623 Williams Hall Since the Spring of 2020, Lecturer Julia Heim and Italian grad alum Samantha Gillen (now a lecturer at UGA) have been building a digital humanities platform called PRIMA to help Italian language learners practice grammar and vocabulary by engaging with inclusive contemporary Italian media. With the help of the Price Lab, RDDS, […]
Event Category: FIGS
Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St. Join us for an inspiring and insightful discussion on how young activists in Germany are leading the charge for climate justice and democratic change. This event will feature firsthand accounts and strategies from German youth activists, Luisa Neubauer and Helena Marschall, who have been at the forefront of the climate […]
Cherpack Lounge
Class of 1955 Room, 241 Van Pelt Library What strategies can we use to recover lives and artworks nearly lost to history—especially when there is little archival material available? This talk focuses on the process of rediscovering Rahel Szalit (1888–1942), one of the best-known Jewish women artists in Weimar Germany. Szalit was a sought-after illustrator and painter originally from Eastern […]
623 Williams Hall This talk begins with a review of ground covered in Freedom Readers, specifically of African American authors from the 19th century to more recent times, including Jesmyn Ward, who amplified Dante’s voice that speaks truth to power, before examining several white authors from the Deep South–Richard Henry Wilde, Augusta Evans Wilson, Robert […]