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Wed, Nov 13, 2019
“Art as Territory: The Story of Maya Weavers Advocating for Collective Intellectual Property Rights in Guatemala”
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Beneski Earth Sciences Building, Paino Lecture Hall
Angelina Aspuac will give a talk titled “Art as Territory: The Story of Maya Weavers Advocating for Collective Intellectual Property Rights in Guatemala.” This talk, sponsored by the Department of Political Science at Amherst College along with funding from the Lamont Funds, is free and open to the public.
CHI Salon: Joseph O'Neill Reading and Book Talk
4:30 pm
Frost Library, Center for Humanistic Inquiry
Ploughshares at Emerson College called Good Trouble, Joseph O’Neill’s new book of short stories, “[f]unny and fierce ... [a]n essential book, full of unexpected bursts of meaning and beauty.” O’Neill also wrote the novels The Breezes, This Is the Life, The Dog and Netherland, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. He has also written a family history, Blood-Dark Track. He lives in New York City and teaches at Bard College.
Childcare and refreshments will be provided at the reading.
Inside Admissions: Perspectives from the Yale School of Medicine
The Yale system of medical education remains unique among medical schools for a number of reasons. In this information session, Amherst alum Dr. Michael J. Sernyak Jr. ’83, who is a professor of psychiatry at Yale, as well as deputy chair for Clinical Affairs and Program Development within its Department of Psychiatry, will discuss how key features of Yale’s medical education plays a role in the educational mission and how they translate to the admissions process at the Yale School of Medicine. The session will also allow time for questions and answers.
TEDx Amherst College
Amherst College plays host to TEDx on the theme “changing worlds.” TEDx brings the spirit of TED’s mission of ideas worth spreading to local communities around the globe and provides the opportunity to be a part of the narrative. Our lineup includes two Amherst College students and two Amherst College professors.
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