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Alumni, Faculty Discuss Russia’s Return to the World Stage at Shasha Seminar

Olivia DrakeOctober 14, 20192min
Russia has returned to the world stage in dramatic fashion in recent years with military interventions and interference in elections. What is driving this aggressive behavior? Will the current political system survive the scheduled departure of its architect, Vladimir Putin, in 2024? How should the United States deal with Russia? On Oct. 11–12, Wesleyan alumni and faculty panelists tackled these questions and more during the 2019 Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns. This year's theme was "Understanding Russia: A Dramatic Return to the World Stage," with Peter Rutland, the Colin and Nancy Campbell Professor in Global Issues and Democratic Thought, serving…
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Race and Justice in America Today Topic of Hugo Black Lecture

Olivia DrakeApril 9, 20192min
On April 4, the campus community gathered in Memorial Chapel for the 28th Annual Hugo L. Black Lecture on Freedom of Expression. This year's speaker was Jelani Cobb, the Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, winner of the 2015 Sidney Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism, and a staff writer for The New Yorker. Cobb spoke on “The Half-Life of Freedom: Race and Justice in America Today." Born and raised in Queens, New York, Cobb is a graduate of Howard University and Rutgers University, where he received his doctorate in American history. Cobb frequently writes about…
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Veritas Forum to Explore Religious Liberty Issues in American Society

Lauren RubensteinFebruary 27, 20183min
On March 1, Wesleyan will host the Veritas Forum featuring a discussion between Michael Wear, previously Faith Outreach Director of the Obama Administration, and President Michael Roth. Professor of Government Mary Alice Haddad will moderate. The event, titled, "The Trouble with Freedom: A Dialogue on Freedom in 21st Century America from a Religious and Secular Perspective," will take place at 7–8:30 p.m. in Daniel Family Commons, Usdan University Center. It is free and open to the public. The forum will explore the political, social, cultural, and religious implications of religious liberty. The presenters will share their past experiences and worldviews on religious…
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Emerita Professor duCille to Lead Slotkin Lecture on Racial Representation

Olivia DrakeSeptember 14, 20172min
Ann duCille, professor of English, emerita, will deliver the third annual Richard Slotkin Lecture in American Studies titled "TV and the ‘Thug Default’: Why Racial Representation Still Matters." Her talk is open to the public and begins at 4:30 p.m., Oct. 26 in the Powell Theater. “TV and the “Thug Default”: Why Racial Representation Still Matters” revisits such constructs as the “superpredator” and such cases as the “Central Park Five” in tracing the meaning, use and blackening of the term “thug.” Arguing that image is ideology—that what we see on the TV screen colors how we see black boys on the street—the…
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Theory Certificate Hosts Lecture Series on Contours of the Present Crisis

Andrew Logan ’18February 15, 20171min
This semester, the Certificate in Social, Cultural and Critical Theory is hosting a lecture series titled “Contours of the Present Crisis.” This series will respond the heightened social and political conflicts of the current moment. Talks will be held on March 7, March 30 and May 4. "Our aim is to emphasize at every turn the relationship between what we call 'theory' and the rest of our lives," says Matthew Garrett, associate professor of English, associate professor of American studies and the director of the Certificate in Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory. "Intellectual work certainly deserves a privileged place; at the…
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