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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
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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)?