Past Events
Lewis will speak on “TERF Island Comes to America: Buried Histories of the Feminism of Cisness.”
By situating racism and capitalism as interlocking systems of dispossession and displacement, University of Toronto Associate Professor of Sociology Prentiss Dantzler brings the “housing question” into perspective as a way to understand broader calls for reparative justice.
Andrea McDonnell is a media scholar and author whose work examines the production, content, and audience reception of popular media and American celebrity culture. Her research seeks to understand the ways in which audiences engage, take pleasure in, and make sense of celebrity gossip across media platforms, including print, television, and social media.
Campus community only, please.
Join us for a reading and conversation with author Luisa Weiss on the occasion of the publication of her new cookbook, Classic German Cooking.
A different take on the music for harpsichord, with guitar and violin. The program includes music by Bach, Martinû, Milhaud, Wilson, and others. Marija Ilić, harpsichord, Roberto Granados, guitar, Anna Elashvili, violin.
A harp, viola, and flute program of works by primarily modern and contemporary composers inspired by the natural world. The Walden Trio: Chelsea Lane, harp, Ginevra Petrucci, flute, Maren Rothfritz, viola.
Join us at the Olmsted Greenhouse for a calm doodling session with Vassar’s Counseling Service!
A play and a senior Drama project.
Campus guests only, please.
Reservations required: please contact boxoffice@vassar.edu.
Join us for a spooky celebration at the greenhouse! Enjoy treats as you wander among our unusual plants. Everyone is welcome—feel free to wear your Halloween costume or come as you are (the plants won’t mind!).
Palmer Gallery exhibit. Artist’s Reception: Nov. 1, 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Residential Life and Restorative Practices are facilitating Election Circles, a student community space to share and be heard.
Campus community only, please.
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.
Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne and Arapaho Nation) is an acclaimed multidisciplinary artist whose work has long advocated for recognition of historic and ongoing forms of oppression of Indigenous peoples in the US and globally.
A talk by Richard Ocejo, Professor of Sociology at John Jay College CUNY and author of Sixty Miles Upriver: Gentrification and Race in a Small American City. Open to the public.
Join alum Jonathan Silberberg, an acclaimed documentary filmmaker and producer, for an engaging discussion about the challenges and rewards of a career in documentary filmmaking and how the field is rapidly transforming today.
Artist and publisher Drew Leventhal will present on his photographic work, including his publishing practice and research into emerging theories of visual ethnography. Q&A to follow.
Raymond House team’s annual Haunted House, hosted in the spooky Raymond House Basement.
Campus community only, please.
Novuyo Tshuma will give a lecture and read excerpts from her novel Digging Stars.
Weaving together lyrical language and powerful imagery to create rich and emotional stories, Woodson’s work explores the complex intersections of race, class, gender, family, and American history.
Matthew Hunter, Professor of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University, will give a lecture on his new study.