Due to social distancing requirements, all 2020-21 events were held virtually.
2021 Rose Wohlgemuth Weisman Women’s Voices Lecture: A Conversation with Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
March 29, 2021 - 6:00 PM
2021 Richard N. Campen Lecture in Architecture and Sculpture: Designing Victory
March 30, 2021 - 4:30 PM
Watch Designing Victory
Award-winning architect Robert Madison was the first African-American to graduate from Case Western's School of Architecture, as well as the first to gain a degree in architecture in Ohio. His firm, Robert P. Madison International, has been both the lead and associate architects for the design of major projects including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Great Lakes Science Center, and Cleveland Museum of Art.
A Conversation with Museum Director Kevin Young
April 7, 2021 - 6:00 PM
Kevin Young, director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture and poetry editor of The New Yorker, discusses his work with Ben Vinson, Hiram C. Haydn Professor of History and Provost and Executive Vice President at Case Western Reserve University. Young is the author of thirteen books of poetry and prose and is the editor of nine other collections. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was named a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2020.
THIS EVENT WAS PART OF THE 2021 CLEVELAND HUMANITIES FESTIVAL: IDENTITY.
"On Juneteenth" Conversation
June 16, 2021, 2:00 PM
Join us in a virtual conversation focusing on On Juneteenth, published in May, 2021. On Juneteenth was written by past Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner Annette Gordon-Reed.
