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An Evening with Lonnie Bunch in Conversation with President Cristle Collins Judd

On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, Sarah Lawrence College held An Evening with Lonnie Bunch in Conversation with President Cristle Collins Judd. Lonnie G. Bunch III is the 14^th Secretary of the Smithsonian. He assumed his position June 16, 2019. As Secretary, he oversees 21 museums, 21 libraries, the National Zoo, numerous research centers, and several education units and centers. Two new museums—the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum—are in development.

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Conversations on Reproductive Justice and Intersectionality: The Janes

On Monday, April 3, 2023, the Women’s and Gender History Working Group held a screening of the Oscar-shortlisted documentary The Janes , a film about the women of the Jane Collective, an underground network for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions in 1970s Chicago. The screening was followed by a discussion with directors Emma Pildes ’02 and Tia Lessin moderated by Associate Dean Lyde Sizer, history faculty.

ARCHIVE FEVER! THE ART OF PRESERVING THE PAST

On February 14, 2023, a faculty and staff panel explored the notion of the archive from various vantage points. The panelists were: Matthew Ellis (History), Margarita Fajardo's, (History), Roy Ben-Shai (Philosophy), Sophie Barbasch (Visual and Studio Arts), and <Christina Kasman (College Archivist).

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DIRTY WORDS AND DANGEROUS IDEAS: CENSORSHIP BATTLES IN AMERICAN CULTURE, PAST AND PRESENT

On February 9, 2023, historian Brett Gary discussed the censorship strategies and spectacles that continue to rattle the nation’s legislatures, schools, and libraries—over art, literature, history, reproductive rights, and queer bodily autonomy.

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IN CONVERSATION: PRESIDENT CRISTLE COLLINS JUDD AND HISTORIAN STACY SCHIFF

On November 15, 2022, Pulitzer Prize winning author Stacy Schiff joined President Cristle Collins Judd for a conversation about her new book about Samuel Adams, The Revolutionary.

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The 20th Century’s Crimes Against Time: How Technology Hijacked the Past, the Present, and the Future

On October 22, 2022, Paul N. Edwards P’26, Director of the Program on Science, Technology & Society at Stanford University, led a discussion on technological and scientific change over the 20th Century and how developments of that era have foreclosed possible futures and locked us into deeply destructive modes of existence.

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A CONVERSATION WITH NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES ABOUT JOURNALISM, RACISM, AND AMERICAN HISTORY

On Tuesday, September 27, journalist, educator, and thought leader Nikole Hannah-Jones led a discussion of The 1619 Project,The New York Times' groundbreaking work examining slavery's centrality to American history as well as its modern legacy, reframing the way we understand this history and the contributions of black Americans to the nation and its democratic aspirations.

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Overruling Roe v. Wade: Explaining Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the Road Ahead

On September 7, 2022, Melissa Murray, the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, visited campus to share insights into reproductive rights and justice with a focus on the power of historical knowledge and historical thinking in addressing the crises and issues we are facing today.