Category: Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
October 2023
Stranger in the Shogun’s City: From the Archive to the Page
Department of History Class of 1960 Scholars and Asian Studies lecture by Amy Stanley on Wed, Oct 4 at 4:15 pm in Griffin 3.
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Special Relativity before Special Relativity
Please join Fred Strauch of Williams during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, October 6th or 13th depending on Mountain Day at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will follow in Public Common Room.
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Fall 2023 German-Austrian Film Festival
The German-Austrian Film Festival in its 9th edition will take place on three consecutive Tuesdays at 7:30 PM on 9/26, 10/3, and 10/10 at Images Cinema: the third and last film is The Ordinaries, a Sci-Fi debut film by Sophie Linnenbaum.
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Professor Julia Wolfe - Class of 1960 Music Lecture
Professor Julia Wolfe of New York University offers a Class of 1960 Lecture titled, Telling History Through Music. Julia Wolfe’s music is distinguished by an intense physicality and a relentless power that pushes performers to extremes and demands attention from the audience. She draws inspiration from folk, classical, and rock genres, bringing a modern sensibility to each while simultaneously tearing … Continue reading "Professor Julia Wolfe – Class of 1960 Music Lecture"
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Jesse Nathan Poetry Reading
Please join us for a reading in celebration of the publication of Jesse Nathan's first book of poetry,
Eggtooth.
Hernan Diaz Reading
Hernan Diaz will read from his latest book, Trust. Open to the public. All are welcome.
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Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro and 18th-Century Diplomatic Culture: A Lecture by David Armitage
David Armitage, Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University, will speak on the role of Mozart's opera Marriage of Figaro (1786) in the history of early modern diplomacy and international law.
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Philosophy and Poetics in Horace's Odes 1.34 and 2.2
Professor Kenneth Draper (Indiana University, Bloomington) will present research from his current book project, Non-Lyric Voices in Horace’s Odes: The Poetics of Disguise and Infiltration. Professor Draper shows how Horace makes inventive and productive use of philosophy within his first lyric collection, and discusses the subtle deployment of philosophy within lyric as, in part, a means of reintegrating the social sphere at Rome in … Continue reading "Philosophy and Poetics in Horace’s Odes 1.34 and 2.2"
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Rhiana Gunn-Wright: Climate Crisis and Environmental Racism
Rhiana Gunn-Wright will discuss the fight against the climate crisis and environmental racism. All are welcome.
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Global Issues Forum - China Today
The Global Scholars present a discussion on China today with Amy Gadsen, Associate Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at UPenn and Sam Crane, Edward S. Greenbaum 1910 Professor in Political Science at Williams. Amy Gadsden works with Penn’s schools and centers to develop and implement strategies to increase Penn’s global engagement both on campus and overseas. She oversees Penn Global’s … Continue reading "Global Issues Forum – China Today"
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