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The Poetry Does Not Matter
Dan Chiasson, poetry editor of The Paris Review and Assistant Professor of English, discusses poems that disavow or qualify themselves. Examples include T.S. Eliot, Elizabeth Bishop, Louise Gluck, and John Ashberry. He also reads some of his own poems. |
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Imaginary Companions in Early Childhood
The social world of many young children is populated by a host of imaginary companions which can tell us about the formation of relationship concepts. This presentation discusses the implications of imaginary companions for psychological functioning. |
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Co-Ed Wellesley or Single Sex
Alan Shechter, Mary Lefkowitz, and other members of the 1971 Commission revisit their decision after two years of study to admit men to Wellesley College (a decision the board of trustees rejected).
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Environmental Policy
Jay Turner (Environmental Studies) discusses endangered species legislation; Helena de Bres (Philosophy) explores creating fair, ethical solutions for climate change policy; and Alden Griffith (Biological Sciences) considers invasive species importation. |
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Magma Bodies & Explosive Volcanoes
Many volcanoes are fed by magma that resides at shallow depths in the earth’s crust. David Hawkins explains how eruptions from such volcanoes, particularly explosive eruptions, are driven by processes that operate in such subvolcanic magma bodies. |
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Making the Bionic Woman
Nolan Flynn describes two examples of biomaterials (drug delivery and tissue engineering). He then discusses two projects at Wellesley -- model drug delivery from nanocomposites, and coatings that control adhesion of biomolecules. |
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Teaching in a Rural Chinese Village
On the edge of the Tibetan Himalayas lies Shaxi, a bucolic valley inhabited by the Bai people. Kyla Raetz '09 describes her experiences with locals, students, government officials, and Beijing businessmen that challenged her assumptions about the effects of English education.
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Getting Medieval: What to Do About the Missing Millennium
Professor Katherine Lynch teaches the literature of the English Middle Ages, the period that stretches from 500 through 1500. She outlines the current pejorative connotation of the term "medieval", such as in the memorable line from the film Pulp Fiction.
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