1st Wed: A Secretary of the Future

We Are All Fast Food Workers Now - Annelise Orleck 5/3/23

Labor historian Annelise Orleck provides a close look at globalization and its costs from the perspective of low-wage . . .

Pandemic Architecture: Two Centuries of Disease and Design 12/7/22

Pandemic Architecture: Two Centuries of Disease and Design 12/7/22

The Electrical Period of Miles Davis - Reuben Jackson 10/5/22

The Electrical Period of Miles Davis - Reuben Jackson 10/5/22

The Force of a Story Told in Parts - Star Wars, Fandom and Seriality

From Dickens to Game of Thrones, stories told in piecemeal style have shown their power to command a reader’s . . .

The Poetics of Girlhood and Womanhood in America 4/6/22

Poets and writers Diana Whitney and Shanta Lee Gander join Christal Brown, associate professor of Dance at Middlebury . . .

Refugee Theater - Kurdish and Yazidi Women Speak Out

Rojava, a revolutionary experiment in Kurdish Syria, attempts to create an inclusive democracy safe from ISIS, Turkish . . .

The History and Structure of Stone Walls with Kevin Gardner

New England has thousands of miles of stone walls. Author and builder Kevin Gardner discusses the history of stone . . .

A Love Story from the Opioid Epidemic with Kate O'Neill

In October 2018, a young Vermont mom named Madelyn Linsenmeir died after a long struggle with addiction. Her obituary . . .

Amer Latif - Approaching Islam, Approaching Difference

The Qur’an states that God created differences not only as a test for humanity but also as a path toward . . .

The New World We Face - America Alone? George Jaeger 6/5/19

DIPLOMAT GEORGE JAEGER CONSIDERS A WORLD IN WHICH AMERICA CHOOSES UNILATERAL ACTION BUT NOT LEADERSHIP IN THE . . .

Lincoln Memorial Sculptor Daniel Chester French 4/30/19

Biographer Harold Holzer tells the story of how Daniel Chester French became one of the great sculptors of the 19th . . .

Reeve Lindbergh - Two Lives 4/3/19

Author of the book, Two Lives, Reeve Lindbergh,  daughter of aviator-author Charles A. and Anne morrow Lindbergh, . . .

Prof. Huck Gutman 3/6/19

UVM professor emeritus Huck Gutman discusses how William Wordsworth became the most revolutionary, and possibly the . . .

Prof. Tim Spears 2/6/19

Middlebury College professor Tim Spears looks at the 1941 publication, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant . . .

Prof. David W. Blight - Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

Yale historian and professor emeritus, David W. Blight, author of the  book "Frederick Douglass: prophet of Freedom" . . .

The Known World and the Literary Character

Amherst professor Judith Frank discusses Edward P. Jones’ 2003 Pulitzer-winning novel The Known World, described as “a . . .

1st Wednesdays: Georgia O'Keeffe: A Critical Look

Georgia O’Keeffe lived for 99 years and produced over 2,000 works in her 75-year career. Join us with James H. Maroney . . .

An Emerson for Our Time

Drawing on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essays “The American Scholar,” “Self-Reliance,” and “Experience,” Amherst professor . . .

The Legacy of Rachel Carson

Silent Spring not only launched the environmental movement but also laid out the fundamental problems with our . . .

World War I and American Writers

Join Dartmouth professor Barbara Will as she discusses the effect of WWI on American writers, particularly John Dos . . .

Luther and the Reformation

Luther and the Reformation: A 500-year AppraisalJoin Dartmouth religion professor Randall Balmer for this talk about . . .

Nothing to Fear, But Fear Itself

From 1929 to 1939, the US experienced the longest and worst economic depression in its history and the first in which . . .

The Indian World of George Washington

Dartmouth College professor Colin Calloway discusses the first president’s relations with Indian peoples and considers . . .

Reinventing the Family Home

Join us for a free lecture, as Middlebury College professor Erin Sassin examines how American reformers and homeowners . . .

1st Wed: Jane Austen in Her Time

Dartmouth visiting assistant professor Suzanne Brown will look at novelist Jane Austen’s response to the events of her . . .

1st Wed: Building Monticello

Thomas Jefferson never knew the Monticello of today—in perfect condition, impeccably furnished. Join us as Dartmouth . . .

1st Wed: Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales: Still Funny After All These YearsJoin us as Dartmouth professor Peter Travis discusses the . . .

1st Wed: How William Carlos Williams changed poetry

UVM professor Hank Gutman discusses how William Carlos Williams changed American and world poetry forever by creating . . .

1st Wed: A Secretary of the Future

"WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS IS A SECRETARY OF THE FUTURE"David Brancaccio, host of NPR’s Marketplace Morning Report, . . .

1st Wed: The Science of Happiness

Amherst College professor Catherine Sanderson describes cutting-edge research from the field of positive psychology on . . .

1st Wed: Poet Major Jackson

UVM professor Major Jackson reads from his new book, Roll Deep, and discusses how poetry not only serves as a record . . .

1st Wed: Celebrating E.B. White

From Charlotte’s Web to his exquisite essays in The New Yorker, E.B. White remains the master’s master of elegant . . .

1st Wed: Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh: What Influenced Him and His Influence on ArtArt historian Carol Berry considers the experiences, . . .

1st Wed: The Buildings of Vermont

Join Middlebury College professor Glenn Andres as he examines the remarkable range, quality, humanity, and persistence . . .

1st Wed: Face to Face with the Emotional Brain

Dartmouth Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences Paul Whalen explores how the brain processes facial . . .

