The genesis of “Beyond Empire” comes from a personal place. As a first-generation American of Trinidadian immigrants, who came to the US amidst Trinidad’s independence from the UK, Stephen Bailey finds that it is imperative to trace these stories. The central questions of the course ask, “What is it to move beyond empire? How do people understand themselves in a new context? How do you reacquire or reinvent yourself?” What underlies the curriculum is the belief that through investing in the literary worlds of other cultures, students can be world scholars and compassionate readers.
Stephen emphasizes reading a breadth of literary styles like poetry, fiction, non-fiction, etc. to think critically about how language is used. With challenging material from authors and playwrights like Tayeb Salih and Lynn Nottage, Stephen asks for courage from both his students and himself; the courage to ask hard questions and to listen to different voices and opinions. “That is where true inquiry begins!”
D-E ’04
Matthew “Matt” Krane got a promotion recently. After seven years with Accenture, Matt has spent the past two and a half years with GEP Worldwide, a leading international procurement and supply chain consulting and technology firm. In December 2017, he was promoted to...
D-E ’17
Maxine Musto as a college freshman took first prize in Franklin & Marshall College's Solo and Concerto Competition playing the Concerto Number 2 for Violin by Henri Wieniawski. As a result, she earned the opportunity to perform the solo in concert with the...
Alumni and Community Happenings
Above: Heidi Skolnik ’79, Paul Marber ’78, Maria Sanchez Gardner ’78, Joanne Graf ’78, Linda Reiter ’78, Paul Lucas ’79, Michele Grodberg ’79, Illyse Kaplan ’79, Rob Linder ’79, and Soraya Zarghami Gage ’79 Each and every season, and for many great reasons,...
D-E ’01
David Machinist and Michael Machinist’s band, Shinobi Ninja, had their song "Genuine Is In" featured in episode three of the Netflix television show, She's Gotta Have It, created by alumni parent Spike Lee. The twins are pictured above (holding the posters) with Spike...
The Mapmaker’s Daughter
Katherine Nouri Hughes D ’67 Delphinium August 2017 The Mapmaker’s Daughter, a historical novel set in the 16th century, is the confession of Nurbanu, born Cecilia Baffo Veniero, the mesmerizing, illegitimate Venetian who became the most powerful woman in the Ottoman...
Big Impact: Insights & Stories from America’s Non-Profit Leaders
Vivien Hoexter ’78 and Linda C. Hartley BookBaby December 2017 Big Impact: Insights & Stories from America’s Non-Profit Leaders shares perspectives on solving some of our greatest, most vexing societal problems. The authors interviewed nearly 50 leaders of...
Danger Signs! Contraindications and Proper Applications of Spinal Manipulation
Dr. Andrew Rodgers P ’19 ’21 Page Publishing, Inc. December 2016 Danger Signs! The Contraindications and Proper Applications of Spinal Manipulation is a medical text to be used by chiropractors and other practitioners of spinal and pelvic manipulation, and as a useful...
Experiences of Women of Color in an Elite US Public School
Catherine Simpson Bueker ’92 Palgrave-Macmillan March 2017 This study explores the experiences of women of color who attended an elite, predominantly white public high school in the Northeastern United States through one of three points of entry: as town residents...
African American History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events
Karen Juanita Carrillo ’84 ABC-CLIO/Greenwood August 2012 One of the easiest ways to grasp any aspect of history is to look at it as a continuum. African American History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events provides just such an opportunity. Organized in the form...
African American-Latino Relations in the 21st Century
Karen Juanita Carrillo ’84 Praeger May 2017 This provocative look at the connections and conflicts between Latinos and African Americans in the United States assesses the challenges facing both groups as they strive to achieve the American Dream.
