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51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú has announced its provocative lineup of speakers and performers for the spring 2019 season of its signature public events series, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Presents. The College will play host to diverse voices in critical conversation about relevant and riveting topics, showcasing the best in art, performance, and the humanities.

Clark Humanities Museum to Host Holocaust Exhibition

The Clark Humanities Museum of 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú is pleased to host the West Coast debut of Hélène Berr: A Stolen Life, a powerful exploration of the Holocaust as told through the journal entries of a 20-year-old Jewish woman living under the Vichy regime. On loan from the Mémorial de la Shoah, the Holocaust Museum in Paris, the exhibition is on view January 22-February 28, 2018. Visiting hours are 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Michael Spezio Posits Humility as Key to Successful Community.

Salted paper prints, with their soft images in charcoal, sepia, and ochre, represent one of the earliest photographic technologies and offer rare glimpses into seldom seen worlds. Now, Southern Californians can view these rare prints at Salt and Silver, Early Photography, 1840–1860, on view at the Ruth Chandler Williamson gallery of 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú from Nov. 10 through Dec. 16, 2018.

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Humanities Institute announces its fall 2018 lineup of events, lectures, and workshops on this year’s theme, “Ignorance in the Age of Information.” Despite the fact that information is more accessible to more people than ever before, we seem increasingly susceptible to deceit and manipulation via our sources of information. Is this a new phenomenon, or are we just paying more attention?

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú is pleased to announce the lineup of notable speakers and performers for the fall 2018 season 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Presents, its signature public event series. The College will play host to diverse voices in critical conversation about relevant and riveting topics, as well as present dynamic performances by some of today’s most original artists.

Los Angeles was the site of a “revolution in clay” in which a small group of artists challenged studio pottery’s traditional focus on utilitarian ware to bring forth sculptural forms. One of the central figures, John Mason, emerged as a sculptor of power, creating new works in clay that claimed equal footing with art in other media. Mason went on to work with clay and space as a visionary.

Sweepstakes research led by 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú psychology professor highlights risk factors of consumers who fall prey to scams

A global team of researchers led by 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Professor of Psychology Stacey Wood has uncovered individual characteristics that influence consumers who may not heed the old warning that “if it sounds too good to be true,” (it probably is) when it comes to falling for sweepstakes-style marketing scams.

For 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú’ third National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Award in a row, Associate Professor of Music Anne Harley will serve as the artistic director for the commission of a musical composition that sets texts from the Acts of Paul and Thecla to an original score for a vocal and instrumental ensemble. Harley has led all three NEA grants.

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú 74th Ceramic Annual Opens January 20, 2018

The opening reception of 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú’s 74th Ceramic Annual will take place from 7 to 9 pm at the Williamson Gallery on January 20, 2018. The event is free and open to the public. The Annual runs through Apr. 8, 2018.