January 14, 2020 | Meeting 1479 | Jonathan Wharton, Ph.D. presents “Constitution State Roulette: From Strong to Decentralized Party Bosses Before Connecticut’s 2018 Gubernatorial Election”

Dr. Jonathan L. Wharton, Associate Professor of Political Science and Urban Affairs at Southern Connecticut State University...

September 18, 2019 | Meeting 1476 | "Work Is the Curse of the Drinking Class" presented by Johnson Flucker

Johnson Flucker’s one man show based on Oscar Wilde’s Work “The Curse of the Drinking Man.” More Info

May 22, 2019 | Meeting 1475 | Janet M. Conner presents "A Horse of a Different Color: Teaching History to Both Visual and Conventional Learners"

Janet Conner will present “A Horse of a Different Color: Teaching History to Both Visual and Conventional Learners.” This...

April 24, 2019 | Meeting 1474 | "Clear Light and Shining Ruins" presented by Professor Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Wesleyan University

Within a few months after its invention in 1839, photography was being used to depict the monuments of Classical antiquity...
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March 26, 2019 | Meeting 1473 | "Embezzlement and High Treason in Louis XIV's France" presented by Vincent J. Pitts, Quinnipiac University

Vincent J. Pitts, Department of History, Quinnipiac University will speak about the trial (1661-1664) of Nicolas Fouquet.  ...

February 21, 2019 | Meeting 1472 | David Pettigrew, Professor of Philosophy, Southern Connecticut State University will present, "Trouble in the Balkans: Republika Srpska and the Failure of the International Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina"

In 1992, Republika Srpska declared itself as an autonomous territory within Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the next three years...

January 16, 2019 | Meeting 1471 | “Garbing Gods on the Big Screen: Cultural Nationalism and Fashion in Hip-Hop Cinema" presented by Siobhan Carter-David, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, SCSU

“Garbing Gods on the Big Screen: Cultural Nationalism and Fashion in Hip-Hop Cinema” explores how film directors in the...