Death Is a Distraction: Responsibility at Posthuman Precipices

Man sitting in grass
Wednesday, September 25

6:00 pm
Bayo Akomolafe
Thwing Center Ballroom, 11111 Euclid Avenue

Rooted with the Yoruba people in a more-than-human world, Bayo Akomolafe is a father, life-partner, posthumanist thinker, essayist, poet, teacher, public intellectual. He is the author of two books, These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home and We Will Tell our Own Story: The Lions of Africa Speak. He is the founder of the Emergence Network, a global initiative that seeks to convene communities in new ways in response to the civilizational challenges we face as a species, and he is host of the postactivist course/festival/event, “We Will Dance with Mountains.” Dr. Akomolafe currently lectures at Pacifica Graduate Institute, California, and has held several other appointments at prestigious institutions, including the Aspen Institute, UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute, the Schumacher Centre for New Economics, and the Council of an Uncertain Human Future. The recipient of several recent awards for his global contributions, he is also a member of the Club of Rome, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and an ambassador for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance.  Bayo Akomolafe is a 2025 Hildegarde and Elbert Baker Visiting Scholar in the Humanities.

This event is part of the Finite Futures Lecture Series made possible by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation and is free and open to the public.


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