Einstein’s Dreams, Time & TeleAbsence: An Evening with Alan Lightman & D. Pillis

A reading of selections from Einstein’s Dreams with audience participation and conversation between author, physicist Alan Lightman, and researcher and artist D. Pillis.
Join us for a special reading with author Alan Lightman from his seminal work, Einstein’s Dreams, a fictional meditation on the nature of time. Lightman and Pillis will lead a public reading of some of the book’s most beloved passages, inviting audience members to read aloud and share their own favorites. Attendees will also have the opportunity to imagine new worlds of time, you are encouraged to submit your ideas to the link below.

Following the reading, Lightman, Professor of the Practice of the Humanities at MIT; and Pillis, an MIT Media Lab alum and Assistant Professor of Virtual Production at Emerson College, will engage in a conversation about the book’s enduring impact, emerging research on TeleAbsence, and deep connections between time, physics, memory, identity, and the universe.

A reception will follow the event.

November 14, 2025
6pm – 8pm
$15 General Admission | $5 for MIT ID Holders