Dartmouth Events

“Irene’s Feast”:

An Intellectual Smorgasbord on the Occasion of the Retirement of Irene Kacandes

Friday, May 17, 2024
1:00pm – 5:00pm
Sanborn 104 Wren
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Conferences, Free Food, Lectures & Seminars

1-1:10pm Greetings Irene Kacandes

1:10-1:30 Ada Cohen, Art History, Dartmouth College: Unhappy families in ancient Greek art

1:35-1:55 Darlene Drummond, Speech and The Dartmouth Institute, Dartmouth College: Power and Racial Differences in the Communication Experiences of Black and White Cancer Patients and Their Care Partners: An Application of Co-Cultural Theory

2:00-2:20 Marianne Hirsch, Professor Emerita, Comparative Literature, Women’s and Gender Studies, Columbia University and French and Italian and Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College: Rethinking Postmemory After October 7

2:25-2:45 Graziella Parati, French and Italian, WGSS Studies, Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College: Julius Evola’s Contribution to Contemporary Neofascism

2:45-3:15 Refreshments

3:20-3:40 N. Bruce Duthu, Native American Studies, Dartmouth College: Inclined to Mischief:  Stories of an Indigenous Son of the Louisiana Bayous

3:45-4:05 Leo Spitzer, Professor Emeritus, History, Dartmouth College: Rechnitz Redux: Two Photos, Before and After the Entjudung

4:10 -4:30 Annelise Orleck, History, WGSS, Dartmouth College: Talking to Our Ancestors, Talking to Ourselves: A Historian Plays With Fiction.

4:35-4:50 Irene Kacandes, German Studies and Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College: Reflections on Thirty Years of Dartmouth as a Scholarly Community

Sponsored by the German Studies Department, Dean of Arts & Humanities, Dean of Interdisciplinary Departments & Programs, Jewish Studies Program, and Comparative Literature Program

For more information, contact:
Ann N. Fenton

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.