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“The Tomb in which my Body will be Buried,” The Text through which my Soul will be Saved

Presented by Dana Polanichka, Assoc. Prof., History on Thur., March 23, 2017 at 12:30 pm in PDR. All are welcome to attend.

Eisenstein’s Excellent Mexican Adventure: ¡Que viva México!

The artistic product of three countries, ¡Que viva México! is Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein’s oddest and least-known film. Presented by Francoise Rosset, Associate Professor of…

The Philosophy of Immigration and the Problem of Statelessness

Presented by Stephen Mathis, Assoc. Professor of Philosophy – Thurs., March 9th in PDR. Read more>>>

1970’s Spanish Fashion: Democracy Prêt-à-porter

1970’s Spanish Fashion: Democracy Prêt-à-porter” examines the evolution of Spanish haute couture, its demise, and the emergence of new post-modern fashion designers in the context…

Party in the streets: The activist street band phenomenon

Patrick Johnson, Asst. Prof., Filmmaking, will screen his short films “Honk: A Festival of Activist Street Bands” (6:40) and “Parade” (3:17), and discuss the activities…

January 2017 Workshop Schedule

January workshops begin on Thursday, January 19th and run through Tuesday, January 24th. Click here for descriptions and the current workshop schedule.

Bearing babies, bearing class: How maternal body-care practices reflect and reproduce inequality

Presented by Kate Mason, Asst. Professor of Sociology, Women’s and Gender Studies on Wed., Nov. 30 at 12:30 pm in PDR. Read more>>>

Following the tantrums of a little black hole from the roof of our science center, and figuring out what it wants

Dipankar Maitra, Assist. Prof. of Physics & Astronomy presents comparative data of a sudden “epoch of violent activity” as observed by astronomers at Wheaton and…

Community Conversations: 2016 Presidential Race Election Debrief

Wednesday, Nov. 9th, 4:30 pm., Cole Memorial Chapel

Faculty Lunch Talks presented by James Byrne

Presented by James Byrne, Visiting Assist. Prof., English on Thursday, Nov. 10th at 12:30 pm in PDR.

Community Conversations: Writing About Racism Past and Present

Join Professors Campana, Foley, Lebduska and Sarhan for a Community Conversations workshop that invites participants to write about and discuss recent and historic images of…

No one’s a smoker, but everyone smokes: Recent trends in college smoking

Michael Berg, Prof., Psych., presents research on behavioral differences between those who do and do not identify as smokers and a discussion on campus smoking…