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The Lamphere Case Exhibition Opening
The Lamphere Case Exhibition Opening
On March 5, 2015, the Pembroke Center at Brown University will open an exhibit that explores in detail the Lamphere case and its consequences for Brown.
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Cracking the Glass Ceiling
Cracking the Glass Ceiling
Brown University President Christina Paxson will host a public roundtable, Breaking the Glass Ceiling, with women who have been presidents of major universities.
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Symposium: Feminist Change and the University
Symposium: Feminist Change and the University
On March 6, 2015, the Pembroke Center at Brown University will host a one-day symposium, Feminist Change and the University.
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Aesthetic Primitivism Revisited: How the Love of Primitive Art Gave Rise to Indigenous Modernisms
Aesthetic Primitivism Revisited: How the Love of Primitive Art Gave Rise to Indigenous Modernisms
This talk, given by Ruth Phillips, Carleton University, re-examines the critical role played by the taste for primitive art in the emergence of contemporary Indigenous artistic modernisms in Australia and Canada. Using the examples of expatriate German anthropologist Leonhard Adam-- author of the widely read 1940 Penguin Primitive Art-- and the Austrian-born artist George Swinton-- […]
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Annual Debra L. Lee Lecture: “Confronting the Cycles of Slavery”
Annual Debra L. Lee Lecture: “Confronting the Cycles of Slavery”
An estimated 21 million men, women, and children around the world are held in modern forms of slavery including forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. Human trafficking today, similar to systems of slavery in the past, are driven by economic, political, and social dynamics that have evolved over generations. The 2015 Debra Lee lecture will […]
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Renowned Folk Singer Robbie O’Connell in Concert at Linden Place Museum
Renowned Folk Singer Robbie O’Connell in Concert at Linden Place Museum
Linden Place Museum is excited to welcome back the internationally known Celtic folk musician and songwriter Robbie O’Connell for a night of music and fun that you will not want to miss. O’Connell will perform in the beautiful and historic Linden Place Mansion in Bristol, RI on Friday, March 13, 2015 at 7:30 pm. The […]
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Combating Injustice Lecture and Public Dialogue
Combating Injustice Lecture and Public Dialogue
Dr. Marcia Chatelain, a historian of girls and girlhood in America, will discuss the role African American children have played in shaping the goals, strategies, and motivations for black activism during pivotal moments in history. Drawing upon her new book "South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration", Chatelain will present an overview on […]
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Living Literature: Norwegian by Night
Living Literature: Norwegian by Night
Living Literature is a collective of RI-based performing artists, who celebrate the written word through readers theatre style performances of non-dramatic literature. Since its inception in January of 1996, Living Literature has created well over 100 presentations based on poems, stories, novels, plays, essays, biographies, articles, and oral histories, in libraries, schools, and other community […]
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Rough Point Beyond the Tour: An Exploration of Ceramics
Rough Point Beyond the Tour: An Exploration of Ceramics
This tour will offer an educational primer on different ceramics traditions and include a curator-led tour of the 2015 exhibit, "Fired and Inspired: Ceramics at Rough Point." After the tour, there will be light refreshments in the Great Hall and informal conversations with the curators and educators who developed the exhibit. This program is offered […]
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West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba: Soldier Slaves in the Atlantic World, 1807-1844
West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba: Soldier Slaves in the Atlantic World, 1807-1844
Manuel Barcia is Professor of Latin American History at the University of Leeds. He has published extensively on the fields of African slavery in the Americas. These publications include three books and several articles in peer-reviewed journals from Europe, the US and Latin America. He's an honorary fellow at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study […]
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“(A) yáx áwé daa yoo tuxaatánk: This is How I’m Thinking About It”
“(A) yáx áwé daa yoo tuxaatánk: This is How I’m Thinking About It”
Preston Singletary's work with glass challenges the notion that indigenous artists are only best when traditional materials are used. He has helped advocate on the behalf of all indigenous peoples through his art, connecting ancient Native styles to current modern art movements. His artistic style continues to evolve and develop, keeping the work fresh and relevant while […]
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