This series is devoted to the interpretation of Russian-U.S. relations through history based on the constructivist approach. This series is hosted by Ivan Kurilla, Mary L. Cornille Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities.
Thursday, February 22, 2024 - 12:45pm
The final event in the Newhouse Center's yearlong Radical Possibilities in YA Lit Series. Join us for a book launch celebration honoring Ann Zhao '24 and her debut novel Dear Wendy.
Using the film Crazy Rich Asians, we will consider megastructures of feeling as a tonic of modernity, a techno-orientalist utopia, an avant-garde failure, and infrastructural hemeneutic, and a futuristic complex for Asia/America.
The third event in the Suzy Newhouse Center's yearlong series on Radical Possibilities in YA Lit. Gabby Rivera visits us for a reading from Juliet Takes a Breath and for a conversation with the college community.
In this presentation, Newhouse Center faculty fellow Franziska Seraphim draws preliminary conclusions about how we might think about war crimes penology comparatively and globally.
Newhouse Center faculty fellow LaToya Sawyer (St. John's University) highlights how online rhetorical strategies rooted in Black feminist epistemology are used to call for an end to the murders of Black women.
In honor of Trans Week of Visibility, Wellesley's API Month, and National Poetry Month, River 瑩瑩 Dandelion '16 returns to campus for a poetry reading and conversation with our own Professor Soo Hong.
A reading and conversation with National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo (The Poet X; Clap When You Land; Family Lore).
How do we write about histories and people that are familiar but seemingly elusive? Dr. Corinealdi examines this question by investigating the life and times of Thelma King.
Michael Abels is an award-winning composer best known for his scores in Get Out and NOPE. The Jordan Lecture will be the keynote for his residency at the Suzy Newhouse Center for the Humanities in February 2024.
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.
Jay Rubin speaks with Eve Zimmerman about his choices in the process of translating Haruki Murakami's works from Japanese to English.
Where is the field of Africana Studies now, where is it heading, and what lessons can we learn from the philosopher Charles Mills? Join us for a half-day symposium featuring faculty, student scholarship, and a keynote lecture.
What should we do, think, and feel when artists we love do terrible things? Should work be available for consumption, or should it be “canceled?” Wellesley’s Erich Matthes offers an argument based on his ongoing research.
How does the evolution of humor shift over time? When does controversial humor become socially acceptable, and when does it cease to be acceptable? Newhouse Center fellow Veronika Fuechtner (Dartmouth College) offers an explanation.
A poetry reading by Octavio González, assistant professor of English. Limerence is the psychological term for passionate love. The book is based on a doomed love affair.
In this open class session, Professor Natali Valdez (Women's and Gender Studies) will discuss her current book project, in which she examines the social and political implications of clinical trials on pregnant populations.
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.
Environmental Studies professor and Knapp Faculty Fellow Jay Turner will examine the current debates and future prospects for a clean energy future.
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.
Cornille Professor Ken Botnick explores the material authorship of the artist book, achieved through the combination of concept, design, material, and production.