N. Katherine Hayles • Why We Are Still Posthuman

Wolf Humanities Center's 2017-18 Forum on Afterlives November 15, 2017 N. Katherine Hayles James B. Duke Professor of Literature, Duke University Why, especially in times of great social upheaval, should we turn to the ancient past? Because if we fail to understand the experiences of earlier societies, we limit our ability to imagine possible futures, debate courses of action, make wise decisions, and defend hard-won freedoms. Join noted classics scholar Edith Hall as she resurrects Aristotle’s notion of “disciplined recollection” and explains how it can be helpful for meeting the challenges of the present day. Cosponsored by Price Lab for Digital Humanities For more information on this event: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/why-we-are-still-posthuman, and for a short excerpt:    • (Excerpt) N. Katherine Hayles • Why We Are...