This Week at Ilsley

*DIGITAL* Andy Warhol's Animal Advocacy Andy Warhol famously demonstrated that art could be as mundane and mechanical as a can of soup or a bottle of soda.  But contrary to his reputation as a mechanical figure, Andy Warhol was a biocentric artist with a deep interest in non-human life.  Author Anthony Grudin examines this contradiction,…

*DIGITAL* US Immigration Policy in Historical Perspective It may seem that the current anxieties about immigration in the US have never been more intense, but history suggests otherwise.  Dartmouth professor Richard Wright examines the present-day contradictions of US immigration policy and places them in historical perspective. A program of Vermont Humanities Library Sponsor:  The Friends…

*DIGITAL* On Athletes and Activists Sports have a clear relationship to American culture.  Social science gravitates toward an analysis of cultural issues like race, class, gender, and politics.  Jack and Jamie McCallum address both perspectives in an unusual collaboration.  Jack is a sportswriter while his son Jamie is a professor of Sociology at Middlebury College.…

*DIGITAL*From Politics to Poetry As the first female governor for the State of Vermont, the ambassador to Switzerland for President Clinton, and the holder of other prestigious positions, Madeleine Kunin has inspired women and girls to discover their own voices as leaders.  Governor Kunin will speak about her life in politics and read from her…