Baker-Nord Distinguished Faculty Lecture: “Thomas Hart Benton, Jackson Pollock and the Secrets of El Greco” January 29, 2018Henry Adams, the Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History and recipient of the 2018 Baker-Nord Center Award...Events·
Humanities@Work: Nonprofits January 26, 2018The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host a discussion with panelists working in the nonprofit sector. At...Events·
Faculty-Work-in-Progress—“Sacred Protests: Politics and Faith after Sexual Abuse” January 23, 2018The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host a faculty-work-in-progress lecture with Brian Clites, instructor in the Department...Events·
2017 Walter A. Strauss Lecture Series: “The Importance of the Sciences—and the Arts” November 30, 2017The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host the final installment of the 2017 Walter A. Strauss Lecture...Events·
2017 Walter A. Strauss Lecture Series: “Too Many Aims?” November 15, 2017The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities presents the 2017 Walter A. Strauss Lecture Series, composed of three lectures...Events·
“The Arch of Titus: From Jerusalem to Rome and Back” November 8, 2017Yeshiva University professor Steven Fine will discuss the Arch of Titus and Jewish history in the Roman period,...Events·
“Why Bob Dylan Matters” November 7, 2017Richard F. Thomas—a Harvard University classics professor, teacher since 2004 of the first-year seminar “Bob Dylan,” and a...Events·
Faculty Work-in-Progress: “Object Memory: Souvenirs and Memorabilia in the Roman Empire” October 26, 2017Maggie Popkin, the Robson Assistant Professor of Art History, will give the Baker-Nord Center for Humanities’ next Faculty...Events·
“Girih Tiles: Decagonal Geometry in Medieval Islamic Architectural Tilings and Beyond” October 24, 2017The university community is invited to hear from Peter Lu, a physicist at Harvard University, about the mathematics...Events·
“Girih Tiles: Decagonal Geometry in Medieval Islamic Architectural Tilings & Beyond” opening reception October 20, 2017The photography of Peter Lu will be celebrated at an opening reception for “Girih Tiles: Decagonal Geometry in Medieval...Events·
