Welcome, history buffs, to the Chicago Humanities Festival!
Our fall festival is all about technology: it's 'technology' with knowledge at its center. Our programs are an array of terrific events: more than 80 in all, over 2 days in October and 2 weeks in November. The schedule is full of riches, and we've handpicked some to guide you through the festival offerings, especially if this is your first time visiting us. Tickets are very reasonable at $5-15 for many programs, and we offer free and reduced-price tickets to many programs for students and teachers.
Top CHF History Programs
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Historian Adrian Johns recounts the heyday of British pirate radio, the 1960s, and how technology changed broadcasting, on Sunday, October 23.
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African historian Emily Osborn talks about her book-in-progress Recycling Tradition: Aluminum Casting and the Making of a Modern African Diaspora and an ingenious approach to recycling, on Sunday, October 23.
- Journalist, author, and economist
Sylvia Nasar discusses her new book, Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius, which reveals how economics rescued humankind, irrevocably altering the lives of past, present, and future generations, on Saturday, November 5.
- Princeton professor and scholar of the book Anthony Grafton discusses the bound volume's past, present, and future on Saturday, November 12.
- How can technology help create a culture? Raul Coronado explores the effect of the technology of the printing press on the development of Latino culture in the 19th century US on Saturday, November 12.
- As one of the world’s premier historians of science, Harvard University professor
Peter Galison has made his mark exploring rare moments of collision and convergence. The author of instein’s Clocks, Poincaré’s Maps: Empires of Time, among many other books, will talk about the next frontiers of science on Sunday, November 13.
This list only scratches the surface. We hope that you find many more of our fall events of interest to you! Tickets are available online or by calling our box office at 312-494-9509, Monday through Friday from 10 am to 5 pm.
