EVENT: A New Mode of Orientation: Planetary Cognitive Ecologies.

Presented By: N. Katherine Hayles, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Literature, Duke University
What: Special Speaker for the Hall Center Seminar on "The Posthuman?"
Where: KU Alumni Center
When: Monday, November 13, 2017, 7:30-9 p.m.
Suggested Background Reading: How We Became Posthuman (1999)

Questions? 864-2519 or relliott@ku.edu

Hosted by: Hall Center for the Humanities.





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