Spring 2016 Scripps College Humanities Institute

We Are the OnesPANDORA L. THOMAS Co-founder of Earthseed Consulting

Thursday, February 11, 7:30pm Balch Auditorium

Art to the Rescue: Cultural Agents Take You By SurpriseDORIS SOMMER Ira Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Director of Graduate Studies in Spanish, Harvard University

GEORGE LIPSITZ American Studies Scholar and Professor in the Department of Black Studies, UC Santa Barbara

Thursday, February 18, 7:30pm Balch Auditorium

The “Culture” of Violence: Race, Sexuality, and the Politics of KnowledgeCHANDAN REDDY Associate Professor of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Washington

Thursday, March 3, 7:30pm Balch Auditorium

Feminist Emergencies: Imperial War and Gender Justice Movements from Palestine and Lebanon to Chicago and DetroitNADINE NABER Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago

Thursday, April 14, 7:30pm Balch Auditorium

Citizen: A Reading and Conversation with Claudia Rankine CLAUDIA RANKINE Aerol Arnold Chair of English, University of Southern California

Thursday, April 21, 7:30pm Garrison Theater

Public Lectures

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This past fall, the Humanities Institute sought to confront some of the devastating effects of the intersecting forms of violence committed against people of marginalized identities in the contemporary United States. In the face of these crises, there are people doing tremendous work of intervention, agitation, and resistance—work that is constant, multifaceted, simultaneous, and that perseveres.

This spring, the Humanities Institute welcomes scholars, artists, activists, dancers, poets, writers, and musicians who are using their intellect and talents to further the discussions of systemic and overt violence. As agents of change, they further the urgent and necessary work of dismantling systems of inequality and social injustice, and they inspire the activism and calls for social justice that will better shape our world.

Hao HuangBessie and Cecil Frankel Endowed Chair in Music and Professor of MusicDirector, Humanities Institute

Adrian QuintanarAssistant to the Humanities Institute Director

Humanities Institute Steering Committee, 2015–16

Piya Chatterjee, Dorothy Cruickshank Backstrand Chair of Gender and Women’s Studies and Chair of the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department

Lara Deeb, Chair, Department of Anthropology, and Professor of Anthropology

Martha Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies

David Roselli, Associate Professor of Classics

Co-sponsored by the Scripps College Office of Public Events and Community Program

Tuesday Noon Academy Lectures Tuesdays at 12:15pm in the Hampton Room, Malott Commons

March 22: Interdisciplinary Inquiry into Creative Nonviolence In and After Violence: From Coexistence to ReconciliationMICHAEL SPEZIO Associate Professor of Psychology, Scripps College

March 29: State and Societal Violence to ChildrenRIVKA WEINBERG Associate Professor of Philosophy, Scripps College

April 5: Race/Riot/Rebellion: Or, How America Came to Regard Black Equality as a Violation of White RightsMARK GOLUB Associate Professor of Politics, Scripps College

Interventions and Resistance: Raced/Classed/Gendered Violence in the USA

Workshops for Scripps Students Only Reservations required in advance

Resistance and Interventions: The Writer in PlaceSESSHU FOSTER Poet and EducatorThursday, January 28, 4:15–5:30pm, Vita Nova Hall

Movement WorkshopANANYA CHATTERJEA Professor of Dance, University of MinnesotaMonday, February 8, 6:30pm, Richardson Dance Studio

Face to Face: Radical Futures for Black and Indigenous SolidarityASIYAHOLA SANKARA Black Lives Matter Activist Thursday, February 25, 4:15–5:30pm, Vita Nova Hall

I Need IX: A Civil Rights Framework for Ending Gender-Based ViolenceMAHROH JAHANGIRI and ZOE RIDOLFI-STARR Contributors to knowyourix.orgThursday, March 24, 4:00–6:00pm, Vita Nova Hall

To All RelationsDance Workshop with NOBUKO MIYAMOTO Artistic Director of Great LeapThursday, April 28, 4:15–6:35pm, Richardson Dance Studio

Sexual Assault Prevention and SupportRIMA SHAH Director of EmPOWER CenterTuesday, May 3, 4:15–5:30pm, Vita Nova Hall

PerformanceANANYA DANCE THEATRE Presents Roktim: Nurture IncarnadineSaturday, February 6, 7:30pm Garrison Theater

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Founded in 1986, the Humanities

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each semester pursuing a topic

related to the humanities. As part of

Scripps’ tradition of interdisciplinary

education, these programs include

lectures, exhibitions, and workshops

that bring together prominent and

younger cutting-edge scholars with

Scripps undergraduate students.

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Claremont, CA 91711

Directions to Scripps College To reach Scripps College from any area except Pasadena, take the 10 Freeway to Indian Hill Boulevard (exit 47) and drive approximately 2 miles north. Turn right onto Tenth Street and proceed east. Malott Commons is on the corner of Eighth and Columbia and the Performing Arts Center is on the corner of Tenth and Dartmouth.

To reach the 10 Freeway from Orange County and the south, take the 57 Freeway north or, from Long Beach, take the 605 Freeway north. From west and southwest of Los Angeles, take the 60 Freeway east to the 57 Freeway north to the 10 Freeway east. Once on the 10 Freeway, follow the previous directions to campus.

From Pasadena and the San Fernando Valley, take the 210 Freeway east and exit at Towne Avenue. Turn right onto Towne, then left onto Foothill Boulevard. Continue on Foothill just over a mile and turn right onto Dartmouth Avenue.

Parking Parking is available behind Garrison Theater at the corner of Eleventh and Dartmouth, in the lot at the corner of Tenth and Columbia, and on Tenth Street.

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