Events at Wellesley

Welcome to the Hispanism Colloquium 2026, an academic gathering dedicated this year to examining educational and feminist dynamics within transatlantic Hispanism. Our panel will focus on the pioneering figure of Katharine Lee Bates—a Wellesley College alumna (Class of 1880), professor, and head of…

The Collegium Musicum is an ensemble of students and faculty, devoted to the performance of early music, drawn from the courts and chapels of Renaissance Europe, on original instruments.  Laura Jeppesen, Director.

Welcome to the 30th Ruhlman Conference! The conference is made possible by the generosity of Barbara Peterson Ruhlman ’54. In 1997, Lee Cuba, Professor of Sociology and former Dean of the College, worked with Barbara Ruhlman to develop the plan for the Ruhlman Conference.

John McWhorter, Associate Professor of Linguistics at Columbia University and opinion columnist with The New York Times, in conversation with Kathryn Lynch, Katharine Lee Bates and Sophie Chantal Hart Professor of English, Wellesley College.

Don't miss the Wellesley College BlueJazz Strings and Combos spring concert—an exciting evening of jazz classics and contemporary grooves performed by talented student musicians in small ensembles. Mark Hamilton, Director.

Yanvalou Drum and Dance Ensemble performs the folkloric music and dance of Africa, as it exists today throughout Africa and the African Diaspora, particularly in Haiti, Ghana, and Brazil. Kera Washington, Director.