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October 07, 2021 Faculty and staff react to past and present futurologist predictions. Just for fun.

Amherst’s First Presidential Scholar Comes to Class

October 12, 2021 Harriet Washington, bioethicist and author of the book "Medical Apartheid," visits as part of a new program to bring prominent voices in anti-racist scholarship to campus.

“For Historians, That Is Like Magic”

October 06, 2021 In the midst of National Hispanic American Heritage Month, a professor of American studies and Black studies reflects on primary sources, intersectional identities and the new generation of Puerto Rican activists.

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Trans History Is Defiant, Tender and Visible in Professor Jen Manion’s “Female Husbands”

Manion, professor of history and sexuality, women’s and gender studies, recently spoke with Rachel Garbus of IntoMore.com about their 2020 book Female Husbands: A Trans History, sharing “thoughts about these female husbands, the women who married them, and what these couples can tell us about queerness across the span of time.”

Former Amherst Faculty Member Sonia Sanchez Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

As part of an homage to the poet, educator and activist, who has won the 2021 Dorothy & Lillian Gish Prize, an article in The Miami Times cites Sanchez’s 2018 return to the Amherst campus, when she delivered the keynote address at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Legacy Symposium.

Professor Jallicia Jolly: “No One’s Telling the Stories of HIV-Positive Black Women. In the Pandemic, They Need More Support.”

“Black women who are living with HIV/AIDS and navigating the [COVID-19] pandemic shoulder multiple burdens,” writes Jolly in an article for The Lily: “psychosocial strains, the stress of isolation, stigma and the trauma of overlapping inequalities of food insecurity, financial hardships, unemployment and inadequate access to quality care.”

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Oct 28

Amherst College Statistics and Data Science Colloquium (part of the Connecticut Valley Colloquium)

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Oct 29

"The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers,” Presented by Joshua Hyman

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Oct 30

Presidential Scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah: "What Is Racism? One Story"

4:00 PM

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Nov 4

Janice Lee: A Reading and Conversation

7:30 PM

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Nov 11

"Words and Power: How Dictionaries Define Us"

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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Nov 15

Evie Shockley: A Reading and Conversation

7:30 PM

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Inside the Fall 2021 issue: nine alumni reflect on the College's influence on their lives; President Martin reflects on her tenure at the College; Nancy Pick reflects on life at Amherst over the past 200 years, and more.

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For Future Reference

Amherst’s First Presidential Scholar Comes to Class

“For Historians, That Is Like Magic”

Happening at Amherst

Amherst College Statistics and Data Science Colloquium (part of the Connecticut Valley Colloquium)

"The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers,” Presented by Joshua Hyman

Presidential Scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah: "What Is Racism? One Story"

Janice Lee: A Reading and Conversation

"Words and Power: How Dictionaries Define Us"

Evie Shockley: A Reading and Conversation