Exhibition — Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World
Hurley Gallery, Lewis Arts complexThis exhibition is presented as part of Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World, a two-day symposium that gathers photo-based artists, writers, curators, historians, and students to explore the poetics of photography, its instability, and its latent potential. The exhibition is co-curated by Deana Lawson and Michael Famighetti, editor-in-chief of Aperture magazine. The exhibition and symposium coincide with […]
Humanities and Beyond: Council Funding Information Session
16 Joseph Henry HouseDo you have an “outside the box” idea for a new project or course in the humanities? How about a collaborative research or teaching idea in an emerging or underrepresented humanities field? Join Humanities Council Chair Esther Schor (English) and Executive Director Kathleen Crown for an overview of funding opportunities offered by the Council, including […]
Beyond Nationalism and Commodification: Rethinking policy and discourses about language
010 East PyneNationalism and commodification are the dominant forces shaping discourses about language in Spanish-speaking and Francophone countries. Can we envision a language policy that transcends these narratives?
Tanner Lectures on Human Values: “In Praise of Racial Liberalism”
101 Friend CenterRandall Kennedy's lectures will posit the ends and means suitable currently for advancing the cause of racial justice in America. Lecture one will focus on aims: what should racial "justice" mean today? Lecture two will focus on strategy: what are optimal ways of proceeding in a polarized polity in which racial prejudices and resentments constitute […]
Film Screening: Bamako
A71 Louis A. Simpson BuildingBamako is a 2006 film directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, first released at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May and in Manhattan by New Yorker Films on 14 February 2007. The film depicts a trial taking place in Bamako, the capital of Mali, amid the daily life that is going on in the city. […]
“Borderlens” REEES Film Series – Zaporizhzhia (2024)
100 Jones HallBorderlens Queer Outlines of Geography and Gender Zaporizhzhia (2024), dir. Yulia Appen Yet to be completed, Zaporizhzhia is a documentary that follows the stories of Roma women displaced in Zaporizhzhia by the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Through mesmerizing frames and nuanced sets of anthropological questions, the film takes us into the complex enmeshment of narratives […]
