Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 5 p.m.

Film Screening of award-winning Adiós Cuba, subtitles in English

Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.

A​​cclaimed Cuban filmmaker, Rolando Diaz, will discuss the making of the film with Dickinson Professor Margaret G. Frohlich of Spanish and Portuguese Studies with Q & A to follow.

These programs are sponsored by The Griffith Fund, The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, Film and Media Studies, Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies, Theater and Dance, Political Science, and The Center for Spirituality and Social Justice.

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Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.

This event is in-person only. It will not be livestreamed nor recorded for future viewing. 

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program

The Arts, Democracy, and Public Life

Shannon Jackson is the Cyrus and Michelle Hadidi Professor of the Arts & Humanities at UC Berkeley and the Chair of the History of Art Department

How do the arts activate public life? What is the role of the arts in sustaining democracy?  In different eras and regions of the world, citizens have responded to these questions quite differently. As we mark the 250th anniversary of both the Phi Beta Kappa Society and of the United States of America, these questions have never been more resonant. The arts are key to advancing the rights of free assembly and of free expression.  The arts contribute to social movements and to the formation of civic identity.  This lecture alights upon a range of socially engaged art practices, investigating how the arts both shape and challenge our sense of community. Considering historic examples as well as those from our present moment, we will explore how public art can open us to new ideas of what democracy might mean.

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