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Joined July 2009
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The Dallas Institute retweeted
What can writers + artists do to further social justice? Join us for a Webex conversation on Wednesday, July 8, at 6 p.m. Central, with @SanderiaFaye @willevans @DarrylRatcliff + Sara Cardona + Zenetta Drew. Free for @dallasnews @TheDIHC members. RSVP: lookingforjustice.dallasnews…
The Dallas Institute retweeted
The first #TheOverstory question is here!
"Why do you think Powers leads with the story of the chestnut trees?"
Answer on either the TTF Facebook or Twitter using #TheOverstory hashtag for a chance to win a ticket to @TheDIHC's Fall event!
The Dallas Institute retweeted
The Dallas Institute is now accepting applications for the Hiett Prize in the Humanities! This annual award identifies early career candidates whose work exemplifies impact on contemporary culture. Deadline June 1, 2020 @TheDIHC #HiettPrize #Humanities bit.ly/2xI6LBs
The Dallas Institute retweeted
Arbery grew up in North Texas, attended Cistercian Prep and was sometimes immersed in the neighboring @UofDallas, where some of his sisters seven attended and where his parents – Glen, '82, and Virgina Arbery, PhD '75 — ran the @TheDIHC. via @DMagazine dmagazine.com/arts-entertain…
The Dallas Institute retweeted
Arbery grew up in North Texas, attended Cistercian Prep and was sometimes immersed in the neighboring @UofDallas, where some of his sisters seven attended and where his parents – Glen, '82, and Virgina Arbery, PhD '75 — ran the @TheDIHC. via @DMagazine dmagazine.com/arts-entertain…
The Dallas Institute retweeted
2day 7pm @MPH_Dallas: @TheDIHC 15th Annual #MLK Symposium: “The Arc of the Moral Universe” featuring keynote speaker @ShakaSenghor, author of Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison lonestarliterary.com/content… @ConvergentBooks #literarydallas #lonestarlit
The Dallas Institute retweeted
It's Monday, but you can look forward to getting LIT after 5! (#LoneStarLit, that is!) Here's where:
@BookPeople @ransomriggs 7PM; @DallasInstitute
@MPH_Dallas @TheDIHC @ShakaSenghor 7PM; @BNRiverOaks @theonlyjasonlee 7PM #literarytexas #bookishtexas
lonestarliterary.com/content…
The Dallas Institute retweeted
Can't make it to @TheDIHC's #MLKDay symposium tonight?
🎧 Listen to keynote speaker @ShakaSenghor's conversation with @kerathink about how he transformed his life while serving 19 years in prison, & now uses those lessons to help communities heal. | kerane.ws/2TGSXzV
The Dallas Institute retweeted
Tune in to @kerathink NOW to hear from @ShakaSenghor, then join us TONIGHT for @TheDIHC MLK, Jr. Symposium to hear him speak on our stage! #MLKDay
The Dallas Institute retweeted
Jessica Hooten Wilson, a John Brown University faculty member and winner of the 2019 @TheDIHC Hiett Prize, discusses why she has chosen to stay at the small Christian private university rather than pursue other potential jobs (32:55 in video)
youtu.be/_seDgk0gOMw via
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The Dallas Institute retweeted
“There is a crisis in the humanities in this country … and we need more people like Tom Hibbs at the helm of our universities.” — Allison Stanger, prof. at @Middlebury and senior fellow at @Harvard, at the @TheDIHC, during a speaker series with @dallasnews.
#FocusOnUs #UDallas
The Dallas Institute retweeted
"Will Arbery grew up in TX, where his parents helped to run @TheDIHC, connected with UD ... It was a home full of art and argument ... where dinner-table conversation was likely to include discussion of Machiavelli, Shakespeare and St. Augustine." @nytimes ow.ly/7ZSn50wKW3I
The Dallas Institute retweeted
Plan your #bookish week w/#LoneStarLit!
#DallasTX @TheDIHC 2019 Forum;
@Bouchercon;
#DobieDichos, Oakville;
@alamocitycon, #SATX;
#Htown @iWRITElit Lunch&Signing; @indiecomiccon; #JewishBookAndArtsFestival;
@TylerComicCon
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The Dallas Institute retweeted
Excited to be giving a reading and talk at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture this Wednesday, October 9. Please join me for "Tibetan Pilgrimage"! dallasinstitute.org/tibetan-… @TheDIHC #Tibet
The Dallas Institute retweeted
Thank you for @TheDIHC for a terrific evening! @tomthuang . So grateful!
THANK YOU FOR MAKING LAST NIGHT AWESOME!!!
@ajcorchado
@tomthuang
@dallasnews
@PENamerica
Photos coming soon!
The Dallas Institute retweeted
The goal seemed obvious: Erase my father’s story and that of more than 35 million Mexican Americans. What the heck America? What does it take to be American? My story for @lithub
lithub.com/what-does-it-take…
See u tonight, 6 pm at @TheDIHC , 2719 Routh, Dallas.
The Dallas Institute retweeted
Thanks Dianne for joining us at @TheDIHC . Meant so much
We are just as American as that young man from Allen, Texas. Even more American because we still believe in that American dream,” says Mexican immigrant @ajcorchado of @dallasnews about #elpasoshooting. #cantkilldream
The Dallas Institute retweeted
Michal, a real pleasure meeting. Thanks for tips. See you tomorrow at @TheDIHC , 6 pm
just randomly met @ajcorchado on a rooftop in Dallas. We discussed the Mexican American experience and his new book #homelands. Laid back guy and I’m excited to purchase the book. 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
The Dallas Institute retweeted
Gracias @AlDiaDallas Nos vemos miercoles en #Dallas @TheDIHC, a las 6 pm 2719 Routh St.
dallasnews.com/espanol/al-di…