2026-7 Humanities Speaker Series: Mike Butler

Join us for "The Machine in Me that Dreams of Abs: On Smartphones and Self-Surveillance at the Gym," the second lecture in the inaugural Humanities Speaker Series featuring Mike Butler.

Mike Butler is assistant professor of Philosophy & Ethics at the University of North Dakota where he is also the director of the M.A. program in Human-Technology Interaction and the co-director of the Digital Worlds Workshop. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Memphis. Butler's research focuses on phenomenology, embodied cognition and the philosophy of technology.

Co-sponsored by the Colleges of Arts & Sciences and the Chester Frtiz Library, the inaugural Humanities Speaker Series features four early-career faculty members in English, Philosophy, History and American Indian Studies, and Languages, highlighting new research from pre-tenure and contingent scholars on campus. Hors d'oeuvres, desserts and drinks will be provided.