The early Internet was a lawless place, populated by scam artists who made buying or selling anything online risky business. Then Amazon, eBay, Upwork, and Apple established secure digital platforms... READ MORE

Join author Richard Conniff for a book talk on Ending Epidemics at the University of Minnesota, Duluth Medical School campus. Richard Conniff is a National Magazine Award-winning writer for Smithsonian... READ MORE

Description Curiosity, say Perry Zurn and Dani Bassett, is a practice of connection: it connects ideas into networks of knowledge, and it connects knowers themselves, both to the knowledge they... READ MORE

Charis welcomes Nicholas Mirzoeff in conversation with Barrett Holmes Pitner for a discussion of White Sight: Visual Politics and Practices of Whiteness. From the author of How to See the World comes a new history of... READ MORE

Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births explores the arc of human reproduction through the lens of art and design. The exhibition examines the evolution of rights and societal... READ MORE

Join us at the MIT Welcome Center auditorium for an innovative presentation by author Todd Myers on the importance of technology to solving environmental challenges. In Time to Think Small:... READ MORE

This event will be hosted in-person at Book Passage's Corte Madera Store. Please contact webmaster@bookpassage.com with questions regarding events. An inspiring look at wildlife species that are defying the odds and teaching... READ MORE

The news about wildlife is dire—more than 900 species have been wiped off the planet since industrialization. Against this bleak backdrop, however, there are also glimmers of hope and lessons... READ MORE

Designer and author of The New Designer, Manuel Lima, will be giving a lecture, “The Tree Diagram: Mapping Branches of Knowledge,” co-sponsored with The Abrahamic Story of the Tree project.

A special event featuring Dori Tunstall, author of Decolonizing Design: A Cultural Justice Guidebook, in conversation with Holly Harriel. Copies of Decolonizing Design will be available for purchase on site. Accessibility: Our... READ MORE

hosted by shift+OPEN Learn more about the process of flipping a journal to open access. Join us for a webinar with the editors of Quantitative Science Studies as they share what the process... READ MORE