A Matthew Vassar Lecture, panel discussion, and workshops by syndicated Black cartoonist and children’s book illustrator Jerry Craft, who will discuss his graphic novel New Kid—and how the text has been weaponized and banned from some libraries and classrooms across the country.

Peter Lee, Vassar ‘14

Michael Burnam-Fink, Vassar ‘10

Xizhen Cai, Williams College

This biographical play performed by portraittheater Vienna brings to life the extraordinary mathematician Emmy Noether (1882–1935). 

Natalie Roberts, Vassar ‘19

Neil Manibo, (Open University and the Universitat Bielefeld)

A Matthew Vassar Lecture by syndicated Black cartoonist and children’s book illustrator Jerry Craft, who will discuss his graphic novel New Kid—and how the text has recently been weaponized as a political pawn, banned from some libraries and classrooms across the country.