Arts+Culture
Winter 2016
If suffragist Lucy Stone’s name is recalled at all, it’s likely because she kept it when she married, as an act of rebellion against women’s second-class status in 19th-century America.More
Winter 2016
Sir Salman Rushdie came to Wellesley for the Susan and Donald Newhouse Center for the Humanities’ Distinguished Thinkers series in November 2015.More
Fall 2015
The Newhouse Center for the Humanities kicked off its 2015 Distinguished Thinkers series with a reading by Amitav Ghosh, whose new novel, Flood of Fire , concludes a trilogy about British colonialism and the birth of modern Asia.More
Fall 2015
We caught up with Helena de Bres, associate professor of philosophy, to ask about what a philosopher does.More
Fall 2015
Elizabeth Young admits that if people watched her write a poem, they would probably think she was listening to music, given how her body rocks and sways.More
Fall 2015
The unfolding crisis in Iraq and Syria was painfully present at the College in September, as scholars, cultural-heritage specialists, and journalists gathered to focus on the recent destruction of Middle Eastern antiquities.More
Fall 2015
For 40 years, Bunny Harvey’s students have cherished her lively curiosity, bracing critiques, and no-nonsense approach. And they have taken to heart her example on how to live a rich, full life.More
Fall 2015
Mary Hamilton French ’09 is a book and paper conservator at Cambridge University Library in England, and for the past two years, she has been sifting through and repairing hundreds of pieces of paper intended…More
Fall 2015
Try to put yourself in Wonder Woman’s shoes—er, boots. What would she do? What are her motivations? Imagine writing a story about her. Now imagine writing a story about her that both respects and responds…More
Fall 2015
In early 2012, Diane Silvers Ravitch ’60 was riding in the back of a car with New Yorker staff writer David Denby, who was writing a 7,000-word profile of her for the magazine. Diane’s career up to that point had been prolific and remarkable by all accounts.More