Listen to Dr. Heather Armstrong, in collaboration with Dr. Carol Hester and Dr. Nicholas Shaneyfelt, perform Miniatures by William Grant Still (1895-1978). This performance was recorded live during Heather Armstrong's recital on February 22, 2020 in the Weston H. Noble Recital Hall at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Posted with permission of the publisher, International … [Read more...]
Memorial Day Tribute | Mansions of the Lord | Hillsdale College
This Memorial Day, we remember those who sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those who are grieving. May we, as Abraham Lincoln said at Gettysburg, “highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the … [Read more...]
bell hooks + Chirlane McCray: Critical Thinking at The New School
Eugene Lang College (http://www.newschool.edu/lang) and Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy (http://www.newschool.edu/milano) present bell hooks and Chirlane McCray, First Lady of New York City and Chair of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, in a conversation about critical thinking and healing in contemporary society. bell hooks (nee … [Read more...]
bell hooks and Parker J. Palmer dialogue at St. Norbert College
This dialogue between bell hooks and Parker J. Palmer took place on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, as one of several public events at the 2016 bell hooks Residency at St. Norbert College, where the Cassandra Voss Center serves as a sister-center to hooks’ own bell hooks Institute at Berea College in Kentucky. It was co-sponsored by Humana and Killeen Chair of Theology & Philosophy. … [Read more...]
bell hooks in an Open Dialogue with New School Students – Whose Booty Is This?
An open conversation for students with bell hooks, Anna Czarnik-Neimeyer (assistant director of the Cassandra Voss Center, St. Norbert College), Lynnee Denise (Founder & Vision Director, WildSeed Cultural Group), and Stephanie Troutman (assistant professor of Leadership & Educational Studies; Affiliate Faculty, Women's Studies, Appalachian State University). Hosted by Eugene … [Read more...]
“Education Liberates” featuring bell hooks and Bettina Love
Widely considered one of the foremost intellectuals of the 21st century, bell hooks returns to St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wis.) for her fourth and final weeklong residency, in conversation with Bettina Love on liberatory education pedagogy and black childhood. This dialogue is one of several public events at the 2017 bell hooks Residency at St. Norbert College, where the … [Read more...]
bell hooks and Gloria Steinem on Feminist Transgression and Resistance | The New School
Lang scholar-in-residence (http://www.newschool.edu/lang/) and leading public intellectual bell hooks discusses with long-time activist Gloria Steinem about how feminism encourages transgression and what it has done to resist male violence and domination. This is an excerpt from their full conversation, "Forever Young," available here: … [Read more...]
bell hooks and Hari Kondabolu dialogue at St. Norbert College
This dialogue between bell hooks and Hari Kondabolu took place on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 as one of several public events at the 2016 bell hooks Residency at St. Norbert College, where the Cassandra Voss Center serves as a sister-center to hooks’ own bell hooks Institute at Berea College in Kentucky. It was co-sponsored by Humana and Killeen Chair of Theology & Philosophy. For … [Read more...]
Teaching to Transgress Today: Theory and Practice In and Outside the Classroom
A lecture by Imani Perry (Professor, Center for African American Studies, and Faculty Associate, Program in Law and Public Affairs, Princeton University) followed by a dialogue with bell hooks, Karlyn Crowley (Director of the Cassandra Voss Center & Professor of English, St. Norbert College), Zillah Eisenstein (Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence & Professor of Political Theory … [Read more...]
bell hooks Hosts an Open Dialogue on Transgressive Sexual Practice at The New School
An open dialogue hosted by Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (http://www.newschool.edu/lang) on sexuality with bell hooks, Marci Blackman (Author of Tradition), Samuel “Chip” Delany (Director, Creative Writing (Fiction), College of Liberal Arts, Temple University), and M. Lamar (video artist and sculptor). bell hooks (née Gloria Watkins) is among the leading … [Read more...]