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Humanities/ Humanity	Franke Program in Science and the Humanities
Finzi-Contini Lectures	Franke Lectures in the Humanities
Shulman Lectures in Science and the Humanities	Center for Historical Enquiry & the Social Sciences
Tanner Lectures on Human Values	Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism
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“The Third Algorithm: The Evolution of Human Culture”

June 24, 2020

WHITNEY LECTURE OF THE WEEK Gary Tomlinson, John Hay Whitney Professor of Music and Humanities, has directed the Whitney Humanities Center for the last eight years. On June...

A message on Juneteenth from the WHC

June 19, 2020

On this Juneteenth, the Whitney Humanities Center celebrates Black Lives Matter. As Director Gary Tomlinson passes the torch to Alice Kaplan, we are keenly aware that we are...

“What Is It Like to Be a Dog”

June 17, 2020

WHITNEY LECTURE OF THE WEEK Alexandra Horowitz teaches at Barnard College, Columbia University, and is the author of the New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog: What Dogs...

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