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Colonial Reckoning: The Hidden History of the Census in France

Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons - 2nd Floor 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Jennifer J. Davis, Associate Professor of History at The University of Oklahoma and co-editor of the "Journal of Women’s History," will explore the roots of the modern census in France and the United States in a common document: a count of residents in colonial New France (Canada) in the year 1666. Laurie Ross, Professor and Director of the Department of Sustainability and Social Justice at Clark University, will provide commentary.

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities

Rebuilding Reproductive Freedom in Abortion-Restrictive States

Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons - 2nd Floor 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Kathryn Abrams, Herma Hill Kay Distinguished Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Center for Reproductive Rights and Justice at the UC Berkeley School of Law, will examine how are organizers are confronting post-Roe restrictions on reproductive rights in a talk at Clark University on Wednesday, March 20 at 1:30pm.

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities

Gallery Talk – Applied Motion Studies: Artists and Scientists Consider Movement

Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons - 2nd Floor 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Join the Higgins School of Humanities on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 10am for a gallery talk celebrating the opening of a video exhibition titled, "Applied Motion Studies: Artists and Scientists Consider Movement," in the Higgins Lounge at Dana Commons on the Clark University campus.

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities

Teaching with AI in the Humanities: Talking About Practice

Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons - 2nd Floor 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Join the Higgins School for a gathering of humanists eager to share insights, challenges, and triumphs in harnessing AI tools for teaching. This event is open only to faculty at Clark University in Worcester, MA.

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities

PLAYED: How Music Orchestrates Thick Violence Against Black Girls on the Internet

Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons - 2nd Floor 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Dr. Kyra Gaunt from the University at Albany, SUNY opens the Higgins School's spring 2024 symposium on Movement, revealing the obscured musical contributions of Black girls who twerk while also exposing how music perpetuates patriarchal violence.

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities

_hello world! Workshops on Digital Research in the Arts & Humanities

Clark University, ASEC 202

In this first session of the Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities workshop series, open to faculty, staff, and graduate students at Clark and beyond, facilitators will introduce digital humanities through a working definition, project examples, and a hands-on primer to some basic computing skills.

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities

Nuoc (Water) 2030: A Film Screening and Talk-Back with Director Minh Nguyen-Vo

Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons - 2nd Floor 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Join the Higgins School of Humanities at Clark University for a screening of NUOC (Water) 2030 and a talk-back with the film's writer and director, Minh Nguyen-Vo. Stephen Levin, Associate Professor of English at Clark, will moderate the discussion.

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities

Poetry Reading and Discussion with Adael Mejía, Worcester’s Youth Poet Laureate

Fireside Lounge, Dana Commons at Clark University 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Adael “Ace” Mejía, Worcester's Youth Poet Laureate — a multifaceted artist, youth worker, and performer of Ecuadorean heritage — will give a poetry reading and participate in a moderated discussion.

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities