No end of the school year is complete without THE Block Party! Swing by between 5pm and 8pm for a fun(bounce house, science experiments, games), food (Kona Ice truck, hot dogs & more), community (meet other campus partners/groups) and connections (never too late to begin thinking about next year)! We… Continue reading »
Kashmir: From Military Occupation to Settler Colonialism The South Asian Students’ Association and Global Studies Department are hosting a talk by Mohamad Junaid, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, that will take place on Thursday, May 8th in the Davis Center… Continue reading »
Nominate in one category or all! Make sure to tell us *why* you think that nominee deserves the recognition. Fill in as many or as few categories as you wish! Thanks for your engagement and for being part of our community! The award categories are: Senior Awards… Continue reading »
DC Community Lunches happen at The Davis Center Multipurpose Room or upstairs in rooms 107 & 109, throughout the Fall and Spring Semester. These informal events are opportunities to connect with each other, learn from a diverse group of guests, and to nourish the spirit, mind, and body over… Continue reading »
The Davis Center Community Engagement Fellows (CEF) are a peer-to-peer education and community organizing group that work closely with the Davis Center (DC) staff to educate the campus on issues of identity, power, and privilege to build a more inclusive community. The CEF cohort each year… Continue reading »
The Davis Center invites applications for The Gordon J. Davis ’63 Social and Racial Justice Fellowship, The Michael A. Dively ’61 Summer Opportunity Grant, and The Racial Justice Summer Opportunity Grant. Due March 21, 2025 at 5 PM. The Davis Center is honored to support and administer three different… Continue reading »
JOIN THE DC & CLAIMING WILLIAMS IN READING, REFLECTING, CONNECTING AND ACTIVATING THE LESSONS OF BRAIDING SWEETGRASS: INDGIENOUS WISDOM, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND THE TEACHINGS OF PLANTS by renown botanist and Indigenous scholar, ROBIN WALL KIMMERER (2022 MacArthur Genius Award Winner!!)! Robin Wall Kimmerer is coming to Williamstown on Thursday,… Continue reading »
“Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.” Robin Wall Kimmerer is coming to Williams College! Claiming Williams 2025’s evening keynote speaker is Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer Please consider submitting an event submission to be part of… Continue reading »
The Williams Reads and Claiming Williams teams are honored to announce that the text this year is Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer and that the author, Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer is the evening keynote speaker on Claiming Williams… Continue reading »
Monday, October 28, 2024 at 7:30pm ’62 Center for Theatre & Dance Dr. Sean Decatur Past is More than Prologue: How Natural History Museums can Build Trust and Transform Science Monday 10-28-24, 7pm at ’62 Center for Theater and Dance at Williams College … Continue reading »