Spring 2019

Immersion Theatre Workshop with Nandita Dinesh ’06

2/5–2/6, 7 PM

2/5–2/6

7 PM

Cow Chair Room, Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center

2/6 (Wednesday)2/6 (Wed), 4:30 PM

2/6 (Wednesday)2/6 (Wed)

New Authoritarianism and the University in the Global South

Art_Latin_America: Against the Survey

Founders 120

2/7–6/9

Camilla Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler Gallery | Marjorie and Gerald Bronfman Gallery

2/7–6/9

Bread and Roses: The Social Documentary of Milton and Anne Rogovin

Robert and Claire Freedman Lober Viewing Alcove

2/7–6/9

Disappearances: Three Video Artists from Latin America

Joan Levine Freedman ’57 and Richard I. Freedman Gallery

2/7–6/9

Surface Tension

Morelle Lasky Levine '56 Works on Paper Gallery

2/7–6/9

Yinka Shonibare MBE: Guns Drawn

Friends of Art Gallery

2/7, 5–6:15 PM

2/7

An Evening with Samuel R. Delany

5–6:15 PM

Newhouse Center for the Humanities

2/7 (Thursday)2/7 (Thu), 5:30 PM

2/7 (Thursday)2/7 (Thu)

Spring Opening Celebration

5:30 PM

Collins Cinema, Davis Lobby, and Galleries

2/8, 9:30 AM–5 PM

2/8

Wellesley Alumnae and Latin American Art Symposium

9:30 AM–5 PM

Jewett Auditorium or Collins Cinema *TBD

2/9 (Saturday)2/9 (Sat), 7:30 PM

2/9 (Saturday)2/9 (Sat)

Music Department Honors Concert

Postures of Refusal: From Antigone to Ali/Kaepernick

2/11 (Monday)2/11 (Mon), 5 PM

2/11 (Monday)2/11 (Mon)

2/13 (Wednesday)2/13 (Wed)

2/13 (Wednesday)2/13 (Wed), 5 PM

What Is the Point of College? Stanley Fish and Alice Dreger in Conversation

2/20 (Wednesday)2/20 (Wed)

Alumnae Hall Ballroom

2/20 (Wednesday)2/20 (Wed), 7 PM, 2/21, 4:15–6 PM

Images of the Girl from West to East: From Austen to Manga

7 PM

Collins Cinema & Newhouse Center Lounge

2/21, 11:30 AM–12:30 PM

2/21

Artist Talk Series: WebEx with Ester Hernandez

2/23 (Saturday)2/23 (Sat)

2/23 (Saturday)2/23 (Sat), 7:30 PM

Classical Faculty Concert: Our Favorites

Curatorial Gallery Talk: James Oles

2/26 (Tuesday)2/26 (Tue), 4:15 PM

2/26 (Tuesday)2/26 (Tue)

Camilla Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler Gallery | Marjorie and Gerald Bronfman Gallery

2/26, 5–6 PM

2/26

A Poetry Reading with Kristen Case

5–6 PM

The Changing Landscape of Immigration: Beyond the Headlines

2/27, 12:30–1:45 PM

2/27

12:30–1:45 PM

Alumnae Hall Ballroom

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3/2 (Saturday)3/2 (Sat), 7:30 PM

3/2 (Saturday)3/2 (Sat)

Jazz and World Music Faculty Concert: Cry the Blues

Curatorial Gallery Talk: Amanda Gilvin: Yinka Shonibare

3/5 (Tuesday)3/5 (Tue), 4 PM

3/5 (Tuesday)3/5 (Tue)

4 PM

Davis Lobby

3/5 (Tuesday)3/5 (Tue), 4:30 PM

3/5 (Tuesday)3/5 (Tue)

Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature

Library Lecture Room, Clapp Library

3/5 (Tuesday)3/5 (Tue), 7:30 PM

3/5 (Tuesday)3/5 (Tue)

