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Associate Professor of French Cheryl Morgan delivered a paper on Oct. 18 at the Université de Lille as part of “La Littérature en bas-bleus (III): Romancières françaises 1870-1914,” the third and final conference in a series devoted to nineteenth-century French women writers.

Kama Sywor Kamanda, an award-winning writer and poet from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will present Literary Tales from Africa: Receptions and Interpretations, on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 4:10 p.m., in the Red Pit. The event is free and open to the public.

When describing the business world, “love” might not be the first thing that comes to mind. However, Jonathan Isham Jr., director of Environmental Studies, faculty director of the Middlebury Center for Social Entrepreneurship, and professor of economics at Middlebury College, explains how it is the very foundation of social entrepreneurship.

A book review by Lawrence Chua, postdoctoral fellow in Asian Studies and visiting assistant professor of art history appeared in Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review Volume XXV Number 1 (Fall 2013).

Associate Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori gave an invited talk at a symposium held at the University of Bonn on Nov. 30. The conference was titled “Film as Performing Art: Comparative History of Early Japanese and European Cinema.”

The work of Katharine Kuharic, the Kevin W. Kennedy Professor of Art, will be included in the 40th Anniversary Lesbian Herstory Archives (LHA) Art Benefit on Dec. 6 at Johannes Vogt Gallery in New York.

The Wall Street Journal featured alumna Stacey Boyd ’91 on Dec. 3 in an article titled “Fundraising + Daily Deals = Business Inspiration” that focused on her new platform for school funding.

The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art will screen Omer Fast’s film “5,000 Feet is the Best” (2011), on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 4:15 p.m., in the Overlook at the Wellin Museum.

While many Hamilton students spent Thanksgiving in study abroad programs on other continents far from home, faculty and program directors did their best to bring a bit of the American holiday to the students.

Novelist Lois Leveen will read from her historical novel The Secrets of Mary Bowser (2012) on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 8 p.m., in Dwight Lounge, Bristol Center. Leveen will hold a discussion following the reading.