Axinn Center for the Humanities

Marcel Proust’s A la Recherche du Temps Perdu, one of the most profoundly visual works in Western literature, houses a vast repository of paintings. How does the novelist, in his frequent reference to both famous and obscure works of art, manage to evoke emotion, character, history? How do the verbal and the visual interact and illuminate one another?

Join us for a screening of the much-buzzed about film, “The Oil Machine,” followed by a Q&A with Director, Emma Davie. Facilitated by James Sanchez.

Oil has been an invisible machine at the core of our economy and society. It now faces an uncertain future as activists and investors demand change. Is this the end of oil?

Presenter: Nana-Ama Danquah 

The line between wellness and illness seems thick, well drawn, and impermeable. We believe ourselves, and others, to be firmly situated on one side or the other. But that is not true. We all come to realize this about physical illness. We come to realize that eventually it will touch and alter our lives, either through our own direct experience or that of a loved one. So, we begin to learn the language of cancer, of Alzheimer’s, of Parkinson’s. What of mental illness, though?

Film Screening of the documentary Spaces of Exception (2018, 90 minutes), followed by Q&A with filmmakers Matt Peterson and Malek Rasamny, moderated by Professor James Sanchez.

Come see and celebrate the final projects of Feminist Joy students. There will be zines, podcasts, videos, photograph exhibits, essays and soundscapes. This will be an informal event.

Abstract: Two big earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria on February 6. Thousands of buildings collapsed, and hundreds of thousands became trapped under the rubble. So far more than 21,000 lost their lives, and many more are injured. The death toll is estimated to reach 200,000 as more bodies are recovered. Entire cities and villages have been destroyed. With more than 10 million people left homeless, some doubly by war and now natural disaster, the earthquake stands as one of the biggest humanitarian crises of this century.

Midd.Data welcomes historian Dan Bouk, Associate Professor and Chair of History, Colgate. to speak on Democracy’s Data: The Hidden Stories of the U.S. Census and How to Read Them (Macmillan, 2022).

 Dr. Jeremy Greene, MD, PhD, will discuss his latest book The Doctor who Wasn’t There: Technology, History, and the Limits of Telehealth (University of Chicago Press, 2022) which traces the long arc of enthusiasm for—and skepticism of—electronic media in health and medicine. This lecture also celebrates the launch of the new History of Science, Medicine, and Technology (HSMT) major at Middlebury.

Dr. Jeremy Greene, MD, PhD, will discuss how Humanities majors provide a critical and much-needed pathway to those seeking careers in the healthcare profession and/or in attending medical school. Lunch will be served at 12:15 PM.