12:30 p.m.
An author meets critic event featuring Rawan Arar and David FitzGerald’s new book, The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach.
4:30 p.m.
This talk introduces a concept of translation developed by the Indo-Persian poet-philosopher Bidel of Delhi (d.1720) called ‘crossings’ as a humane approach to translation.
6 p.m.
The Henry’s exhibition Taking Care: Collection Support Studio will feature a series of conversations amongst museum professionals specializing in collections.
7 p.m.
Drs. Vibh Forsythe Cox and Faria Kamal discuss the challenges of providing effective mental health treatment to clients from underserved and marginalized communities.
6 p.m.
In this talk, Dr. Ballard will illuminate how we create time through communication design, a process of intervening in human activity to enable certain forms of communication and avoid others. Using the case of the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas, an interagency model that leverages multidisciplinary teams to prevent, treat, and prosecute child abuse, Dawna identifies two underlying communication design logics—fast and slow—which reflect contrasting beliefs about how communication works to support urgent, time-sensitive work demands.
6:30 p.m.
Alexei Yurchak presents the Keynote Address for the REECAS Northwest Conference. This talk will focus on the visual depictions of Lenin.
3:30 p.m.
The English Department is proud to host the sixth annual Scheingold Lecture in Poetry and Poetics, featuring Javier Zamora and Ricardo Ruiz.
7:30 p.m.
History is subjective. The dominant version of history upheld in museums on this continent is told from the perspective of the colonial settler cultures who projected their values and ideals onto the Indigenous people and landscape of North America. Cree artist Kent Monkman discusses his interventions in museums that have taken form as commissioned paintings, curated exhibitions, videos, and site specific performances. Monkman will also discuss his 2019 commission for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York – a diptych of two monumental history paintings for the Great Hall and the creation of a new performance piece.
Registration opens March 13, 2022.
7 p.m.
The architecture and gardens of the Katsura Imperial Villa 桂離宮 live on today as a paradigm of Japanese arts and cultures.
7 p.m.
Speakers TBA