Coming Events

Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013

• The Human Journey: A Genetic Odyssey

  7:30 p.m.

  A talk by Spencer Wells, Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society and Frank H. T. Rhodes Class of ’56 Professor at Cornell University

Thursday, Feb 21, 2013

• Justice for Chiapas! Autonomy and human rights in the indigenous communities of Southern Mexico

  7:00 p.m.

  Pablo Obando, Director of Program Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation will speak on the human rights situation in Chiapas, Mexico, his work with the Fray Bartolome de las Casas Human Rights Center (frayba.org.mx), and the role of international solidarity.

• Wealth and Equality: Modern America, the Gilded Age, and the Purpose of an Economy

  7:00 p.m.

  A lecture by Richard White, author of Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making ofModern America.

• A Reading By Heather McHugh

  7:00 p.m.

  Visiting Writers Reading Series

Friday, Feb 22, 2013

• If I Build [My Social Network], Will They Come? Job Hunting Using Social Media

  2:00 p.m.

  A workshop with Mary Deming Barber '78 and Kirsten Adams Gable '01

Saturday, Feb 23, 2013

• 2013 Global Studies Symposium

  1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

  The annual Whitman College Global Studies Symposium

Monday, Feb 25, 2013

• Storyteller Kathya Alexander

  7:00 p.m.

  The Intercultural Center Storyteller Series presents Kathya Alexander

• Beyond the Border: Canada/U.S. Relations

  7:30 p.m.

  An Evening with Denis Stevens, Consul General of Canada

Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013

• From China to Apple: How a Liberal Arts Grad Can Thrive in Silicon Valley

  7:00 p.m.

  Jason Copeland '94 shares his thoughts on careers, work-life balance and how a liberal arts grad can thrive in Silicon Valley.

Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013

• The Tempest

  Feb 27, 2013 to Mar 3, 2013
  

  Harper Joy Theatre presents William Shakespeare's classic play.

• Building a Movement to End Poverty

  7:00 p.m.

  An evening with 2012 Green Party Vice Presidential Nominee Cheri Honkala

Thursday, Feb 28, 2013

• Digital Return: Cultural Heritage and the Ethics of Circulating Indigenous Knowledge

  7:00 p.m.

  A talk by Kimberly Christen, associate professor of critical culture, gender and race studies at Washington State University

Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013

• Open Prisons in Denmark - Do They Make Sense?

  7:00 p.m.

  A talk by criminologist Anne Okkels Birk of the Danish Institute for Study Abroad

Thursday, Mar 7, 2013

• Little Houses on the Prairie

  7:30 p.m.

  A talk by Whitman professor of anthropology Gary Rollefson