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In the Media: Upcoming 鶹ýӳPresents Events Featured in the Claremont Courier
The Claremont Courier highlighted three upcoming events in 鶹ýӳPresents’ fall season, which celebrates the program’s fifth anniversary.
Read MoreAlison Saar Returns Home with 鶹ýӳPresents and Gallery Exhibition
Perhaps you can go home again, after all: 鶹ýӳcelebrates the return of alumna Alison Saar ’78, renowned sculptor and printmaker, this fall in Mirror, Mirror, The Prints of Alison Saar, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. Saar, who unflinchingly confronts race and gender with a mix of bitter humor and tenderness, doesn’t confine her prints to paper.
Read MoreIn the Media: Langa Chinyoka ’21 Discusses Writing, Family Relationships, and the Immigrant Experience with Yaa Gyasi in the Paris Review
Langa Chinyoka ’21 interviewed author and recent 鶹ýӳPresents guest Yaa Gyasi about her new novel, Transcendent Kingdom, for the Paris Review.
Read More鶹ýӳPresents’ 2020–21 Season Will Explore “The Future”
鶹ýӳPresents has announced that its virtual programming for the 2020–21 season will center on the theme of “The Future.” As part of its fifth-anniversary celebration, 鶹ýӳPresents will partner with other programs and events series around the country to address topics such as the future of language, race, food, science and more.
Read MoreWelcome to the Fall 2020 Semester
This fall marks the beginning of an academic year like no other in the College’s history. As we carve out new modes of teaching, learning, playing, and creating community, I hope we will be flexible and compassionate with one another as we face and overcome challenges and changes endemic to this time.
Read MoreTravel Writing to Transport the Mind
Our students are off campus for the rest of the semester, but that doesn’t mean we’ve stopped our pursuit of the latest and greatest in arts and culture. While sheltering in place—and unlikely to travel anytime soon—鶹ýӳPresents authors offer journeys to locales near and far, from Bel Air to Jamaica, with stops along the way.
Read MoreIn the Media: Pete Buttigieg’s 鶹ýӳPresents Appearance Featured in Slate
A video of Pete Buttigieg’s 鶹ýӳPresents appearance was featured in a Slate article highlighting how the presidential candidate’s platform has changed over the last year. “[…] what’s really interesting in the moment we’re living in is the tensions that are arising between capitalism and democracy,” Buttigieg said in his February 2019 conversation with Peter Hamby at Scripps.
Read MoreSpotlight on Academics: Professor Kim Drake Explores Disability in the Classroom and Beyond
Associate Professor of Writing and Chair of the Department of Writing and Rhetoric Kim Drake began her scholarly career by focusing on protest writing and rhetoric, composition theory, and historically disenfranchised voices in American literature. But a few seminal events, particularly one in 1990 and another in 2014, plus the inspiration of her students, led to the addition of disability studies to her teaching, research, and activist repertoire.
Read MoreSpring 2020 Community Update From the President
Dear 鶹ýӳ Community Members, Happy New Year, and welcome back to campus! As we begin our spring semester, I’m eager to share the following recent College news, updates, and announcements.
Read More“From the Body to the Body Politic”: 鶹ýӳPresents Spring 2020 Season
鶹ýӳ has announced its lineup of writers, speakers, and performers for the spring 2020 season of its signature public events series, 鶹ýӳPresents. Tickets are required for all events.
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