November 22, 1963: A Reflection Nearing the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, David J. Greenblatt ’66 recalls how it reverberated on Amherst’s campus.
Presidential Scholar Carol Anderson Discusses History of Voter Suppression At a keynote address in Johnson Chapel, Emory University historian Carol Anderson used powerful storytelling to outline the history of voter suppression, from the Reconstruction period to the present day.
South Hall Through the Ages Contributing Writer Stormie King ’25 recounts the extensive and peculiar history of Amherst College’s South Hall based on her archival research in the Department of Art and the History of Art.
Lyceum Offers New Classrooms, Offices, Common Spaces The new building, which blends modern construction materials with classic New England architecture, will house the history department and the Center for Humanistic Inquiry.
Researchers Lay Out Amherst History of Racial Exploitation, Slaveholding At a panel event on April 11, four researchers shared insights into Amherst's racially exploitative past. Topics of discussion included the college's connections to slavery, the town of Amherst's reparations, and the generational impact on descendants of Black ancestors.
AAS Hears Findings on College’s Connections to Slavery A researcher hired by the college to examine Amherst’s racial history and economic ties to slavery up to and through the 1860s, Mike Jirik, outlined highlights of his findings thus far at the regular meeting of The Association of Amherst Students (AAS) on Feb. 27.
Is Genre Dead? There are many who seem to believe that the death of genre is imminent. Publications like the New Yorker [https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/old-town-road-and-the-overdue-death-of-genre] and Varsity [https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/18485] have already described such a demise. Varsity references Portugal. The Man’s 2017 hit song