Water-mamas and Mermaids: Oceanic Memory, Indian Indentured Labor, and the Caribbean Plantation
Draper 308 101 Chestnut St, Berea, KY, United StatesBerea College professor of English, Amrita Mishra, will share her research on the historical and literary legacies of indentured Indian laborers in the Caribbean during the 19th and early 20th […]
A Fantastic State of Ruin: The Painted Towns of Rajasthan
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KY, United StatesDr. David Zurick Scattered among the ancient trading towns of the Thar Desert is the largest concentration of fresco buildings in the world. Abandoned and neglected for centuries, their vivid […]
From the Rice Field to Tik Tok: A Rural Woman’s Transformation during China’s Post-Reform Era
Draper 308 101 Chestnut St, Berea, KY, United StatesBerea College professor of Chinese, Jianfen Wang, will share reflections on how rural Chinese women's lives changed as a result of the end of liberalizing reforms introduced from the late […]
An Object of Seduction: Chinese Silk in the Early Modern Trans-Pacific Trade, 1500–1700
Draper 308 101 Chestnut St, Berea, KY, United StatesNorth Carolina State University professor of history, Xiaolin Duan, will share her research on how ebbs and flows in Chinese silk production impacted global trade and politics between the 16th […]
Writing Toward a Better World
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KY, United StatesRoxane Gay Writer Roxane Gay joins bell hooks center founder and director M. Shadee Malaklou for a conversation about hooks' fearless feminism. They think and dream with hooks about how to write toward a better world, addressing topics ranging from trauma to love, to how we dismantle the intersecting structures of oppression that hooks names […]
A Journey of Hope: From the Land of the Eternal Spring to My Old Kentucky Home
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KY, United StatesKarina Barillas Karina Barillas, Executive Director of La Casita Center in Louisville, Kentucky, shares her story as a Latina who immigrated to the United States. La Casita Center is a non-profit organization that accompanies families in the Latinx community, providing a range of services and working for systemic change. Ms. Barillas, who will be recognized […]
How to Listen after the Flood
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KY, United StatesCelesta J. Riffe In July 2022, a flood in eastern Kentucky killed 39 people and left thousands homeless. Part of healing is being able to share, somehow with someone, what has happened. But how does a community begin to hear each other’s stories when the places they live and the land they love have undergone unimaginable […]
Japanese-American Identity and Art
Draper 308 101 Chestnut St, Berea, KY, United StatesBerea College professor of art, Michael Litzau, will discuss the relationship between Japanese-American identity and art in his artistic work.
Emerging as a Climate Leader: Getting to the Future Faster
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KY, United StatesKiran Bhatraju & Adam Edelen Kiran Bhatraju, Arcadia CEO and environmentalist, and Adam Edelen, CEO of Edelen Renewables, will engage in an interview style discussion about Bhatraju's multi-cultural Appalachian background, his climate, clean energy, and equity work today. Bhatraju is the founder of Arcadia, a climate crisis-fighting technology company focused on unlocking access to clean energy […]
FARAH SIRAJ: World Peace Music
Phelps Stokes Chapel Chestnut Street, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesNamed Jordan’s Musical Ambassadress, virtuoso Farah Siraj performs original compositions, fusing influences of Middle Eastern music, flamenco, jazz, bossa nova and pop with lyrics in Arabic, Spanish and English. A humanitarian, she has toured many countries, spreading a message of peace through her music. Stephenson Memorial Concert.
GAME ON NATION: Presenting with Confidence
Phelps Stokes Chapel Chestnut Street, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesSteve Shenbaum is a former actor and founder/CEO of Game on Nation, a communication, leadership and business consultancy. Game on Nation is best known for its highly interactive approach to […]
Discoveries at the Doris Ulmann Galleries
Doris Ulmann Galleries Ellipse and Chestnut Streets, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesDiscover beloved artworks from the Berea College Art Collection and visiting artists at the Doris Ulmann Galleries through a guided tour of current exhibitions led by Ainsley Golden, BereaCorps Art […]