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Distinguished Speakers

Each year, CAHI brings distinguished artists, scholars, and writers to IU Bloomington to share their work. Past speakers have included Margaret Atwood, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Roxane Gay, Juan Felipe Herrera, George Saunders, and more.

An Evening of Poetry with Kevin Young

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

7:00 P.M.

In our first Distinguished Speaker event of the year, Kevin Young, poet and director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C., will give a reading at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. This event is presented in partnership with the Institute for Advanced Study, and part of a series of events with Kevin Young in October. More information coming soon.

Daniel Alarcón

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

7:00 P.M.

In November 2022, CAHI presents Daniel Alarcón as a Ruth N. Halls Distinguished Speaker at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. A fiction writer, journalist, and radio producer, Alarcón is a co-founder and host of Radio Ambulante.