Events

The exhibition "VOCES Oral History Center at 25," on view now through April 7, 2025 in the second floor gallery, celebrates the work of VOCES and highlights the Benson's archival holdings from the VOCES Center.

This exhibition explores the creative potential of zines: their ability to depict humanity in ways that generatively stretch the imagination, using what we've called the "more than human" to recapture agency over marginalized bodies. It is now on view in the Reading Room of the Fine Arts Library through May 10, 2025.

Cats and dogs inspire artists, scientists, and everyday folks. This selection of books covers the many ways we humans study, interact, cherish, and love domesticated animals. You'll find memoirs about beloved pets helping their humans recover from addiction, graphic novels about zany pet shenanigans, and even a feline detective solving murders! We hope you'll learn something new about our furry friends and appreciate them in deeper and more meaningful ways! Also, check out our selection of blind book dates - maybe you’ll find your next favorite read!

One hour overview of the citation management software Zotero.

In this in-person Using AI for Research session, we will demonstrate how to use AI to enhance your research methods — including brainstorming topics, searching for articles, analyzing literature trends, and developing keywords.

Argentine novelist, poet, and former political prisoner Alicia Kozameh will speak to Professor Gabriela Polit (Spanish and Portuguese) about her archive, recently acquired and processed by the Benson Latin American Collection. The conversation will be in English.

This hybrid Digital Humanities Workshop will introduce attendees to distant reading — a form of text analysis, from the creation of a corpus to its analysis.

New to Zotero? Or have you been dabbling and want to improve your Zotero experience? Come by the PCL Scholars Lab Consultation Room (PCL 2.402B) to get tailored assistance for your Zotero needs. Two Zotero-expert librarians will be on hand to assist on a first-come, first-served basis. There are a total of three sessions to be held this semester.

In this virtual Data & Donuts workshop, we’ll discuss how to meet requirements for data sharing while ensuring ethical treatment and protection of sensitive data.

This hands-on, in-person Introduction to AI workshop is aimed at UT Austin graduate students and faculty in the Humanities — no previous knowledge of AI (Artificial Intelligence) needed to participate. Beginner friendly!