“Journey to Inclusion: Voting Rights in America”

The University Libraries exhibit “Journey to Inclusion: Voting Rights in America” in the Diversity Studies Room, 203 Pattee Library, on display through July 6, 2016, reflects on nearly 240 years of voting rights history in the United States.

The exhibit highlights a very small sampling of the rich and varied resources on U.S. voting rights, citizenship, immigration, government, history, sociology, politics, and law available through the University Libraries.

Palmer Museum of Art: Docent Choice Tour

Stop by the Palmer Museum of Art on Sundays this summer and spend an afternoon in the galleries with a docent-guided tour.
Tours begin at 2:00 p.m. in the Christoffers Lobby and last approximately 45 minutes.
Each tour will be unique and led by a different docent, focusing on their particular area of interest.
Light refreshments will be served afterward and all ages are welcome.
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Pulitzer Prize Finalist Composition Commissioned by Capitol Quartet

Carter Pann’s saxophone quartet composition titled The Mechanics: Six From the Shop Floor was named as one of three finalists for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in music. The work was commissioned by the Capitol Quartet, which includes Penn State faculty member David Stambler, with financial assistance from The Margot Music Fund. The composition can be heard on the quartet’s most recent recording, Balance, produced by Blue Griffin Recordings.

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Dr. Alaí Reyes-Santos (University of Oregon) explores “Water Routes of the Americas: A Comparative Approach to Race in the Caribbean and the Pacific”

When: Apr 26, 2016 from 05:00 PM to 07:00 PM

Where: Foster Auditorium (Paterno Library 102)

Dr. Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel (Rutgers University) presents “Ethnic Specularities: Fanon in Caribbean and U.S. Latino Literature”

When: Apr 25, 2016 from 05:00 PM to 07:00 PM

Where: Mann Assembly Room (Paterno Library E103

Truth, Reconciliation and Apology: Canada, Australia, South Africa – An Assessment – Rosemary Jolly (Truth & Reconciliation)

When: Apr 11, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: The Attic Room of the State Theatre

Truth and Reconciliation Series
Rosemary Jolly
Weiss Chair of the Humanities: Literature and Human Rights

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Truth & Reconciliation in Concert

When: Apr 03, 2016 from 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Where:  Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I

Truth & Reconciliation in Concert: Part of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities Truth and Reconciliation series, this concert draws on the power of the arts to depict realities of race in our present day, framed around themes of roots, realities, reconciliation, and rebirth.

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The Penn State Seminar in Art Education: 50 Years of Transdisciplinary Inquiry, Practice, and Possibilities

When:  Apr 01, 2016 09:00 AM to  Apr 03, 2016 05:00 PM

The Penn State Seminar in Art Education: 50 Years of Transdisciplinary Inquiry, Practice, and Possibilities

Organized by B. Stephen Carpenter, II (Art Education), Christine Marmé Thompson(Art Education), Mary Ann Stankiewicz (Art Education), Dana Carlisle Kletchka (Art Education and Curator of Education, Palmer Museum of Art)

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Resident Scholars and Artists Lecture Series: Kathryn Salzer

When: Mar 29, 2016 from 11:45 AM to 01:00 PM

Resident Scholars and Artists Lecture Series
Kathryn Salzer
History
Guarding Castellan Rights in the Dioceses of Arras and Cambrai: the Castellan Families of Arras, Cambrai, Douai, and Valenciennes

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Neurohumanities Salon 2

When: Mar 25, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: To register and receive location details please RSVP to Serap Erincin at sze5121@psu.edu

with special guests Andrew Belser, Professor of Theatre and the director of the Arts and Design Research Incubator and Charles R. Garoian professor of Art Education at Penn State University.

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