Building Worker's Power: Workers' Centers and the Future of the Labor Movement Arise Chicago partners with workers and faith communities to fight workplace injustice through education, organizing, and advocating for public policy changes. Adam Kader served as Arise Chicago's Worker Center Director for 14 years before becoming Public Policy Director in 2021. Before joining Arise […]
Photo Credit: ©2021 Jamey Stillings, jameystillings.com Did you know that YouTube kickstarted its video-sharing platform in 2005 by exploiting the interest-driven activities of girls and doxxing the controversial Nipplegate video? […]
Building worker’s power: Workers united at Brooklyn Strategist Jennifer Taylor is a worker-organizer at the board game cafe Brooklyn Strategist. In late 2023, workers at Brooklyn Strategist joined those at three Hex & Co. locations as well as Uncommons to successfully demand union recognition. All of these workers have affiliated with Workers' United, the union […]
Jennifer J. Davis In this talk, Jennifer J. Davis, Associate Professor of History at The University of Oklahoma and coeditor of the Journal of Women’s History, will explore the […]
Join the Higgins School of Humanities on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 10am for a gallery talk celebrating the opening of a video exhibition titled, "Applied Motion Studies: Artists and Scientists Consider Movement," in the Higgins Lounge at Dana Commons on the Clark University campus.
Still from "Jump" (2016), courtesy of Stephen DiRado Join us for a gallery talk celebrating the opening of Applied Motion Studies: Artists and Scientists Consider Movement, a video exhibition curated […]
Kathryn Abrams, J.D. This event is sponsored by the Higgins School of Humanities in conjunction with Menstrual Equity Alliance and Pro-Choice Clark as part of Clark University's celebration of […]
Climate Change and Mobility Justice: The Kinopolitics of Climate Coloniality In this talk, Dr. Sheller will discuss what reactive border closures, wall building, and de-nationalization of undocumented populations around the world have to do with the climate crisis-mobility nexus. This talk highlights the interconnections of the climate crisis, unsustainable mobilities and climate-related migration. These (im)mobilities, […]
In the Spring 2024 Harrington Public Affairs Lecture, Elizabeth Sharrow, associate professor at UMass Amherst, will explore the reasons why sex-based inequalities remain in college athletics and identify institutional perversions that undermine efforts toward equality.
The Higgins School of Humanities at Clark University is honored to host the Worcester premiere of If You Become My Friend. The documentary captures four unique stories of refugees who […]
Eric HofbauerGuitarist, Composer, Educator This event is presented as part of the Geller Jazz Series and is co-sponsored by the Higgins School of Humanities at Clark University. The global climate emergency was already a major preoccupation for Boston-based guitarist and composer Eric Hofbauer in 2019 when the remarkable young climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered a […]
Open to faculty, staff, and graduate students from Clark University and surrounding institutions! Register Now: https://bit.ly/helloworldmay3 Clark University Facilitators: Eduard Arriaga-Arango, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair Department of Language, Literature, and Culture Li Han, Ph.D. Professor of Computer Science Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Data Science Matt Malsky, Ph.D. Professor of Music Director, Higgins School of […]
