Campus Events (page 22)
“Persepolis” author/illustrator Marjane Satrapi to speak at Scripps College
Best-selling author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi will come to Scripps College on Thursday, April 9, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. to discuss her memoir “Persepolis,” as part of the Alexa Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series: Voice and Vision.
Read MoreWomen’s Fiber Arts in the South Pacific
Heather Waldroup, visual materials curator and CLIR postdoctural fellow, Libraries of The Claremont Colleges, will discuss researching women’s textile production in the South Pacific, Tuesday, March 31, as part of the Malott Commons Tuesday Noon Academy.
Read MoreWriter Gustavo Arellano to Speak on “Humor in a Caliente Vein”
Gustavo Arellano, writer and columnist on Latino culture, will speak on “Humor in a Caliente Vein: Satire and its Relationship to Saving the Mexican Race,” Thursday, March 26, at noon, in the Hampton Room, Malott Commons.
Read MoreAuthor Griest Gives Tips for Wandering Women and a Reading of “Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines”
Author Stephanie Elizondo Griest will present two events at Scripps College as part of the Alexa Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series: Voice and Vision. Both events are free and open to the public.
Read MoreMultiple Identities, Dynamic Subjectivities
Cecilia A. Conrad, Scripps College’s dean of faculty and professor of economics at Pomona College, is the final speaker in the Claremont College’s Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies’ 2008-09 speaker series, “Multiple Identities, Dynamic Subjectivities.”
Read MoreU.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords ‘93 to Give Scripps College Commencement Address
U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords ’93 will give the commencement address at Scripps College on Sunday, May 17, 2009. Giffords, a 1993 graduate of Scripps, represents the Eighth District of Arizona, a diverse area that covers 9,000 square miles including a 114 mile border with Mexico.
Read MoreRoya Hakakian’s Journey From the Land of No: A Childhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran
Roya Hakakian, writer, poet, journalist, and 2008 Guggenheim Fellow, will speak at Scripps College as part of the Alex Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series: Voice and Vision, on Tuesday, March 3.
Read MoreScripps College Presents Spring Art Lecture Series
A wide range of visual artists – from photographers to ceramists – present their work this semester as part of the spring 2009 lecture series, sponsored by the Scripps College Art Department, through May 8, at Scripps College. All events are free and open to the public.
Read MoreClaudia Stevens Performs “Blue Lias, or The Fish Lizard’s Whore”
Claudia Stevens, playwright and performer, will perform “Blue Lias, or The Fish Lizard’s Whore,” as part of Scripps College’s Alexa Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series on Thursday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m.
Read MoreAll Aboard the Overground Railroad to Africa
Dana Dakin ’64, founder of WomensTrust, Inc. and Lois Langland Alumna-in-Residence, will lecture as part of the Tuesday Noon Academy lecture series on February 23.
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