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Pre-Midterms Guest Speaker Series with Professor Charles Tien

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Interested in learning more about the midterm elections? Listen to the Department of Political Science’s latest guest speaker event, featuring a talk and Q&A with Professor Charles Tien titled “Will the Republicans Lose Control of Congress in 2026? A Referendum Model.”

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Vassar Vintage Bike Night

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This free, interactive community event invites Vassar students and employees to join Hudson Valley bicycling enthusiasts to showcase and admire vintage and antique bicycles. Attendees can participate in friendly bike contests with local awards, get a portrait of their ride, visit a hands-on repair station to keep bikes road-worthy, and connect with regional cycling advocates and local bike shops.

This event is free and open to the public.

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A Millennium of Textiles: Digging into the Royal School of Needlework’s Collection and History

Join Dr. Isabella Rosner, Curator of Textiles at the Royal School of Needlework for this special talk that explores the history of the Royal School of Needlework’s history, current work, and collection. In this talk, Isabella will survey the history of the RSN’s Collection and explore several key pieces in it, including a 7th-century Coptic weaving to 21st-century Chinese silk painting.

This event is free and open to the public.

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An Evening of Carnatic Raga

An Evening of Carnatic Raga: Featuring Sumanth Manjunath (violin), accompanied on mridangam.

This event is free and open to the public.

A Japanese painting of a dynamic scene unfolds across a vibrant landscape, depicting figures engaged in a spirited struggle on a grassy incline. Various individuals, some adorned in traditional attire and others in Western clothing, are seen pulling on ropes connected to a large, ornate cart. In the background, soft green hills rise against a pale pink sky, where stylized clouds drift. A prominent tree with textured bark stands to one side, while additional figures observe the action from a distance.

2026 New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS)

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With the theme “Asia and Environment across Time and Space,” NYCAS will bring scholars together to explore a wide range of topics related to Asia, including environmental issues, technological innovation, sociopolitical movements, geopolitics, cultural and social change, economics and politics, education, and migration and diaspora.

Panels and sessions are open to the Vassar Community as well as to local academic communities.

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Talk by Anita Varma ’08

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A talk by Anita Varma ’08 based on her 2026 Columbia University Press book Solidarity in Journalism, about journalism and social justice. The talk will explore how conventional journalistic norms discourage reporters from taking sides; journalists are supposed to remain neutral, impartial, and objective.

This event is free and open to the public.

Woodblock print: Tomoe Gozen in bright red samurai armor holding a tall naginata polearm against a backdrop of Japanese calligraphy.

A Swordswoman Worth a Thousand: Tomoe the Warrior in Literature, Legend, and Cultural Heritage

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Professor Roberta Strippoli (Associate Professor, University of Napoli L’Orientale) will take us on a journey across Japanese history, exploring the interplay of literature, gender, and cultural heritage by tracing a famous episode from The Tale of the Heike, Japan’s most celebrated medieval epic, and its many afterlives.

This event is free and open to the public.

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From Cassette Tapes to Classrooms: The Journey of Making Gay History

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Join us for a fireside chat or online via Zoom with Eric Marcus ’80, the 2026 AAVC Spirit of Vassar Award recipient, in conversation with Miriam Cohen, Evalyn Clark Professor Emerita of History.

This event is free and open to the public.

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