In this talk Peter Baehr describes Rebecca West’s distinctive brand of liberalism, marked by: individualism against conformism, freedom against censorship, responsibility against immaturity, and empathy against incredulity.
Newhouse Fellow Jieun Rhee discusses the subversive use of tradition in Korean contemporary art.
Newhouse Fellow Kellie Carter Jackson traces the story of Joseph Laroche to allow us to better understand the possibilities and limitations of black travel in the Titanic moment.
Author and historian Tyina Steptoe joins the Newhouse Center and the History Department for a discussion of her latest research.
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Cornille Professor Ken Botnick explores the material authorship of the artist book, achieved through the combination of concept, design, material, and production.
Newhouse Fellow Nazan Bedirhanoglu reflects on the use of symbols and narratives as building blocks of the Kurdish diasporic identity and share insights about her field research on the Kurdish diaspora in the United States.
Author, professor, and 2019 MacArthur Foundation fellow Saidiya Hartman joins us for a discussion of her latest work.
Have you ever wondered what a mind actually is? Join us for a cross-disciplinary conversation about historical and contemporary attempts to answer this question.
Beverly Daniel Tatum, author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, and Megan Núñez discuss racial relations in the U.S. and how to facilitate conversations about race and inclusion among young people.
