Established in 1977 through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Montgomery (Dartmouth Class of '25), the Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Endowment was created "to provide for the advancement of the academic realm of the College in ways that will significantly add to the quality and character thereof, making possible major new dimensions for, as well as extraordinary enrichments to, the educational experience offered primarily to undergraduate students within the Dartmouth community."
Christianne Hardy Wohlforth
Director of the Montgomery Fellow Program
Christianne.Hardy.Wohlforth@Dartmouth.edu
Marti Earnheart, Program Assistant
Martha.Earnheart@Dartmouth.edu
603-646-4062
Spotlight
2013 Spring TermGeorge Pattison - May 14 -25
George Pattison is a leading British systematic theologian and Anglican priest
Lecture: Death, Poetry and Hope - The Calling of Religion
Date: Tuesday, May 21, 4:30 p.m., Filene Auditorium (Moore Theater)
Free and open to the public
Bernice Johnson Reagon - Spring Term
Bernice Johnson Reagon: Singer, composer, scholar, and social activist, who founded the a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock in 1972.
Lecture: "I Remember, I Believe" Cross-generational music and discussion by Montgomery Fellow Bernice Johnson Reagon with Toshi Reagon
Tuesday, May 14, 4:30 p.m., Moore Theater (Hopkins Center) Free and open to the public
2013 Winter Term
Robert Battle - February 26 - 28
Robert Battle: Dancer, choregrapher and the Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Lecture: A Conversation with Montgomery Fellow Robert Battle
Date: Wednesday, February 27, 4:30 p.m., Moore Theater (Hopkins Center)
Free and open to the public
2012 Fall Term
Howard Morphy - September 1 - December 20
Howard Morphy, is the Director of The Research School of the Humanities and the Arts at the Australian National University.
Lecture: "The Djan'kawu Sisters at Yalangbara: Material Expressions of Ancestral Agency"
Date: Friday, October 19, 5:30 p.m., Hood Museum of Art Auditorium
Free and open to the public
Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones - September 16 - 23
Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones, co-founders of South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company, and creators of the puppets for the Tony Award-winning hit "War Horse"
Lecture: "I Love You When You're Breathing" (assisted by actors and puppets)
Date; Wednesday, September 19, 4:30 p.m., Moore Theater (Hopkins Center)
Free and open to the public
2012 Summer Term
Philip Gourevitch - July 9 - 20
Photo: Picador
Philip Gourevitch: Staff writer for the New Yorker, former editor of the Paris Review, and author of We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families, (1998) about the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Lecture: "Crime Scenes and Aftermaths: Writing about Wrongs and Reckoning with Survival"
Date: Tuesday, July 17, 4:30 p.m., Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall)
2012 Spring Term
TOBIAS WOLFF: April 23-27
Photo: Elena Seibert
Tobias Wolff: Novelist, Short Story Writer, Memoirist, Author of This Boy's Life
Lecture: "Luck and Work: A Writer's Life"
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 4:30 p.m., Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall)
Book signing immediately following
WINSTON and BETTE BAO LORD: May 7-11
Winston Lord: Former U.S. Ambassador to China, Assistant Secretary of State, and President of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Lecture: "Sweet and Sour: Sino-American Relations"
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 4:30 p.m., Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall)
Bette Bao Lord: Author of Spring Moon, The Middle Heart, Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic and Winner of the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award.
Lecture: "A Conversation with Bette Bao Lord"
Date: Thursday, May 10, 4:30 p.m., Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall)
Book signing immediately following
LOUISE ERDRICH: May 21-25
Photo: Joe Mehling
Louise Erdrich: Novelist, Poet, Essayist, and Children's Book Author
Lecture: "A Reading and a Conversation"
Date: Tuesday, May 22, 4:30 p.m., Cook Auditorium (Tuck School)
Book signing immediately following
2012 Winter Term
Montgomery Fellow Larry Kramer
Larry Kramer is a Tony Award-Winning Author and Playwright, AIDS Activist, LGBT Rights Advocate
Lecture: "A Conversation with Montgomery Fellow Larry Kramer"
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 4:30 p.m., Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall)
Free and open to the public
Book signing immediately following
2011 Fall Term
Montgomery Fellow Alanis Obomsawin
Alanis Obomsawin, is a Canadian filmmaker, storyteller, singer, and social activist of Abenaki descent. Born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and raised primarily in Quebec, she has produced and directed more than thirty National Film Board of Canada documentaries on First Nations culture and history. Her best known documentary is Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, about the 1990 siege at Oka, Quebec. She has been awarded many international prizes for her films; recently she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Lecture: Waban-Aki People from Where the Sun Rises
Date: Tuesday, November 1 at 4:30 p.m.
Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall)
Free and open to the public
Friday, November 11, 7:00 p.m., Loew Auditorium
Dartmouth Film Series: AN EVENING WITH ALANIS OBOMSAWIN INCLUDING THE SCREENINING OF ONE OF HER FILMS
Free and open to the public
Wednesday, November 16, 7:00 p.m., Rockefeller 2, 6082 Rockefeller Hall
A Showing of Montgomery Fellow Alanis Obomsawin's Prize-Winning Film
"Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance"
Free and open to the public
2011 Summer Term
Montgomery Fellow Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé
Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé is the former President of Bolivia and the former Chief Justice of the Bolivian Supreme Court. He holds an advanced degree in public administration from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and is currently Dean of the Law and Political Science School of the Universidad Católica Boliviana in La Paz.
