A series of public events sponsored by CDI each year brings the College community together with colleagues, experts, community partners, students at other institutions of higher education, and the public at large for lively presentations and discussions on a range of topics germane to children and childhood.
2023 Lectures & Symposiums
Thomas H. Wright Lecture
February 16, 2023
The Children Come Full: A conversation about culturally sustaining language and literacy practices in early childhood and elementary contexts featuring authors Kindel Turner-Nash, Alicia Arce-Boardman, Roderick J. Peele, and Kerry Elson
Longfellow Lecture
March 23, 2023 at 6:00pm
Barbara Walters Campus Center
Toward a new Politics of Belonging: Moving Beyond “Diversity” and “Inclusion” featuring Mariana Souto-Manning, Ph.D
Ensuring the "Good Childhood" in a World of Cultural and Technological Change: Expanding the Nordic-American Dialogue on Early Education
In April 2019, the Child Development Institute at Sarah Lawrence College held a Symposium in collaboration with the American-Scandinavian Foundation, the third in a series of Nordic-American symposia bringing together Scandinavian and American educators to explore issues of common interest and concern.