events

Upcoming Events

Jan 27, 4 PM

A Reading and Conversation with Laila Lalami

In collaboration with the January Project, Pulitzer Prize nominee and National Book Award finalist Laila Lalami joins us for a virtual reading and a conversation with Newhouse Center Director Eve Zimmerman.

Event Date:

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 4:00pm

Past Events

Dec 3, 2020, 4–5:15 PM

Transatlantic Pacts: America and the Production of Postwar French Literature

Newhouse Center fellow Sara Kippur (Associate Professor of French, Trinity College) will host a presentation on her ongoing research project, a transatlantic literary history of postwar French literature.

Event Date:

Thursday, December 3, 2020 -
4:00pm to 5:15pm
Nov 19, 2020, 4–5:15 PM

Fun, Fitness, Fiesta: Constructing Latinness in Zumba Fitness

In this open class session, Knapp Faculty Fellow Petra Rivera-Rideau (American Studies) presents on her ongoing research.

Event Date:

Thursday, November 19, 2020 -
4:00pm to 5:15pm
Nov 11, 2020, 2:30–3:45 PM

Remembering the Battle of Greasy Grass, aka The Battle of Little Bighorn

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.

Event Date:

Wednesday, November 11, 2020 -
2:30pm to 3:45pm
Oct 29, 2020, 4–5:15 PM

Silencing: On Various Kinds of Communicative Interference and Why They Matter

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.

Event Date:

Thursday, October 29, 2020 -
4:00pm to 5:15pm
Oct 8, 2020, 2:45–4 PM

Charged: The History of Batteries and Prospects for a Clean Energy Future

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

Event Date:

Thursday, October 8, 2020 -
2:45pm to 4:00pm
Sep 23, 2020, 2:30 PM

On Being a Pacifist Critic

In the inaugural event of 2020-2021's Newhouse at Home lecture series, Professor Larry Rosenwald (English, Peace and Justice Studies) will provide an account of pacifist criticism.

Event Date:

Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - 2:30pm
Mar 5, 2020, 4:30–6 PM

Boston’s King Incident of 1905

Emma Teng (MIT) examines the conflicted position of Chinese students – disempowered by race yet empowered by class status – under Chinese Exclusion (1882-1943), and the means through which Chinese fought for their rights.

Event Date:

Thursday, March 5, 2020 -
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Mar 3, 2020, 3:45 PM, Mar 4, 2020, 12:45 PM

Gods and Robots: Myths and Ancient Dreams of Technology

Who first imagined robots? This talk explores how some of today’s most advanced innovations in robotics and artificial intelligence were foreshadowed in classical antiquity.

Event Date:

Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - 3:45pm

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Event Date:

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - 12:45pm
Feb 27, 2020, 4:30–6 PM

The Cornille Lecture: The Book as Lens: Making Books as a Mode of Inquiry

Cornille Professor Ken Botnick explores the material authorship of the artist book, achieved through the combination of concept, design, material, and production.

Event Date:

Thursday, February 27, 2020 -
4:30pm to 6:00pm