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WCSU: Climate and Human Civilization Lecture Series: War on the Environment
WCSU: Climate and Human Civilization Lecture Series: War on the Environment
CLIMATE AND HUMAN CIVILIZATION: 8th annual series of lectures for the general public on climate change. Professors at WCSU will team up with students to present the latest information on climate change and its effects on our lives and future. From 7 to 8 p.m. in Room 219 of the Science Building on the Midtown campus. The public […]
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Lecture: Digging for Hope in Mexico: A Feminist Ethnography in the Land of Mass Graves: Rosalva Aida Hernández Castillo
In-Person or ZOOM A presentation from 2023–2024 Perrin Moorhead Grayson and Bruns Grayson Fellow Rosalva Aida Hernández Castillo Hernández Castillo’s book, “Digging for Hope in Mexico: A Feminist Ethnography in the Land of Mass Graves,” will offer an ethnographic account of family collectives searching for their disappeared loved ones throughout Mexico. Drawing on interviews, participant […]
Paul Mellon Lecture | Lynda Nead: “Pauline Boty — Women, Desire, and the Image in Sixties Britain”
Paul Mellon Lecture | Lynda Nead: “Pauline Boty — Women, Desire, and the Image in Sixties Britain”
In the 1960s a new kind of blonde femininity emerged in Britain. Part of a new regional and class configuration and a changing moral and sexual environment, Sixties Blonde was described as natural, energetic, impulsive, and self-sufficient, an urban figure who embodied modernity and was a staple of fashion photography and sixties cinema. For more […]
Lecture: Deborah Donovan: New London “Whalers” and Isles of the Southern Ocean
Lecture: Deborah Donovan: New London “Whalers” and Isles of the Southern Ocean
The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is pleased to partner with the Thames River Heritage Park to host their 2024 lecture series, Stories from the Park: Island Affairs of the Thames. Bound for Desolation – New London “Whalers” and Isles of the Southern Ocean: Local historian Deborah Donovan shares stories about New London “whalers,” who harvested massive […]
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URI Professor Catherine Sama The ‘Women of the Villas’: Collaboration between Italian Partisans and the Office of Strategic Services during WWII
URI Professor Catherine Sama The ‘Women of the Villas’: Collaboration between Italian Partisans and the Office of Strategic Services during WWII
Dante Society Lecture: Professor Catherine Sama is the head of the Italian program at the University of Rhode Island. She enjoys teaching a wide range of courses at URI, from Italian language & culture classes to advanced courses in Italian literature and film. Specific areas of focus include early modern Italian women writers; Italian dramatic […]
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Victorian Tea at SHC: Garden Party with Celebrity Master Gardener
Victorian Tea at SHC: Garden Party with Celebrity Master Gardener
Meet our 2024 Victorian Tea speaker! Christopher Waruch Mann "My passion for horticulture was sparked the day my parents took me home from the hospital back to our family Garden Center where our home is also located. During middle school and high school I worked for every family member and many customers on weekends. After […]
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WCSU: Climate and Human Civilization Lecture Series: Hope
WCSU: Climate and Human Civilization Lecture Series: Hope
CLIMATE AND HUMAN CIVILIZATION: 8th annual series of lectures for the general public on climate change. Professors at WCSU will team up with students to present the latest information on climate change and its effects on our lives and future. From 7 to 8 p.m. in Room 219 of the Science Building on the Midtown campus. The public […]
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WCSU: Climate and Human Civilization Lecture Series: Tickpocalypse: Assessing Risk for Tick-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate
WCSU: Climate and Human Civilization Lecture Series: Tickpocalypse: Assessing Risk for Tick-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate
CLIMATE AND HUMAN CIVILIZATION: 8th annual series of lectures for the general public on climate change. Professors at WCSU will team up with students to present the latest information on climate change and its effects on our lives and future. From 7 to 8 p.m. in Room 219 of the Science Building on the Midtown campus. The public […]
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RTPC CONNECTICUT RIVER LECTURE SERIES: Rex Brasher: Prolific but Overshadowed and Unknown with Janine Caira, Ph.D.
RTPC CONNECTICUT RIVER LECTURE SERIES: Rex Brasher: Prolific but Overshadowed and Unknown with Janine Caira, Ph.D.
Artists and naturalists have been painting birds for centuries. We know John James Audubon, Fuertes, Peterson and, of course of our current time, Sibley. But who knows Rex Brasher? Brasher resided in Kent, Connecticut and, unlike Audubon, painted birds from life and was greatly influenced by his friend and mentor, Louis Agassiz Fuertes. His work, […]
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Salons at Stowe: Literary Activism Locked Up
Salons at Stowe: Literary Activism Locked Up
A 2023 study by PEN America found that book bans in prison systems have risen dramatically in the last decades, even in seemingly progressive states. Washington state, for example, more than doubled the instances of book bans between 2019 and 2021. In addition to restrictions on reading through specific book bans, censoring certain topics in […]
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LECTURE: Illuminating the Brilliance of Marc Chagall
LECTURE: Illuminating the Brilliance of Marc Chagall
Vivian Jacobson, Author and Lecturer on Marc Chagall This lecture is devoted to the monumental 20th-century artworks by Marc Chagall (1887–1985). The history of each artwork will be discussed from inception to completion. The presentation will cover paintings, ceramics, tapestries, stained-glass windows, mosaics, and works for the theater.
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Lecture: Steve Manuel: Whaling, Religion and Royalty: New London and Lahaina
Lecture: Steve Manuel: Whaling, Religion and Royalty: New London and Lahaina
The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is pleased to partner with the Thames River Heritage Park to host their 2024 lecture series, Stories from the Park: Island Affairs of the Thames. New London, the “Whaling City” was the third largest whaling port in the country during the height of whaling in the United States and for a […]
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Parties, the Press, and Political Politeness (Well, Not Really!) with Dr. Matthew Warshauer
Parties, the Press, and Political Politeness (Well, Not Really!) with Dr. Matthew Warshauer
Join us for an in-person history lecture with Dr. Matthew Warshauer! “Parties, the Press, and Political Politeness (Well, Not Really!)” Can’t we all just get along? Let’s go back to the good old days when partisanship wasn’t so bad, the press was fairly balanced, and courtesy reigned over American politics! Really? Join Matt Warshauer, professor […]
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