Most Americans associate evangelicals with the hard-right precincts of the Republican Party. But as Dartmouth religion professor Randall Balmer explains, evangelicalism in America has a much longer and more complex history, including a distinguished pedigree of working for progressive reforms. What happened? Recorded 5/22/19 by Middlebury Community Television.
Frederic Church painted landscapes of distinctive American features, including Natural Bridge in Virginia and Niagara Falls in New York. Eleanor Jones Harvey, senior curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, explores how and why we used these American landscapes to distinguish the scale and scope of our cultural ambitions. Recorded 5/1/19.
Through image, video, and story Matthew Dickerson shares some of his experiences as June 2017 artist-in-residence at the stunningly beautiful Glacier National Park in Montana. He spent a month exploring the Park and learning from USGS and NPS biologists, rangers, and other park workers, as well as taking lots of photographs and videos. The presentation focuses on river and lake ecology and the native fishes of the west slope, most notably bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout, and the impact and future threats from invasive species as well as climate change. Professor Dickerson has just published a book set in Glacier National Park, The Voices of Rivers. Recorded 4/24/19.
All estimates suggest that psychological trauma is an experience that has occurred in at least half of the American adult population. How do these extreme stressors affect the brain, and how does this change the way individuals experience the world? In this talk, Matt Kimble, Professor of Psychology at Middlebury College, will address questions such as: What happens to the brain under extreme stress? Why are some individuals affected more than others? What are the possible long-term effects and can they be reversed? This talk is sponsored by the Middlebury chapter of the American Association of University Women.
Author and advocate Susan Clark explains the Slow Democracy movement in which ordinary people mobilize to find local solutions to local problems. In the process some find they can bridge the “us-them” divide so prevalent in our national politics. Recorded 4/3/19.
Vermont authors, Elizabeth “Wiz” Dow and Lucinda Poole Cockrell, co-authors of the book, How to Weed Your Attic: Getting Rid of Junk without Destroying History speak at the Ilsley Library, Middlebury, VT 3/26/19. Co-sponsored by the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, VT.
Dartmouth professor Peter Travis discusses the subtle irony with which Chaucer depicts his pilgrims, leaving us to judge them for ourselves. Recorded 3/6/19.
From May through November of 2018 the Ilsley Public Library trustees and library director Dana Hart conducted a series of focus groups called the Tell Me! Tour. Dana presents the results of the Tell Me! Tour and solicits further community feedback. Recorded 2/27/19.
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