Events & CalendarsAmherst Conversations

The Point/Counterpoint conversation series features guests attempting to bridge the growing ideological divide in our nation. This years speakers will include Kwame Anthony Appiah, Adolph Reed Jr., Geoffrey Stone and Melissa Murray.

Hosted by President Biddy Martin, this series centers the voices of scholars studying intersections of race and American democracy. 

View conversations exploring the reverberations of President Kennedy’s 1963 speech at Amherst College. Hosted by Ilan Stavans, the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Studies.

A discussion on how the rise of educational technology has redefined the physical bounds of the classroom and how its now-central role will impact the future of higher education.

This series takes participants inside the classrooms of our esteemed faculty, looking at their expertise and fields of research, their campus collaboration, their students’ work and their experiences teaching at Amherst.

This series presents recognized and engaging alumni and experts from within and outside the Amherst community discussing and debating important issues of our time. The events are hosted by President Biddy Martin.

This series brings together students, faculty, staff and alumni for lectures by distinguished historians so that we can deepen our understanding of racism in America today.

In a series of conversations addressing different facets of the pandemic, alumni experts and friends of the College shared their insights concerning this cataclysmic event and its ramifications for our society and ourselves.