Category: Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
February 2020
From Muslim to Christian: How Coffee Went Global
Ashok Rai, an economist, will present the second of six talks in the Faculty Lecture Series.
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Spring Planetarium Shows
Spring Planetarium shows will resume each Friday night at 8PM beginning on February 7 through May 8th with the exception of Spring Break, March 20th, 27th and April 3rd. Please email Michele Rech for reservations at mcr4@williams.edu.
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Poetry, Activism, & Ecological Futures: Brenda Shaughnessy + The FANG Collective (2/25)
Poet Brenda Shaughnessy (author of THE OCTOPUS MUSEUM, 2019) presents work in conversation with a member of the FANG Collective, which leads direct action campaigns for environmental justice. Presentations on 2/25, workshops on 2/26.
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Workshops w/ Brenda Shaughnessy + FANG Collective
Poet Brenda Shaughnessy (author of THE OCTOPUS MUSEUM) and an organizer from the FANG Collective (direct action for environmental justice) will teach workshops. Organizing workshop at 11:30 am, poetry workshop at 1:10 pm.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones: Reflections on 1619 and the 400 Years that Built a Nation
Nikole Hannah-Jones covers racial injustice for The New York Times Magazine and is the curator of the Magazine's 1619 Project, which details the 400-year legacy of slavery in America.
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Creating Music as an Out of the Box Composer
Ileana Perez Velázquez, Professor of Music, will present the third of six talks in the 2020 Faculty Lecture Series. The aim of the Faculty Lecture Series is to present big ideas beyond disciplinary boundaries. All lectures are free.
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Immigration and Apocalypse: Biblical Apocalyptic Rhetoric in US Immigration Discourse (Yii-Jan Lin)
Yii-Jan Lin (Yale) discusses "Immigration and Apocalypse: Biblical Apocalyptic Rhetoric in US Immigration Discourse"
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Spring Planetarium Shows
Spring Planetarium shows will resume each Friday night at 8PM beginning on February 7 through May 8th with the exception of Spring Break, March 20th, 27th and April 3rd. Please email Michele Rech for reservations at mcr4@williams.edu.
Find out more »March 2020
Silent Poems, Talking Pictures, and the Infinite Playlist
A conversation with Teju Cole, Ishion Hutchinson, and Rowan Ricardo Phillips. Teju Cole is a novelist, photographer, critic, curator, and the author of five books. He was the photography critic of the New York Times Magazine from 2015 until 2019. Currently, he is the Gore Vidal Professor of the Practice of Creative Writing at Harvard. Cole’s novella, Every Day is for the … Continue reading "Silent Poems, Talking Pictures, and the Infinite Playlist"
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Diseases, invasive species, and other ecological systems: insights from mathematical models
Julie Blackwood, Associate Professor of Mathematics, will present the fourth of six talks in the 2020 Faculty Lecture Series. The aim of the Faculty Lecture Series is to present big ideas beyond disciplinary boundaries. Lectures are free.
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