Skidmore Lectures

Edwin M. Moseley Faculty Lecture: 'Smiling Pages: Visualizing Dante's Divine Comedy'
Monday, March 25
5:30 p.m.
Gannett Auditorium

Dante Alighieri's "The Divine Comedy" has been compared to a Gothic cathedral with its spectacular architectural design and graceful symmetries. In his lecture, Professor of Italian Giuseppe Faustini will endeavor to illustrate Dante's pictorial creativity that has had a significant impact on the visual and preforming arts. Dante's "Comedy" has truly become the privileged subject, a fountain of creativity, that has inspired innumerable artists. For more information, please contact Megan Bove. 

'This Is Your Song Too: Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity'
Tuesday, March 26
7:30 p.m.
Emerson Auditorium

Oren Kroll-Zeldin '03 and Ariella Werden-Greenfield '04 discuss their new book, "This is Your Song Too," a collection of essays exploring Jewish identity through the band Phish and their diehard fans. The event is sponsored by the Office of Special Programs, Religious Studies Department, and Music Department. Contact Christine Merrill with questions.

The Adirondack Trust Company Lecture in Finance: 'Making Digital Currency Safe for Democracy'
Monday, April 1
6 p.m.
Gannett Auditorium

J. Christopher Giancarlo, former chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and senior counsel of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, will discuss "Making Digital Currency Safe for Democracy" in the Inaugural Adirondack Trust Company Lecture on Finance. Contact Ian Farrell with questions.

Lester W. Strock Lecture in Geosciences: 'Earthquake or Explosion? History and future of geophysical nuclear explosion monitoring'
Thursday, April 4
5 p.m.
Davis Auditorium

Geophysics Deputy Group Leader of the National Security Earth Science Group in Los Alamos National Laboratory Michael Cleveland will explore nuclear explosion signatures in his lecture, "Earthquake or Explosion? History and future of geophysical nuclear explosion monitoring." When the earth shakes anywhere in the world, scientists are interested in what happened: Was it an earthquake, chemical explosion, collapsing mine or was it a nuclear explosion? Cleveland is interested in understanding how explosions produce seismic waves, how those waves travel through the earth, and how they differ from waves produced by earthquakes. Contact Jennifer Cholnoky with questions.

Annual Arthur Zankel Panel: 'The New Wild West of Finance: A Panel Discussion on Cryptocurrency and its Implications'
Thursday, April 11
6:30 p.m.
Davis Auditorium

Panelists will comment on the links between cryptocurrencies and the blockchain, their effects on sovereign currencies and markets, and the politics behind regulating them; a reception will follow. Contact Pushkala Prasad with questions.