First Wednesdays
Problem Solving in the Middle East and South Asia
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
June 2, 2010
The Truth About Happiness
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
May 5, 2010
What is happiness, and why is it so elusive? Are Americans particularly hungry for happiness? Analyst and author Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath examines the cultural and psychological context of happiness.
Building Books
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
April 7, 2010
Author and illustrator David Macaulay traces the development of his books, from his earliest ideas to the published work—everything that makes the creative process so interesting, exhilarating, and often frustrating.
First Wednesdays: "100 Years Since Triangle"
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
February 3, 2010
Dartmouth Professor Annelise Orleck reflects on the March 25, 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village, which killed 146 workers, most of them young immigrant Jewish and Italian women.
The First Enduring Appeal of Anne Frank and Her Diary
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
January 6, 2010
First Wednesdays Lecture Series
Dartmouth Professor Irene Kacandes examines some of the reasons why Anne Frank’s diary continues to be read worldwide by people of all ages.
Becoming American
December 2, 2009
St. Johnsbury Athanaeum
Author and Amherst College professor Ilan Stavans explores the impact that immigrants have had on American culture and language, and the role immigrant writers have played in our national consciousness.
Hamlet Contemplates the Bust of Aristotle
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
November 4, 2009
Amidst Shakespeare’s heroes, we know only where Hamlet studied. In this unique approach to a classic play, Dartmouth professor Peter Saccio asks what value a college education has for a man whose father dies and whose mother marries an uncle he detests.
The Book of Kells
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
October 7, 2009
Dartmouth professor Jane Carroll considers one of the treasures of Western civilization, the Book of Kells, and how the Irish monks’ lavish illustrations of the 1200-year-old Gospel manuscript illuminate the artists’ thoughts about theology and the power of the word.
