Public Programming
Winter and May 2022
Schedule of public events
All are Wednesday evenings at 7pm.
Winter Term
January 19, 2022 – Elise Rasmussen, artist, A year without summer, video investigation the origins of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (tie in with Eco:Flux exhibition in Morlan Gallery), via Zoom
February 2 – Film screening of Woman at War, provocative Icelandic feature film, see description below for streaming link.
February 16 – David Wallace-Wells, author of Uninhabitable Earth - in person, Haggin Auditorium (and live-streamed)
April 13 – Professor Chris Begley, author of The Next Apocalypse: The Art and Science of Survival - in person, Carrick Theater
Date TBD – Film screening of A Life on Our Planet, David Attenborough’s 2020 documentary Campus Center, Room 131 A&B
Date TBD - Chris Anthony, designer/engineer and founder of the Aptera solar powered vehicle
May Term
May 4 – Kentucky Climate Consortium, Panel Discussion with regional experts on climate impacts and opportunities for mitigation and adaptation in Kentucky, Carrick Theater
May 18 - Aubrey Streit Krug of The Land Institute "On Perenniality" public lecture and student workshop (registration limited) on May 19
January 19, 2022
7:00pm via Zoom
ARTIST TALK - Elise Rasmussen
A year without summer is a video investigation of the origins of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein written in 1816 during severe climate abnormalities resulting from a volcanic eruption; this global environmental disaster led to food shortages across the Northern Hemisphere. Rasmussen's talk makes connections to themes in the Eco:Flux exhibition in Morlan Gallery.
Here is the link to the video recording of the lecture:
Elise Rasmussen is a research-based artist working with lens-based media. She has exhibited, performed and screened her work internationally. Elise received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Born in Edmonton, Canada, Elise is currently based in Los Angeles, CA.
February 2, 2022
Due to pandemic restrictions (and now, also severe winter weather), we will not be doing an in-person public screening. However, we have made the film available for the Transylvania community to screen at this link through the Transy library. Use your usual log-in credentials. People outside of Transy can find the film on various streaming platforms, including Prime and Hulu.
FILM SCREENING - Woman At War
Provocative (and humorous) Icelandic feature film
February 16, 2022
7:00pm Haggin Auditorium (in person) and live-streamed - Free and open to the public.
The recording of this event is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrx5gh_hBtk
This event is presented in collaboration between Zoé Strecker, Greg Partain, Director of Creative Intelligence, and the Sociology Program / Hazelrigg-Humanities Endowment.
Here is a Transylvania University blog post from January 31 about the event.
LECTURE - David Wallace-Wells, Author of The Uninhabitable Earth
April 13, 2022
7:00pm Carrick Theater
Professor Chris Begley - Lecture, "COVID, Climate Change, and Writing The Next Apocalypse: The Art and Science of Survival"
May 4, 2022
7:00pm in Carrick Theater
PANEL DISCUSSION - with regional experts from The Kentucky Climate Consortium on climate impacts and opportunities for mitigation and adaptation in Kentucky.
Perennial Wheat at The Land Institute's research farm
Lecture - Aubrey Streit Krug, "Realizing Roots: Perennial Grain Ag and Culture in a Time of Climate Change "
Director of Ecosphere Studies at The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas