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Liaison Office for Townsend Harris High School at Queens College

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Calendar / Events

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

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2

3

 

THHS Classes Resume

4

5

6

7

 

THHS Robotics Kick-Off

8

9

Humanities Book Collection & Distribution Week

10

11

 

Election Simulation Vote

12

13

 

Senior Trip

14

 

Senior Trip

15

 

Senior Trip

16

 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

17

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QC Classes and Humanities Colloquia Begin

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31

 

THHS Spring Term Begins

2/1

2/2

2/3

“Townsend’s Got Talent”

3pm-6pm

2/4

Previously...
 Schedule of Events

· 5/9/11 — Freshman Humanities Colloquium Lecture Series:

       Unsilvering the Looking Glass: Toward Transparency in A Room of One’s Own

                                                  - Prof. Kristi-Lynn Cassaro (English)

       12:12 - 12:52 (7th Band) @ THHS Auditorium

· 4/11/11 — Freshman Humanities Colloquium Lecture Series:            

                 The Two Faces of Imperialism: The Heart of Darkness and the Belgian Congo

                 - Prof. Chris Lore (History)            12:12 - 12:52 (7th Band) @ THHS Auditorium

· April 5, 6, & 7, 2011  - Visiting Professors Week at THHS

QC Professors from a variety of departments will be visiting THHS classes to discuss specific topics pertinent to said classes and to discuss their academic professions.

˜     3/15/10 — Freshman Humanities Colloquium Lecture Series:   The Historical Context of Candide                                          - Prof. Paul Schweigert (History, CUNY Graduate Center)

       12:12 - 12:52 (7th Band) @ THHS Auditorium

*   9/21/11 — Freshman Humanities Colloquium Lecture Series

                 Socrates & Plato

                 - Prof. Lucia Lermond (Philosophy)

 

                 12:12 - 12:52 (7th Band) @ THHS Auditorium

*   10/26/11 — Freshman Humanities Colloquium Lecture Series

                 Interpreting Matthew’s Narrative

                 - Prof. Arthur Shippee (Philosophy)

 

                 12:12 - 12:52 (7th Band) @ THHS Auditorium

*   11/23/11 — Freshman Humanities Colloquium Lecture Series

                 Machiavelli: a challenging interpretation

                 - Prof. Emeritus Martin Pine (History)

 

                 12:12 - 12:52 (7th Band) @ THHS Auditorium

*   12/7/11 — Freshman Humanities Colloquium Lecture Series

                 Staging Affect: Emotion and Contagion in Othello, Macbeth, and Richard II

                 - Prof. Robin Hizme (English)

 

                 12:12 - 12:52 (7th Band) @ THHS Auditorium

*   2/14/11 — Freshman Humanities Colloquium Lecture Series

                 "Petrarch's Shadow: The Canzoniere and Its Influence in the Poetry of John Donne and William Shakespeare."

                 - Prof. Kristina Varade (European Languages & Literatures)

                 12:12 - 12:52 (7th Band) @ THHS Auditorium

Humanities Books ~ 9:30am to 3:30pm in Klapper Hall 313