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Modernist Poetics and Queer Fruit

Higgins Lounge at Dana Commons 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Professor Elizabeth Blake from the Department of English at Clark University will discuss the way modernist poets disrupt lyric traditions by setting intertextuality and phenomenological referentiality in tension in order to explore queer experience.

Sponsored by: Alice Coonley Higgins Institute for Arts and Humanities

Clark Arts and Technology Information Session

Higgins Lounge at Dana Commons 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

All Clark University faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend a kick-off reception and information session about an exciting new project to be undertaken by the Higgins Institute for Arts and Humanities, the Becker School of Design and Technology, and the Department of Visual and Performing Arts.

Oh! Horror! A Night of Spooky Storytelling

Higgins Lounge at Dana Commons 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Join the Higgins Institute for a night of scary stories told by Clark faculty, staff, and students in honor of Halloween.

Sponsored by: Alice Coonley Higgins Institute for Arts and Humanities

Post-Election 2024: What Just Happened?

Higgins Lounge at Dana Commons 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

With the understanding that the 2024 presidential election may still be undecided, a Clark faculty panel will gather the day-after for a conversation about the results from diverse perspectives. Bring your questions for our panelists!

Teaching and Learning in the Environmental Humanities: A Faculty Pedagogy Luncheon

Higgins Lounge at Dana Commons 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

All Clark University faculty members are invited to join an engaging conversation on teaching and research related to environmental change and the climate crisis. We aim to consider how the arts and humanities can contribute to and enrich Clark’s new School of Climate, Environment, and Society (CES), and to develop a robust educational framework that empowers our students and advances our collective understanding of the climate crisis.

A/An: Book Launch and Poetry Reading

Higgins Lounge at Dana Commons 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Professor Mandy Gutmann-Gonzalez from the Department of English at Clark University will read excerpts from their chapbook, A/An. Using 17th century court records of the Salem Witch Trials as a sounding board, A/An mines the archives to uncover the power and violence residing within the language of the legal system.

Oblivion: A Private Screening

Higgins Lounge at Dana Commons 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Join us for a private screening of "Oblivion," a new opera film by Clark University's John Aylward from the Department of Visual and Performing Arts. Details to be announced soon!