A Story of Nerpa: Indigenous People and Baikal Seals in Eastern Siberia

Clapp Library Lecture Room

3/6–3/7

Alien Citizen: An Earth Odyssey

Jewett Auditorium for performance; LWC Cow Chair Room for workshop

3/7–3/9

Ingrid Jensen Mini-Residency

Various

3/7, 11:30 AM–12:30 PM

3/7

Artist Talk Series: WebEx with Anna Bella Geiger

Diplomacy in the Undercommons, or the Speculative Politics of Solidarity

3/7 (Thursday)3/7 (Thu), 4:15 PM

3/7 (Thursday)3/7 (Thu)

Newhouse Center for the Humanities

3/7 (Thursday)3/7 (Thu), 4:30 PM

3/7 (Thursday)3/7 (Thu)

Art History Club Lecture: Nina Diamond ’89

Invisible Sounds: Ingrid Jensen and Steve Treseler

Jewett Arts Center 450

3/9 (Saturday)3/9 (Sat), 7:30 PM

3/9 (Saturday)3/9 (Sat)

Mark Römisch: Flash/Flood

3/11–4/19

Jewett Art Gallery

3/11 (Monday)3/11 (Mon), 4:15 PM

3/11 (Monday)3/11 (Mon)

John Plotz: Laughter is from Mars: Science Fiction as Satire and Game

Curatorial Gallery Talk: Carrie Cushman

3/12 (Tuesday)3/12 (Tue), 4:15 PM

3/12 (Tuesday)3/12 (Tue)

3/14 (Thursday)3/14 (Thu)

Davis Lobby

3/14 (Thursday)3/14 (Thu), 4:15 PM

Keith Whittington: Why We Should Value Campus Free Speech

Keith Vincent: Masaoka Shiki’s New Haiku

Library Lecture Room

3/18 (Monday)3/18 (Mon), 4:15 PM

3/18 (Monday)3/18 (Mon)

The Wilson Lecture: Jane Mayer

3/19 (Tuesday)3/19 (Tue), 5 PM

3/19 (Tuesday)3/19 (Tue)

The 2019 Distinguished Faculty Lecture: Katharine H.S. Moon

Alumnae Hall Ballroom

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4/1 (Monday)4/1 (Mon), 4 PM

4/1 (Monday)4/1 (Mon)

4 PM

The 2019 Calderwood Lecture in Economics: Nina Pavcnik

4/2 (Tuesday)4/2 (Tue), 4:15 PM

4/2 (Tuesday)4/2 (Tue)

Knapp Atrium in Pendelton East

4/2

Climbing PoeTree: Spoken Word and Multimedia Performance

The Syrian Conflict Through the Lens of Public Health

4/2 (Tuesday)4/2 (Tue), 4:30 PM

4/2 (Tuesday)4/2 (Tue)

Artist Talk Series: In Person with Ann Parker

4/4, 11:30 AM–12:30 PM

4/4

The 2019 Domna Stanton Lecture: Alondra Nelson

Davis Museum Lobby

4/4, 4:30–6 PM

4/4

4:30–6 PM

Collins Cinema/TBD

4/4, 5–6 PM

4/4

The Jordan Lecture: A Reading and Conversation with Valeria Luiselli

5–6 PM

Flamenco Nuevo: Juanito Pascual Trio

4/6 (Saturday)4/6 (Sat), 7:30 PM

4/6 (Saturday)4/6 (Sat)

Zolotoj Plyos Russian Folk Music Concert

4/9 (Tuesday)4/9 (Tue), 7:30 PM

4/9 (Tuesday)4/9 (Tue)

4/10 (Wednesday)4/10 (Wed)

4/10 (Wednesday)4/10 (Wed), 5:30 PM

Inky Fingers: Scholars and Artisans in the Renaissance Printing House

5:30 PM

Three Films by Yinka Shonibare

4/11, 5–7 PM

4/11

5–7 PM

Wellesley College Theatre Spring Main Stage Production: She Kills Monsters

4/11–4/14

Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre

4/13 (Saturday)4/13 (Sat), 7:30 PM

4/13 (Saturday)4/13 (Sat)

Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra Spring Concert: Catch a Rising Star!

