Events

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.

Newhouse Center fellow Mary Kate McGowan (Margaret Clapp '30 Distinguished Alumna Professor of Philosophy) offers accounts of different types of silencing and how they undermine the complex art of communication. 

Jamie Gass will discuss a variety of school options, the legal and political barriers to greater choice, and the importance of time-tested academic content in primary and secondary education.

The virtual colloquium series Addressing Racism and Anti-Blackness in French and Francophone Studies features eminent scholars examining the role race plays in systems of power and thought in French and Francophone Studies.

Newhouse Center fellow and WGST professor Elena Creef presents a visual record of a sacred, weeklong Native American Prayer Ride in commemoration of General Custer's defeat at Greasy Grass, aka Little Bighorn, in 1876.

Lisa D. Cook, professor of economics and international relations at Michigan State University, will give the 2020 Goldman Lecture in Economics: 150 Years of Violence and Economic Implications for Today.

The virtual colloquium series Addressing Racism and Anti-Blackness in French and Francophone Studies features eminent scholars examining the role race plays in systems of power and thought in French and Francophone Studies.

Wellesley’s Nikki Greene in conversation with photographer Myra Greene, who uses ambrotypes to challenge visual legacies of ethnographic classification in detailed explorations of her own skin color and facial features.

The virtual colloquium series Addressing Racism and Anti-Blackness in French and Francophone Studies features eminent scholars examining the role race plays in systems of power and thought in French and Francophone Studies.

A conversation with Hahrie Han and Wellesley’s Laura Grattan about building grassroots power in the aftermath of the 2020 election.