Class of 2012

In celebration of the 40th Anniversary, two of the members that founded Ajúa Campos 40 years ago will be returning to Wesleyan for the first time to discuss the beginnings of Ajúa Campos and current issues facing the Latino Community.
Friday, November 20 at 6:00pm
Woodhead Lounge
Light Refreshments will be served
Brief Bio’s on two of the Founders, [...]

While it is often asserted that leaders use foreign policy to domestic advantage as elections approach, the scholarly findings on this subject defy simple characterization. My project examines the extent to which U.S. presidents adjust their foreign policies during an election run. I contend that while elections do affect foreign policy decisions, presidents do not [...]

It has been twenty years since the fall of the Berlin wall. This talk investigates the legacy of the incorporation of East Germany. The influence of the former East Germany is manifested in two ways in the elections of 2009. First, the continued presence of a new party representing eastern interests is making coalition building [...]

Asian/Asian American (AAA) House presents an evening with forensic expert Dr Henry Lee, who has worked on numerous high-profile crime cases including the JonBenet Ramsey murder, the O.J. Simpson case and the reinvestigation of John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Dr Lee was born in China and grew up in Taiwan, where he served in the police force. [...]

The Vietnamese Students’ Association at Wesleyan University proudly presents a film screening of “Don’t Burn It” followed by a discussion with director Mr. Dang Nhat Minh.
The film “Don’t Burn it” is the story of a female military doctor, Dang Thuy Tram, and her war diary. The diary, rediscovered 35 years after the Vietnam War, was [...]

Four weeks before the nations meet in Copenhagen to try to avert global catastrophe, Mr. Blakemore will identify many often surprising psychological factors at play as people in all walks of life deal with the latest “hard news” on climate.

He’ll explore new definitions of sanity that may pertain, and give examples displaying different “psychologies”, as [...]

As a follow-up to his “Ripple of Change” presentation, Dr. Berkowitz will conduct a skill building workshop to provide an opportunity for members of the community to gain valuable skills for fostering health and social justice.  The workshop will provide a safe space where ideas for change can be shared and explored, and skills can [...]

How can we transform Wesleyan into a healthy and respectful community in which all individuals feel supported and appreciated?  In what ways may we unintentionally contribute to a lack of inclusiveness on campus?  And, is it difficult or easy to address social justice issues at Wes?  Understanding what it means to be a social justice [...]

Nicaraguan Sign Language is a relatively new language that emerged a little over 30 years ago. The dramatic story of the birth of this language includes disease, revolution, and the simple desire of children to communicate with each other. Professor Anna Shusterman will talk about the birth of NSL and the rapid change that has [...]

David W. Blight, Director of Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, author of Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (2001), and recipient of the Bancroft Prize and many other prizes and honors in American history, will be speaking Wednesday evening, November 19, at 8:00 p.m. [...]

Laurence Tribe, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard Law School, will speak on “Life Unedited” on Wednesday, October 22, at 8:00 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel.
The visible text of the First Amendment protects such specific freedoms as “speech,” “press,” “assembly,” and “religion.” Its invisible but no less fundamental subtext and structure, however, [...]

“Where On Earth Are We Going?” is the title of the 4th Annual Robert Schumann Environmental Studies Symposium, a series of three seminars dedicated to global climate change issues which will be taking place on Saturday, October 18, 2008 from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in Tischler 150 in the Exley Science Center.

9:00 a.m. – [...]

Professor Brian Stewart of the Wesleyan Physics Department will be presenting a lecture on the topic of “When Atoms and Molecules Collide” as part of the McNair Program Research Talks series on Tuesday, October 7, 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. in Exley Science Center Room 121. Free pizza luncheon will be provided.

The Center for the Study of Public Life, together with the Departments of Economics and Government, will offer a program on “The Financial Crisis and its Political Ramifications” on Monday, October 6, at 4:15 p.m. in PAC 002. Panelists will include Richard Grossman, Masami Imai, Marc Eisner, and Elvin Lim.

The 2008 election has been historic for many reasons. Both a female and an African American ran for the nomination of a major political party for the first time in history, there is an opportunity to elect the oldest president ever, and the Internet and blogs play a key role in the kinds of information [...]