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Visit the Humanities Week Webpage: https://liberalarts.vt.edu/humanities-week.htmlVirginia Tech’s annual Humanities Week returns Oct. 19-23 with Legacies of 1776, a week of lectures, discussions, and programs exploring the evolving meanings of sovereignty, freedom, equality, and independence 250 years after the founding of the United States.
The week’s featured keynote, “The Responsibilities of Being American,” will be presented by acclaimed journalist, author, and longtime NPR host Scott Simon. Simon will explore the meaning and responsibilities of American citizenship, followed by a Q&A.
Humanities Week: Oct. 19-23
Keynote: Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lyric Theatre
Humanities Week is sponsored by the Center for Humanities and the Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.
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