In accordance with Massachusetts regulations, strict restrictions are in effect for in-person campus events. Most of the the events listed here are taking place remotely on Zoom and other online platforms. See each listing for details. All times are United States Eastern Time Zone.
November 13, 2017
"Knowledge Across Borders" celebrates U.S.-Mexico scholarly exchanges as the kick-off event for International Education Week. Planned in collaboration with the Mexico Colegio Nacional, this event seeks to develop strategies for maintaining and improving scholarly relationships between researchers in the U.S. and Mexico in the face of policies that may complicate the logistical realities of such collaboration.
November 13, 2017
10:00 am-3:30 pm
Old Chapel, Great Hall
What role can historians play in this political moment? What are some of the possibilities and pitfalls of writing history for popular audiences? Please join the department of history for a lunchtime conversation with Nancy MacLean, author of "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America."
November 13, 2017
12:00 pm
Herter Hall, 601
Photojournalist Daniella Zalcman will be speaking in journalism professor Brian McDermott's Visual Storytelling class. All are welcome to attend. Zalcman is one of the leading advocates for elevating underrepresented voices in visual journalism, and founded Women Photograph to help diversify the bylines at big media outlets.
November 13, 2017
2:30 pm
Integrative Learning Center, S120
Learn about the strategies and equipment required to maintain indoor air quality and occupant health and comfort with speaker John Rockwell, technical sales engineer with Zehnder America.
November 13, 2017
4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Olver Design Building, 170
Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University, is an award-winning scholar of the twentieth-century U.S.
November 13, 2017
4:30 pm
Goodell Hall, Bernie Dallas Room
Open to campus and Amherst Family Center (AFC) families with young children, Dinner On Us (DOU) is a parent education workshop series offered most Monday evenings during the academic year.
November 13, 2017
5:30 pm-7:30 pm
Student Union
The department of music and dance presents Brass Bash, featuring the UMass Trombone & Brass Choirs, plus Horn, Trumpet and Tuba Ensembles.
November 13, 2017
7:30 pm
Fine Arts Center Bezanson Recital Hall
The UMass Amherst Libraries hosts an exhibition of photos, “¡Hola Cuba!: Travel Photography by Carol Pike.”
September 5—December 15, 2017
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November 18—November 19, November 23, November 25
Science and Engineering Library
Join this weekly collaboration between Talking Truth and Paperbark Magazine (a new UMass Amherst environmental-humanities publication).
September 11—November 27, 2017, Mondays 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Science and Engineering Library, Lederle Lowrise
The exhibit showcases items curated from Steindl-Rast’s recent donation of correspondence, photographs, writings, audio/visual recordings, art, and publications.
October 1—January 31, 2018
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November 23, December 23—December 25, December 28—January 1, January 6—January 7, January 14
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois
Join us at the Josephine White Eagle Cultural Center to listen to special guests share their stories with us.
October 2—November 27, 2017, Mondays 5:30 pm-6:30 pm
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October 9, October 23, November 6, November 20
Chadbourne House, B-3
Herter Art Gallery hosts exhibitions featuring new work by art department faculty Shona Macdonald and Shane Mecklenburger.
October 19—November 16, 2017 11:00 am-4:00 pm
October 22—November 16, 2017, Sundays 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
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October 21—November 16, Saturdays
Herter Art Gallery, 125A Herter Annex
Hailing from the South Side of Chicago and born in 1959, painter Rodney Byron Madison is currently the curator of Madison Studio Gallery in Millers Falls, Mass.
November 6—November 28, 2017, Wed/Thu/Fri 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
November 2—December 1, 2017, Mon/Tue 1:00 pm-7:00 pm
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November 20—November 24
Augusta Savage Gallery
