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Theme at Colby College for 2013-2014 : Censorship Uncovered

Theme at Colby College for 2013-2014 : Censorship Uncovered

Censorship Uncovered, the annual humanities theme for 2013-14, is a year long, campus-wide initiative designed to foster interdisciplinary discussion and collaboration. Through course work, performances, …

 

“Read outside your own little world”: Sir Salman Rushdie on Literature and Censorship by William Chu

“Read outside your own little world”: Sir Salman Rushdie on Literature and Censorship by William Chu

Over the course of the 2013-14 school year, the Center for the Arts and Humanities has hosted a series of conversations, exhibitions, film screenings, performances, …

 

Man the Story Telling Animal: A Night With Mr. Salman Rushdie by Uzoma Orchingwa

Man the Story Telling Animal: A Night With Mr. Salman Rushdie by Uzoma Orchingwa

Being marked for death is a state of existence few human beings will ever know; it is a plight reserved for the worst criminals, terrorists, …

 

Superheroes and the Future of the Middle East: WHAM! BAM! ISLAM! at Colby College by Chris Moody

Superheroes and the Future of the Middle East: WHAM! BAM! ISLAM! at Colby College by Chris Moody

On Monday, April 7, students, professors, faculty, and community members packed into Colby College’s Ostrove auditorium for a film screening of Wham! Bam! Islam! The …

 

One Day on Censorship by Carly DeCoste

One Day on Censorship by Carly DeCoste

On Thursday April 3rd Colby College held a “Day on Censorship” to celebrate the annual 2013-2014 Center for the Arts and Humanities theme called Censorship …

 

“Histories of Now” at the Museum of Arts at Colby College by Joshua Richards

“Histories of Now” at the Museum of Arts at Colby College by Joshua Richards

I recently took the time to explore the current exhibit “Histories of Now” a couple weeks ago in the Colby Museum of Art. It was …

 

Galileo’s Starry Night by Lucy Devlin

Galileo’s Starry Night by Lucy Devlin

On March 18, Professor Elizabeth McGrath and the Colby College Space Club led an out of this world event at Colby’s observatory.  The night was …

 

NEA4 Roundtable at Colby College by Richard Lund

NEA4 Roundtable at Colby College by Richard Lund

At the NEA Four roundtable discussion, a variety of topics regarding censorship were debated. Karen Finley, Tim Miller, John Fleck, and Holly Hughes, the artists …

 

Head on the Block by Lucy Devlin

Head on the Block by Lucy Devlin

On the snowy night of March 12th, Joseph D. Martin gave an intriguing lecture at Colby College on Galileo’s letter to the Grand Duchess Christina …

 

Dan Cohen on “Galileo and the Essence of Modern Science” by Andrew Jones

Dan Cohen on “Galileo and the Essence of Modern Science” by Andrew Jones

On a Wednesday evening in March, Professor Dan Cohen hosted a lecture titled, “Galileo and the Essence of Science”.  A crowd of around thirty people …

 

Histories of Now, A Noontime Art Exhibit by Stephanie Marano

Histories of Now, A Noontime Art Exhibit by Stephanie Marano

Presented in association with Censorship Uncovered and displayed in the Colby College Museum, Histories of Now: Six Artists from Cairo presents a unique and distinctive critique on the current …

 

Trevor Paglen’s “The last pictures” by Tierney Dodge

Trevor Paglen’s “The last pictures” by Tierney Dodge

When I heard that Trevor Paglen would be visiting Colby in October, I eagerly marked the lecture in my planner and began speculating what he …

 

Runnals XXX by Marco Lucci

Runnals XXX by Marco Lucci

It is difficult to speak about Runnals XXX. Before going to the first performance on November 21st in the building that hosted and gives name …

 

SEX IN ART by Angel Martin

SEX IN ART by Angel Martin

I guess I would be censoring myself if I omit that I was actually excited about attending the Noontime Art Talk by Colby College Art …

 

Never Retreat, Retweet by Alice Anamosa

Never Retreat, Retweet by Alice Anamosa

On Wednesday, September 18th, Colby College had the privilege of hosting Alison Klayman, the director, producer and cinematographer of the acclaimed documentary Ai Weiwei: Never …

 

Ishani Maitra, “Free Speech and Its Limits: The Case of Pornography” by Jasmine Phillips

Ishani Maitra, “Free Speech and Its Limits: The Case of Pornography” by Jasmine Phillips

Source: http://filipspagnoli.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/limiting-free-speech.gif Ishani Maitra is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan. Maitra’s area of expertise includes philosophy of language, feminist philosophy, and …

 

AN ATTEMPT TO GO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT BEING BANNED: FAILED by Itrat Akhter

AN ATTEMPT TO GO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT BEING BANNED: FAILED by Itrat Akhter

Caveh Zahedi gets introduced. As he comes to the front of Olin 1, he says, “I hate talking before movies. So, I’m just going to …

 

The N-Word and Censorship by Dawrlin Mejia

The N-Word and Censorship by Dawrlin Mejia

As part of this year’s annual humanities theme, Censorship Uncovered, on September 12, 2013, Professor Luvell Anderson trekked up to Colby College in Waterville, Maine …