Category: Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
March 2021
Haiti, Beauty, and Justice in 2021: A Conversation with Edwidge Danticat and Évelyne Trouillot
In a recent essay, the award-winning Haitian author Évelyne Trouillot writes, "...my writings, stemming from my lived experience and my aesthetic and social vision for a more beautiful and just world, are presented to readers who are not always acquainted with my reality..." The same can be said of the internationally acclaimed author Edwidge Danticat whose writing set in Haiti and … Continue reading "Haiti, Beauty, and Justice in 2021: A Conversation with Edwidge Danticat and Évelyne Trouillot"
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Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them
From the Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street, and from cryptocurrency advocates to the #MeToo movement, Americans and citizens of democracies worldwide are losing confidence in what we once called the system. This loss of faith has spread beyond government to infect a broad swath of institutions—the press, corporations, digital platforms—none of which seem capable of holding us together. The … Continue reading "Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them"
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The Faraway Brought Close: Poetry and the Work of Feeling
Jessica Fisher, Associate Professor of English, will present the third in a series of six talks in the Faculty Lecture Series this spring. Open to the public. All are welcome!
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On ‘Caste’: A Virtual Conversation with Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, will participate in a virtual conversation with Hari Ramesh '11, followed by a moderated audience Q&A.
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Understanding the Interplay of Stress, Relationships, and Biology: Implications for the Development of Depression and Anxiety
Kate Stroud, Associate Professor of Psychology, will present the fourth in a series of six talks in the Faculty Lecture Series this spring. Open to the public. All are welcome!
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The Pandemic Series
Join us for this year-long series of Oakley discussions applies an interdisciplinary medical-humanities lens to the pandemic.
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Improving Learning Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Owen Ozier, Associate Professor of Economics, will present the fifth in a series of six talks in the Faculty Lecture Series this spring. Open to the public. All are welcome!
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The Pandemic Series
Join us for this year-long series of Oakley discussions applies an interdisciplinary medical-humanities lens to the pandemic.
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Smart Home Devices: Why They Don’t Always Work Correctly
Kelly Shaw, Associate Professor of Computer Science, will present the final talk in the 2021 Faculty Lecture Series. Open to the public. All are welcome!
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Lecture: Tina Campt
The Art Department presents Tina Campt's 'A Black Gaze' virtual lecture with additional support from Africana Studies, American Studies and Comarative Literature.
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