Hofstra Cultural Center - Fall 2023

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at Hofstra University SEPTEMBER 2023 | JANUARY 2024
Cultural Events

WELCOME BACK!

We are pleased to welcome the community, including family members, local schoolchildren, alumni, and friends, to athletic and cultural events on campus. Unless otherwise noted, events are FREE and open to the public. Advance registration is required at events.hofstra.edu.

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART (HUMA) presents 516-463-5672 or hofstra.edu/museum

New Perspectives: The Museum of Art at 60 Through December 15

In celebration of 60 years of transformation, growth, and service, the Museum asked 10 individuals from the University and local communities to curate “mini” exhibitions. This exhibition celebrates the great range and quality of works in the permanent collection of more than 5,200 works of art, dating from 1500 B.C.E. to the 21st century, and demonstrates the Museum’s continued commitment to excellence. While it features only a small portion of the resources represented in the expansive collection, the depth and breadth of the collection is exemplified by the works that have been selected.

Thursday, September 14, 6:30 p.m.

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO AMANDA SEALES

Join Hofstra student contestants and comedian, actress, and producer Amanda Seales, creator and host of Smart Funny & Black, for a unique touring variety/game show where no topic is off the table. Contact the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669 or visit events. hofstra.edu

PETER S. KALIKOW SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

516-463-5669 or hofstra.edu/kalikow

Thursday, November 9, 1-2:25 p.m.

What Is the State of the 2024 Presidential Race? Prospects, Politics, and Policies — A Conversation With Kalikow Senior Presidential Fellows

Ari Fleischer, White House Press Secretary, George W. Bush Administration Phil Schiliro, Political Strategist and Director of Legislative Affairs, Barack Obama Administration

Presidential Symposium: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: FRIEND OR FOE?

Tuesday-Thursday, September 26-28

For a schedule of events, visit hofstra.edu/ps23 or call 516-463-5669. Artificial intelligence has rapidly entered our daily lives in diverse ways, from steering our vacuum cleaners to producing our weather forecasts. Meanwhile, academic researchers across disciplines are finding that a wide range of AI tools can contribute to analyses and even deliver new knowledge. And AI may even transform how colleges and universities conduct their non-academic business, from admissions to student services. So, what are the limits of AI, technologically? And what are our limits for it, ethically? What possibilities can we imagine for using it and managing its influence, and where – or should we – put on the brakes?

Tuesday, September 26, 1-2:25 p.m. Keynote Address:

Algorithmic Monoculture and the Automation of College Admissions

Dr. Kathleen Creel

Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science, Northeastern University

Wednesday, September 27, 1-1:45 p.m. State of the University Address

Dr. Susan Poser President, Hofstra University

Thursday, October 5, 6:30 p.m. Science Night Live Lecture: The Wonderful World of Scientific Ocean Drilling: From the Tasman Sea to the Arctic Ocean

Dr. Adriane Lam

Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Binghamton University (SUNY)

Monday, October 23, 4:20 p.m. HOFSTRA CHAPTER OF THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY presents “On Earth As It Is”: On Ethics and the Environment in the Age of the Anthropocene

Dr. Corey D. B. Walker

Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities

Wednesday, October 25, 1 p.m. Signature Event: Race and Involuntary Sterilization in the United States: Remembering Relf v. Weinberger

Journalist, Author, and Educator

GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS SERIES

516-463-5669 or hofstra.edu/gwgr

All events are held at the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus.

• Wednesday, October 4, 6:30 p.m.: George M. Johnson Award-winning journalist and activist; author of the memoir All Boys Aren’t Blue, a look at growing up as a Black and queer boy in New Jersey through a series of powerful essays (banned in 2021).

• Monday, October 23, 6:30 p.m.: Adrienne Brodeur

Author of the memoir Wild Game, which was selected as a “Best Book of the Year” by NPR and The Washington Post and is in development as a Netflix film.

• Thursday, October 26, 4:20 p.m.: Samuel G. Freedman

Former columnist for The New York Times and a professor at Columbia University; author of 10 acclaimed books, including the newly released Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights

• Monday, November 6, 2:40 p.m.: The Great Writers, Great Readings Series celebrates Hofstra professors and authors: Kelly McMasters, essayist, professor, mother, and former bookshop owner; author of The Leaving Season: A Memoir in Essays (2023) and co-editor of the ABA national bestseller Wanting: Women Writing About Desire (2023).

Martha McPhee, author of the novels An Elegant Woman, Dear Money, L’America, Gorgeous Lies, and Bright Angel Time and the memoir Omega Farm (2023).

