This year marks the 650th anniversary of Giovanni Boccaccio’s passing. We explore his legacy in a interdisciplinary panel of Vassar faculty, followed by a keynote speech by Grace Delmolino (University of California, Davis) titled: “Boccaccio and Consent.” No reservation required

Campus community only, please

A gathering of Emeritae/i, Vassar College members, guests, and the public to hear a lecture followed by conversation at a reception immediately following the lecture.

This event is open to the public.

Oct. 30: 8:00 p.m. 
Oct. 31–Nov. 1: 7:00 p.m.

This lecture examines literary and historical narratives to elaborate “colonial domesticity.”

Campus community only, please.

Beyond Survival is a documentary that tells the story of New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA) and the powerful leadership of currently and formerly incarcerated survivors in creating change. Through compelling interviews with legislators, judges, and advocates, including survivors of abuse and long-term incarceration, Beyond Survival narrates the 10-year Coalition for Women Prisoners campaign for the DVSJA and spotlights critical efforts to implement this groundbreaking sentencing reform.

Explores how storytelling rooted in personal experience, Zambian proverbs, and mother tongues can heal colonial harms and preserve culture, featuring Mubanga Kalimamukwento, an award-winning Zambian author, magazine founder, and University of Minnesota Feminist Studies PhD student.

Free and open to the public.

Please join us as Vassar Anthropology Professor April Beisaw discusses her recently published new book, The Archaeology of American Protest.

Professor Rosalind Galt of King’s College, London will be giving a giving a Dean’s Lecture on “Imperfect Archives.”

Professor Omer, of the University of Notre Dame, will present this year’s annual Frederic C. Wood Lecture.

This event is open to the public.