Window on Williams – Ancient Greek Music Concert
An evening of ancient Greek music presented by the Williams College Department of Classics.
Series: Window on Williams
Lectures and special events from the Williams College campus in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Williams Faculty Lecture Series 2025 – Joel Lee, On the Art of Caste Concealment
Joel Lee, Associate Professor of Anthropology and author of Deceptive Majority: Dalits, Hinduism and Underground Religion, examines caste structures. The social form is ingrained throughout much of South Asia, remaining inescapable in practice: you cannot change the caste into which you are born. But is there room for clandestine maneuver?
Window on Williams – Sankofa’s Steady Steppin’ Forward Competition 2025
Step teams battled on Sankofa turf for Steady Steppin’ glory. Teams from Tufts, U. Albany, U. Conn., & Muhlenberg College compete for the $750 grand prize. Sankofa welcomes Youth Alive, a community dance & step team from Pittsfield.
Window on Williams – Kerri Greenidge, Black Biography and Public History
Kerri Greenidge is Associate Professor in History, and in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora at Tufts University. As a public historian, Greenidge serves on the historians’ council for 10 Million Names.
Williams Faculty Lecture Series 2025 – Justin Shaddock, Kant and the Problem of Happiness
Justin Shaddock, Williams College Philosophy Prof., discusses Kant’s theoretical philosophy & moral theory. Kant refers to happiness as a problem, a problem imposed upon us by human nature itself. But are happiness and morality fundamentally opposed?