Kristal Brent Zook, author of the memoir The Girl in the Yellow Poncho (2023), a coming-of-age tale about what it means to be biracial in America.

LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES PROGRAM

For more information, email LACS@hofstra.edu.

• Monday, October 2, 4:20 p.m.

Pancho Fierro: Visual Representation(s) of the Afro-Peruvian Experience

M’bare N’gom, Professor of Spanish and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Morgan State University

• Thursday, October 5, 2:40 p.m.

Poetry and Celebration: A Bilingual Reading of Literary Work by Miguel Ángel Zapata, Professor of Latin American Literature, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Hofstra University

• Wednesday, October 25, 2:40 p.m.

Panel on Immigration: Transnational Violence and the Migrant Subject: The Border as a Liminal Space

Alex Attilli, Rudman Scholar, University of New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce School of Law

• Wednesday, November 8, 4:20 p.m.

Lovelessness in the Food World: How We Treat U.S. Food Workers and Trendy Eating Experiences

Lori A. Flores, Associate Professor of History, Stony Brook University (SUNY)

MAURICE A. DEANE SCHOOL OF LAW presents

Contact Judith Black at judith.n.black@hofstra.edu

• Wednesday, September 13, 12:30 p.m.

The Unmet Promise of Gideon and the Right to Counsel

60th anniversary of the landmark ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright in commemoration of Constitution Day

April Frazier Camara President and CEO, National Legal Aid & Defender Association

• Wednesday, September 20, 6 p.m.

BOOK TALK SERIES: The Shadow Docket

Stephen Vladeck Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts, University of Texas at Austin, School of Law

• Thursday, September 21, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Symposium on Accountability and the Future of the Supreme Court Leading experts, judges, ethicists, and journalists convene to examine SCOTUS accountability from three unique perspectives: where we have been — the historical context of the (non?) existing guardrails and accountability for SCOTUS; where we are; and where we are going.

DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA AND DANCE presents

516-463-5444 or hofstra.edu/drama

October 6-15

THE AMATEURS (showtimes vary)

An intrepid troupe of pageant players races across medieval Europe, struggling to outrun the Black Death. The arrival of a mysterious outsider sends Hollis, the leading lady, in search of answers that can only be found off-script.

October 27-November 5 (showtimes vary)

75th Annual Shakespeare Festival: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

In Shakespeare’s merry comedy of marriage, wealth, jealousy, and lies, Sir John Falstaff plans to hustle his way to comfortable retirement by seducing the wives of two wealthy men, but it’s the women of Windsor who pull the strings in this story. Performed on Hofstra’s Globe Stage, the most authentic re-creation of Shakespeare’s original stage in North America.

November 2 and 3 (showtimes vary)

THE PLAY’S THE THING (a one-hour Hamlet)

The Hofstra Shakespeare Festival has been presenting one-hour adaptations since 2007 to introduce young theatergoers to the works of William Shakespeare.

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC presents

516-463-5490 or hofstra.edu/music

• October 1, 3 p.m. - American Chamber Ensemble (Fee)

• October 27, 3 p.m. - Memorial Concert for Herb Deutsch

• October 28, 7:30 p.m. - OcTubafest

• November 10, 7:30 p.m. - Chorale and Chamber Choir at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, NY (Fee)

• November 19, 8 p.m. - Hofstra Brass Ensemble

• November 28, 8 p.m. - University Choir & Vocal Jazz Ensemble

• December 2, 1 p.m. - Hofstra Jazz Combos

• December 7, 7:30 p.m. - Hofstra Symphony & Chamber Orchestras

• December 9, 8 p.m. - Hofstra Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble

HOFSTRA ATHLETICS presents

GoHofstra.com

Join the Hofstra Pride teams as they start their fall seasons. (Fee)

• Volleyball vs. Elon, September 16 and 17 (free pretzels), 1 p.m.

• Women’s Soccer Senior Day vs. Delaware, October 15, 1 p.m.

• Men’s Soccer Senior Day vs. Drexel, October 21, 7 p.m.

• Field Hockey Senior Day vs. Rider, October 29, 1 p.m.

• Men’s Basketball Home Opener vs. Princeton, November 10, 7 p.m.

• Volleyball vs. Stony Brook, November 11 and 12 (Senior Day), 1 p.m.

• Women’s Basketball Home Opener vs. Wagner, November 12, time TBD

For a complete listing of events, times, and locations, please refer to the Hofstra events calendar at events.hofstra.edu.

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