Lecture: “The Rule of Law and Justice: A Latin-American Perspective”
Date: Tuesday, July 26 at 4:30 p.m.
Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall)
Free and open to the public
2011 Spring Term
Montgomery Fellow Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich, poet, novelist, essayist: April 30 - May 8
Lecture: "Reading From Her Forthcoming Novel"
Date: Wednesday, May 4 at 4:30 p.m.
Cook Auditorium (Tuck School)
Free and open to the public
Book signing immediately following
2011 Winter Term
Montgomery Endowment Lecture Series
“Tell Me What You Eat, I’ll Tell You Who You Are” [Brillat-Savarin]
Calvin Trillin, novelist, essayist, humorist, staff writer for theNew Yorker since 1963, and columnist for The Nation, has written three books on food (which began as New Yorker essays):American Fried, Alice,Let's Eat, and Third Helpings which were collected in what he entitled The Tummy Trilogy (1994). He has also written articles and books on politics, race relations, and crime and autobiographical works (Messages from My Father, Family Man, Remembering Denny)as well as novels.
In Residence as Montgomery Fellow: JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 4
Lecture: “Eating With the Pilgrims”
Date: Tuesday, February 1 at 4:30 p.m.
Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall)|
Free and open to the public
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Ruth Reichl, former dining critic of the New York Times, former editor of Gourmet, co-producer of PBS's Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie, culinary editor for the Modern Library, and host of PBS's Gourmet's Adventures with Ruth. Her much acclaimed memoirs include Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table, Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table, and Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise, Not Becoming my Mother, and The Tao of Ruth (forthcoming).
In Residence as Montgomery Fellow: FEBRUARY 7-11
Lecture: “Eating My Words”
Date: Tuesday, February 8 at 4:30 p.m.
Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall)
Free and open to the public
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Dan Barber, chef at and founder of Blue Hill in Greenwich Village (recently visited by the Obamas during the “date night” in New York City) is a vociferous and eloquent defender of local farm communities. He is the creative director of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Westchester County, a working farm that supplies his restaurant. Last year, James Beard Foundation named him the top chef in America.Timehas called him one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2009.
In Residence as Montgomery Fellow: FEBRUARY 21-25
Lecture: "Cultivating Flavor: A Recipe for the Recipe"
Date: Tuesday, February 22 at 4:30 p.m.
Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall
Free and open to the public
2010 Fall Term
Montgomery Fellow Frank Stella
Frank Stella is an artist, sculptor, printmaker, and recipient of the 2009 National Medal of the Arts.
A Conversation with Montgomery Fellow Frank Stella
Date: Thursday, October 21, 4:30 p.m., Spaulding Auditorium (Hopkins Center for the Arts)
Free and open to the public
2010 Summer Term
Montgomery Fellow Alex Kotlowitz
Alex Kotlowitz is an American journalist and author. He is best known for writing There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America, The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, and Never a City So Real,among other works.
Montgomery Fellow Lecture: "The House of Secrets: Storytelling and Human Rights"
Date: Thursday, July 22, 4:30 p.m., Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall)
Free and open to the public - book signing immediately following
2010 Spring Term
Montgomery Fellow Bill T. Jones
Bill T. Jones is a choregrapher and dancer; founder of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Montgomery Fellow Lecture: "The Strange Dance: Thoughts on Making, Doing and Meaning"
Date: Saturday, April 10, 8:00 p.m., Moore Theater, Hopkins Center
Free and open to the public
2010 Winter Term
Montgomery Fellow Christo
Christo is an environmental installation artist, creator of Running Fence, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, The Gates, and other works
Montgomery Fellow Lecture:
"Two Works in Progress:
Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River, Colorado
The Mastaba, Project for the United Arab Emirates";
Date: Monday, February 8, 4:30 p.m., Cook Auditorium, Tuck School (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN TIME AND LOCATION)
Free and open to the public
Montgomery Fellow Terry Tempest Williams
Terry Tempest Williamsis a writer, naturalist, and environmental activist.
Montgomery Fellow Lecture: ";;;Writing Our Way Home";;;
Date: Monday, January 25, 4:30 p.m., Cook Auditorium, Murdough Center, Tuck School
Free and open to the public
Montgomery Fellow: Roald Hoffmann
Roald Hoffmann is a Nobel-Prize theoretical chemist, poet, and playwright.
Montgomery Fellow: Jules Feiffer
Jules Feiffer is an award-winning American syndicated comic-strip cartoonist and author.
Montgomery Fellow: Ada Deer
Ada Deer is a Native American advocate and scholar who served as head of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1993-1997.
Montgomery Fellow: Galway Kinnell
Galway Kinnell, the author of nine books of poetry, has been honored as a MacArthur Fellow and the State Poet of Vermont. He has won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award.
Montgomery Fellow: Peter Sellars
Peter Sellars is a Director of Theater, Opera and Film. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Erasmus Prize, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
