Calendar of Events

Inspired by the tradition of a pre-meal aperitif, this bi-weekly event offers a chance to cleanse the mental palate, spark close-looking, and ignite deep thought.

Join Modlin Center and Boatwright Library for a community drum circle led by the Grammy Award-winning Third Coast Percussion.

Join us for a conversation and Q&A with Molly Conger, a journalist and activist who investigates American alt-right, white supremacist, and neo-Nazi movements in past and present. Conger gained national prominence while covering the 2017 Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, during which neo-Nazis and white supremacists marched with tiki torches, shouting “Blood and soil!” and...

Campus-Only Preview, Private Screening

Have you ever heard that ancient Greeks killed disabled infants at birth? This story shows up in academic scholarship, textbooks, even popular media and memes. In this talk, I discuss where this idea comes from—focusing on ancient passages in Plutarch, Plato, and Aristotle—and assess what this evidence tells us about the realities of ancient life. I then present literary,...

Free, registration required

In the 1970s, the Lora Robins Gallery received multiple donations of ancient and medieval coins.  These donations predominantly contained coins of the Byzantine Empire, the Islamic Caliphates, and the Crusader States.  The coin collection totals more than 15,000 pieces, of which only a fraction of have previously been on display or available to the University community.  With the...

Join the Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures for "Teaching Language and Culture Beyond the Classroom" a lecture by Shu-Chen Chen, associate professor at The University of Virginia. This will be a hybrid in-person and Zoom presentation. For more information contact Michael Marsh-Soloway.

The line from the human to the machine is often not visible. The energy and movement that drives communication does not start as a tangible connection but rather as an intangible force, an impulse, a spark of intention. It travels through pathways, transmitting signals and commands that shape our interactions with technology. This unseen thread weaves a tapestry of non-verbal understanding, where...

The line from the human to the machine is often not visible. The energy and movement that drives communication does not start as a tangible connection but rather as an intangible force, an impulse, a spark of intention. It travels through pathways, transmitting signals and commands that shape our interactions with technology. This unseen thread weaves a tapestry of non-verbal understanding, where...