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Asian/American Gaming: Techno-Orientalism, Open World Empire, and The Race Card

Clark University, Traina Center for the Arts 92 Downing Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Since the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985, Asia has remained the center of video game hardware manufacturing (China and Southeast Asia), the center of game innovation and the birthplace of […]

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities

In the Early Years: A Photo Retrospective of Clark University, 1893–1914

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

Join us for a reception celebrating the opening of “In the Early Years: A Photo Retrospective of Clark University, 1893-1914.” This exhibit, curated on the occasion of the Worcester Tercentennial, features images of a new institution striving to build its campus and establish an academic reputation.

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities

Higgins Arts and Humanities Faculty Pedagogy Luncheon

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

Calling all Clark University arts and humanities faculty! Bring one of your syllabi as well as your stories of teaching successes and challenges to share, and join us for an […]

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities

Alternative Futures Faculty Research Collaborative – Planning Meeting

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

The Higgins School is excited to invite Clark faculty to a planning session for a new faculty research collaborative around the topic “Alternative Futures.” Curious what this will be? We […]

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities

Beyond Apocalypse: Imagining Climate Futures

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

In this virtual lecture, Professor Ursula Heise (UCLA) will explore recent climate change narratives from different parts of the world – including North America, South America, and South East Asia – and the ways in which they negotiate the tension between large-scale disasters and the new normalcy of everyday life under conditions of climate change.

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities

Kant’s Cosmopolitanism and the Idea of Race

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

Jameliah Inga Shorter-Bourhanou (College of the Holy Cross) examines Kant’s discussion of enslavement and colonialism in his essay, “Toward Perpetual Peace” (1795). Clark University's Cara Berg Powers offers commentary.

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