Lectures and special events from the Williams College campus in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Center for Development Economics / Per Jacobsson Foundation Speaker Series: Dr. Ahmat Kaikaus Interview (Sept 17, 2023). Bernard Sheahan (Williams College) interviews Dr. Kaikaus (CDE ’00, Bangladesh) about his professional experience in private and public sectors.
Dr. Ahmat Kaikaus shares his perspective on the complexities of development & the skills needed to create solutions. He encourages CDE master students to "think differently." Dr. Kaikaus, a Bangladeshi national, is the World Bank Group Alternate Executive Director representing Bangladesh, Bhutan, India & Sri Lanka. He is a Williams CDE graduate.
As part of the Construct Your Own Meaning summer series, cake artists from the region designed and produced a cake that interprets an artwork in "Remixing the Hall" for a public program on August 17, 2023, at the Williams College Museum of Art. Featured artists: Edward Cabral, Cakes For No Occasion, Magnet, and Alli Gelles of cakes4sport, all from New York City.
As part of the Construct Your Own Meaning summer series, a set of regional musicians from a range of musical backgrounds each composed a five- to 10-minute piece inspired by an artwork in the Williams College Museum of Art collection installation Remixing the Hall
Williams Chamber Players. Doris Stevenson, director Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992) Quartet for the End of Time for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano (1941) Joanna Kurkowicz, violin Michael Dee, clarinet Julian Müller, cello Doris Stevenson, piano
