Humanities Events – Humanities Center – Carleton College

Thursday, Feb 01, 2024 - Friday, Jan 31, 2025

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Towards a Warm Embrace • Jan 11, 2024 - Apr 14, 2024 In-Person • Perlman Teaching Museum • from Perlman Teaching Museum

February 2024

Fri 2

3:00pm History through Game Development — The Migrants' Chronicles: 1892 - 1h In-Person • Weitz 133 • from Digital Humanities

Tue 13

12:00pm Talk by Prof. Alexis Shotwell: "Life as fanfiction: Building a self and a world beyond what has shaped us" - 1h In-Person • Alumni Guesthouse Meeting Room • from Philosophy

Mon 19

4:30pm The Morphology of Ceramic Form According to Mark - 1h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Art & Art History

Wed 21

4:30pm Herbert P. Lefler Winter Lecture - Since Time Immemorial: Native Custom and Law in Colonial Mexico - Yanna Yannakakis - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 305 • from History

Thu 22

12:00pm Public Talk: Dr. Christopher Saladin, "Visualizing Roman Carthage: Digital Mapping in an Ancient North African City" - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 26

7:30pm An Evening with Bill Irwin - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Thu 29

5:00pm Public Talk: Benjamin Hansen (U of MN): Christians and Others in Umayyad Palestine: Religious Interaction, Competition, and Cooperation - 1h In-Person • Laird 205 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

March 2024

Wed 27

5:00pm Deep Care: The Radical Activists Who Provided Abortions, Defied the Law, and Fought to Keep Clinics Open - 1h In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies

Thu 28

5:15pm Dr. Walter H. Judd Lectureship in Asian Studies: Artificial Intelligence, Affective Labor, and Death in Life - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Asian Studies

April 2024

Tue 2

12:00pm The Female Experience of War from Euripides' Trojan Women to Christine Evans' Trojan Barbie - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Classics

Thu 4

5:15pm 2024 Mullin Fellowship Talks: Margaret De Fer and Daniel Myer - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 236 • from History

Wed 10

4:00pm Embodiment and Racial Bias in "Brendan's Voyage" - 1h In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Digital Arts and Humanities

Sun 14

Towards a Warm Embrace (ends) In-Person • Perlman Teaching Museum • from Perlman Teaching Museum
6:00pm Screening of 'Black Panther' and Q & A with Dr. John Kani - 3h 30m In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from Arts at Carleton

Mon 15

4:00pm Race, Privilege and Inequality Visiting Speaker Series Lecture by Dr. Monica Garcia Perez - 1h 15m In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from Economics
7:00pm Reading of 'The Island' and Discussion with Dr. John Kani - 2h In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Arts at Carleton

Tue 16

12:00pm Choices: A Post-Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto - 1h In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies

Wed 17

5:00pm Talk by Dr. Amna Khalid and Dr. Jeff Snyder: "Free Expression and Academic Freedom Under Fire: Campus Censorship from the War on “Woke Indoctrination” to the War in Gaza" - 1h 30m In-Person • Olin 141 • from History

Fri 19

Foro Latinoamericano (begins) In-Person • Alumni Guest House • from Latin American Studies
7:00pm Conversation with Dr. John Kani - 2h In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Arts at Carleton

Sat 20

Foro Latinoamericano (ends) In-Person • Alumni Guest House • from Latin American Studies

May 2024

Wed 1

4:30pm Approaching Political Polarization Anthropologically: Schismogenesis, Dysrecognition, and Monster-making in the age of Trump - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 304 • from Ethical Inquiry at Carleton

Thu 2

7:30pm Spring Term Theater Production: Intimate Apparel - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Fri 3

7:30pm Spring Term Theater Production: Intimate Apparel - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Sat 4

2:00pm Spring Term Theater Production: Intimate Apparel - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Sun 5

2:00pm Spring Term Theater Production: Intimate Apparel - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Mon 6

7:00pm Animated films by Jodie Mack - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from Cinema & Media Studies

Tue 7

5:15pm Spring Lefler Lecture - Dr. Scott Gac Born in Blood: The Battlegrounds of American Democracy - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 305 • from History
7:00pm MATTER MATTERS: GROWING IS GRIEVING, Artist Talk with Jodie Mack - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from Cinema & Media Studies

Wed 8

5:30pm Poetry Without Borders - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Center Commons

Thu 9

5:00pm A Poetry Reading with Joanna Klink '91 - 1h In-Person • Laird 205 • from English

Thu 16

4:30pm American Precariat, Parables of Exclusion - 1h 30m In-Person • AGH Meeting Room

Fri 17

7:30pm Spring Dance Concert - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Sun 19

2:00pm Spring Dance Concert - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Thu 23

8:00pm Five Slides - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 304 • from Ethical Inquiry at Carleton

Fri 31

Day of DH 2024 Hybrid • Weitz Center Carleton College • from Digital Humanities

June 2024

Thu 6

9:00am Day of Public Scholarship 2024 - 4h In-Person • Weitz Center for Creativity 236, Carleton College • from Center for Community and Civic Engagement

