Witches cursed, ghosts haunted, guilty hands were stained with stubborn blood, and once again, as he has on countless stages for almost 400 years, the murderous Macbeth met the fate he deserved. It all took place in Shakespeare & Company’s 2016 touring production of “Macbeth” in Atwood Hall, Feb. 3-5. The performance was funded by…
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From Desert Storm to ISIS: Clark history professor’s book reveals shifting U.S. policies
Clark University history Professor Douglas Little’s newest book, “Us versus Them: The United States, Radical Islam, and the Rise of the Green Threat,” examines the political and cultural conflicts that triggered America’s shift in attention from the “Red Threat” of communism to the “Green Threat” of radical Islam after 1989. “Us versus Them” (University of…
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Speaker advises how to turn the tide on Boston flooding
In old science fiction movies, invading aliens would warn the human race: “Resistance is futile.” For coastal cities facing their own invading force — rising sea levels — resistance may indeed be futile, but resilience and creativity could be the keys not only to surviving, but thriving. That was the takeaway message of Julie Wormser,…
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Feb. 26: Acclaimed writer/activist Naomi Klein to kick off Climate Change Teach-In
Award-winning journalist, author and climate activist Naomi Klein will offer the keynote for the upcoming Climate Change Teach-In at Clark University, at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, in Daniels Theater at Atwood Hall. The critically-acclaimed author of “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate” will speak as part of the President’s Lecture Series at Clark.…
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Feb. 18 at Clark: Former Trader Joe’s exec to give President’s Lecture on hunger and wasted food
Social entrepreneur Doug Rauch will speak at Clark University at 4 p.m., on Thursday, February 18, in Razzo Hall in the Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing Street. Part of the President’s Lecture Series at Clark University, “A Social Entrepreneur’s Approach to Hunger and Wasted Food,” is free and open to the public. Rauch is founder and president of the Daily…
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Clark University grants first-ever doctoral degree in Armenian Genocide Studies
Clark University is privileged to stand at the forefront in establishing the Armenian Genocide as a distinct focus of doctoral study, setting a landmark on Jan. 5, when Khatchig Mouradian became the first student to complete a Ph.D. in Armenian Genocide Studies at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Mouradian defended his dissertation,…