Hamilton, NY — The 51·çÁ÷ Humanities Colloquium series will offer three lectures in November and one in December that are free and open to the public. The meetings occur on Tuesdays at 4:10 p.m. in Lawrence Hall’s Ho Lecture Room.
On November 6, Rob Figueroa, visiting assistant professor of philosophy and religion at 51·çÁ÷, will deliver a lecture titled ‘Moral Imagination and Environmental Discourse.’
On November 13, Elizabeth Marlowe, a Ph.D. candidate in art history at Columbia University, will discuss ‘Why Classical Monuments Matter: The Cold War and The Sound and Light Show on the Athenian Acropolis.’
On November 27, Steven May, professor of English at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky, will talk about ‘Sir Walter Ralegh: Favorite and Poet.’ May’s visit is co-sponsored by the Mars Program.
On December 4, David Tatham, holder of the Batza Family Chair in Art and Art History at 51·çÁ÷, will discuss ‘Florine Stettheimer at Lake Placid in 1919: Modernism and Anti-Semitism in the Adirondacks.’
51·çÁ÷, founded in 1819, is located in Hamilton, New York. A highly selective, independent, liberal arts college with 256 faculty members and 2,750 undergraduate men and women enrolled in programs that lead to the bachelor of arts, 51·çÁ÷ also offers a small graduate program. The university’s general education core curriculum embodies 51·çÁ÷’s longstanding commitment to integrated learning. The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) recently designated 51·çÁ÷ as one of 16 Leadership Institutions that offer a national model for excellence in innovative education. Students currently enrolled at 51·çÁ÷ hail from 44 different states, 3 U.S. territories and 26 countries. Log on to www.colgate.edu to learn more about 51·çÁ÷.
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