Events

As President Biden takes office against the backdrop of a pandemic and recession, the new administration faces multiple challenges abroad, including from an increasingly capable, confident, and assertive China.

Dr. Spruill, lead consultant on the African American Heritage Trails project, will discuss how the general public can engage in preservation of local African American history.

In this talk Dr. Sarah Demers, the Horace D. Taft Associate Professor of Physics at Yale University, will introduce the Higgs, discuss the discovery, and talk about our next steps.

Join us to kick-off our Sarah Lawrence Giving Day celebrations with a “Ted Lasso” virtual watch party followed by a Q&A with showrunner Bill Lawrence.

Join Dr. Heather Davis, Assistant Professor of Culture and Media at the New School for an exploration of the way plastic has transformed the material world due to its longevity and range, and has transformed our understandings and expectations of matter and materiality.

Join our panelists as they talk about their experiences growing up in Yonkers, Mt. Vernon, Bronxville and the Bronx. Through stories, they will share the challenges and opportunities they had in school and in their communities.

Join faculty members for brief, lightning talks on their approach to teaching and research to address issues of Climate Justice.

Join the Future Studies Faculty to engage in direct conversation and answer questions about the Future Studies Virtual Series. Together, we will explore the strange implications of trying to know the unknown future, and also how thought and imagination themselves are radically altered by this attempt to approach still-arriving worlds.

Randa Jarrar ‘98 is the author of the forthcoming memoir Love Is An Ex-Country, the novel A Map of Home, and the collection of stories Him, Me, Muhammad Ali. She is also a performer who has recently appeared in Hulu’s RAMY, as well as the short films GOT GAME and FINJAN. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Salon, Bitch, Buzzfeed, and elsewhere. She is a recipient of a Creative Capital Award and an American Book Award, as well as awards and fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, Hedgebrook, PEN, and others. She lives in Los Angeles. Purchase Randa Jarrar’s work here.

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As part of Sarah Lawrence's campus-wide Justice series, join recent MacArthur Fellow, Dr. Cristina Rivera Garza, in conversation with faculty members Una Chung (Global Studies, Media Studies, Women's History), Heather Cleary (Spanish), and Kate Zambreno (Writing) to discuss her recent collection, "Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country," which explores Mexico's epidemic of disappearances and femicide. 

Join Linwood Lewis, Sarah Lawrence College Psychology Faculty for an exploration of the interaction between the social and physical environment of the city of Yonkers, focusing on the history of Yonkers from the Ice Age to the 21st century, paying particular attention to racial and ethnic interactions in our city.

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SC Shekar is a photojournalist whose work spans editorial assignments, architecture, hotels & resorts, and food photography. His work has been included in festivals and exhibitions since the mid-80s. SC Shekar's work in Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific region has been included in the Kuala Lumpur Arts Festival, the National Art Gallery (multiple times), and is very well recognized in the region. He has also been commissioned for documentaries in India, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea. In the past 12 years, SC Shekar has been documenting life as it is in Myanmar and the lives of indigenous and vanishing communities in Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia. 

When Liberian Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-war activist Leymah Gbowee was asked “What one thing could be done to improve the status of women and girls around the world?” Her answer was “More women in politics.” Gbowee’s response suggests that politically active women will ask the right questions and support the best policies to help women and girls achieve their full potential.