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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...
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...
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...
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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...
Virtual Russian Table
Tue, Feb 23, 2021
11:30 am
Virtual
Please join us for the Virtual Russian Table every Tuesday between 11:30am and 1:00pm EST.
Russian Table offers an o...
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
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
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...
Registration Required
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 ...
Registration Required