Artist’s Talk: Tabitha Soren

Houghton Memorial Chapel

4/17, 6–7 PM

4/17

6–7 PM

4/17 (Wednesday)4/17 (Wed)

4/17 (Wednesday)4/17 (Wed), 7:30 PM

Environmental Activism and Power Dynamics in Russia

Clapp Library Lecture Room

4/18, 11:30 AM–12:30 PM

4/18

Artist Talk Series: In Person with Sergio Gonzalez-Tornero

4/18 (Thursday)4/18 (Thu)

4/18 (Thursday)4/18 (Thu), 4:15 PM

Scatter and Seed: Crossing Borders in one Historical Novel of Migration

The Newhouse Center for the Humanities

4/18 (Thursday)4/18 (Thu), 4:30 PM

4/18 (Thursday)4/18 (Thu)

A Reading with Sumita Chakraborty ’08

Feral: A New Chamber Opera by Martin Brody

Zeta Alpha House

4/21 (Sunday)4/21 (Sun), 5 PM

4/21 (Sunday)4/21 (Sun)

Grand Music Hall (PNW-201)

4/23 (Tuesday)4/23 (Tue), 4:15 PM

4/23 (Tuesday)4/23 (Tue)

Artist’s Talk: Daniela Rivera: Fragments for a history of displacement

What is Missing is Still There

Davis Museum Lobby

4/23 (Tuesday)4/23 (Tue), 4:30 PM

4/23 (Tuesday)4/23 (Tue)

4/24 (Wednesday)4/24 (Wed)

PNE 239

4/24 (Wednesday)4/24 (Wed), 1 PM

Midday Muse: Rebecca Thornblade and Friends: An Afternoon of Romantic Music

1 PM

Artist Talk Series: In Person with Liliana Porter

4/25, 11:30 AM–12:30 PM

4/25

4/25 (Thursday)4/25 (Thu)

4/25 (Thursday)4/25 (Thu), 4:30 PM

A Reading with Natalie Scenters-Zapico and Phillip B. Williams

4/25 (Thursday)4/25 (Thu)

Zeta Alpha House

4/25 (Thursday)4/25 (Thu), 4:30 PM

Homeland inSecurity: A Presentation by Mohamad Hafez

4/25 (Thursday)4/25 (Thu)

4/25 (Thursday)4/25 (Thu), 5:30 PM

Freedom, Privacy, and Technology: The Legal Landscape

5:30 PM

Clapp Library Lecture Room

4/26 (Friday)4/26 (Fri)

Community Day of Poetry

Various locations

4/26 (Friday)4/26 (Fri), 7:30 PM

4/26 (Friday)4/26 (Fri)

BlueJazz Strings and Combos Spring Concert

Family Day: Día de la familia

4/27

Davis Lobby, Plaza, and Galleries

4/27 (Saturday)4/27 (Sat), 7:30 PM

4/27 (Saturday)4/27 (Sat)

The Baum Memorial Concert: How Can I Keep from Singing?

Lulu Chow Wang Student Center/Anderson Forum

Houghton Memorial Chapel

4/28, 12–5 PM

4/28

Chamber Music Marathon

12–5 PM

4/30 (Tuesday)4/30 (Tue), 4:15 PM

4/30 (Tuesday)4/30 (Tue)

The Betsy Wood Knapp ’64 Lecture: The Problem with Race-Based Medicine

The Bakwin Lecture: Wangechi Mutu

4/30 (Tuesday)4/30 (Tue), 5 PM

4/30 (Tuesday)4/30 (Tue)

Collegium Musicum (Early Music Ensemble)

4/30 (Tuesday)4/30 (Tue), 7:30 PM

4/30 (Tuesday)4/30 (Tue)

Wellesley BlueJazz Big Band Spring Concert

Houghton Memorial Chapel

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5/3 (Friday)5/3 (Fri), 7:30 PM

5/3 (Friday)5/3 (Fri)

Yanvalou Drum and Dance Ensemble Spring Concert

5/4 (Saturday)5/4 (Sat), 7:30 PM

5/4 (Saturday)5/4 (Sat)