Past Events
Chabon is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of several bestselling books, including The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Free and open to the public.
From October 30 to November 1, 1969, Vassar’s Main Building was taken over and occupied by thirty-four Black female students. They demanded the creation of a program awarding a major in Black Studies. Far from being an isolated event, the takeover was part of a nationwide wave of student-organized sit-ins and protests to expand the boundaries of college and university curricula.
Larson, a Pulitzer Prize winner and Professor of History at Pepperdine University, will speak on “a century of cultural warfare in America.”
Campus community only, please.
A lecture by Elizabeth A. Patton, Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Campus community only, please.
In the U.S., black leisure and tourism have long been used to resist entrenched systemic racism. Prof. Elizabeth Patton (UMBC) uses photographs, documentary films, and guidebooks, advertisements, and personal home movies to shed light on the multifaceted ways African Americans harnessed media and cultural memory to document leisure.
A poetry reading and conversation on women, home, exile, and identity featuring poet-scholar and activist Saba Hamzah.
Presentation on the history of classical Arabic scripts like Thuluth and Naskh. Students will have a chance to practice Arabic letter art with reed pens during the workshop.
Christine Howlett, Conductor
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Join a free fun-filled afternoon of art for all ages, exploring the current exhibitions Silver Linings: Celebrating the Spelman Art Collection and Interwoven Histories: Prints by the Gee's Bend Quilting Collective.
Deadline: Monday, November 27, 2023
The Frances D. Fergusson Good Neighbors Partnerships Program is looking to support projects building partnerships between Vassar and the Poughkeepsie community during the spring semester.
Campus community only, please.
Duo recital by two artists who have appeared together for decades. Peter Wiley, cello, and Anna Polonsky, piano. Free and open to the public.
A 20–30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program in a relaxed atmosphere outside the Bridge Cafe.
A radical, dynamic, and engaging conversation with Amber Starks about Black and Native solidarity and kinship as Black, Native, and Afro-Indigenous kin move from survivance to thrivance and futurity.
The Martin H. Crego Lecture in Economics featuring Daniel S. Hamermesh, Sue Killam Professor Emeritus of the University of Texas at Austin and Professor Emeritus, Royal Holloway University of London.
Campus community only, please.
How do we decide when to search for something better and when to stick with what we’ve got? A lecture by Peter M. Todd, Provost Professor of Cognitive Science, Psychology, and Informatics at Indiana University.
Beth Livensberger will discuss her site-specific installation at the Palmer Gallery.
Experience a reconstruction of the Tudor sound world: Music by Henry VIII himself, Irish songs referenced by Shakespeare, and more. Free and open to the public.
Join us on October 27th from 4–5 p.m. at Vassar Barn for a guided hike, hosted by the Environmental Cooperative & the Preserve at Vassar.
A tidbit from Vassar’s architectural history became the genesis for this artist’s exploration of digital technology, fitness and productivity culture, the merging of private with public spaces, and more.
The 17th annual Steven Hirsch ’71 and Susan Hirsch Disability Awareness lecture features Rick Bryck, PhD, Senior Director for Landmark College Institute for Research and Training.