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The 2019 Berlin Family Lectures with Teju Cole
"Coming to Our Senses"
Lecture one: "Experience"
April 8, 2019
As sensing beings, how do we experience our own senses? In the first lecture of the 2019 Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Family Lecture Series, acclaimed author, critic, and photographer Teju Cole draws on his personal stories of the senses, examples in literature, and built and natural environments to describe the universal experiences of our senses.
This is the first lecture in a three-lecture series presented in the spring of 2019 at the University of Chicago.
Named for Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin, the Berlin Family Lectures bring leading scholars, writers, and creative artists from around the world to the University of Chicago. Each visitor offers an extended series of lectures with the aim of interacting with the university community and developing a book for publication with the University of Chicago Press. Learn more at http://berlinfamilylectures.uchicago.edu.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to humanities@uchicago.edu.
The 2019 Berlin Family Lectures with Teju Cole
"Coming to Our Senses"
Lecture one: "Experience"
April 8, 2019
As sensing beings, how do we experience our own senses? In the first lecture of the 2019 Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Family Lecture Series, acclaimed author, critic, and photographer Teju Cole draws on his personal stories of the senses, examples in literature, and built and natural environments to describe the universal experiences of our senses.
This is the first lecture in a three-lecture series presented in the spring of 2019 at the University of Chicago.
Named for Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin, the Berlin Family Lectures bring leading scholars, writers, and creative artists from around the world to the University of Chicago. Each visitor offers an extended series of lectures with the aim of interacting with the university community and developing a book for publication with the University of Chicago Press. Learn more at http://berlinfamilylectures.uchicago.edu.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to humanities@uchicago.edu.
