Having two directors is a novelty for the Clarke Forum and while we are still experimenting with this new approach, our events for the current year explore a range of alternative models that offer possibilities beyond the mainstream, investigate roads not taken and propose solutions expanding the traditional, be it in science and technologies, art and humanities, or business and politics. How can unconventional ideas reframe critical questions and promote innovative perspectives on contemporary issues?
Events Related to the Theme
Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 7 p.m.
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Winfield C. Cook Constitution Day Conversation
Picturing the Constitution: Curators, Artists and Scholars in Conversation
Katherine Gressel, curator
Bang Guel Han, artist
Steven Mazie, constitutional Expert
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.
A New Divide – The Possibility for Dialogue
Manu Meel, BridgeUSA
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 6 p.m.
The Morgan Lecture
The Black Birthing Crisis: Why Understanding Slavery & Gynecology Helps Us All
Deirdre Cooper Owens, University of Connecticut
Monday, November 18, 2024
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Reinventing Germany, Again and Again
Thea Dorn, writer, public intellectual and TV host
Janine Ludwig, cultural historian of East Germany
Anne Rabe, playwright and novelist
Matthias Rogg, historian and colonel in the German army