Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

We’ve all seen the numbers supporting climate change, but have we seen the faces behind the numbers? This panel discussion will feature an alumni, faculty, community member and student who engage the audience in a lively exploration of questions such as: What is climate justice? How do pressing social and environmental issues relate to one another? What are the social effects of climate change and why should we care? This panel is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend.

A Discipline of Looking Tim Lilburn, Professor at the University of Victoria What do we do when we walk into a meadow or forest? Let’s suppose we are there for no particular purpose. We aren’t doing research, looking for food or rushing to an appointment. Though we are moving, we are idle, without intention. This is a crucially important moment – for us and for the world we move through.

Lecture by Christine Bachman-Sanders ’09, PhD candidate in American Studies/University of Minnesota

Positions Available: Citigroup Public Finance Investment Banking Full-Time Analyst Citigroup Public Finance Investment Banking Summer Analyst If you are interested in a position with this company we recommend that you attend this Information Session to learn more about the company, the positions, and the application process.

Today’s cities, businesses, states and NGOs are setting the pace for climate leadership and sustainable solutions. Sharing vision, commitment and stories will provide insights about how cities and urban areas of various sizes have become leaders in crafting solutions to address climate change, resilience, transportation, energy, water, and social justice, among other pressing issues.

Introduction by Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar; Facilitated by Malik Gomez ’18

Anatoly Smeliansky, Associate Artistic Director of the Moscow Arts Theatre and Director of the Moscow Arts Theatre School, will discuss the history and evolution of what is arguably the most famous theatre company in the world.

Containing Wonder: Joseph Cornell and the Legacy of the Curiosity Cabinet Throughout his long career, Joseph Cornell obsessively collected items for his assemblage boxes. Shells, bits of coral, crystals, mineral specimens, stuffed birds, butterflies, tiny sculptures, and postage stamps featuring famous paintings — all these and more made their way into his artworks. Moreover, he amassed clipping files and books on topics as far-ranging as natural history, nineteenth-century ballerinas, and the art of Albrecht Dürer.

Abhijeet Paul, C3 Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, will speak on how oral, literary, and performative texts and practices owe a large debt to mourning. Taking cues from traditional and non-traditional forms of textile work in relation to debt-gift practices in South Asia, I show how mourning mediates loss of nature, ethics, and community. This occasions a closer look at mourning through particular forms like biraha (separation) and bidesiya (foreignness) and other nostalgic forms of representation in three Indian languages: Bengali, Hindi, and Bhojpuri.

Karin Gottshall, Department of English and American Literatures, will be speaking on “The New Political Poetry in America”. This lecture will investigate the ways contemporary lyric poets are waking up to and finding means of addressing the political in their poems. While there is a long tradition of political poetry in our country, in recent decades it has been largely absent from mainstream publishing—a deficit that has led many to question, rightfully, the relevance of poetry in a world so troubled by injustice and instability.