September 2024

Thu 19

11:40am CGRS Welcome Ice Cream Social - 1h 40m In-Person • CGRS Lounge Leighton 4th Floor • from Center for Global and Regional Studies (CGRS)

Tue 24

4:30pm Paris Lost & Found: Reading and Discussion with Scott Carpenter - 1h In-Person • Leighton 304 • from English

Thu 26

5:00pm Bank Job Artist Talk & Opening Reception - 2h In-Person • Perlman Teaching Museum • from Bank Job

Fri 27

12:00pm Black Femicide and Morrisonian Democracy - 2h In-Person • Wetiz 236 • from Africana Studies

Mon 30

7:30pm Lucas Lecture in the Arts: Architect Jeanne Gang - 1h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Arts at Carleton

October 2024

Thu 3

5:00pm 2nd Annual Humanities CV Workshop - 2h In-Person • Leighton Hall 236 • from History

Tue 8

12:00pm Afropessimism and the Prison of Political Desire - 1h In-Person • Leighton 304 • from Philosophy
5:00pm Karen Tei Yamashita '73 - Boat & Rainbow: Revisiting Through the Arc of the Rain Forest - 1h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from English

Thu 10

5:00pm Imagination & Speculation / Storytelling & True Lies: A Moderated Conversation with Karen Tei Yamashita '73 - 1h In-Person • Leighton 304 • from English
5:00pm Organizing for Climate Justice in Germany and Beyond - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Commons • from German

Mon 14

4:00pm Pathos Along a Contemporary Frontier: Border Paintings by Rigoberto Alonso Gonzalez - 1h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Art & Art History

Tue 15

5:15pm Fall Lefler Lecture - Dr. Jennifer Dominique Jones - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 305 • from History

Wed 16

4:45pm Religion Matters Forum: The Bible and the Ballot in American Christianity - 1h 15m In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Religion

Thu 17

4:30pm Guest Lecture - Queens of Afrobeat: Women, Play, and Fela Kuti's Music Rebellion - 1h In-Person • Olin 141 • from Theater + Dance

Wed 23

5:30pm Lecture: Music Making in Palestine During the First Half of the Twentieth Century: Agency and Innovation; Dr. Issa Boulos - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Middle Eastern Languages

Thu 24

7:30pm Concert: An Evening of Palestinian Music: Songs of Resistance and Resilience; Dr. Issa Boulos: singing, oud; Majed Abu Ajamia, qanun. - 1h 30m In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Middle Eastern Languages
7:30pm Fall Term Theater Production: Anon(ymous) - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Fri 25

7:30pm Fall Term Theater Production: Anon(ymous) - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Sat 26

2:00pm Fall Term Theater Production: Anon(ymous) - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance
7:30pm Fall Term Theater Production: Anon(ymous) - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Sun 27

2:00pm Fall Term Theater Production: Anon(ymous) - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Mon 28

4:00pm The Imaginative Landscape: A Search for a Hmong Homeland In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Art & Art History

Thu 31

5:00pm Dr. Vincent Lloyd Gives Ian Barbour Lecture, "Abuse: A Problem of Religion and Modernity" - 1h In-Person • Severance Great Hall • from Religion

November 2024

Fri 1

4:00pm Artist Talk: Katayoun Amjadi - 1h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Art & Art History

Fri 8

7:00pm Semaphore Repertory Dance Company Fall Concert - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Sun 10

2:00pm Semaphore Repertory Dance Company Fall Concert - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Thu 14

5:00pm A Reading with Susan Jaret McKinstry - 1h In-Person • Weitz 236 • from English

Tue 19

2:00pm Carleton's Community Archaeology Day 2024 - 2h In-Person • Anderson Atrium and Anderson 121 • from Archaeology

December 2024

Wed 11

9:00am Collaborative Teaching across Disciplinary Divides: Challenges and Opportunities - 4h In-Person • Weitz 236 • from Learning and Teaching Center

Thu 12

9:00am Collaborative Teaching across Disciplinary Divides: Course Development Workshop - 3h In-Person • Weitz 236 • from Learning and Teaching Center

January 2025

Thu 9

7:00pm Kyle Abraham – Lecture/Demonstration - 1h In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Tue 21

12:00pm LDC Works-in-Progress Series with Prof. Juliane Schicker & Celia Vander Ploeg Fallon '25, and Prof. Victoria Thorstensson - 1h In-Person • LDC104 • from German

Thu 23

5:15pm We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz 236 • from History

Wed 29

4:30pm The Five Stages of Grief: AI and Literary Translation - 1h In-Person • Leighton 304 • from Russian
5:00pm What's in a Document? Birth Certificates and the Construction of Identity in American Law and History - 1h 30m In-Person • Athenaeum • from Philosophy

Thu 30

4:30pm Frontier Fantasies: Unaccountable Gender and Queer Desire in Nineteenth-Century Dime Novel Westerns - A talk with Emily Coccia - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from English

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