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Professor Kiara M. Vigil on the Complicated Legacy of Charles Curtis

Did you know that Kamala Harris is not the first person of color to serve as U.S. vice president? Vigil writes for the History News Network about Charles Curtis, a member of the Indigenous Kaw Nation who became Herbert Hoover’s vice president in 1928.

Four Things to Know from Inauguration Day with Jim Warren ’74

Warren, longtime Chicago journalist and current executive editor of NewsGuard, appeared on the WGN9 Morning News on Jan. 21 to discuss key points from the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Professor Khary Oronde Polk on His Book "Contagions of Empire"

“I began this project as a racial and sexual history of the U.S. military abroad,” says the professor in a Q&A for Black Agenda Report. “It soon became a study in which race and sexuality became the optics through which Black people, conscripted into imperial service, wrestled with notions of death and honor.”

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Feb 10

CHI Salon: "Worthless: An Ethnography of Devaluation and Domecide in a Midwestern Trailer Park"

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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Feb 11

Arts at Amherst Initiative Spring Soirée

5:00 PM

Feb 17

CHI Salon: "The Indian in the Freezer: The Genomic Quest for Indigeneity"

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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Feb 24

CHI Salon: "Spain, the Second World War and the Holocaust"

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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Feb 28

M@A: A Virtual Season Presents Boston Modern Orchestra Project

3:00 PM

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Mar 26

M@A: A Virtual Season Presents the Juilliard String Quartet

8:00 PM

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In the Winter 2021 issue: an interview with screenwriter and political strategist Kate Stayman-London ’05; an update about Professor Elizabeth “Buffy” Aries' 15-year study about race and class; a preview of Founding Narratives, an exhibition in the Mead Art Museum, and more.

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Amherst College's Sixth Annual LitFest, Feb. 25-28

President Martin’s Statement on the Events of Jan. 6, 2021

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Four Days in Frost That Changed Amherst Forever

Building Healthier Cities: Elaine Jeon ’17 Wins Schwarzman Scholarship

Both Leader and Teammate: Jeremy Thomas ’21 Wins Rhodes Scholarship

Happening at Amherst

CHI Salon: "Worthless: An Ethnography of Devaluation and Domecide in a Midwestern Trailer Park"

Arts at Amherst Initiative Spring Soirée

CHI Salon: "The Indian in the Freezer: The Genomic Quest for Indigeneity"

CHI Salon: "Spain, the Second World War and the Holocaust"

M@A: A Virtual Season Presents Boston Modern Orchestra Project

M@A: A Virtual Season Presents the Juilliard String Quartet