Wherever you are, there’s an opportunity to reconnect with Sarah Lawrence. Explore upcoming alumni events—from campus celebrations and athletics gatherings to regional meetups, cultural outings, and seasonal festivities. Each listing includes a link to full details and registration. We look forward to seeing you.
Virtual Faculty on the Road: Joel Swanson, Religion and Jewish Studies
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
7:00 – 8:30 pm EDT
Jewish History Without Jews: Holocaust Memory Laws in Central Europe, and the State Construction of Historical Narratives with Joel Swanson, Religion and Jewish Studies faculty.
This virtual Faculty on the Road examines the rise of post-Holocaust memory laws in Central Europe, such as Poland’s controversial 2018 amendment to the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance, as a distinctive form of Holocaust revisionism that operates without overt denial. Rather than disputing the historical fact of the Holocaust, these laws seek to reshape its meaning by legally constraining how responsibility, complicity, and guilt may be discussed, effectively recasting the genocide as an exclusively German crime and marginalizing Jewish perspectives and experiences in the process. The result is a state-sanctioned narrative of “Jewish history without Jews,” in which Jewish suffering is acknowledged abstractly while Jewish voices, agency, and claims about local collaboration are excluded or delegitimized. Situating these developments within broader debates about law, memory, and nationalism, the talk concludes by drawing comparative parallels to contemporary memory laws and curricular restrictions in the United States, particularly around the teaching of Black history, as analogous efforts to produce national narratives of innocence through legal regulation of the past.
Funding for this event is provided by The Edith Ingalls Vignos '45 Faculty on the Road Program.
A Zoom link with be provided via email 24 hours before the event.
Secret Histories: Untold Stories of the Sarah Lawrence Campus with Joseph Forte, Faculty Emeritus
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
5:30 – 7:00 pm EDT
Join Joseph Forte, Faculty Emeritus, on campus, for an exclusive preview of his forthcoming book on the architectural history of Sarah Lawrence. Drawing from his initial research, Joe will uncover little-known stories hidden in the walls, pathways, and green spaces of our campus as well as little known predecessors, fabricated and real genealogies, and masterpieces hiding in plain sight. Joe brings these histories to light with curiosity, care, and deep affection for our wonderful campus. Rediscover the Sarah Lawrence you thought you knew—and leave with a whole new appreciation for the grounds that shape your Sarah Lawrence experience.
Funding for this program is provided by the Joseph C. Forte Faculty Research and Development Fund in Art History.
2026 Longfellow Lecture: Arietta Slade '73
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
5:30 – 7:00 pm EDT
Arietta Slade's lecture, Children and Their Caregivers: The Pleasures of Knowing One Another, will center on how to help parents, caregivers, clinicians, and teachers "hold the child in mind", thus inspiring the joy and connection that come from understanding and knowing each other.
Arietta Slade '73 is a clinical psychologist and internationally recognized theoretician, clinician, researcher, and teacher. She is currently Professor Adjunct of Child Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center, Professor Emerita in the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at the City College of New York, and Co-Founder of Minding the Baby, an interdisciplinary reflective home visiting program for high-risk mothers, infants, and their families at the Yale Child Study Center and School of Nursing. She has published widely on attachment, mentalization, and the parent-child relationship. Her most recent book is Enhancing Attachment and Reflective Parenting in Clinical Practice: A Minding the Baby Approach (Guilford, 2023). Arietta became interested in the impact of early relationships on the child’s development while an undergraduate at Sarah Lawrence. Since then, she has dedicated much of her career to helping caregivers develop the capacity to see and hear their children, to imagine what moves them and makes them tick. These reflective capacities – which depend upon safety, regulation, and trust - are powerfully affected by stress and relational trauma.
This year's Longfellow Lecture is dedicated to the memories of SLC faculty emeritae Jan Drucker and Margery Franklin, both of whom passed away last year.
Washington, DC: Ring in the New Year
Saturday, April 18, 2026
12:00 – 2:00 pm EDT
We're happy to announce that we have rescheduled the Washington, DC Ring in the New Year event!
Reconnect with fellow alums at the home of Rachel Tillman '90. Join this special gathering filled with lively conversation and good cheer.
Address will be shared a week before the event.