Hear, instead of see, the Northern Lights. Get lost in Ukranian folk tunes. Support the Community Kitchen with an energetic night of percussion. Experience the juxtaposition of mortals and angels with the seasons.
Panel Discussion considers Reconstruction Era and the National Park Service
A three-person panel will present an overview of the Reconstruction Era and how the National Park Service is focusing on the era.
Saeid Golkar’s ‘Sweet Research’ focuses on ‘Politicization of Social Cleavages in Iran’
The Department of Political Science and Public Service invites all UTC students and faculty to their next “Sweet Research” event.
Renowned Southern writers return to campus for SouthWord Literary Festival
Kentucky native Wendell Berry will deliver the keynote address for SouthWord, a two-day literary feast. Southern writers and connoisseurs will converge on campus for the conference’s first day, including the keynote.
Join UTC Opera for a performance of Bach’s Coffee Cantata
Coffee Cantata’s plot is based on themes from Italian Commedia dell’Arte. When a father is concerned with his daughter’s scandalous habit of drinking coffee, he forbids her to marry unless she’ll change her ways. The daughter still finds a way to sneak cups of coffee into her marriage. Scenes from “Spamalot” and Lalo’s “Le Roid d’Ys” will also be featured.
An Evening with Biographer James McGrath Morris
James McGrath Morris’ recent book The Ambulance Drivers: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a Friendship Made and Lost in War details the tortured friendship between the two authors.
Scholars and Clergy discuss the Reformation, Nov. 1
October 2017 marked the 500th anniversary of when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of one of Saxon City’s main churches. Join this round table discussion with UTC professors and local church leaders in observance of the historic event.
UTC Civil War Symposium celebrates 25th meeting
Each year, UTC invites scholars to Chattanooga to share current research and develop a series of monographs on the 19th century press, the Civil War and 19th century concepts of free expression.
Kathi Weeks presents ‘Down with Love: Feminist Critique and the New Ideologies of Work’ on Oct. 26
Kathi Weeks, professor of gender, sexuality and feminist studies at Duke University draws from 1970’s critiques of the ideologies of love and romance to develop a critique of the popular literature advice that directs employees to find love and happiness at work.
Department of Mathematics Colloquium Series hosts Lakmali Weerasena, Oct. 20
Lakmali Weerasena presents: A Local-search Algorithm and a Tolerance Function for Multi-objective Combinatorial Optimization Problems.