Author Carolyn Finney Joins Middlebury as Scholar in Residence

October 16, 2019 –

Finney, who wrote Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors, brings a climate justice perspective to the campus community.

Student’s ‘Project for Peace’ Challenges Racism through Oral History

October 16, 2019 –

“Peace is disruptive,” says Middlebury junior Christine McDow, who was selected for a 2019 Projects for Peace grant. Davis’s project, “Listen Witness Amplify,” trained North Carolina teenagers in oral history and helped them give voice to lesser-heard stories, challenging received ideas about the past.

Lessons from the Suffrage Movement 100 Years after the 19th Amendment

October 9, 2019 –

History professor Amy Morsman enlisted the help of her first-year seminar students to curate an exhibit for the College’s art museum exploring the long history and uneven legacy of the woman suffrage movement.

Steve Snyder’s Translation of Japanese Novel Named National Book Award Finalist

October 9, 2019 –

The dean of the Middlebury Language Schools and professor of Japanese studies discusses what it’s like to work with author Yoko Ogawa and why her book is relevant now.