Past Events
Drew Minter, conductor
Eduardo Navega, conductor
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
A talk by AAVC’s 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient. This event is open to the public.
An Examination and Analysis of U.S. Politics, Governance, and Democracy in 2024. This event is open to the general public.
These are the first performances by VRDT for the 2024/25 season. Each evening features jazz, ballet, modern and contemporary choreography by faculty and students. The world premiere of guest choreographer Darrell Grand Moultrie will also be showcased during this performance. Reservations required.
The Ghost Sonata (1907) by seminal Swedish playwright August Strindberg (1849–1912), translation by Evert Sprinchorn, follows a young man’s increasing realization of the world’s wickedness. Open to the public. Reservations are required.
Join us for our 20-30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program. Eduardo Navega, director
The Film Department and Women, Feminist, and Queer Studies presents a screening of some of Peggy Ahwesh’s short films, followed by a Q&A session moderated by Visiting Assistant Professor of Film Carl Elsaesser.
Campus community only, please.
Harry will give a lecture titled, “The Concept of Living Well in Aristotle’s Zoology.”
Artist and MacArthur Fellow Nicole Eisenman will discuss her work.
Mae M. Ngai, Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History at Columbia University, is a U.S. legal and political historian interested in the histories of immigration, citizenship, nationalism, and the Chinese diaspora. This event is open to the public.
Eduardo Navega, conductor
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Run by the Daughters of Sarah, a rural ecumenical women’s support network located in Upstate New York.
Join us for our 20-30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program. Eduardo Navega, director
Author Elyssa Maxx Goodman will speak about her book Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City and discuss drag’s effects on the culture of the city and the U.S. overall.
Whitehead has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Open to the public, no reservations required.
A book talk by Andrew Lipman ’01 in conversation with James H. Merrell, Professor Emeritus of History. This event is open to the public.
This program that aims to provide participants with opportunities to see how environmental action can take shape in all aspects of life and highlight how legal innovations might be underused tools to aid and contribute to climate justice.
James Osborn, conductor
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Susan Bialek, conductor
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live