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Nita Farahany “The Battle for Your Brain: Ethical, Legal, Social Implications of New Technologies” at The Quick Center in Fairfield
Quick Center for the Arts 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldAn Open VISIONS Forum at Fairfield University Nita Farahany, JD, PhD, is a leading scholar on the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies, including developing neurotechnologies that interface with the human brain or nervous system. She is a professor of law and philosophy at Duke University and the faculty chair of the Duke […]
“The Paradox of Pearls: Accessorizing Identities in the Eighteenth Century” at Walpole Library
Lewis Walpole Library 154 Main Street, FarmingtonIn connection with the fall exhibition “The Paradox of Pearls: Accessorizing Identities in the Eighteenth Century,” the Library presents a community talk with exhibition curator Laura Engel, Duquesne University. This talk is free and open to the public. Advance registration requested. Lewis Walpole Library-Farmington Libraries Talk at the Lewis Walpole Library, 154 Main Street, Farmington, CT The […]
UCONN LAW: Housing in the 21st Century: Problems, Progress, and Predictions
William F. Starr Hall 45 Elizabeth St, HartfordA Connecticut Law Review Symposium Access to safe and affordable housing remains a challenge for millions of Americans. Historical and systemic factors, including redlining and discriminatory lending practices, have disproportionately affected minority communities, contributing to disparities in home ownership and exacerbating the housing affordability crisis. Unsafe or inaccessible rental housing, as well as rising rental […]
Lecture: Inside the Head of a Collector at Fairfield University
Fairfield University, Barone Campus Center 1073 North Benson Road, FairfieldOn Tuesday, October 22 at 5 p.m., Shirley M. Mueller, MD will present a lecture in the Barone Campus Center’s Dogwood Room. An internationally known collector and scholar of Chinese export porcelain, Dr. Mueller is also board-certified in Neurology and Psychiatry. This unique conjunction of interests led her to explore the “neuroeconomics” of collecting in […]
“A Commitment to Caribbean History & Cultural Heritage in Hartford: Digitizing the Lloyd Best Archive in Trinidad and Tobago”- Hartford History Lecture Series
Connecticut’s Old State House 800 Main St, HartfordChannon Miller, Assistant Professor of American Studies and History, Trinity College Dr. Christina Bleyer, Watkinson Library, Trinity College The Watkinson Library at Trinity College has partnered with the Lloyd Best Institute of the Caribbean to digitize the Lloyd Best Archive. Using our project as an example, this presentation explores post-custodial archiving as a transformative approach to […]
Douglas Brinkley Highs and Lows of the American Presidency: Past, Present, Future at The Quick Center in Fairfield
Quick Center for the Arts 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldAn Open VISIONS Forum at Fairfield University Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University, presidential historian for the New-York Historical Society, trustee of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and a frequent commentator on CBS News, MSNBC and […]
Connecticut’s Old State House Third Annual Election Cake Bake Off
Connecticut’s Old State House 800 Main St, HartfordIt’s time for a celebration and some sweet competition! Join Connecticut’s Old State House on November 2 for the third annual Election Cake Bake Off. Historically, Election Day in Connecticut combined voting with parties, libations, parades, and cake! Stores sold special Election Cake ingredients to women who transformed them into spice cakes for crowds gathered […]
Live from the Boathouse! Brenda Geer, endawnis Spears and Karyl Evans present: Working with Native Peoples in Connecticut at Connecticut River Museum
Connecticut River Museum 67 Main Street, Essex, CTBrenda Geer (Eastern Pequot), endawnis Spears (Diné/ Ojibwe/ Chickasaw/ Choctaw) and Karyl Evans have been working together for over four years on a documentary film project titled “Native Peoples of Connecticut” for both public broadcast and for use as a curriculum resource for Connecticut public schools. Project director and filmmaker Karyl Evans has received […]
Lecture: Sika Foyer, “Creating a Dugout Canoe: Entwining Cultural Traditions and Rituals” at Mystic Seaport
Mystic Seaport 75 Greenmanville Ave, MysticThis three-part lecture series will explore captivating stories of maritime experiences brought to life via the imaginations of skilled artists and makers. On November 14 hear from the Togolese American multi-disciplinary and conceptual visual artist, Sika Foyer, about the process of making the dugout canoe that is featured in Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty, and the Sea. The […]
Lecture: Making & Selling Prints in the Age of Rembrandt at Fairfield University
Fairfield University, Barone Campus Center 1073 North Benson Road, FairfieldJoin us on Tuesday, November 19 at 5 p.m. for a lecture by Nadine Orenstein, PhD., Drue Heinz Curator in Charge of the Department of Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art: “Rare and Everywhere: Making & Selling Prints in the Age of Rembrandt.” One of the most creative and inventive etchers of his day, […]
Lecture: Thomas Townsend and Ken Murphy, “The Survival of CIRRUS: A Maine Icon Reaches Home” at Mystic Seaport
Mystic Seaport 75 Greenmanville Ave, MysticOn December 12 join us for the third and final 2024 Fall Lecture Series presentation and hear about the progress of the upcoming Wells Boat Hall. Learn how the legendary Herreshoff yawl CIRRUS is brought back to gleaming life after a two year refurbishment. Led by marine carpenter Thomas Townsend and then-owner Ken Murphy, the […]
Tree Stressors in Connecticut with Elizabeth Ward Ph.D. at Guilford Free Library
Guilford Free Library 67 Park Street, GuilfordJoin Elizabeth Ward, Ph.D. of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station for a discussion on how Connecticut’s forests are changing in response to Beech Leaf Disease and Emerald Ash Borer invasion. This library program is co-sponsored with Guilford Land Conservation Trust and is free and open to all. Please register.