{"id":11404,"date":"2024-06-05T18:24:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T18:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/?p=11404"},"modified":"2025-07-14T19:37:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:37:49","slug":"sustaining-democracy-a-humanities-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/sustaining-democracy-a-humanities-lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustaining Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sustaining Democracy: A Humanities Lecture Series<\/h1><\/div><\/div>
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At a time of widespread concern about challenges to democracy, the Center for the Humanities is pleased to present \u201cSustaining Democracy: A Humanities Lecture Series.\u201d This yearlong speaker series (which will run parallel to the Fall 2024 Honors Colloquium on \u201cDemocracy in Peril\u201d<\/a> and extend into Spring 2025) will demonstrate the critical role that the arts and humanities play in sustaining and inspiring democratic engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All events in the series are free and open to the public.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024-2025 Events<\/h2>\n\n\n