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"Amherst Faculty in the Public Arena in the Trump Era and Beyond"
Mon, Feb 8, 2021
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
The Department of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought, the Center for Humanistic Inquiry and the Amherst College Press i...
Student Video Showcase
Tue, Feb 9, 2021
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
A virtual screening and Q&A by students in the Amherst College class "Foundations in Video Production”
Videos...
Registration Required
CHI Salon: "Worthless: An Ethnography of Devaluation and Domecide in a Midwestern Trailer Park"
Wed, Feb 10, 2021
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Manufactured homes (MHs), better known as “mobile homes” or “trailers,” house an estimated 22 million Americans; h...
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Arts at Amherst Initiative Spring Soirée
Thu, Feb 11, 2021
5:00 pm
Virtual
Join the Arts at Amherst Initiative at our Spring Soirée to hear Joseph E. and Grace W. Valentine Visiting Assistant Prof...
Registration Required
Hired Guns? The Politics of Foreign Interventions
Fri, Feb 12, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Held Via Zoom, Zoom Link: https://amherstcollege.zoom.u
The Faculty Colloquium Series for 2020-21 presents a lecture entitled "Hired Guns? The Politics of Foreign Interventions" ...
Biology Monday Seminar: Walking and Singing: The Neurobiology of Multitasking in Drosophila"
Mon, Feb 15, 2021
4:00 pm
Virtual
Osama Ahmed, Ph.D., Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, will speak on "Walk...
CHI Salon: "The Indian in the Freezer: The Genomic Quest for Indigeneity"
Wed, Feb 17, 2021
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual, Zoom
Visiting Professor of Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies Jennifer Hamilton will present her new book manuscript, The...
Registration Required
Rapaport Lecture: Jason Moran, "The Sound Will Tell You"
Thu, Feb 18, 2021
6:00 pm
This year’s Rapaport Lecture will feature jazz pianist, composer and artist Jason Moran, the artistic director for jazz ...
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Cheminar: Professor Robert Gilliard, University of Virginia: "Electronic Tuning in the Main-Group: From Subvalent Organometallics to Novel π-Electron Materials"
Fri, Feb 19, 2021
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Via Zoom Link
Abstract: Research efforts in the Gilliard laboratory span diverse areas of chemical synthesis related to the activation o...
CANCELED M@A: A Virtual Season Presents Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello, and Daniil Trifonov, piano
Fri, Feb 19, 2021
8:00 pm
M@A regrets very much to have to inform you that COVID restrictions make it impossible for the artists to offer the follow...
Kinetic Light Screening and Discussion with Alice Sheppard
Tue, Feb 23, 2021
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
In preparation for her February 26 public lecture, disabled dancer/choreographer Alice Sheppard will introduce the Five Co...
Registration Required
An Evening with Trevor Noah
Tue, Feb 23, 2021
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Virtual
#1 New York Times best-selling author, comedian, and host of The Daily Show in a moderated Q&A with SNL cast member He...
CHI Salon: "Spain, the Second World War and the Holocaust"
Wed, Feb 24, 2021
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual
Join editors Gina Herrmann and Sara J. Brenneis in a discussion of the new publication Spain, the Second World War and ...
Registration Required
Solidarity Book Project: Shape the Books that Have Shaped You
Wed, Feb 24, 2021
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Virtual
Turn your books into art! Sculpt the iconic solidarity fist into books that have shaped your understanding of solidarity. ...
Registration Required
FREEDOM! Amherst College's Annual Speaking Competition
Thu, Feb 25, 2021
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Please support student speakers by attending FREEDOM: Amherst College’s remote speaking competition. Students from all f...
Registration Required
Spoken Word Slam for Amherst Students
Thu, Feb 25, 2021
8:00 pm
Virtual
LitFest kicks off with the Spoken Word Slam, hosted by Daniel Gallant, executive director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The...
Students Only
Registration Required
Five College Dance Annual Lecture: "Under Wired: Intersectional Disability Aesthetics On and Off Stage," Delivered by Alice Sheppard
Fri, Feb 26, 2021
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Five College Dance is thrilled to welcome dancer and choreographer Alice Sheppard for our 2020-2021 Five College Dance Lec...
Registration Required
A Conversation with 2020 National Book Award Winner Charles Yu and Nominee Megha Majumdar
Fri, Feb 26, 2021
7:00 pm
Virtual
Join Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint for a conversation with National Book Award winner Charles Yu and nominee Megha Majumdar, with ...
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A Conversation with 2020 National Book Award for Poetry Finalists Tommye Blount and Natalie Diaz
Sat, Feb 27, 2021
11:00 am
Virtual
Join John Hennessy for a conversation with National Book Award for Poetry Finalists Tommye Blount and Natalie Diaz. This v...
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Emily Dickinson’s Amherst College
Sat, Feb 27, 2021
2:00 pm
Virtual
In partnership with Amherst College’s Bicentennial, join Museum staff for a talk about the impact of the College on the ...
Registration Required
Readings by The Common's Literary Publishing Interns: Amherst Students Share Their Own Creative Work
Sat, Feb 27, 2021
4:30 pm
Virtual
Jennifer Acker ’00 will host readings by The Common's the literary publishing interns: Olive Amdur '23, Sofia Bel...
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Alumni Authors Cocktail Hour Reading
Sat, Feb 27, 2021
5:00 pm
Virtual
Jennifer Acker ’00 will host brief readings by Calvin Baker '94, Chris Bohjalian '82, Dan Chiasson '93, Edward A. Farmer...
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The Poet’s Prose: Rereading Joseph Brodsky’s Essays Today
Sun, Feb 28, 2021
11:00 am
Virtual
This LitFest event features Professors Polina Barskova and Catherine Ciepiela ’83, in conversation with Christopher Benf...
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A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner Anne Applebaum
Sun, Feb 28, 2021
1:00 pm
Virtual
Join Pulitzer Prize Winner Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Democracy in conversation with host Cullen Murphy ...
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M@A Presents: Dan Tepfer, piano and computer
Sun, Feb 28, 2021
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Virtual performance of "Natural Machines"
Bringing together his undergraduate studies in astrophysics with his pas...