Latest Past Events

The Standpoint of Marx’s Capital

Humanities Museum (HUM 225)

Karl Marx (1818–1883) was living in exile in England when he embarked on an ambitious, multivolume critique of the capitalist system of production. Though only the first volume saw publication in Marx’s lifetime, it would become one of the most consequential books in history. This magnificent new edition of Capital is a translation of Marx […]

Is the EU Foreign Policy Still Relevant?

Hampton Room, Scripps College

Since the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU managed to have visible accomplishments in virtually all policy areas of the EU foreign policy. From the setting up of the EEAS, to the 2013 landmark deal between Belgrade and Pristina in the EU-facilitated dialogue, the contribution to the JCPOA, the conclusions of the 2014 new generation Association […]

Tim’s Vermeer: Movie Screening and Discussion with Tim Jenison & Farley Ziegler

Humanities Auditorium

Movie screening and discussion with Tim Jenison and Farley Ziegler: Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning eight years, Jenison's research project takes him […]