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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Edan Lepucki reads from and discusses Time's Mouth: A Novel
Edan Lepucki,
Lecturer in Creative Writing,
Caltech,
- Public Event
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
When the Greeks Ceased to be Greek: John Milton and Early Modern Greece
Tomos Evans,
Hellenic Research Fellow at California State University, Sacramento, and an Associate Fellow of the Warburg Institute,
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
The Possibilities: On Weaving Science into Fiction
Yael Goldstein-Love,
Novelist,
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
Humanistic Knowledge and the Science of Learning
Elaine Auyoung, Associate Professor of English and Affiliate Faculty of the Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Minnesota,
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Poetry Reading
Robin Coste Lewis,
American Poet,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Amerasia
Elizabeth Horodowich,
Department Head,
Department of History,
New Mexico State University,
Alexander Nagel,
Professor of Art History,
New York University,
- Public Event
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
Image Machines/Computation's Womb
Sarah Pourciau,
Assistant Professor of German,
Duke University,
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
What Plato Can Teach Us About Livestreaming the Police; or, Five Theses on Legal Performance and Spectatorship
Julie Stone Peters,
H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of English and Comparative Literature,
Columbia University,
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History Seminar Series
The Edge of Understanding: Science in a Bordered World
Yangyang Cheng,
Research Scholar in Law and Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center,
Yale Law School,
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History Seminar
The Great Depression as a global crisis, 1927-37: What do we know?
Stefan Link,
Associate Professor of History,
Dartmouth College,
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
The Discovery of Character: Reimagining "Literature and Science" circa 1800
James Chandler,
William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of English and the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago,
2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
The University in Space
Lisa Messeri,
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University,
Eun-Joo Ahn,
Graduate Student, Department of History, UC Santa Barbara,
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
UnRavelled: Understanding Dementia through Art and Science
Jake Broder,
Playwright, Actor, Composer,
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
"UnRavelled"
Jake Broder,
Playwright, Actor, Composer,
1:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
Organisms in the University
Bradley Bolman,
Historian of Science,
University of Chicago,
Victoria Lee,
History Assistant Professor,
Ohio University,
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
The Sentimental Science of Modern Selfhood
Lisa Mendelman,
Assistant Professor of English and Digital Humanities,
Menlo College,
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History Seminar
The Origins of Legal Literature in Europe: From the Big Bang to the Formation of Multiple Galaxies
Emanuele Conte,
Professor of Legal History and Department Director of Legal History and Theory,
at Università degli Studi di Roma Tre,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
The Sciences and Humanities in Crisis
Elizabeth Popp Berman,
Associate Professor of Organizational Studies and Sociology,
University of Michigan,
Chad Wellmon,
Professor of German Studies, History, and Media Studies,
University of Virginia,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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Situating the University in Time and Space
Sharon Stein,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Educational Studies,
University of British Columbia,
Stephanie Kim,
Assistant Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of Higher Education Administration,
Georgetown University,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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Genealogies of the University
Mordechai Feingold,
Kate Van Nuys Page Professor of the History of Science and the Humanities,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Online Event
Poetry Reading
Adrienne Su,
Professor of Creative Writing and Poet-in-Residence,
Dickinson College,
- Public Event
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Online Event
Poetry Reading
Alberto Ríos,
Writer and Poet,
- Public Event
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1:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Online Event
Poetry Reading
Kazim Ali,
Professor of Literature, Creative Writing,
UC San Diego,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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Speculative Worlds: Imagining Past and Future Science
Aimee Bahng,
Pomona College,
Kouslaa Kessler-Mata,
University of San Francisco,
Silvia Moreno-Garcia,
Novelist,
Enid Baxter Ryce,
Cal State Monterey Bay,
Banu Subramaniam,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
Lisa Weasel,
Portland State University,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Online Event
Decolonizing Deep History
Pratik Chakrabarti,
Chair in History of Science and Medicine, University of Manchester; Director, Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM),
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 4
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 3
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 2
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 1
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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Biopolitical Battle Lines: Between Eugenics and Black Lives Matter
Edgar Arcenaux,
USC, Artist, Writer/Director,
Ugo Edu,
UCLA,
Kurt Forman,
Independent Artist/Filmmaker,
Ahmad Greene-Hayes,
Princeton University,
Terence Keel,
UCLA,
Hentyle Yapp,
NYU Tisch School of the Arts,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
Human, Scientist
Jennifer Jahner,
Professor of English (HSS),
Kriti Sharma,
Postdoctoral Scholar (GPS),
Charles Xu,
Graduate Student in Physics (PMA),
Maura Dykstra,
Assistant Professor of History (HSS),
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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From Farm to Family: Agriculture, Race, and the Origins of Eugenics in Southern California
Narsiso Martinez,
Independent Artist,
Gabriel Rosenberg,
Duke University,
Yvette Saavedra,
University of Oregon,
Tiago Saraiva,
Drexel University,
Sarah Seekatz,
San Joaquin Delta College,
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● POSTPONED: Literary Dimensions Seminar
This seminar has been postponed.
Elaine Auyoung,
McKnight Land-Grant Professor, Associate Professor of English, and Affiliate Faculty of the Center for Cognitive Sciences,
University of Minnesota,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
Histories of Eugenics: The Human Betterment Foundation and Beyond
Natalie Lira,
University of Illinois,
Ayah Nuriddin,
Johns Hopkins University,
Alexandra Minna Stern,
University of Michigan,
Sandy Rodriguez,
Independent Artist,
Virginia Espino,
UCLA,
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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Uncomfortable (Bodies in the Archive)
Dorit Cypis,
PeoplesLab,
Monique Thomas,
Caltech Center for Inclusion and Diversity,
- Internal Event
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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Sitting Down with Uncomfortable Things in the Caltech Archives
- Internal Event
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▶︎ CANCELED: Literary Dimensions Seminar
This seminar has been canceled.
