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Lecture: Considering Forgiveness in a Time of Ubiquitous Recording

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
Philosophy, Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education, HRI
Location
Campus Instructional Facility, Room 4025
Date
Mar 11, 2025   5:30 pm  
Contact
John Schwenkler
E-Mail
jschwenk@illinois.edu
Views
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Originating Calendar
Campus Humanities Calendar

Join us for a lecture in the Illinois Forum on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age Speaker Series with John Durham Peters. Both in journalistic coverage and everyday life, there is now a striking level of detailed judgment about the minutiae of nonverbal and nonpublic expression. What does this incessant documentation mean for the possibility of forgiveness and also forgetfulness (which of course is not exactly the same thing)? 

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