Amherst College

• Are you a History or Classics Major?• Do you have an interest in pre-modernity or antiquity?• Do you want to spend your Spring Break in Sicily? Join a class of 12 students traveling to Sicily to explore archaeological sites, monuments, and museums that speak to the multi-cultural past and present of the island.

Stop by the OICR 352 Lounge every Wednesday from 2:00–3:00 p.m. for a sweet treat and a chance to connect with Chris Campbell! Enjoy a popsicle or ice cream bar, ask questions, share ideas or feedback, learn more about OICR, or simply stop by to say hello. We’d love to see you!

Please join us in celebrating students graduating in the fall of 2026, known as the class of 2027E. The ceremony will feature remarks by President Elliott, as well as the distribution of the Conway Canes. A reception with graduating students and their guests will follow in the Ford Student Center. This event is open to all students, faculty, and staff

Amherst's Women in Law Society is excited to announce the first meeting of our mentorship program. We will be hosting a super fun charcuterie night for mentees to meet their mentors! This is a great opportunity for members interested in law school or legal internships to ask questions about the law school journey and application process! We are still looking for mentors and mentees to sign up by this Friday, September 26.

Amherst has a new BA-MA program with The Geneva Graduate Institute. Students will spend the first semester of their senior year studying abroad in Geneva and return to complete their Amherst degree in the spring, which will count as the first year of the master's program. Students return to Geneva the following fall to complete the second and final year of the master's. The Institute offers master's degrees in subjects related to global affairs.

Join the Mead’s curator of Russian and European Art, Maria Timina, for a guided tour of the new exhibition “‘My beautiful, pitiful age,” which explores the Thomas P. Whitney Collection over galleries at the Mead and the Amherst Center for Russian Culture.

Join the Mead’s curator of Russian and European Art, Maria Timina, for a guided tour of the new exhibition “‘My beautiful, pitiful age,” which explores the Thomas P. Whitney Collection over galleries at the Mead and the Amherst Center for Russian Culture. Additional tour dates: - Thursday, November 19 (5-6 PM) at the Mead Please note that the 11/19 tour will focus on the works at the Mead, and the 10/14 tour will take place at the ACRC gallery.

The contrast between Tokyo’s leafy, wealthy “high city” and cramped, working-class “low city” is a common feature of guidebooks, histories, and popular accounts of the city. But the city’s divisions are more complex and historically dynamic than the “high city, low city” framework suggests.

Join the Mead’s curator of Russian and European Art, Maria Timina, for a guided tour of the new exhibition “‘My beautiful, pitiful age,” which explores the Thomas P. Whitney Collection over galleries at the Mead and the Amherst Center for Russian Culture. Please note that this tour will focus on the works at the Mead. About the exhibition: “My beautiful, pitiful age”: The 20th century through the Thomas P.

On Tuesday, October 6 at 5:30pm in Fayerweather 115, Pruyne Lecture Hall, Lauren Benton, Professor of History and Law at Yale University, and recipient of the Toynbee Prize for significant contributions to global history, will be the third presenter in the LJST Nasser Hussain Lecture Series, with a lecture titled “The Interimperial Constitution: Maritime Violence and Systems of States.” This lecture follows a single Baltimore captain named John Daniels as he sailed on extensive raids against...