral of Learning, Room 602, or via Zoom

Please join us in the Humanities Center for a book duet featuring excerpts from Michael Sawyer’s “Black Minded: The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X”  and Aidan Beatty’s “Private Property and the Fear of Social Chaos.” This is part of a new Humanities Center series that brings books recently published by Pitt faculty into the conversation. Sawyer and Beatty will select excerpts from each other's books for discussion, and they will be available at the Humanities Center's shared folder. Review excerpts from both books available here. Zoom link: https://pitt.zoom.us/my/pitthumanities

Visiting Writer Heather Radke Reading & Craft Talk
6 p.m. April 6, The Understory, Room B50, Cathedral of Learning

The Writing Program is hosting visiting writer Heather Radke, an essayist, journalist and contributing editor and reporter at Radiolab, the Peabody Award–winning program from WNYC. She has written for publications including The Believer, Longreads, and The Paris Review, and she teaches at Columbia University’s creative writing MFA Program. Before becoming a writer, Heather worked as a curator at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum in Chicago. Her first book, “Butts: A Backstory,” was released by Avid Reader Press in 2022.

Book Discussion: “White Enclosures: Racial Capitalism and Coloniality along the Balkan Route”
Noon-1:30 p.m. April 6, 4130 Posvar Hall or via Zoom

Piro Rexhepi will discuss of his recent book “White Enclosures: Racial Capitalism and Coloniality along the Balkan Route”  (Duke University Press, 2022). Participants can join online or in-person. Rexhepi will be joining via Zoom. The book is available to read online via the University Library System here. Rexhepi's research focuses on decoloniality, sexuality and Islam. His recent work on racism and borders along the Balkan Refugee Route has been published in a range of mediums in and out of academia. Register to join on Zoom here.

Reading group on the work of Xan Phillips
12:30-2 p.m. April 11, virtual

This virtual discussion will look at some recent work in progress by Xan Phillips, the 2021-2023 creative writing fellow for Pitt’s Center for African American Poetry and Poetics AAPP. This discussion is meant as a prequel to the April 13 celebration of Phillips’ work, co-hosted by the CAAPP and the Humanities Center. This discussion will be based on pre-circulated materials to be read in advance of the discussion. In order to receive the materials for the event, register by emailing humctr@pitt.edu. The event will take place in the Humanities Center Zoom Room.

Book Talk: Uri Gneezi and “Mixed Signals: How Incentives Really Work”
3:30-4:30 p.m. April 14, 1500 Posvar Hall

The Behavioral Economics Design Initiative at the University of Pittsburgh welcomes Uri Gneezy, Epstein/Atkinson endowed chair in behavioral economics and professor of economics and strategic management at the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego, for a discussion of his new book “Mixed Signals: How Incentives Really Work.” Incentives send powerful signals that aim to influence behavior. But often there is a conflict between what we say and what we do in response to these incentives. The result: mixed signals. Refreshments, reception and book signing to follow, and the first 150 attendees will receive a free copy of the book. RSVP encouraged for planning purposes, but anyone can attend.