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61传媒Presents Announces Spring 2024 Season
61传媒Presents returns with a new season of big names, thoughtful conversations, and interactive performances. Along with our popular Levitt on the Lawn and @Noon Lunchtime series, our spring 2024 […]
Read MoreSpring Public Events Series Explores Race and Class with Renowned Thinkers
This spring, Scripps鈥 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Initiative is partnering with the College鈥檚 signature event series, 61传媒Presents, to bring public programming to campus that focuses on issues of inequality. 鈥61传媒Presents and the IDEA Initiative are aligned in the desire to amplify awareness of the iniquitous nature of our world,鈥 says Denise Nelson Nash 鈥76, who chairs the IDEA Initiative.
Read More61传媒Presents Celebrates Fifth Anniversary, Announces Spring 2021 Season
61传媒Presents鈥 spring 2021 season will celebrate the series鈥 fifth anniversary with a slate of virtual, experiential events focused on the future of literature, food, politics, and music.
Read MoreMary Routt Chair of Writing R.O. Kwon: Making Space for Women Writers of Color in the Literary World
When bestselling author R.O. Kwon came to 61传媒as the 2020 Mary Routt Chair of Writing, she knew she wanted to bring other women artists to campus, especially women writers of color. The need for more inclusive literary representation is a value that鈥檚 reflected in her upcoming 61传媒Presents conversations, as well as in her course syllabus on what she calls 鈥渆ye-opening writing,鈥 which features work by Shirin Neshat, Frida Kahlo, Susan Sontag, and Maggie Nelson.
Read MoreSpotlight on Academics: Professor Kim Drake Explores Disability in the Classroom and Beyond
Associate Professor of Writing and Chair of the Department of Writing and Rhetoric Kim Drake began her scholarly career by focusing on protest writing and rhetoric, composition theory, and historically disenfranchised voices in American literature. But a few seminal events, particularly one in 1990 and another in 2014, plus the inspiration of her students, led to the addition of disability studies to her teaching, research, and activist repertoire.
Read More鈥淔rom the Body to the Body Politic鈥: 61传媒Presents Spring 2020 Season
61传媒 has announced its lineup of writers, speakers, and performers for the spring 2020 season of its signature public events series, 61传媒Presents. Tickets are required for all events.
Read MoreDr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration at The Claremont Colleges
Through his writings and actions, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. embodied a commitment to social justice and community empowerment, inspiring generations to change the world. In celebration of this spirit, 61传媒 will be hosting the 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration events, rooted in this year’s theme: Education, Empowerment, Purpose.
Read More61传媒Presents: Spring 2019 Lineup Features the Best in Contemporary Thought and Performance
This spring, 61传媒Presents, the College’s signature public events series, brings a slew of provocative speakers and performers to campus, showcasing the best in art, performance, and the humanities.
Read More61传媒Presents: Glory Edim
Glory Edim聽brings together communities of book fans and aficionados to celebrate a deep appreciation for black women’s writing.
Read MoreRebecca Traister, author of All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation, is an authority when it comes to parsing our current political moment, especially issues impacting women.