Events

2024-2025 Mary L. Cornille Visiting Scholar Jon Adler presents a curated series of conversations with experts from across the social sciences, humanities, and arts, about the role of stories in shaping our lives.

A four-part series of lunchtime talks featuring Wellesley faculty from different departments. This year's theme centers around "isms"—the concepts and theories that define many of our fields. 

The third annual New Voices series brings to the forefront up-and-coming scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Join us at lunchtime on select Tuesdays to hear what these scholars are working on. 

In honor of Black Speculative Fiction Month, and as part of the Newhouse Center's series on Black Feminist Worldmaking, please join us for a panel with authors N.K. Jemisin, 'Pemi Aguda, and Yvette Ndlovu.

As part of our Fall 2024 Radical Futures subseries on Black Feminist Worldbuilding, we will be joined by artist Harmonia Rosales, whose art focuses on Black female empowerment in Western culture and depicting and honoring the African diaspora.

Join us for a celebration of Professor Nikki Greene (Art History) and her forthcoming book, Grime, Glitter & Glass: The Body and The Sonic in Contemporary Black Art. 

The 2024-2025 Betsy Turner Jordan '59 Lecture will be given by Dr. Safiya Noble, 2021 MacArthur Fellow and author of the highly acclaimed Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism.