Tadler Center for the Humanities

Upcoming Events at The Tadler Center for the Humanities

This fall, the Tadler Center for the Humanities in collaboration with the Halle Library, The Center for Belonging and Academic Affairs will host a series of events for the community to engage in critical conversations about our democracy, citizenship, and civic engagement. Join the Conversation to celebrate the power of dialogue to foster understanding, connection, and civic responsibility. Throughout the series, we’ll explore themes like electoral reform, misinformation in the public sphere, and the importance of voting—all vital topics as we approach the upcoming election season. Engage with experts, learn from thought–provoking speakers, and join your peers in reflection, debate, and action.

Full list of events

Balla Kouyaté and Mike Block Band with special student collaboration

Thursday, October 3rd at 7:00 p.m.
Rose Theater
Tickets coming soon!
General Admission: $15
Seniors: $5
Students of any institution: Free

The culminating event of a two day residency with Endicott College and the Rockport Public, global Silk-Road ensemble musicians Balla Kouyaté and Mike Block will perform with their six piece band in the tradition of West African Djeli and modern fusion music. Students will join in to participate in singing, playing a variety of instruments, and movement in relation to the tradition.

Sponsored by The Tadler Center for the Humanities, The Endicott Center for Oral History, The Center for Belonging and Inclusion, Giving Day, The Office of International Studies, and the Rockport Cultural Council.

Writer-in-Residence Program with Phoebe Potts

In the Fall 2024 semester the Tadler Center will pilotour Writer-in-Residence program with local artist and storyteller Phoebe Potts. This new program will have both local and far-reaching impact–from nurturing the work of our talented student writers and enriching campus and community life to raising national awareness for Endicott’s growing creative writing program.

Talder Center for the Humanities Presents: Dahlia Lithwick

October 22, 2024
5 p.m.
Center for Belonging
Free tickets here

Author Dahlia Lithwick is coming to Endicott to talk about the impact of the upcoming election on the Supreme Court. She will address women and the Court, and address the challenges of having civil conversations about difficult subjects.

Dahlia Lithwick is a regular contributing analyst at MSNBC and senior editor at Slate Magazine - and, in that capacity, has been writing their "Supreme Court Dispatches" and "Jurisprudence" columns since 1999. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Harper’s, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The New Republic, and Commentary, among other places. She is host of Amicus, Slate’s award-winning biweekly podcast about the law and the Supreme Court.

Lithwick received the American Constitution Society’s Progressive Champion Award, and the Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis (2018). She was the first online journalist invited to be on the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press. She has testified before Congress about access to justice in the era of the Roberts Court and how MeToo impacts federal judicial law clerks. Lithwick’s new book, Lady Justice, published by Penguin Press (September 2022), became an instant New York Times Bestseller.

Danielle Allen

April 8, 2025
5 p.m.
Rose Theater

Danielle Allen is a seasoned leader, public policy and public affairs expert, national voice on pandemic response, and distinguished academic and author. Danielle’s work to make the world better for young people has taken her from teaching college and leading a $60 million university division to driving change as board chair for a $6 billion foundation, writing for the Washington Post, and most recently, to running for governor of Massachusetts. Currently, she serves as the James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center.

Allen is also the author of several books addressing the broad history and personal significance of justice and democracy including Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality, Cuz: An American Tragedy, and, most recently, Justice by Means of Democracy.

Coming soon! Spring 2025 Events

Laugh It Out IV

Five prominent comedians will perform stand-up and host a Q&A about using the themes of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in their routines, encouraging dialogue about tapping into our differences to create comedy.

Guest Speaker Series

Keeping up the momentum from this past semester’s sold-out event with author Stephanie Land, we’ll be inviting another prominent leader in the humanities to give a talk to the campus and local communities in spring 2025.