Activist Gloria Steinem was invited back to Smith College to be part of the 2016 Presidential Colloquium
The Textual Cultures of Britain in 1633
Helen Wilcox
Professor of English at Bangor University in Wales, Helen Wilcox spoke about her current research at the Renaissance Wednesdays Lecture Series. Wilcox’s takes what she calls […]
Leisure as ‘Idiom’ in Later 19th-Century American Literature
Richard Millington at Smith College
Smith alumna, Jane Addams, took it upon herself to establish Hull House with the goal of bettering the lives of lower class families.
Structural Adjustment: Visual Cultures of Blackness
Professor Steven Nelson At Amherst College
Professor Steven Nelson of the UCLA African Studies Center Nelson discussed the works of artists recognized as influential in shaping many aspects of African History and culture.
Re-Radicalizing Empowerment Within Neoliberal Institutions
Sarah Rushing at Amherst College
Political theorist Sarah Rushing spoke on neoliberalism and the ways in which one must navigate institutions of life and death in modern American society.
The evolution of music in the High Renaissance Period
David Gruender of the BSO at UMass Amherst
David Gruender of the Boston Symphony Orchestra spoke about the era of Elizabethan music during the Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series. Gruender received his Masters in […]