Events

Dr. Jade Sasser will deliver the 2024 Betsy Wood Knapp ’64 Lecture, “No Future for Us? Young People Navigating Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question.”

Join us for a screening and panel discussion of the award-winning documentary, Aftershock. The panel will feature Paula Eislet and Tonya Lewis Lee, directors and producers of the film, and be moderated by JudyAnn Bigby ’73.

The Knapp Social Science Center will host a panel featuring experts on American elections and some of the forces—immigration, racial attitudes and gerrymandering—that will help determine who wins election 2022.

Wellesley College is thrilled to welcome Fadzayi Mahere to discuss the future of democracy in Zimbabwe.

Wellesley is thrilled to welcome Bryan Stevenson—acclaimed lawyer, activist, and author—for the 2022 Betsy Wood Knapp ’64 Lecture in the Social Sciences and the 2022 Wilson Lecture. 

Join the KSSC for a conversation about Bryan Stevenson's book, “Just Mercy,” moderated by Professor Kellie Carter Jackson.

Join author Beverly Daniel Tatum and Michael Jeffries, dean of academic affairs, for a candid conversation about racial relations in this country, and ways to facilitate necessary conversations about race and inclusion among young people.

The Knapp Social Science Center and the CPLA invite you to join Wellesley social science faculty for a debrief, conversation, and Q&A following the last presidential debate for the 2020 election.

Environmental Studies professor and Knapp Faculty Fellow Jay Turner will examine the current debates and future prospects for a clean energy future. 

Wellesley welcomes Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist behind the New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project, for the Betsy Wood Knapp ’64 Lecture in the Social Sciences and the Wilson Lecture.

A screening of American Factory, winner of the 2020 Academy Award for Best Documentary, followed by a discussion with Wellesley professors David Lindauer and Mingwei Song.

A symposium that highlights the fascinating work students can do with faculty, demystifies the application process, and sheds light on the benefits and challenges of research assistant work. Light refreshments will be provided.

Who will emerge as the front runner after the next Democratic debate? What will be the most debated points and policy stances Join Wellesley faculty for a debrief, conversation, and Q&A. Pizza lunch will be provided.

Karen Dynan, Harvard professor and former assistant secretary for economic policy and chief economist at the U.S. Treasury, delivers the 2019 Goldman Lecture in Economics: What's Wrong With Student Loans (And How to Fix it).

Dr. Marisol LeBrón will give a lecture on her recent book Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico (2019),

Internationally recognized scholar and social justice advocate Dorothy Roberts is a leader in transforming thinking on reproductive health, child welfare, and bioethics. With an introduction by President Paula Johnson.

Nina Pavnik, the Niehaus Family Professor in International Studies at Dartmouth University, delivers the 2019 Calderwood Lecture in Economics: Poor Workers in a Globalizing World: Evidence from an Emerging Economy.

An expert on U.S.-Korea relations and contemporary political life in East Asia, Professor Moon will analyze the U.S.’ current relationship with North Korea and contrast it with South Korea’s attempts at relationship-building.

What do the 2018 midterm election outcomes mean for global affairs and for you? Join Wellesley faculty members for a debrief and Q&A.

A lecture by Douglas Irwin, the John Sloan Dickey, Third Century Professor in the Social Sciences at Dartmouth College.

Part of the Knapp Social Science Center's Election Event Series, a discussion with Heath Brown, Jennifer Chudy, and Julio Ricardo Varela, led by Michael Jeffries.

The Knapp Social Science Center welcomes Anne Morrison Piehl for the second annual Knapp Lecture.

In this inaugural presentation of the Knapp Lecture, Paul Sabin examines the clash between environmentalists and their conservative critics.