Welcome, literary aficionados, 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 Literary Events
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Science-fiction great William Gibson
talks about both his work and the future of science fiction with Northwestern University's Bill Savage on Sunday, October 16.
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Poet Claudia Rankine reads from her newest book, Don't Let Me Be Lonely on Sunday, October 16.
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Author Amitav Ghosh
discusess his craft and reads from River of Smoke, his page-turner three years in the making, on Sunday, October 23.
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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.
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Authors Jonathan Franzen and Isabel Wilkerson
accept Chicago Tribune Heartland Prizes for their recent books, Freedom and The Warmth of Other Suns, on Sunday, November 6.
- Author Joshua Foer talks about his book, Moonwalking with Einstein, which weaves together colorful characters, a cultural history of memory, and Foer’s yearlong training and ultimate triumph as 2006 US Memory Champion, on Sunday, November 6.
- Princeton professor and scholar of the book Anthony Grafton discusses the bound volume's past, present, and future on Saturday, November 12.
- What happens when computers join the ranks of scholars who have plumbed the depths of Shakespeare’s incomparable imagination? If you, like us, are not sure what that means, join Folger Shakespeare Library Director Michael Witmore for an unprecedented experience with Shakespeare on Sunday, November 13.
- Israeli author David Grossman discusses his new book, To The End of the Land 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.
