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It Happens Here

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It Happens Here is a sexual violence storytelling event which shares anonymously submitted student stories in order to raise awareness about sexual violence on campus and promote community healing and prevention. It Happens Here is about giving power to survivors’ voices.

Sponsored by the Feminist Resource Center at Chellis House.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Closed to the Public

Robert W. van de Velde, Jr. ’75 Memorial Lecture

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Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times reporter, will deliver the 2022 Robert W. van de Velde, Jr. ’75 Memorial lecture, “Reporting on an Unprecedented Pandemic.”

Since the early days of 2020, when the world slowly woke to the coronavirus pandemic, reporting on the virus has been relentless, fast-paced and immeasurably complicated. It has also been exhilarating. This event will offer a brief glimpse into the experience of a journalist who has written almost exclusively only about the pandemic for nearly two years.

Virtual Middlebury

Open to the Public

TEDxMiddlebury 2022 Conference: Failing Forward

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Academic Affairs
The TEDxMiddlebury 2022 event titled “Failing Foreward” is here with three fantastic student speakers (Brian Conde-Martinez, Amanda Martins, Afra Fairooz) and two amazing staff/Professor speakers (Jen Stratman, Head of Concessions; Matthew Kimble, Professor of Psychology). Come join us in person (go/tedxrsvp) or view the livestream (go/tedxlive). We hope to see you all there from 6:30-9:30 to hear ideas worth sharing!

Masks are required for this in-person event. 

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Closed to the Public

TEDxMiddlebury 2022 Conference: Failing Forward

Sponsored by:
Academic Affairs
The TEDxMiddlebury 2022 event titled “Failing Foreward” is here with three fantastic student speakers (Brian Conde-Martinez, Amanda Martins, Afra Fairooz) and two amazing staff/Professor speakers (Jen Stratman, Head of Concessions; Matthew Kimble, Professor of Psychology). Come join us in person (go/tedxrsvp) or view the livestream (go/tedxlive). We hope to see you all there from 6:30-9:30 to hear ideas worth sharing!

Masks are required for this in-person event. 

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Closed to the Public
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Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series: "Arribada--A reading"

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Academic Affairs
Gloria Estela González Zenteno, Luso-Hispanic Studies Department

Mariana Sánchez Celis has traveled the world as a pianist trained at the Juilliard School of Music. But when her mother has a stroke and her beloved uncle suddenly disappears, Mariana must put her life on hold to return to her home in Ayotlan, Mexico.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Open to the Public

Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series: "Buddhist Responses to Confucian Criticism: Li Chunfu's Defense of the Dharma"

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Elizabeth Morrison, Religion Department

The Chinese official Li Chunfu (1177–1223) was a devoted follower of the Buddhist tradition. His impatience with the criticism of Buddhism common among Neo-Confucians prompted him to compose an extended response. Professor Morrison will draw from this work, which she is currently translating, to characterize the ways he counters their attacks. She will also place him within the centuries-long tradition of Chinese Buddhist apologetic literature.  

Vaccinations and masks required.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Open to the Public

Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series: "Humanities in Action: Case Studies from Midd’s Public Humanities Labs Initiative"

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Febe Armanios, History Department, Marion Wells, English and American Literatures Department, Dima Ayoub, Arabic Department, Justin Doran, Religion Department, Hemangini Gupta, Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies Program, and Will Nash, American Studies Program/ English and American Literatures Department

“Humanities in Action: Case Studies from Middlebury’s Public Humanities Labs Initiative”

Virtual Middlebury

Open to the Public