MULTIMODAL WORKSHOP

Punctuating Art in Action

Erasure is a process of removing parts of existing text to form something new. More than word play, erasure is a creative and critical tool for exploring possibility within limits. In this hands-on workshop with artist and anthropologist Risa Cromer, participants will consider what happens when altering texts to bring forth new meaning. 

THEMATIC LECTURE

Hubert Harrison and the Forbidden Periods of Radical History

This talk by Brian Kwoba explores the political life of the journalist, activist, and educator Hubert Henry Harrison (1883-1927), who generated an array of visionary solutions to the systemic injustices of his day. Because of his fearless radicalism, however, the full scope of Harrison's revolutionary legacy has been largely erased from popular memory. Until now.

THEMATIC LECTURE

The 1911 Triangle Fire: A New York Story that Resonates across Time and Space

Friday, November 7, 1:30pm 

Unlike most events in US labor history, the passage of time has not erased memory of the Triangle fire. The story continues to inspire labor, immigrant, and women’s rights movements in New York, around the US, and in different parts of the globe. Triangle memory is nurtured by Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, a stalwart band of volunteers who connect individuals and groups to the story through the annual commemoration ceremony and other initiatives. In this talk Mary Anne Trasciatti explores how memory work that is grounded in a single moment and location can connect people across time and space. 

THEMATIC LECTURE

Period. The Real Story of Menstruation 

Thursday, November 13, 4pm | Clifton Court Hall, Room 1120 | Register

Menstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains largely misunderstood. Blending interviews and personal experience with engaging stories from her own pioneering research, Kate Clancy challenges a host of myths and false assumptions.