Bellevue Professor Set to Present to TEDxOmaha Salon Series
Bellevue University Assistant Professor David Joel Thomas will speak at a TEDxOmaha Salon event on April 24. The event will focus on improvisation and connections between past, present, and future.
Key Facts
- Speaker: David Joel Thomas
- Title: Assistant Professor and Program Director of Creative Arts
- Event: TEDxOmaha Salon
- Date: April 24
- Location: KANEKO, 1111 Jones St., Omaha
- Event theme: “The Art of Facing Backwards Into the Future”
- Topic focus: improvisation and design exploration
- Tickets available online
Event Overview
Bellevue University Assistant Professor David Joel Thomas will be the main event speaker at an upcoming TEDxOmaha Salon event on April 24 at KANEKO, 1111 Jones St. in downtown Omaha.
According to Strawberry-Blue Olive, Executive Producer of TEDxOmaha, “The Art of Facing Backwards Into the Future” Salon event will focus on improvisation. “Our April TEDxOmaha Salon explores how our present and future are deeply entwined with not only our own past but everything that has gone before it.”
Speaker Focus
Thomas, who is the Program Director of Creative Arts at Bellevue University, will discuss Ancient Mesopotamian architectural plans, specifically the urban and domestic plans of Ur (ca. 2000 BCE), that serve as the material basis of an improvisatory design exploration of lost forms and preferable futures. Thomas specializes in Architecture and Design, Ancient Philosophy and Contemporary Continental Philosophy.
TEDxOmaha is an independently organized TED event. As part of the global TED community, TEDx Omaha connects locally to explore ideas and situations that affect our culture, our environment and our minds.
Founded in 1966, Bellevue University is a non-profit university with more than 70,000 graduates worldwide. The University is a recognized national leader in preparing students for lifelong success with career-relevant knowledge and skills, while making college affordable. Routinely ranked among the nation’s top military and accessible institutions, the University serves residential students at its main campus in Bellevue, Nebraska, and everywhere online with more than 85 degree programs uniquely designed for working adults. The University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org).