Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities

On Wednesday, February 16th the RPW Center and Vanderbilt CLACX will host "Environmental Humanities Across the Americas," featuring speakers from across the country including, Macarena Gómez-Barris (Pratt Institute), Gisela Heffes (Rice University), Kristina Lyons (University of Pennsylvania), Victoria Saramago (University of Chicago), and moderated by Carlos Alonso Nugent (Vanderbilt University)
Sign up here: https://events.vanderbilt.edu/rpw/event/41719-environmental-humanities-across-the-americas

The Contemporary and Theory will be meeting Friday at 3 PM in the RPWC to discuss Verónica Gago’s Book "Feminist International: How to Change Everything."

Find out more information about the meeting and RSVP here: http://ow.ly/JQtq50GOZo6

Please join us tonight at 4 PM in Buttrick 123 for light refreshments as two of the Environments Fellows, Teresa Goddu (English/American Studies) and Jennifer Gutman (English), give Lightning Talks about their work. Hope to see you there!

The Political Ideology in Modern Life Seminar will be meeting tomorrow Nov. 18th at 12:30 with guest speaker Dr. Helmut Smith, Chair of History and Professor of German Studies at Vanderbilt.

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Tomorrow at 3 PM CST via Zoom the Transportation and Transformative Justice Seminar will be meeting to discuss the Untokening Collective's Principles of Mobility Justice, as well as events for Spring 2022.

Find out how to join the discussion here: http://ow.ly/GyPx50GOYjv

Islamic Studies will be discussing "New Perspectives on the Work of Umar al-Suhrawardi" with guest speakers Aydogan Kars (Monash University) and Ashkan Bahrani (Vanderbilt) tomorrow November 16th from 10 to 11 AM via Zoom.

Join the discussion and RSVP here: http://ow.ly/wOUN50GJxUW

Monday, Nov. 15th at 12 via Zoom, the Economy and Society seminar will be meeting with guest speaker Marlous van Waijenburg of the Harvard Business School to discuss "The Race between Education and Technology in Colonial Africa and Asia."

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Film Theory and Visual Culture will meet tomorrow Nov. 12 from 12:30 - 2:30 with guest speaker Professor Caetlin Benson-Allot of Georgetown to explore the topic of "Expanding the Scene of the Screen: Material Cultures of Film and Television."

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Join Caetlin Benson-Allott (Editor, JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies) for a workshop demystifying the important academic milestone of publishing in film and media studies and related humanities disciplines. Friday, Nov. 12 from 10 - 11:30 AM in Buttrick 123.

Register here: http://ow.ly/hzL950GJvl1

Indigenous Studies will meet tomorrow, Wed. Nov. 10 from 12:30 to 1:30 PM with guest speaker Rob Nelson (Chief Diversity Officer, San Francisco Ballet).

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Tuesday, Nov. 9 from 6-7:30 PM

Reading and Discussion with Natalie Diaz

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“Films of Thought”: On Hegel, Adorno, and the Good of Cinema

Guest Speaker: Nicholas Baer

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