events

Whose stories do we find when peering through the cracks of Chicago's Filipino American history? Dr. Remoquillo explores the hidden stories of how Filipina American women made history in Mid Century Chicago.

This talk will sort through the specificities of the drawings throughout Rodriguez’s exhibition, “Third World Mixtapes and the Infrastructure of Feelings,” and the broader ideas that make her work unapologetically didactic.

A celebration of Helena de Bres's new book, How to Be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins. 

The first event in the Suzy Newhouse Center's yearlong YA literature series. Bestselling author Aiden Thomas (Cemetery Boys, The Sunbearer Trials) comes to Wellesley for a reading and conversation with the community.

Genevieve Clutario and Jeanne Jalandoni discuss how their research on Filipinx histories of beauty, the body, materiality, and labor shapes their practices in tracing connections and intimacies across the Filipinx diaspora. 

The Voynich Manuscript has intrigued, mystified, and frustrated linguists and cryptologists for centuries. Is it a code? A lost language? Or is it a hoax perpetrated on the world by a fifteenth-century prankster or modern forger?

In honor of Black Speculative Fiction Month, Newhouse Creative Writing Professor Yvette Ndlovu moderates a reading and conversation with authors P. Djèlí Clark and Hugh "H.D." Hunter.

Professors Erin Battat, Kathya Landeros and Tavi González discuss their ongoing, public-facing research projects, their engagement with diverse audiences, and the importance of applying a humanistic lens to current events. 

The Suzy Newhouse Center is pleased to announce a lecture by 2023 Mary L. Cornille Distinguished Visiting Professor Haruki Murakami, who will share his reflections on writing in an age of Covid and war. 

Jay Rubin speaks with Eve Zimmerman about his choices in the process of translating Haruki Murakami's works from Japanese to English.