On January 24, the Smith College theatre department will premiere a new work, Sarajevo Phoenix, by Ellen W. Kaplan, professor of theater.
Directed by Peg Denithorne, Sarajevo Phoenix is based on interviews with Bosnian […]
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On January 24, the Smith College theatre department will premiere a new work, Sarajevo Phoenix, by Ellen W. Kaplan, professor of theater. Directed by Peg Denithorne, Sarajevo Phoenix is based on interviews with Bosnian […] This weekend, Smith College announced Women for the World: The Campaign for Smith. The principal goal of the $450 million campaign is to increase access to a Smith education through financial aid. “With a larger financial aid endowment, we can lower the economic barriers to higher education for middle- and low-income families from around the […] This Friday kicks off the Women’s Global Leadership Celebration, a three-day campus-wide event that honors the impact Smith women have had on the world. In presentations, panel discussions, and academic sessions throughout the weekend, notable alumnae, Smith faculty, and students will share ideas related to some of the world’s most pressing issues, including women’s health, […] This Thursday, October 20, the Global Studies Center (GSC) will host a Global Salon. The talk, Bridging the US and World as a First Generation American, will feature special guest Alexis Salsedo-Surovov and a conversation on the impact of […] Smith College President Carol T. Christ was in Hong Kong in early June to meet with members of the Smith community and to speak at some events. Here are some photos from her visit. Each year Smith College selects a book to be read by all entering students. This year, the college has chosen Dreaming in French: The Paris Years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis by Alice Kaplan. Dreaming in French tells the story of how a year in Paris changed the lives of three […] The 2012 Global Engagement Seminar in Jerusalem is underway, with the group arriving in Israel earlier this week. The students will explore Jerusalem as a contested sacred and political space and will cover topics including the centrality of the city in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; archeology and the built landscape as a prism through which […] David Newbury, the Gwendolen Carter professor of African studies at Smith College, recently gave a talk on the historical dynamics of kingship, legitimacy and violence in Central and East Africa, focusing on Alison Des Forges’s Defeat is the Only Bad News: Rwanda under Musinga, 1896-1931 and The Land beyond the Mists: Essays on Identity & […] This June, Smith College President Carol T. Christ will visit mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Smith alumnae, students and their parents, and other friends of the college are invited to join the president at receptions in six cities. The receptions will feature refreshments, mingling among guests, panel discussions, and the opportunity to hear […] Today, Thursday, April 5, Professor of Economics Roisin O’Sullivan will speak about “The European Debt Crisis.” Professor O’Sullivan earned an M.S. in economics from the University of Galway, Ireland, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Her current research focuses on issues relating to monetary policy and financial markets. The talk is sponsored […] |
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