Common ground is not racially bound, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said in a discussion of his life, legacy and the work of his friend and
Morning Lecture
Historian and author Abby Smith Rumsey discussed stewardship of the past, present and future at Thursday's 10:45 a.m. morning lecture on Aug. 16, titled “Will
Photo by Roger J. Coda Thus far, the Week Eight morning lecture platform and the Interfaith Lecture Series have explored different issues: “The Forgotten” and
Kent State University is a “wounded healer,” said President Beverly J. Warren. Warren discussed the remembering, reflecting and redefining of the May 4, 1970, shootings
When Abby Smith Rumsey started working at the Library of Congress, she was worried about the amount of information being produced digitally. “I was very
A panoramic photo, a missing panel and a plot against a Native American tribe — the elements of a forgotten, rather removed, piece of American
Sara J. Bloomfield spoke to collective and individual memory in relation to history at the 10:45 a.m. morning lecture Monday, Aug. 13, in the Amphitheater,
Too often throughout history, the record and story of what’s told is governed by principles outside of fact and truth. In a growing age of
In the 1970s, historians began focusing on memory about wars and other historical events, as noted in the book Memory and History: Understanding Memory as
Yo-Yo Ma let his cello do the talking. The world-renowned classical cellist and founder of Silkroad Ensemble — a collective of artists celebrating heritage through
Andrew Russeth spoke to the “art” in Week Seven’s theme, “The Arts and Global Understanding,” in a conversation with Chautauqua Institution Chief of Staff Matt
On Nov. 29, 1962, Yo-Yo Ma and his sister Yeou-Cheng Ma were preparing to take the stage at a benefit concert for what was to
Andrew Russeth will speak at 10:45 a.m. Thursday, August 9, in the Amphitheater on why art, in all its various forms, is essential to everyday
Tayo Rockson has a message drilled into his head: “The world is bigger than you, and if you want to succeed in it, you have
Raised in Nigeria, Sweden, Burkina Faso, Vietnam and the United States, Tayo Rockson is no tourist when it comes to communicating across cultures. The son
GUEST COLUMN BY TAYO ROCKSON What will society look like in the future? This is a question I ask myself often. Particularly because of the