Past Events
This talk covers the rise of nonfiction writing as a form of participatory documentation in post-2008 China.
A panel discussion moderated by Dr. Sa’ed Atshan, 2024–2025 Randolph Fellow in Peace, Conflict, and the Middle East, featuring Professors Tagreed Al-Haddad and Candace Lukasik.
Campus community only, please.
The Film Department will be hosting a screening of Yance Ford’s new film Power, which traces the accumulation of money, the consolidation of political power, and the nearly unrestricted bipartisan support that has created the institution of policing as we know it. Followed by a Q&A with the director moderated by Professor Mia Mask.
This seminar will cover what investing is, what steps to take, how to build a portfolio, and goal based investing.
Campus community only, please. RSVP required.
This film chronicles the arc of a family across history, geography and tragedy—from the racial segregation of the Jim Crow South to the promise of New York City.
New York City-based artist Paul Pfeiffer has been working in video, photography, installation, and sculpture since the late 1990s. Known for his innovative and sculptural manipulation of digital media, Pfeiffer recasts the visual language of mass media spectacle to examine how images shape our awareness of ourselves and the world.
Sarah Biscarra Dilley (Northern Chumash), Director of Indigenous Programs and Relationality at Forge Project, is this year’s Tatlock Fellow at Vassar. Come out and support Native people in our campus community!
A book talk with award-winning Syrian writer Shahla Ujayli and translator Michelle Hartman.
Campus community only, please.
A recital of music in, or in opposition to, the key of C. Thomas Sauer, piano.
Visual artist Mimi Czajka Graminski and poet Sarah Stern create a magnetic pull between their two art forms in this Palmer Gallery exhibit. Artists’ Reception: Oct. 10, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
ALANA Fest makes visible, celebrates, and builds community with students of color at Vassar. This event featuring local food vendors, performances, tabling/interactive activities, and more! Free and open to all. Please RSVP.
Eduardo Navega, conductor.
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Hutchinson, the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University, is the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among many other awrads. Free and open to the public.
This exhibition of contemporary art explores the psychological, physical, and emotional realities encountered by women and people assigned female at birth in the years leading up to, during, and after fertility. Artists Krista Franklin and Joanne Leonard will be in conversation with exhibition curators Karen Irvine and Kristin Taylor.
Sociologist and author Jennifer Patrice Sims will discuss common perceptions about racism and describe the types of personal, peer group, and university-level efforts that are needed to reject fallacies and promote critical thinking during college and beyond. This event is open to the public.
Join the Office of Student Growth & Engagement, the Engaged Pluralism program, and the Office of Community Engaged Learning-Vassar Votes, for a film screening of The Young Vote.
A reading of a play by Foster Schrader ’25, recipient of the Marilyn Swartz Seven ’69 Annual Playwriting Award, Spring ’24. A reception will follow.
Campus guests only, please. Reservations required.
Celebrate the arts and artists of Poughkeepsie, NY this September! Visit over 30 local artists, makers, and creators at galleries, artist studios, and creative spaces. Learn more at poughkeepsieopenstudios.org.
This special sale, sponsored by the Haiti Project, will showcase over 200 original and affordable paintings while raising funds for education programs in rural Haiti.
A Book talk by Professor of Sociology Seungsook Moon. The talk will be followed by a reception with good food.
Campus community only, please.