Richard Menke,
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator,
Department of English,
University of Georgia,
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▶︎ CANCELED: James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
This event has been canceled.
Adrienne Su,
Professor of Creative Writing and Poet-in-Residence,
Dickinson College,
- Public Event
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▶︎ CANCELED: Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
This seminar has been canceled.
Felicity Meakins,
Associate Professor of Linguistics,
The University of Queensland, Australia,
5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
This seminar has been canceled.
Alan Stern,
Planetary Scientist,
Southwest Research Institute,
- Public Event
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▶︎ CANCELED: Literary Dimensions Seminar
This seminar has been canceled.
Rachel Adams,
Professor of English and Comparative Literature,
Columbia University,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Extinction: a (pre-)history
Jeremy Schneider,
Graduate Student,
Department of History,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
The Melancholy of Living On Hildebert of Lavardin, Ferdinand Gregorovius and the Ruins of Rome
Aleksandra Prica,
Assistant Professor of German Literature,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Exploring Islamic Maps: From the Earth to the Moon and the Cosmos
Karen Pinto,
Associate Research Professor,
College of Innovation and Design,
Boise State University,
7:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Heads of the Colored People
Nafissa Thompson-Spires,
American Author and Associate Professor of English at Cornell University,
- Public Event
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
Otters and Others: Ted Hughes to Alice Oswald
John Kerrigan,
Professor of English,
University of Cambridge,
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
An Ordinary Arab Ship, and Its Stories of Early Globalism
Geraldine Heng,
Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Perceval Professor in Medieval Romance, Historiography, and Culture,
Department of English,
University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Transforming the Italian Landscape in the Middle Ages: Humans, Climate, and the Environment
Ned Schoolman,
Associate Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Studies,
University of Nevada, Reno,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Exploring Jupiter
Candice Hansen-Koharcheck,
Senior Scientist,
Planetary Science Institute,
- Public Event
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Contestation and Representation: Community, Conflict, and History in Los Angeles
Lizeth Ramirez,
Librarian/Archivist for Los Angeles Communities and Cultures,
UCLA,
Dalena Sanderson-Hunter,
Librarian/Archivist for Los Angeles Communities and Cultures,
UCLA,
Devin Fitzgerald,
Curator of Rare Books and History of Printing,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
The Airing of Grievances: Are the Humanities Bullshit?
Gabriel Rosenberg,
Assistant Professor in Women's Studies,
Duke University,
4:00pm
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
How Green Was My Night Soil
David Howell,
Professor of Japanese History and Chair,
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations,
Harvard University,
9:00am
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8/31
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CANCELLED | Literary Dimensions Seminar
This seminar has been cancelled
Aimee Bahng,
Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies,
Pomona College,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Does Privacy Still Matter? The Complexity of Data Privacy Regulations
Rona Yu,
Undergraduate Student (junior),
Computer Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
Hands at a Séance: Manual Evidence in Victorian Spiritualism and the Ghost Story
Aviva Briefel,
Professor of English and Cinema Studies,
Bowdoin College,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Maps, Monsters, and Natural History in the Age of Exploration
Surekha Davies,
Cultural Historian and InterAmericas Fellow at the John Carter Brown Library,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Ordinary and Extraordinary Germans: Complicity and Resistance during WWII
Jessica Shattuck,
American author,
- Public Event
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
Thomas Jefferson's Networks of Knowledge
Barbara Oberg,
Senior Research Scholar,
Department of History,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
"Watch Your Back!" Saul Bellow, The Dean's December, and the Gromer Case
Zachary Leader,
Professor of English Literature,
University of Roehampton,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar Series
A Broken Promise? The Origin of Post-Cold War NATO Expansion
Mary Sarotte,
Research Associate in Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Associate in History, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Poetry Reading
Eavan Boland,
Irish Poet and Author; Professor and Director of Creative Writing Program, English Department, Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Towards a Global History of Biodiversity
Daniel Lewis,
Lecturer in History, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech; Dibner Senior Curator of the History of Science & Technology, The Huntington Library,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Making the World Go 'Round: How Urbano Monte Created his Map of 1587
Chet Van Duzer,
Geography and Map Division,
Library of Congress, Washington, DC,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
The Science of Shakespeare
Dan Falk,
journalist, author, and broadcaster,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
The Space Barons and the New Space Age
Christian Davenport,
Author, Staff Writer,
The Washington Post,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Mary Szybist,
American Poet,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Jay Rubenstein, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Was the First Crusade Really That Violent?
Jay Rubenstein,
Professor of History,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
7:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath
Leslie Jamison,
American Novelist and Essayist,
4:00pm
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Collective Violence in Rural Medieval Japan
Morten Oxenboell,
Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures,
Indiana University Bloomington,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
"By far the most important event in my life": Charles Darwin's recollections of his voyage on HMS Beagle
Janet Browne,
Aramont Professor of the History of Science,
Harvard University,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
America in the Age of Polar Fever
Hampton Sides,
American Historian, Author, and Journalist,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Catherine Nall, Royal Holloway, University of London
Violence and Compassion in Late Medieval Writing
Catherine Nall,
Lecturer in Medieval Literature,
Royal Holloway, University of London,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
'Famous Farriers I have known:' Farriery Manuals and Vernacular Expertise in Renaissance Italy
Karl Appuhn,
Associate Professor of History and Italian,
New York University,
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