Dr. Christina Jarvis will give the 2023 Kasling Lecture: "Peculiar Travel Suggestions: Discovering the Story of Kurt Vonnegut's Planetary Citizenship"

Drawing on intensive study of Vonnegut’s manuscripts at the Lilly Library, this lively and engaging talk explores the origins of the Hoosier icon’s environmental and social justice engagements, the compositional stories behind Cat’s Cradle, and reasons why Vonnegut’s prescient critiques still offer useful wisdom and humor for our own chaotic, increasingly networked planetary moment.