Sarah Gould of Université Paris, Panthéon-Sorbonne, will give a lecture entitled “The Very Worst Site for Pictures: Art and Contaminated Air in the Victorian Metropolis.”

Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre presents a series of three spring concerts on April 16, 17, and 18 at 7:00 p.m. The programs feature works by iconic 20th-century choreographers, George Balanchine and José Limón, prominent contemporary choreographers Pascal Rioult and Jon Lehrer, a fast-paced ballet by Miriam Mahdaviani, a powerful new Hip-hop piece by Keith Alexander, as well as five new pieces by student choreographers.

This event is free and open to the public.

Join Assistant Professor of History Yu-chi Chang and curator Monique D’Almeida for a closer look at the Meiji war prints in the exhibition Bunmei Kaika: Political Landscape in Early Modern and Modern Japan. This talk explores the 1874 Japanese military campaign against the indigenous peoples of southern Taiwan, discussing how the event demonstrates colonial thinking during the early Meiji period.

This event is free and open to the public.

This year’s annual Dr. Maurice Sitomer Lecture, presented by the Jewish Studies Program, will be delivered by Professor David Engel of New York University.

This event is free and open to the public.

Writer Iman Humaydan and Academic-Translator Michelle Hartman in conversation.

This event is free and open to the public.

New York Times bestselling author Cole Arthur Riley is the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body.

Josephine Halvorson will give a lecture on her work and process as an artist working from direct observation, foregrounding the firsthand experience of noticing, describing, and learning from the physical world.

This event is free and open to the public.

Please join Jasper Craven—a reporter covering the military for outlets including Harper’s, New York, and The New York Times—as he discusses his new book, “God Forgives, Brothers Don’t,” which Publisher’s Weekly called a “vital perspective on America’s masculinity crisis.”

An immigration law expert will discuss legal rights, protections, and campus support resources.

This event is free and open to the public.