Author's Talk When: April 12th @ 5:15pm (ET) Where: Hayden Library Nexus Space, 14S-130 Register here: https://litatmit-malkaolder.eventbrite.com & Virtual STARR Forum: Governing the Unpredictable: Disasters, the State, and Futures When: Wednesday, April 13th @ 4:30pm (ET) Where: Virtual Event; Registration Required for zoom. http://calendar.mit.edu/event/GoverningTheUnpredictable Malka Older is a writer, aid worker, and sociologist. Her science-fiction political thriller Infomocracy was named one of the best books of 2016 by Kirkus, Book Riot, and the Washington Post. She has been the lead writer for two seasons of the licensed Orphan Black audio sequel on Realm, and her acclaimed short story collection And Other Disasters came out in November 2019. Her novella The Mimicking of Known Successes, a murder mystery set on a gas giant planet, comes out in early 2023. She is a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University, where she teaches on humanitarian aid and predictive fictions, and hosts the Science Fiction Sparkle Salon. Her opinions can be found in The New York Times, The Nation, Foreign Policy, and NBC THINK, among other places. Sponsored by the MIT Literature Section & Center of International Studies' STARR Forum. Attendees who are not members of the MIT Community on COVID Pass, please contact tranvoj@mit.edu for a Tim Ticket or register here. More info on COVID-19 protocol here: http://covidapps.mit.edu/visitor

AMS Colloquium Series Presents, Cicero and the Early Latin Poets Speaker: Hannah Čulík-Baird Assistant Professor, Department of Classical Studies at Boston University When: Wednesday, April 27th @ 5:15pm (ET) Where: Register for Zoom  Abstract: Cicero's writings contain hundreds of quotations of Latin verse from Latin poets of the 2nd century BCE, such as Ennius, Pacuvius, Accius, and Lucilius. In this lecture, Hannah Čulík-Baird explains the significance of Latin poetry to the late Republican orator, contextualizing Cicero's poetic quotations within contemporary intellectual practices at Rome. Bio: Hannah Čulík-Baird is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Boston University. Her book, Cicero and the Early Latin Poets, is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press (April 2022). Image: A manuscript of Cicero De Senectute (Arundel 124 f89r, British Library) with a gold box containing the location, title, and speaker’s information. Logos for History@MIT, AMS, and Lit@MIT below.