Week of Events
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
featuring Chloe M. Hill, Teaching Assistant Professor of Portuguese The devastating final work by Brazil's greatest modern writer Every page vibrates with feeling. It’s not enough to say that Lispector bends language or uses words in new ways. Plenty of … Read more
American Slavery: Freedom Seeking, Resistance and Resilience
American Slavery: Freedom Seeking, Resistance and Resilience
Dr. Hasan Jeffries wrote in his preface to “Teaching Hard History” that “the saga of slavery is not exclusively a story of despair; hard history is not hopeless history.” While the study of American slavery is filled with complex and … Read more
Gig Economies and Radical Political Movements
Gig Economies and Radical Political Movements
featuring Margaret Foster, Post-doctoral Research Associate in Political Science Join us this semester as we bring Humanities in Action online! This series has long been our forum for “topics in the news,” and we continue that tradition with five … Read more