Public Lectures

The Class of 1960 Scholars Fund, established at their 25th Reunion, brings eminent academics from other colleges and universities to campus to engage with Williams students both in and out of the classroom, sharing their work with the college community in public lectures.

12/13 Class of '60 Lectures:

11/12 Class of '60 Lectures:

Feb. 10, 7:15pm - Indiana University Professor Claude Baker
           Pre-concert talk for 8pm performance

Apr. 5, 4:15pm - Columbia University Professor Walter Frisch
           "Meet the Wizard: Harold Arlen, Over the Rainbow, and American Popular Song".

11/12 Additional Lectures:

Apr. 4, 4:15pm –  McGill University Professor Jon Wild

10/11 Class of '60 Lectures:

Oct. 18, 4:15pm – University of Pennsylvania Professor Gary Tomlinson
           "1,000,000 Years of Music"

Feb. 17, 4:15pm – George Washington University Professor Douglas Boyce '92
            Title TBA

April 15, 4:15pm – University of Chicago Professor Jeffrey Kallberg
             Title TBA

10/11 Additional Lectures:

Oct. 26, 7pm –  Performance Anxiety Lecture with Linda Chatterton

Nov. 1, 4:15pm – Williams Faculty Musicology Lecture
   Jennifer Bloxam: "The Sounds of Salvation: Music for a 15th-Century
                              Bruges Merchant"
   Marjorie Hirsch: "Schubert’s Schauerballaden: From Gothic to Romantic"
   W. Anthony Sheppard: "The Persistence and Parody of Orientalism in
                                      Recent Opera and Operatic Production"