
{"id":770,"date":"2020-08-28T15:41:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T19:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berea.edu\/wgs\/?page_id=770"},"modified":"2023-02-23T16:54:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T21:54:38","slug":"convocations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/convocations\/","title":{"rendered":"Convocations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/convocations\/about\/\">Berea College Convocations<\/a> are designed as a supplement to the general education curriculum. Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies-sponsored Convocations also augment the study of women, gender, and sexuality on campus and advance the college&#8217;s commitments to gender equity. The breadth of Convocations offered provides a sampling of thoughts and personalities from a wide spectrum of approaches.<\/p>\n<h3>Spring 2023<\/h3>\n<h4>2 March 2023: Roxane Gay<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title\">Writing Toward a Better World<\/h4>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-960\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2023\/02\/R.-Gay-Convo-Poster-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Roxane Gay convo poster\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2023\/02\/R.-Gay-Convo-Poster-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2023\/02\/R.-Gay-Convo-Poster-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2023\/02\/R.-Gay-Convo-Poster-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2023\/02\/R.-Gay-Convo-Poster.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Spring 2022<\/h3>\n<h4>17 February 2022: Alok Vaid-Menon<\/h4>\n<h4>An Afternoon with Alok<\/h4>\n<h5>Moderated by <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/faculty-and-staff\/dr-m-shadee-malaklou\/\">Dr. M. Shadee Malaklou<\/a><br \/>\nInaugural Director of the bell hooks center;<br \/>\nAssistant Professor and Chair, Women&#8217;s and Gender (and Sexuality) Studies<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-935\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2022\/02\/Colorful-LGBT-Pride-Flag-Spread-Love-Instagram-Story-576x1024.png\" alt=\"Alok Convocation Poster\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2022\/02\/Colorful-LGBT-Pride-Flag-Spread-Love-Instagram-Story-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2022\/02\/Colorful-LGBT-Pride-Flag-Spread-Love-Instagram-Story-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2022\/02\/Colorful-LGBT-Pride-Flag-Spread-Love-Instagram-Story-864x1536.png 864w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2022\/02\/Colorful-LGBT-Pride-Flag-Spread-Love-Instagram-Story.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Spring 2021<\/h3>\n<h4>15 April 2021: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ibtihajmuhammad\/\">Ibtihaj Muhammad<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Navigating Life and Sport as a Black Muslim Woman<\/h4>\n<h5>Moderated by <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/faculty-and-staff\/dr-m-shadee-malaklou\/\">Dr. M. Shadee Malaklou<\/a><br \/>\nInaugural Director of the bell hooks center;<br \/>\nAssistant Professor and Chair, Women\u2019s and Gender (and Sexuality) Studies<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2021\/09\/Navigating-Life-and-Sport-as-a-Black-Muslim-Woman.pdf\">Navigating Life and Sport as a Black Muslim Woman &#8211; Ibtihaj Muhammad PDF<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-894\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2021\/09\/Navigating-Life-and-Sport-as-a-Black-Muslim-Woman-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Navigating Life and Sport as a Black Muslim Woman\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2021\/09\/Navigating-Life-and-Sport-as-a-Black-Muslim-Woman-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2021\/09\/Navigating-Life-and-Sport-as-a-Black-Muslim-Woman-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2021\/09\/Navigating-Life-and-Sport-as-a-Black-Muslim-Woman-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2021\/09\/Navigating-Life-and-Sport-as-a-Black-Muslim-Woman.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/h5>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Fall 2020<\/h3>\n<h4>12 November 2020: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/juliosalgado83\/?hl=en\">Julio Salgado<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Undocumented and Queer: Challenging Legalities of Immigration and Queerness Through Art<\/h4>\n<h5>Moderated by Assistant Professor of Latinx Studies <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/psj\/faculty-and-staff\/dr-gwendolyn-ferreti\/\">Dr. Gwendolyn Ferreti<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/convocations\/event\/julio-salgado\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-777\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-9.06.32-AM-762x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"762\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-9.06.32-AM-762x1024.png 762w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-9.06.32-AM-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-9.06.32-AM-768x1032.png 768w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/wgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-9.06.32-AM.png 838w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Berea College Convocations are designed as a supplement to the general education curriculum. 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