2025 Silha Lecture "Stop Drawing . . . Or Else: A Cartoonist's View on Democracy's Perilous Moment"

With Ann Telnaes and Roslyn Mazer

In-person tickets for this event are sold out, but there is still room in the online webinar.  Register for the webinar here.

The 40th Annual Silha Lecture, "Stop Drawing . . . Or Else: A Cartoonist's View on Democracy's Perilous Moment" will take place on September 30, 2025  at 7:00 pm at Cowles Auditorium, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus.

This year's lecture will feature Ann Telnaes, editorial cartoonist and the 2001 and 2025 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary.  Telnaes formerly was the editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post.

She will be joined by Roslyn Mazer, Free expression advocate and author of the amicus brief for the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell.

You can find a copy of the most recent flyer here.

The 2025 Silha Lecture is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. This event is sold out. 

If you prefer to attend via webinar, you may register here.

A video of the 2025 Silha Lecture with Ann Telnaes is available here.

Event Location

Cowles Auditorium, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, West Bank

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