[Summit] Fw: Featured Virtual Events at Brown through Sunday, , February 7

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Virtual Events
  Tuesday 26 January 4:00pm   This Is America: Roundtable on Education in Rhode Island during COVID-19    By mid-March of 2020, many schools, including institutions of higher education like Brown, switched from in-person courses to remote learning due to the spread of the coronavirus across the nation. As the one-year mark of implementing remote and hybrid learning in Rhode Island approaches, a panel of high school students, teachers and community organizers will reflect on the past year and the impact the pandemic has had on education statewide.  Learn more
   Wednesday 27 January 12:00pm   Feminist Mobilizations at the time of COVID-19: Experiences from the Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean    During the global pandemic, women have been disproportionately affected in terms of unemployment, limited access to adequate health care, political marginalization and increasing and intensified forms of gender-based violence. What are feminists challenging, what are they concretely suggesting and what are their strategies, especially in terms of collaboration with national governments, international organizations and transnational feminist campaigns? This webinar aims to discuss feminist mobilization and strategies at the time of COVID-19 in relation to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.  Learn more
   Wednesday 27 January 12:00pm   Race & Image in America    This installment of the “Race &” series, curated by Brown’s Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America in partnership with the Office of the Provost, will feature professors Tina Campt, Matthew Guterl, Kevin Quashie and RaMell Ross in a panel discussion about the intersections of race and image.   Learn more
   Friday 29 January 12:00pm   Ashish Jha: COVID-19 in South Asia    Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown School of Public Health, is recognized globally as an expert on pandemic preparedness and response as well as on health policy research and practice. He has extensively researched how to improve the quality and reduce the cost of health care, focusing on the impact of public health policy nationally and around the globe. In this webinar, Dr. Jha will cover the impact of COVID-19 in South Asia, and the region’s strengths and weaknesses of battling the pandemic.  Learn more
   Wednesday 3 February 12:00pm   What I Am Thinking About Now: Formerly Incarcerated Black Women and Institutional Distrust    In this presentation, postdoctoral fellow Zimife Umeh will explore how institutional responses throughout the life course shape Black justice-involved women’s ability to trust institutions. Dr. Umeh will argue that despite the adverse consequences of a lack of institutional trust, formerly incarcerated Black women are in fact rationally responding to racially hostile institutions.  Learn more
   Wednesday 3 February 12:00pm   Book Talk: “Revolt Against the Sun”    The Iraqi poet Nazik al-Mala’ika was one of the most important Arab poets of the 20th century. Over the course of a four-decade career, her contributions to both the theory and the practice of free verse poetry confirmed her position as a pioneer of Arab modernism. “Revolt Against the Sun'' presents a selection of Nazik al-Mala’ika’s poetry in English for the first time. The translator, Brown assistant professor Emily Drumsta, will discuss the work and how one woman transformed the landscape of modern Arabic literature and culture in the twentieth century.  Learn more
   Wednesday 3 February 5:00pm   Artist Talk: Firelei Baez    Firelei Báez casts diasporic histories into an imaginative realm, re-working visual references drawn from the past to explore new possibilities for the future. With a goal to reclaim power, Báez overlays figuration, symbolic imagery and abstract gesture onto large-scale reproductions of found maps and documents. In this conversation with Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies Leticia Alvarado, Baez will discuss her work, which populates historically loaded representations of space with change-making creatures to present fictional alternative universes.  Learn more
   Wednesday 3 February 6:00pm   The Early Modern World in US Libraries and Collections: Folger Institute and Folger Shakespeare Library    This unique series of interactive events will showcase the resources of some of the world’s most prestigious libraries and special collections for research on the early modern period. Caroline Duroselle-Melish, the Andrew W. Mellon curator of early modern books and prints; Amanda Herbert, associate director for research fellowships; Owen Williams, associate director for scholarly programs; and Heather Wolfe, curator of manuscripts and associate librarian for audience development, will discuss the Folger Collection and offer brief presentations on Folger opportunities for members of the Center and the scholarly community. A Q&A session will follow.  Learn more
   Wednesday 3 February 6:00pm   Coming Out to the Streets: LGBTQ Youth Experiencing Homelessness    In this talk, Dr. Brandon Andrew Robinson will be discussing their newly released book “Coming Out to the Streets: LGBTQ Youth Experiencing Homelessness.” Based on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork in central Texas, “Coming Out to the Streets” looks into the LGBTQ youth’s lives before they experience homelessness — within their families, schools, and other institutions — and later when they navigate the streets, deal with police, and access shelters and other services.  Learn more
   Thursday 4 February 2:00pm   Watch Me Work: Erin McKeown    Inspired by playwright Suzan-Lori Park’s legendary series at the Public Theater, Professor of the Practice Erin McKeown will host a session that lends intimate insight into her artistic practice. Watch McKeown in her home studio as she works on new music, plays or poems. She doesn’t know what will come out, so neither will you. Feel free to observe or to co-work on your own simultaneously. Each session will be about 40 minutes of work followed by about 20 minutes of question, answer and chat.  Learn more
   Thursday 4 February 7:00pm   Ted Kaufman: The Joe Biden I Know    One of President Joe Biden’s closest friends and advisors is former U.S. Sen. Ted Kaufman of Delaware. Kaufman served on Biden’s Senate staff for 22 years, including 18 years as chief of staff. Most recently, Kaufman has served as the head of the Biden transition team. In this conversation, Kaufman will discuss President Biden’s career in the Senate and as vice president, the president’s legislative agenda, and prospects for restoring bipartisan cooperation and hopes of unifying the nation.  Learn more
   
Virtual Exhibits
    Thursday 24 September 9:00am to Sunday 31 January 5:00pm   Out of the Fray    What does the American flag stand for? In a deeply divided United States, American citizens’ answers to the question may vary considerably. An online exhibition from the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs reflects on our country’s sociopolitical frays and unravelings by examining works of art that ruminate on the changing significance of the American flag through the years.  Learn more
   Thursday 22 October 9:00am to Thursday 30 June 5:00pm   Transcendent Futures    "Taking stock of where we’ve been. Moving beyond where we are." With the daunting challenges of the year 2020, including a global pandemic, renewed struggles for racial justice, and ongoing environmental and climate concerns, the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America’s new art exhibit features more than 20 artists whose artwork explores hope, connection and community, as we collectively strive to build a world that works for everybody.  Learn more
   Sunday 15 November 9:00am to Monday 15 March 5:00pm   Constellations: Reimagining Celestial Histories in the Early Americas    The John Carter Brown Library’s virtual winter exhibit examines the history of astronomy in the Americas. The materials displayed in the exhibit chronicle how mariners learned to navigate the skies, the relationship between the understanding of astronomy and the observance of time for both Indigenous and European peoples, and the evolution of instruments made for star-gazing.  Learn more
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