The Faculty Five | Week of Oct. 7, 2024
Wake Forest Law Faculty Showcase at Bookmarks, Monday, October 7 | 6:30-7:30 p.m. | Bookmarks (634 W. 4th St. #110)
Three Law School faculty will be reading from their new books. Professors Gregory Parks, Sidney Shapiro, and Marie-Amélie George will follow their readings with a signing.
The Dean Speaker Series Presents Sawako Nakayasu, Tuesday, October 8 | 5:30-7:00 p.m. | Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery
Translation Artist and professor at Brown Sawako Nakayasu works with language, performance, and translation. Her books include Some Girls Walk Into The Country They are From (Wave Books), Pink Waves (Omnidawn), The Ants (Les Figures Press), Texture Notes (Letter Machines), and the translation of The Collected Powers of Chika Sagawa (Penguin Random House).
The Center for the Advancement of Teaching’s Democratic Pedagogy Institute – Friday, October 11 | 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. | Benson 401
From cultivating civic outcomes and balancing free speech and equal respect to strategies for facilitating democratic deliberation, these three workshops will be incredibly helpful for faculty managing their classrooms leading up to and through the election and well beyond.
Sabin Center Conference: Innovative Approaches for a Thriving Planet – October 9-11 | Reynolda Campus, various locations
The Sabin Center will be hosting its inaugural environment and sustainability conference. Programming is designed to be of interest to practitioners, academics, students, and citizens alike. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Kolbert will deliver a keynote address on October 10 at 6:00 p.m. followed by a book signing. Register here.
Bring Them Home / Aiskótáhkapiyaaya: Film Screening, Sunday, October 13 | 4:00 p.m. | Kulynych Auditorium
This film tells the story of a small group of Blackfoot people and their mission to establish the first wild buffalo herd on their ancestral territory since the species’ near-extinction a century ago. This act restored the land, re-enlivened traditional culture, and brought much-needed healing to their community.
Please Note: The Baskervill design team will be on campus to share conceptual themes for the memorial to the enslaved men, women and children who worked for or were sold to benefit the University. The first feedback session, open to students, staff, and faculty is Thursday, Oct. 10, 9 a.m. to 11a.m. – Benson 401 C/D