Author Archives: acerini15

Thi Bui is the author of our first-year summer reading selection, The Best We Could Do. She will offer a lecture on September 24th, and there will be opportunities for students and others on campus to engage with the speaker. … Continue reading &… Continue reading →

Thursday, September A historian whose scholarship focuses on the intersections of anthropology, religion, philosophy, and history in China.   Check out the following links for more information on Michael Puett: Biography Puett on China Lecture on Zhuangzi Ritual and Humanity … Continue reading →
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Tuesday, October 14th Susan Stranahan was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. She has recently co-authored a book on the nuclear disaster in Japan: Fukshima-The Story of … Continue reading →
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Thursday, October 30th Kim is an anthropologist whose current research examines the social and political dynamics that have shaped the natural environment of the Korean DMZ.   Check out the links below for more information on Eleana Kim:  Biography Making … Continue reading →
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Edward Humes 7:30pm, September 26th, 2018 Location: McGaw Chapel   Garbology is authored by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, Edward Humes. The book examines the relationship that humans have with our garbage – the waste that we create, dispose, buy and sell. In … Continue reading →
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Kate Manne Wednesday, September 12th, Lean Lecture Room at 7:30 pm   Our lecturer this year is the eminent philosopher, Kate Manne. She is the assistant professor in the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University and APA (American Philosophical … Continue reading →
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