Violence, Humans in Dark Times is a course that has arisen from a series of conversations Brad Evans and Natasha Lennard have had with a wide range of cutting-edge thinkers on the intersections of violence with society. First published in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Review of Books, these conversations will frame the foundation of the course as students use it to deeply explore how violence is understood and used in modern society and ways in which to combat its presence. Students will develop a core understanding of these issues by unpacking and analyzing selected conversations through readings and discussions, but will then work to bring a practical application to these issues as they consider how to shift these theoretical conversations to real-world action