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Louisa Burnham
The Loneliest Heretic

Limoux Negre struck out on his own in the early 14th century. Calling the Church a bunch of cheaters, he rejected orthodox beliefs and replaced them with a heretical hodgepodge that astonishes us as much as it horrified the contemporaries who burned him at the stake. Mary was a surrogate mother, Jesus was a murderer, and the world was created from coagulated urine. In an age of intolerance, Limoux espoused equal salvation for Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Who was Limoux Negre? What stories lay in his past?
 

Paratexts: What they are and what they can teach us about Arabic literature in translation

Social Sniffers: Decoding smell in ants and unlighted fireflies

Smell is the most important sense in the life of an insect. It drives critical behaviors such as foraging for food, finding a mate, and locating an egg-laying site. But ants living in a colony also need to communicate with their sisters! And some fireflies have gone to the “dark side” and no longer produce dazzling courtship displays at night. Our current research fueled by Middlebury students aims to understand how these powerful sensory systems evolved.

Come celebrate fall with BOLD! Enjoy music, merch, and food from Sabai Sabai, Taste of India, American Flatbread, and Two Brothers.

Open to all - see you there. Be BOLD!

The Sophomore Seminar Course with Bread Loaf School of English’s Beyond the Page program come together to celebrate the importance of a liberal arts education through theatre and creative learning practices and an immersive investigation of author Rebecca Solnit’s: A Field Guide to Getting Lost.

Beyond the Page: http://beyondthepage.middcreate.net/

Updated to Virtual. Register here: https://bit.ly/eWestervelt-21 Eric Westervelt is a San Francisco-based correspondent for NPR’s National Desk. He has reported on major events for the network from wars and revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa to historic wildfires and terrorist attacks in the U.S.

His visit to Vermont is connected to a fall conference on climate change sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council, and supported by the Engaged Listening Project (go/elp).

The Engaged Listening Project (go/elp) and Vermont Humanities Council welcome Elizabeth Yeampierre as part of VHC’s First Wednesdays Speaker Series.

Puerto Rican climate justice leader Elizabeth Yeampierre has helped pass climate legislation at all levels, including New York’s progressive Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. In this talk she describes how intergenerational BIPOC activists are changing the landscape of national climate priorities by speaking up for themselves and their neighborhoods.

Who’s Responsible for Our Health? The limits of public health paternalism.

Trauma and the Brain: How extraordinary events change how we look at the world

Of the many commodities carried on Dutch East and West India Company ships in the 17th and 18th centuries, textiles were by far the most numerous. Not only valuable trade items, textiles were also potent signifiers in an increasingly global world, where clothing played a critical role in shaping identities in colonial and European circles. Although extant examples of these textiles are scarce, painted images and archival documents hint at their social and economic importance.