Events
Spring 2018
January 15 Monday Night Movies: Origins Mulholland Drive in 35mm 7:00 pm, Waterville Opera House
February 19 Monday Night Movies: Origins Children of Paradise in 35mm 7:00 pm, Waterville Opera House

March 21 The Future: Climate, Technology and Society Kim Stanley Robinson 2018 Mellon Distinguished Fellow in Environmental Humanities 7:00 pm, Ostrove Auditorium

Kim Stanley Robinson is one of the most well-known and respected science fiction writers in the world. His work has received 11 major awards from the science fiction field and has been translated into 23 languages. His Mars trilogy was an international bestseller, and continues to be one of the most widely read works of science fiction, a benchmark in discussions of humanity in space. The intensively researched nature of Robinson’s fiction, and the integrated nature of his various interests, ranging from the physical and human sciences to sustainability issues, political economy, urban design and climate change lends a realism to his writing that has been described as “for the future and from the future.” His most recent work, <em>New York 2140</em>, envisions life in New York City after sea levels have risen fifty feet.
Mr. Robinson will speak about themes he explores in his works which often center on the opportunities he sees in future challenges for humanity to build more sustainable and just societies.
April 3 Origins Keynote speaker Dr. Cornel West 6:30 pm, Lorimer Chapel

April 7 Music at Colby Series – Dawn Origins: Annual Humanities theme 7:30 pm, Lorimer Chapel

April 10 Reading the verses backward: Recharging poetry for the digital age Marjorie Perloff, Stanford University 7:00 pm, Robinson Room, Special Collections

April 16 Monday Night Movies: Origins WR: Mysteries of the Organism in 35mm 7:00 pm, Waterville Opera House

April 28 Music at Colby Series – Haydn’s “Schopfungsmesse Origins: Annual Humanities theme 7:30 pm, Lorimer Chapel

Fall 2017
September 10 Build your own Origins 2:00 pm-5:00 pm, Miller Library
September 19 ST132: Origins: Order vs Chaos Dale Kocevski 7 pm, Kassman Auditorium

September 26 ST132: Origins: Order vs Chaos David Bercovici 7pm, Kassman Auditorium

October 6 “Somehow a Past”: New England Regionalism, 1900 to 1960 9 am, Ostrove Auditorium

October 9 Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architects of a New City Adina Hoffman 5:30 pm, Robins Room, Roberts Building

October 9 Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza Peter Cole and Adina Hoffman 7 pm, Lovejoy 208

October 10 ST132: Origins: Order vs Chaos Origins at the Colby Museum Shalini Le Gall 4pm, Colby College Museum of Art

October 23 Monday Night Movies: Origins High and Low 7 pm, Maine Film Center

October 24 ST132: Origins: Order vs Chaos Professor Vittorio Loreto 7pm, Kassman Auditorium

October 31 ST132: Origins: Order vs Chaos Voice and Verse Professor Stefano Colangelo 7pm, Kassman Auditorium

November 13 Monday Night Movies: Origins Red Desert 7 pm, Maine Film Center

November 14 ST132: Origins: Order vs Chaos Origins of the Origins of species Janet Browne 7 pm, Kassman Auditorium

November 21 ST132: Origins: Order vs Chaos Origins of Superheros Chris Gavaler 7 pm, Kassman Auditorium

November 28 ST132: Origins: Order vs Chaos The Origins of Science and the History of Science Elena Aronova 7 pm, Kassman Auditorium

December 18 Monday Night Movies: Origins Mulholland Drive 7 pm, Maine Film Center
