Graduate Work-in-Progress - Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Signifies: Troping on Bach and other African American Cultural Topics
March 21, 2023 -12:00 PM
New analytical techniques are still in the process of development for works by African American composers such as Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, who was known for his film and concert music. In his lecture Christopher Jenkins, PhD candidate in the Department of Music, examines several of his solo works and proposes his compositional technique reflected the African American cultural practice of signifyin(g), or troping on ambiguous or coded source material.
Braided and Unbraided Memories: The Journey of Helena Broder During the Holocaust
March 22, 2023 - 4:00 PM
Braided Memories: Diaspora, Memorialization, and Identity
March 22, 2023 - 7:00 PM
On the Threshold of Oblivion: Portraits of Holocaust Survivors in Chile
March 24, 2023 - 4:00 PM
Against Optimization
March 27, 2023 - 5:00 PM
Jia Tolentino
Jia Tolentino is a staff writer at the New Yorker and the author of the essay collection Trick Mirror. Formerly, she was the deputy editor at Jezebel and a contributing editor at the Hairpin. Her talk will focus on thinking toward radical alternate visions of value, aspiration, and potential.Registration requested. Register HERE.
This event is part of the 2023 Cleveland Humanities Festival: Wellness.
Your Healing is Killing Me
March 29, 2023 - 6:30 PM
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents
April 3, 2023 - 5:00 PM
Lisa Damour
Soul Force: The Challenge of Martin Luther King, Jr
April 4, 2023 - 4:30 PM
Dr. King's movement poses an uneasy problem, a problem both spiritual and political, an ongoing challenge for individuals of all races. In his lecture, Dr. Lerone Martin examines the question: do we have the spiritual depth, what Dr. King called "soul force," to meet his challenge today? Lerone Martin is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and the Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. This lecture is the 2023 Dr. Maya Angelou and Professor Calvin Sharpe Distinguished Lecture on Peaceful Conflict.
What We Learned While Alone: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic
April 11, 2023 - 7:00 PM
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