1st Wed: The Legacy of Cesar Chavez

For many in the U.S., Cesar Chavez is considered  a great leader, "arguably, the most important Latin leader in the . . .

1st Wed: The Duel- Burr vs Hamilton

1st Wednesdays presents The Duel: Aaron Burr vs. Alexander Hamiltonpresented Willard Sterne RandallWas it murder or . . .

1st Wed: Alfred Steiglitz & Camera Work

 Photographer, gallerist, and magazine editor Alfred Stieglitz was a seminal figure in the history of . . .

1st Wed: Plato's Republic

Plato's Republic: Re-thinking His Utopian IdealPhilosophy scholar Susanne Claxton explores the key elements of the . . .

1st Wed: Delicious to the Ear

UVM professor Emily Bernard looks at the transformation of beloved poet and activist Maya Angelou in a talk at Brooks . . .

1st Wed: Costumes of Downton Abbey

Middlebury College artist-in-residence Jule Emerson discusses the fashions worn by Lady Mary and her family in the . . .

1st Wed: Katherine Paterson - 10/1/14

Twice a winner of both the Newbury Medal and the National Book Award along with numerous other awards and . . .

1st Wed: H. Nicholas Muller III - Falling Water

Frank Lloyd Wright's "Falling Water" is widely considered a masterpiece in American architecture. H. Nicholas Muller, . . .

1st Wed: Tom Powers - Soft vs Hard Power in US Foreign Policy

Soft Versus Hard Power in American Foreign Policy: Finding the Right MixPulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and author . . .

1st Wed: Alexander Solzhenitsyn - Writing The Red Wheel in VT

Conductor and Pianist, Ignagt Solzhenitsyn, recalls his father's crafting of his book "The Red Wheel - A History of . . .

1st Weds. Prof Nancy Jay Crumbine - Rumia, a Soul on Fire

Dartmouth professor Nancy Jay Crumbine will read and discuss Rumi, one of the greatest and most widely read of . . .

1st Wed: What if Poor Women Ran the World?

Labor historian Annelise Orleck tells the story of nine African-American union maids in Las Vegas who challenged . . .

1st Weds: Kevin Cullen on Whitey Bulger

Boston Globe reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner Kevin Cullen lived in the shadow, and sometimes in fear, of South . . .

1st Wed: David Macaulay - Life in the Studio

David Macaulay, award-winning author and illustrator of Castle, Cathedral, and The Way We Work, discusses current . . .

1st Weds: Nicola Courtright - Paris as We Know It

Amherst College History of Art professor Nicola Courtright discusses how 16th- and 17th -century French kings, seeking . . .

1st Weds: Sydney Lea - Frost & Wordsworth

1st Wednesdays: The poetry of Robert Frost and William Wordsworth depends heavily on the natural world and the . . .

1st Wed: Prof. Carol Clark - What's Western About Western American Art?

1st Wednesday Presents: Prof. Carol Clark discusses What's Western About American Art? Amherst College professor Carol . . .

1st Weds: Prof. John Stauffer - Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass & Abraham Lincoln

1st Wednesdays: Prof. John Stauffer discusses his book "Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass & Abraham . . .

1st Wed: Asphalt, Culture, & Community

1st Wednesdays: Frank Bryan's Asphalt, Culture, & Community 2/6/13

1st Wed: Prof. Irene Kacandes - The Memoir Boom: Who, What, Why

Dartmouth professor Irene Kacandes presents The Memoir Boom: Who, What, Why

1st Wed: Susan Cooke Kittredge - The Unseen Alistair Cooke

1st Wednesdays Presents "The Unseen Alistair Cooke" as told by his daughter Susan Cooke Kittredge 11/7/12

1st Weds. Prof. Ilan Stavans 4/4/12

1st Wednesdays presents: Prof. Ilan Stavans, 4/4/12

1st Weds. Prof. Jane Carroll 3/7/12

1st Wednesdays presents Prof. Jane Carroll 3/7/12

1st Weds: Prof. Michele Barale - Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

1st Wednesdays presents: Amherst professor Michele Barale discusses Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

1st Weds. Ken Burns 1/4/12

1st Wednesdays presents: Ken Burns, 1/4/2012

David Blight - American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era

Yale Professor David W. Blight discusses his book 'American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era.'First . . .

1st Wed: Prof AnneLise Orleck - The Triangle Fire - 100 Years Later

Professor AnneLise Orleck discusses The Triangle Fire - 100 Years Later

1st Weds. Prof. Chris Benfey 10/05/11

1st Wednesdays presents: Prof. C. Benfey: 10/05/2011

1st Weds. Prof. Kavita Datla 5/04/11

1st Wednesdays on 5/04/2011 presents: Prof. Kavita

1st Weds. Dr. Javier Corrales 4/13/11

1st Weds. Dr. Javier Corrales 4/13/11

1st Wed: Michael Palma - Translating Dante's Inferno

The most frequently translated work in America today is Dante’s Inferno—a seven-hundred-year-old book-length poem. . . .

1st Weds: Prof. James McPherson

1st Wednesdays: Prof. James M. McPherson, American Civil War historian, received the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Battle . . .

1st Weds. UVM Prof. Frank Bryan 1/5/11

1st Wednesdays Presents: UVM Prof. Frank Bryan, 1/5/11

1st Weds. Prof. Richard Minear 11/3/10

1st Wednesdays Presents Prof. Richard Minear

1st Weds. Nicholas Schmidle 4/7/10

1st Wednesdays presents: Nicholas Schmidle, 4/7/2010