• 2025 Global Understanding Convention

    The Global Understanding Convention Committee of the Institute for Global Understanding at Monmouth University is pleased to invite proposals from faculty, students, and staff for its biennial Global Understanding Convention. Proposals may include research papers, panels, colloquia (open classrooms), lectures, performances, art exhibitions, film presentations, and poster sessions. We will also host a Pearson World […]

  • Frame by Frame: Finding Animation in Unexpected Places

    Bey Hall Auditorium

    Corrie Francis Parks brings life to the inanimate through frame-by-frame manipulation of physical materials. With one hand under the camera and the other on the computer keyboard, her films and installations maintain an organic connection to traditional production methods while fully integrating digital technology. She is Associate Professor of Visual Arts at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Her book, Fluid Frames: Experimental Animation with Sand, Clay, Paint and Pixels, explores the tactile nature of moving malleable materials directly under the camera, bringing together traditional and digital workflow through interviews with contemporary animators and workshop-style exercises.

  • Social Work Alumni Lecture (2025)

    Live over Zoom

    Social Work in a Shifting Landscape: Advocating for Human Rights Presenter: Sanjana Ragudaran, Ph.D., MSW

  • Book Signing: ‘Brave Women At Work’, with Author Jackie Cetera

    Guggenheim Memorial Library

    Live Reading at 6:15 p.m. Join us for an unforgettable evening featuring author Jackie Cetera. The evening will be complete with an elegant photo experience by Simon K Media and more! Photo Experience by @simonkmedia Dress to impress and strike a pose for an elevated, complimentary photo!

  • Disco Inferno!, Part II

    Virtual (Zoom)

    Class Schedule: December 11, 16, & 18, 2025 | 7:30 – 9:00 PM

    By the late 1970s, disco dominated the airwaves and conquered film, television, advertising, and fashion. Its ubiquity, however, led to an inevitable backlash in the form of Chicago’s infamous “Disco Demolition Night” event at Comiskey Park.  Did that signal the end of the genre?  Hardly—it merely changed labels, transforming its sound and becoming “House” or “Electronic Dance Music (EDM).”  In the present day, artists such as Dua Lipa, Beyoncé, and Sabrina Carpenter have incorporated the sound into their own music.

    Zoom Link will be provided upon registration.

    $50
  • ’60s Girl Groups, Part I

    Virtual (Zoom)

    Class Schedule: January 22, 27, & 29, 2026 | 7:30 – 9:00 PM

    The 1960s may be remembered for the British Invasion, soul, and the birth of the Beatles and art rock. However, the early-to-mid 1960s is also known for its “girl groups,” trios or quartets singing Brill Building compositions and other pop.  Motown also perfected the girl group formula, with the Supremes reigning as one of the most successful and influential acts of the 1960s. Indeed, the girl group tradition continues today with Fifth Harmony, Blackpink, and many others.  However, the genre’s roots extend back even further, to the 1960s.

    $50
  • Inclusive Social Policy Through Rights Based Social Work in an Ecosocial World

    Virtual Session

    Please join us for the International Federation of Social Workers virtual side event, part of the 64th Session of the UN Commission for Social Development, Inclusive Social Policy Through Rights Based Social Work in an Ecosocial World. This event will highlight experiences of co-building policies with persons with disabilities, centering them as designers, decision-makers, and […]

  • Poetry & Image: Exploring how Image and Language Inspire and Transform One Another in Generative Ways

    DiMattio Gallery at Rechnitz Hall

    February 12, 2025
    Hands-on Workshop: 11:40 AM – 2:35 PM, DiMattio Gallery
    Poetry Reading: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM, Great Hall Auditorium

    Two visiting poets, Andrea Ballou and Mike McCarthy, will give a reading and lead a workshop that explores how poetry and image making can inspire, dialog, and transform the other in the creative process. Associate Professor Kimberly Callas collaborated with McCarthy on his recent poetry book Behold and will join the discussion and workshop.

    Free and open to the public
  • Heightened Scrutiny

    Great Hall Auditorium

    The film exposes the dangerous role of mainstream media in fueling anti-trans legislation, uncovering how biased coverage drives hate, endangers lives, and threatens democracy itself. With insights from journalists like Jelani Cobb, Lydia Polgreen, and Gina Chua, and activists like Laverne Cox, the story dismantles anti-trans disinformation and highlights its devastating real-world impact.

    Free and open to the public