1. All events are free and open to the public. For more information about upcoming events, please visit our website at
www.wellesley.edu/newhouse
THE SUSAN AND DONALD
NEWHOUSE CENTER
FOR THE HUMANITIES
Founded in 2003 by a generous gift from Susan Marley Newhouse ’55 and Donald Newhouse,
the Newhouse Center for the Humanities generates and supports innovative, world-class
programming in the humanities and arts. The mission of the Newhouse Center is to create a
dynamic and cosmopolitan intellectual community that extends from Wellesley College to the
wider Boston-area community and beyond.
FALL 2015 PROGRAM
DISTINGUISHED THINKERS SERIES
An eclectic writer and noted public intellectual,
Salman Rushdie has won many of the world’s top
literary prizes. He read from his newest novel
published in September 2015, Two Years Eight
Months and Twenty-Eight Nights.
Salman Rushdie
Thursday / November 12 / 6:30 PM
Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall Auditorium
The recipient of numerous literary awards and
former Professor at Harvard University and Delhi
University, Amitav Ghosh read from his most
recent book published in May 2015, Flood of Fire.
Amitav Ghosh
Thursday / September 22 / 4:30 PM
Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Green Hall
NEWHOUSE FELLOW ATELIERS
Tim Rohan
Inside Manhattan: Residential Architecture 1965-85, Retreat or Engagement?
Wednesday / October 21 / 12:30 PM
Gazmend Kapllani
Tales of Magical Balkanism: Crosslines between Facts and Fiction
Wednesday / November 11 / 4:30 PM
Margaret Burnham
Peut-on réparer L’Histoire? The Hard Case of Rape Executions in the American South
Monday / November 16 / 4:30 PM
Catia Confortini
Bio-Pink: Breast Cancer Advocacy and Activism in Nigeria- Clientship or Citizenship?
Tuesday / December 2 / 4:30 PM

2. All lectures are held in the Newhouse Center for the Humanities, on the second floor of Green Hall at Wellesley College.
LECTURES, CONFERENCES, AND EVENTS
Mark Blyth, Professor of International Political Economy at
Brown University and author of the award-winning book
Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, talked about how
policies of austerity in the Eurozone are the wrong solutions to
economic problems of debt-ridden countries, like Greece.
Whatever Happened to Europe? From Social
Democratic Heartland to Heartless Creditors Paradise
Monday / September 28 / 7:00 PM
Vincent Brown, Professor of History and African and African
American Studies at Harvard University, spoke about his
project, Slave Revolt in Jamaica, 1760-1761. This multilayered
interactive map narrates the spatial history of the greatest
slave insurrection in the 18th century British Empire and
demonstrates the integration of technology and humanities.
Designing Histories of Slavery
in the Age of the Database
Tuesday / October 6 / 5:00 PM
NEWHOUSE SALON
Orlando Consort
Monday / October 19 / 4:30 PM
The Orlando Consort is one of Britain’s most important
chamber music ensembles, performing repertoire from
the years 1050 to 1550. Their work combines captivating
entertainment with fresh scholarly insight. This Newhouse
Salon performance and discussion offered the ensemble
an opportunity to discuss the genesis of their musical
accompaniment for the film La Passion de Jeanne D’Arc
and its place in the world of early music.
Writing About Travel Writing:
The French and the Ottomans in the 17th Century
Thursday / October 29 / 4:30 PM
Michéle Longino, Professor of Romance Studies at Duke
University, presented a round table discussion based
on her book, French Travel Writing and the Ottoman
Empire: Marseilles to Constantinople, 1650-1700, which
features travel journals written by six French voyagers who
followed roughly the same itinerary from Marseilles to
Constantinople.
Deep History of the North-South Dialogue: Neglected
Southern Pioneers of International Development
Wednesday / November 4 / 7:00 PM
Eric Helleiner, Professor of International Political Economy
at the University of Waterloo, lectured on his recent
book, The Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Wood, which
demonstrates how the famous 1944 meeting forshadowed
contemporary debates on reconciling the current liberal
global economic order with emerging powers, such as
India, China, and Brazil.

3. Abiola Irele
The Significance of Negritude
Tuesday, February 9, 7:00 PM
Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Green Hall
Jane Gallop
The Phallus and Its Temporalities: Sexuality, Disability, and Aging
Wednesday, March 2, 12:30 PM
Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Green Hall
Françoise Lionnet
Literary Routes: Migration and the Creative Economy
Thursday, February 25, 7:00 PM
Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Green Hall
Jean-Marie Teno
Film Festival
Friday, March 4, 4:30-6:30 PM & Sunday, March 6, 10:00 AM-8:00 PM
Collins Cinema
Teju Cole
Conversation with Teju Cole
Wednesday, April 6, 7:00 PM
Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Green Hall
Tiffany Stern and Hyonu Lee
Panel: Shakespeare on Stage at the Globe
Saturday, April 23, 4:30 PM
Collins Cinema
Yohangza Theatre Troupe
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Saturday,April 23: To Be Confirmed
Alumnae Hall Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall Auditorium
Stephen Greenblatt
Traveling Shakespeare: Plays in Motion
Wednesday,April 27, 7:00 PM
Collins Cinema
THE SUSAN AND DONALD
NEWHOUSE CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES
SPRING 2016 SCHEDULE
All events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.wellesley.edu/newhouse

4. UPCOMING EVENTS
THE SUSAN AND DONALD
NEWHOUSE CENTER
FOR THE HUMANITIES
All events are free and open to the public.
DAMBISA MOYO
FALL 2016
DEREK ATTRIDGE
FALL 2016
BRUCE ROBBINS
FALL 2016
MAHMOOD MAMDANI
FALL 2017