Currency, Race, and the Circulation of an American Ideal
In this talk, Jonathan Holloway, provost and professor of history and African American studies at Nortwestern University, explores how ideas of racial belonging and citizenship are articulated...
Some of the museum’s most important Japanese woodblock prints are featured in a current exhibition that recently traveled to three venues in Japan. But who was Mary Ainsworth? And how did she...
Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties
Oberlin Theater presents Collective Rage: A Play in Five Battles, written by Jen Silverman and directed by Tlaloc Rivas. Betty is rich; Betty is lonely; Betty’s busy working on her truck; Betty...
An Evening With Abby Stein: Trans Activist and Author of ‘‘Becoming Eve’’
Abby Chava Stein is a 10th-generation descendant of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of the Hasidic movement. In 2015, Stein came out as a woman, and she now works as a trans activist. In 2019, she...
A lecture by Cuban Ambassador José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez. In 2015, José Cabañas became Cuba’s first ambassador to the United States in more than 50...
Series
Each year, Oberlin presents a range of intellectual voices and artistic and performance visionaries through special event series and exhibitions.