Symposia

Episode Notes Sage Tanguay's last episode as Producer at Brown College featuring a reflective conversation with Chris Aukstikalnis on her nearly three decades on Monroe Hill. Best wishes for the future! Music in this episode is provided by Blue Dot Sessions. Symposia is a production of Brown College at the University of Virginia and the Virginia Audio Collective at WTJU 91.1 FM.

Episode Notes A conversation with Brown College Faculty Fellow Adrienne Ghaly and her fellow UVA English Professor Cristina Griffins, specially introduced by Kalela Williams, the Director of the Virginia Center for the Book. The Virginia Festival of the book is March 20th through 23rd in Charlottesville, VA. More information can be found at https://www.vabook.org/ Music in this episode is provided...

Episode Notes Q & A that followed Photojournalist Louie Palu's presentation to Brown College. We'll also hear from Brown College resident Daniel Hong, who plans on entering the media industry after graduation. Brought to you in cooperation with the Virginia Quarterly Review. You can read "The Next Cold War" on VQR's website or in their Fall 2024 issue. You can experience Loui...

Episode Notes Photojournalist Louie Palu's presentation to Brown College about the Distant Early Warning system, war preparations in the Arctic, and how indigenous technologies offer the essential tools for the first battle: simply surviving the frigid climate. Brought to you in cooperation with the Virginia Quarterly Review. You can read "The Next Cold War" on VQR's website or i...

Episode Notes A collection of memories, testimonies, and well wishes about Brown Residential College from alumni to current and future residents! If you're an alum and would like to reach out and share your story, email symposia@virginia.edu! Music in this episode is provided by Blue Dot Sessions. Symposia is a production of Brown College at the University of Virginia and the Virginia Audio Collec...

Episode Notes Give Me Liberty: Charlottesville and the American Revolution from 1776 to 2026 Historian Benjamin Bernard and producer Sage Tanguay hand the microphone to their University of Virginia students to interview history-lovers and experts in Charlottesville. How did Charlottesville experience the Age of Revolutions? In the lead-up to 2026—which will represent the 250th anniversary of the s...

Episode Notes Sister Revolutions III: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (1776–1848) How did the provincial military town of Besançon experience the French Revolution? University of Virginia historian Benjamin Bernard and producer Sage Tanguay consider the transition from monarchy to democracy in a city that produced many of France’s leading social thinkers of the early nineteenth century. This episode...

Episode Notes Enlightenment: Besançon, 1740–1788 Besançon feels in many ways like an eighteenth-century city. In this second episode of “Sister Revolutions,” historian Benjamin Bernard and producer Sage Tanguay explore the intellectual and architectural efflorescence of the Enlightenment in Franche-Comté through interviews with historians—and a visit to Claude Nicolas Ledoux's imaginative Saline R...

Episode Notes Conquest: When Besançon Became French, 1670–1740 Join historian Benjamin Bernard and producer Sage Tanguay as they learn about the French conquest of Besançon in the late seventeenth century through visits to Besançon's Saint-Jean Cathedral and its citadel. They explore the significance of this period for the “sister city" relationship between Charlottesville and Besançon. Siste...

About Sister Revolutions is a public history community documentary podcast sponsored by the City of Charlottesville’s Sister Cities Commission (CSCC) and hosted by Brown College's Symposia podcast. Through four episodes released weekly in Spring 2024, historian Benjamin Bernard, Ph. D. and audio producer Sage Tanguay explore the legacy of the American and French Revolutions through the sister city...

Welcome to a poetry reading at the Monroe Hill House! John Casteen, the Director of Studies at Brown College is our host for the presentation by poets featured in the Southern Poetry Anthology IX: Virginia. Robert Wood Lynn  is a writer from Virginia. His debut poetry collection Mothman Apologia was the winner of the 2021 Yale Younger Poets Prize and 2023 Kate Tufts Discovery Award. His work has b...

On this episode of Symposia, Brown College Principal Jim Coan and producer Sage Tanguay sit down with George Butler - an illustrator in reportage who uses art to document the humanitarian crisis of war and climate disasters from places like Ukraine, Syria, and Afghanistan. In coordination with the Virginia Quarterly Review, Brown College hosted George Butler for a presentation of his work in Septe...

A conversation between Dr. Benjamin Bernard and his long-time friend and fellow book-lover, Gerard Koskovich. Gerard is an antiquarian book dealer who specializes in LGBTQ, gender and sexuality literature. He also is a collector of Queer ephemera and has assisted museums and universities in the establishment and curation of their own LGBTQ archives. You can find more information about Gerard at ht...

The Q & A portion of Emily Rutherford's Lecture More info: https://emilymrutherford.com/

An exploration of what we really mean when we describe people in history as "just being good friends." Where does platonic love end and romantic love begin...does it even matter? And how can we better understand the historical significance of these relationships? Dr. Emily Rutherford presents an interesting look at the relationships between women in early residential colleges. For more i...

Every fall, the residents of Brown College put on a philanthropic haunted house on Monroe Hill. Students do everything from construct the pathway, to creating the costumes, and performing in the house as guides and actors. We documented some of the process in 2022 and are now releasing this episode to hype everyone up for this year's event! Symposia is a production of the Community Media Initiativ...

A conversation with leader of the UVA Jazz Ensemble, John D'earth, and guest musician Damien Groleau - visiting us all the way from one of Charlottesville's Sister Cities: Besançon, France! You can find more information about Damien and his music on his website, www.damiengroleau.fr More information about John and the UVA Jazz Ensemble can be found on the Music Department website, music.virginia.e...

A conversation with Brown College Faculty Fellow Tess Farmer about her new (and first) book "Well Connected: Everyday Water Practices in Cairo". We discuss the importance of an anthropological approach to infrastructure development. Tess Farmer is an Assistant Professor in Department of Anthropology and the Program in Global Studies at the University of Virginia, and also serves as the T...

A Brown Talk presented by Brown College resident Alexander Templeton on Effective Altruism at the Monroe Hill House on Friday, February 10th, 2023. This podcast is part of the Community Media Initiative at Brown Residential College at the University of Virginia, as well as the Virginia Audio Collective at WTJU 91.1 FM. Brown Talks are facilitated by Rory McAlevy Hosted by Jim Coan Produced by Sage...

A conversation with French Department Chair Professor Janet Horne and Dr. Vincent Michelot, the French Embassy's Cultural Attaché for Higher Education about their development of the Lyon Study Abroad program at UVa - featuring conversations with current students Liam Mann and Michelle Wurmser. This podcast is part of the Community Media Initiative at Brown Residential College at the University of...

A speech given by Alan Lightman in October 2022, recorded at the Dome Room at the Rotunda of the University of Virginia. Alan Lightman is hosting a new docuseries called “Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science.” It will broadcast on public television and begin streaming online at PBS.org on January 7th, 2023. This podcast is part of the Community Media Initiative at Brown Residenti...

Brown College Residential Faculty Fellow Dr. Ben Bernard sets out to demystify the academic transition into a 4-year University such as UVa. Through a series of interviews, Ben and his guests will discuss what they feel are the most pertinent differences between high school and collegiate academics. We'll hear from a writing and college admissions tutor, professors at UVa who have dedicated their...

A lecture about a pivotal moment in United States Foreign Policy. Desh Girod is an associate professor in the Department of Government at Georgetown University. Recorded on 9/27/2022 at the UVa, hosted by Brown College. This podcast is part of the Community Media Initiative at Brown Residential College at the University of Virginia, as well as the Virginia Audio Collective at WTJU 91.1 FM. Produce...