Climate Knowledge Collective by Professor Peg Spitzer, Research Professor, Program in Writing and Rhetoric

4/2/2025, 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM (ET)

Research Professor Peg Spitzer and guests share their perspectives as environmental justice activists in a word affected by climate chang e

"A Soundtrack for Black Healing"

4/2/2025, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (ET)

We return to the roots of this musical investigation: the topic of healing, when the Covid crisis heightened by the concurrent #BlackLivesMatter protests inspired an exploration of how music as a source of healing for black folks.

A Film Screening and Panel Discussion: "Amplifying Authentic Immigrant Experiences via Drama and Film"

4/8/2025, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (ET)

A film screening and Panel Discussion with Neisha Terry Young/EGL and Mindy Fried/film producer and sociologist discussing, the film, "Open Your Heart: Immigrant Stories from Boston and Beyond".

"Academic Freedom at Risk: A Symposium on Campus Policing, Surveillance, and Censorship"

4/10/2025, 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM (ET)

Bringing together scholars, teachers, and activists, this event seeks to better understand the threats to academic freedom that we’re currently facing and to start collectively developing strategies for preserving our freedom to learn and teach.

Lecture by Visiting Artist Carolyn Lazard, "Carolyn Lazard: Artist Talk"

4/14/2025, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM (ET)

Lecture by Visiting Artist Carolyn Lazard, "Carolyn Lazard: Artist Talk"

Sound Studies Workshop: Benjamin Tausig/MUS, "Migrations of Soul: Afro-Latin Music in Cold War Thailand"

4/21/2025, 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM (ET)

Tausig traces the circulation of certain specific musical gestures from Cuba and other Latin American settings to the Philippines and Thailand from 1898 through the 1950s.

Faculty Fellows Lecture by Ken Weitzman/EGL, "The Theatre of Well-Being"

4/23/2025, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (ET)

This presentation will engage with the formation of the Positive Psychology movement (currently referred to as flourishing or well-being) and chart the process and outcomes of transforming this research into an immersive, participatory, theatrical event.

Lecture by Kara Pernicano/WGSS, "Together Love Self: A Series of Poetic Meditations"

4/29/2025, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (ET)

Lecture by Kara Pernicano/WGSS, "Together Love Self: A Series of Poetic Meditations"