On Sunday, October 7th, the Allentown Public Theatre and Trinity Episcopal Church in Easton hosted Coming Clean, an interactive performance exploring local issues surrounding the opioid epidemic. The event was sponsored in part by the LVEHC and focused mainly on…
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Staceyann Chin Campus Visit by Dr. Peter Nagy
On Friday September 21st Cedar Crest College hosted visiting writer Staceyann Chin, author of The Other Side of Paradise, a memoir in which she details her childhood and her experiences as a lesbian of Chinese-Jamaican and Afro-Jamaican descent. The event was…
Survey of Local Oral Histories Culminates in Lehigh Valley Oral History Directory
Early on in the development of the LVEHC, it became clear that there was a convergence of interest regarding oral history projects. The energy around oral history projects was reinforced throughout Year 1 of the grant across several events, including…
Easton Film Series Fosters Discussions on Issues of Local Relevance
This Summer, the Easton Summer Cinema series ran every Tuesday from May 29-July 31 at the Landis Cinema, Buck Hall, Lafayette College and screened a total of 10 films. The series was co-sponsored by the Village on College Hill and…
DOC 370: A Reflection by Dr. Aggie Bazaz
On Wednesday May 9, 2018 at the Multicultural center at Muhlenberg College, our class, DOC 370: Documentary Capstone, hosted an exhibition of documentary works produced in this, the course’s inaugural year. DOC 370 is the culminating class in the LVAIC Documentary Storymaking Minor,…
APPLY NOW: Oral History Workshop (05/24/18)
SAVE THE DATE! The Lehigh Valley Engaged Humanities Consortium (LVEHC) is pleased to announce that the application is now open for the May 24th day-long Oral History Workshop, to be hosted at Lafayette College. You can complete the straightforward application…
“The Chinese Exclusion Act: Screening and Talkback” explores what it means to be American
On Monday, March 26th, the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks hosted an advance screening of “The Chinese Exclusion Act,” a film by Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu, as well as a talk-back with a panel of history professors. The panel included…