DR. DAVID STERLING BROWN TO PRESENT “‘HEAR ME, SEE ME’: SEX, VIOLENCE, SILENCE, AND OTHELLO” IN PUBLIC LECTURE

Dr. David Sterling Brown, Associate Professor of English at Trinity College, will present his talk “‘Hear Me, See Me’: Sex, Violence, Silence and Othello” on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 5 p.m. in the ZSR Auditorium. This event is sponsored by the Dean Family Speaker Series, with additional sponsorship from the Wake Forest University Department of English; the Department of Theatre & Dance; African American Studies; the American Ethnic Studies Program; Medieval and Early Modern Studies; and the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Wake Forest University Humanities Institute.

DR. BROCK TO SPEAK ON “THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF BLACK LIFE AT JAMES MADISON’S MONTPELIER”

Dr. Terry Brock, Director of Wake Forest’s Cultural Heritage & Archaeology Research Group, will present his lecture “The Archaeology of Black Life at James Madison’s Montpelier” on Monday, Feb. 24, at 6 p.m. in the Lam Museum of Anthropology. Dr. Brock’s lecture will explore a number of sites across the Montpelier property that relate to the experience of the Black people who were enslaved by President Madison and will examine the ways in which archaeologists are able to identify, excavate, and analyze these sites, which have otherwise been erased from the landscape.

SECREST ARTISTS SERIES: VIJAY IYER TRIO

The Secrest Artists Series brings the Vijay Iyer Trio on Thursday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. Inspired by the composer-pianist lineage from Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk to Alice Coltrane and Geri Allen; the creative music movement of the 60s and 70s; and rhythmic traditions of South Asia and West Africa, composer-pianist Vijay Iyer has carved out a unique path as an influential presence in 21st-century music. Register for a free ticket on the Secrest Series website.

SPRING 2025 ALBRITTON LECTURE SERIES: ANCIENT SLAVERY AND ITS NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTS

Join the Department of the Study of Religions on Tuesday, March 18, at 5 p.m. in the ZSR Auditorium for the first lecture of the Spring 2025 Albritton Lecture Series featuring Dr. Katherine Shaner, Associate Professor of New Testament, and Dr. Christy Cobb, Associate Professor of Christianity at the University of Denver (WFU MA ’10). Dr. Shaner and Dr. Cobb will discuss their book, Ancient Slavery and its New Testament Contexts.

The second lecture of the series will be on Tuesday, April 1, at 5 p.m. in the ZSR Auditorium and will feature Dr. Sarah Emanuel, Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University (WFU MA’11). Dr. Emanuel will be presenting her acclaimed work on the Book of Revelation in a lecture titled, “Roasting Rome: Jewish Identity, Humor, and the Book of Revelation.” 

RISING HOPE: A DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING

Join the Department of the Study of Religions and the Leadership & Character Program for the screening of Rising Hope, a documentary film directed by Theo Avgerinos and the Rev. Dr. Jason Coker, President of the rural development coalition Together for Hope, on Tuesday, March 25, at 5 p.m. in Pugh Auditorium. The film introduces audiences to a Mississippi Delta community where hope survives, despite generational poverty. 

DEPARTMENTS TO BRING POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR FOR LECTURE, “OUTSIDERS AT HOME: THE POLITICS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA”

Dr. Nazita Lajevardi, Associate Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University, will present her seminal “Outsiders at Home: The Politics of Islamophobia” on Thursday, April 17, at 4:30 p.m. in the ZSR Auditorium. This event is hosted by the Race, Inequality, & Policy Initiative; the Politics Department; and the American Ethnic Studies Department.