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Arts & Humanities Dean’s Lecture Series: Edwidge Danticat
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

Award-winning novelist Edwidge Danticat joins Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Merle Collins for an intimate and informative conversation about their lived experiences as Caribbean Americans. The event combines a reading from Danticat, followed by a discussion and audience Q&A; on themes of storytelling, immigration, advocacy and the challenge of finding home away from home.

2022–23 Arts & Humanities Dean’s Lecture Series Featuring Salamishah Tillet
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Friday, April 28, 2023 - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Join the dean for a discussion with author Salamishah Tillet about Nina Simone, the arts and activism.

Book Launch: Lee Konstantinou, The Last Samurai Reread
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM

Join Lee Konstantinou as he discusses his most recent publication, The Last Samurai Reread (Columbia UP, November 2022) with Orrin Wang.

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2022–23 Arts & Humanities Dean’s Lecture Series Featuring Dionne Warwick in Conversation With Dean Stephanie Shonekan
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

For her first Dean’s Lecture Series as dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, Stephanie Shonekan will be in conversation with legendary singer, activist and philanthropist Dionne Warwick. Shonekan and Warwick share a rich background in music. Shonekan is an esteemed ethnomusicologist, and Warwick is an award-winning, chart-topping musician. They will discuss the connection between music and social justice and how celebrities can catalyze positive change in the world. They will also delve into a timely dialogue around race, culture, identity and history.

a2ru: Introducing an Art-based and Future Research Ecosystem
Virtual
Thursday, December 01, 2022 - 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

FREE for a2ru members

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2021-22 Arts & Humanities Dean's Lecture Series Featuring Nikole Hannah-Jones in Conversation with Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kay Theatre
Tuesday, May 03, 2022 - 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

2021-22 Arts & Humanities Dean's Lecture Series Featuring Nikole Hannah-Jones in Conversation with Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill

2021-2022 Arts and Humanities Dean's Lecture Series, Featuring Vijay Gupta
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

Esteemed violinist and social justice advocate, Vijay Gupta will present "Creating Justice through the Arts".

2021 College of Arts & Humanities Dean’s Lecture Series | College Of Education Dean’s Lecture On Education & Society Featuring Monique W. Morris
Live-streamed via Zoom: Registration Below
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

2021 College of Arts & Humanities Dean’s Lecture Series | College Of Education Dean’s Lecture On Education & Society Featuring Monique W. Morris

New Directions in the Medical Humanities
Maryland Room in Marie Mount Hall
Thursday, October 10, 2019 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

The interdisciplinary field of the medical humanities first emerged in the late 20thcentury as a way of drawing on the creative and intellectual strengths of humanistic disciplines such as art, feminist and queer theory, literature, and philosophy to augment the theory and practice of medicine, disrupting the historical silos of academic knowledge in order to rethink patient experience, culture, and clinical ethics.

19-20 Arts & Humanities Dean's Lecture Series: Ruth Carter
The Clarice, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

2019-2020 Dean's Lecture Series featuring award-winning costume designer, Ruth Carter.

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