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“The Neural Orchestra: Music, Metaphor, and the Brain”
In the last several decades, work across cognitive neurosciences has drawn increasingly frequently on the metaphor of the “neural orchestra,” which maps the activities of localized cortical areas onto sections of a musical ensemble. Although the model was embraced as a novelty in the mid-1990s (a…
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“Killing the Black Body: The Urgency of Reproductive Justice”
As part of the “The Essentials of Reproductive Justice: Access, Autonomy, Action” series, there will be a talk titled “Killing the Black Body: The Urgency of Reproductive Justice” Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom A. This event has been…
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“What is Reproductive Justice?”
Members of the university community are invited to attend a talk titled “What is Reproductive Justice?” Tuesday, Oct. 11, as part of the “The Essentials of Reproductive Justice: Access, Autonomy, Action” series. This talk will begin at 9 a.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom…
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“The Essentials of Reproductive Justice: Access, Autonomy, Action”
Members of the ӰƵ community are invited to “The Essentials of Reproductive Justice: Access, Autonomy, Action,” a series of conversations held Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center ballroom. This event has been specifically…
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International contemporary art exhibition running through Oct. 2
Two video exhibits evoking a range of emotions and, in one case, calling on audience participation are on display at Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion at the Health Education Campus of ӰƵ and Cleveland Clinic as part of FRONT International, a citywide triennial…
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“Turning Points in Life and History: Perspectives from Autobiography”
Simone de Beauvoir is best known for The Second Sex, but also published a four-part memoir that stands as a chronicle of post-war French intellectual culture. The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host a talk with Laura Hengehold, professor in the Department of Philosophy, examining…
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“'Be Our Guest' on Broadway: Beauty and the Beast and Disney’s New York Expansion"
The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at ӰƵ invites all members of the campus community to attend a lecture titled "'Be Our Guest' on Broadway: Beauty and the Beast and Disney’s New York Expansion" Tuesday, April 12, at 4:30 p.m., in Clark Hall, Room 206. The…
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“How Do We Talk to Each Other?”
As part of the 2022 Cleveland Humanities Festival: DISCOURSE, Literary Cleveland is organizing a free staged reading titled “How Do We Talk to Each Other?” Saturday, April 9, at 3 p.m. Accepted submissions will be adapted, in collaboration with the authors, for the staged reading. The readings…
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"In Conversation: Derrick Adams and Ellen Rudolph”
Join the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities on Saturday, April 9, at 2 p.m. in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s (CMA) Gartner Auditorium for "In Conversation: Derrick Adams and Ellen Rudolph." In his vibrant paintings, collages, sculptures and installations, Adams probes the dynamic ways in which…
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Artifact Spotlight: "It's Been Said All Along"
All members of the campus community are invited to an event—Artifact Spotlight: “It’s Been Said All Along”— held at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Thursday, March 31, from 6 to 8 p.m., and coordinated by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities of ӰƵ. The event is…