Category: Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
February 2025
Italian Movie Night, Thursday, February 20, 7 PM at Images Cinema
Join us for Italian Movie Night: C’è Ancora Domani (There's Still Tomorrow), 2023’s highest-grossing Italian film! Paola Cortellesi’s directorial debut is a heartfelt tale of resilience set in 1946 post-war Italy. Free/subtitles in English.
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Matthew Aucoin - Class of 1960 Music Lecture
Matthew Aucoin is an American composer, conductor, and writer, and a 2018 MacArthur Fellow. He is a co-founder of the pathbreaking American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), and was the Los Angeles Opera’s Artist in Residence from 2016 to 2020. As a composer, Aucoin is committed to expanding the possibilities of opera as a genre. His own operas, which include Eurydice … Continue reading "Matthew Aucoin – Class of 1960 Music Lecture"
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Race and Slavery in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert
On the occasion of the Chapin Library's acquisition of the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert, one of the most significant publications of the European Enlightenment, Professor Andrew S. Curran of Wesleyan University will deliver a public lecture on the topic of “Race and Slavery in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert." Professor Curran, the William Armstrong Professor of the Humanities … Continue reading "Race and Slavery in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert"
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Prof. Zachary Wallmark - Class of 1960 Music Lecture
Professor Zachary Wallmark of University of Oregon offers a Class of 1960 Lecture. Zachary Wallmark is a musicologist with an interest in popular music, timbre, and music cognition. Prior to his appointment at UO, Wallmark served on the music faculty at Southern Methodist University, where he also held a courtesy appointment in psychology. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses … Continue reading "Prof. Zachary Wallmark – Class of 1960 Music Lecture"
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