News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
CHESTERTOWN, MD — Veteran National Public Radio war correspondents Neal Conan and Anne Garrels join the superb chamber group Ensemble Galilei to explore honor, courage, loss, and hope in “Between War & Here” on November 6, 2019. This is a remarkable opportunity to hear this performance, which is part of a national tour by this […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—In honor of Native American Heritage Month in November, Washington College is welcoming Will Tsosie, Tribal Archaeologist for the Navajo Nation, to campus on November 7, 2019 when he will sing the Navajo Blessingway, a series of song-prayers performed to promote health, well-being, harmony, and success. The public is invited to the event, which […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — Paul Robbins, a world leader in addressing rapid global environmental change, will present “Coffee, Frogs, and Workers: Conservation in the Anthropocene,” on October 30, 2019 at Washington College. Part of the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholars Program, Robbins is the director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — The Arab Spring ushered in a new era in politics in Egypt and Tunisia, emboldening citizens, through social media and other new platforms, who had previously lacked a voice. Professor Said Sadek from American University in Cairo, who has focused his recent work as an Egyptian political and social scholar on the […]
Continue ReadingChestertown, MD – Playwright and memoirist R. Eric Thomas will be at the Rose O’ Neill Literary House on October 17, 2019 presenting “Eric Reads the News: Writing Humor in Current Events.” The free and public reading, part of the fall Literary House Series, will begin at 4:30 p.m., followed by a book sale and […]
Continue ReadingWashington College’s Holstein Program in Ethics is pleased to host Justin Tiwald, a Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellow at Princeton University, in a talk that examines the fundamental question of when it is up to us to figure out a moral problem, or when we should defer to others’ expertise. The October 16, 2019 […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—Water security and cooperation in global and local conflicts will be the topic of a talk by Ambika Vishwanath ’05, part of Washington College’s Goldstein Program in Public Affairs Young Alumni Program. The talk on October 16, 2019 begins at 5:30 p.m. in Litrenta Lecture Hall of the Toll Science Center, and it is […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — Radiant Echo, an illuminated, choreographed sculpture installation honoring two Washington College alumni and chemistry professors who have had a major impact on the teaching, technology, and field of fireworks, will be unveiled on October 5, 2019. The public is invited to attend the event, which begins at 7:30 p.m. Bring a blanket […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—Eastern Shore Food Lab Director Bill Schindler will present the second talk in Washington College’s 2019 lecture series in Talbot County on October 3, 2019 with a discussion about the failures of the modern food industry and how we can more safely and thoughtfully feed ourselves. The talk at Talbot Country Club, “Empty Plates: […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—Alisha Knight, Associate Professor of English and American Studies, will discuss her unique research into the African American book publishing trade at the turn of the 20th century during a September 26, 2019 event at the Rose O’ Neill Literary House. The talk entitled “Agents Wanted: Selling Racial Uplift at the Turn of the […]
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