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The Surprising History of Household Electric Refrigeration

Betsey Dyer, Prof. of Biology and Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, Prof. of Religion present this week’s Faculty Lunch Talk.

Languages, Linguists, and Labeling: The Case of the ‘Future’ in Cherokee

Presented by Sylvia Schreiner, Mellon Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow in Applied Linguistics. Thurs., Nov. 7 at 12:30 pm in PDR. All are welcome.

Developing Global Perspectives on Rape in Marriage

Prof. Gabriela Torres, Anthr., and Prof. Kersti Yllo, Soc., will provide an overview of their efforts to advance research on marital rape in the next…

The Rite of Spring: Roerich (and Stravinsky’s) Russian Pagan Past

Françoise Rosset, Assoc. Prof. of Russian, presents the next Faculty Lunch Talk. All are welcome. Wed., Oct. 23rd at 12:30 pm in PDR.

The Importance of Being Subtle

How do we identify it, and why should it be valuable? Wheaton/Brown Faculty Fellow Alexandra King, Philosophy, presents the next Faculty Lunch Talk. Thurs., Oct.…

Life in the Deep Freeze: Ice, Dust, and the Snowball Earth Hypothesis

Assist. Prof. of Physics and Astronomy, Jason Goodman presents the first Faculty Lunch Talk of the semester. All are welcome: Thurs., Oct. 10, 2013 at…

“Testing the Limits of Executive Power: A Moot Court on The 4th Amendment and War Powers”

Please join the Wheaton Community for a “moot court” presentation in recognition of Constitution Day. Thurs., Sept. 19th, 7:00 p.m., Holman Rm.

The schedule for Workshop Week, May 20-24, is now available.

Click here for a full listing of workshops, organizers, location, dates, and times. Schedule last updated on May 23, 2013.

The Afterlife of Christian England

Daniel Loss, Brown/Wheaton Faculty Fellow in History, talks about the changing significance of Christianity in England after the Second World War.

The Marcos Romance and the Cultural Center of the Philippines: Melodrama and Philippine Cultural Policy 1965-1986

Please join Talitha Espiritu, Assistant Professor of English, for the next faculty lunch talk on Tues., April 16 at 12:30 in PDR.

A conversation on faculty innovation: the WIIH and other projects

Liberal Arts Expertise in a Changing World, presented by Yuen-Gen Liang, Assoc. Prof. of Hist. and Touba Ghadessi, Assist. Prof. of Art History.

Man and the Middle Class: The Work and Vision of Henry Strauss

Heide Solbrig, Visiting Assist. Prof. of Studio Art, presents her documentary film in which she interviews Strauss, an industrial film producer who lived through the…