Past Events

A photographic portrait of Gerald Sim.

At a time of both urgent need for algorithmic literacy and heightened social division, it is vital to understand the politicized grammar with which we talk and think about AI. This talk by Gerald Sim will focus on visual media whose power derives from being uniquely vivid, engaging, and visceral.

Campus community only, please.

Portrait/headshot of a person with glasses, black hair and a red shirt.

Jin Jiang is Professor Emeritus at East China Normal University and Yeung Family Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Johns Hopkins University. Her research interests are at the intersection of women and gender, popular culture, and Shanghai history.

photo of a woman's face
Apr. 13, 2023, 5:30–7:00 p.m.

Alexis Dudden, Professor of History at the University of Connecticut, will lecture on “Japan’s Controversial Territorial Claims Against China, Taiwan, Russia, and the Koreas.” 

People wearing broad-brimmed hats seated on the ground strumming stringed instruments with palm trees in the background.

An exploration of individual and collective history as viewed through multiple lenses, proposing alternatives to the systemic representations ordered by colonial narratives. Gallery talk & opening reception: October 28, 2022, 5:00–7:00 p.m.