Events
NCC is pleased to provide a year rich in humanities programming, which is open to the public free of charge.
Consult the tabs below to view details of each event.
- History & Hollywood Film Series
- Lincoln Exhibit
- Keynote Speaker
- Book Discussion
- Student Debate
- MLK Speaker
History & Hollywood Film Series
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The History & Hollywood Film Series will invite viewers to enjoy and also critically examine the portrayal of the Civil War by filmmakers. Join us for these film screenings which will be followed by a discussion or panel.
- Saturday, March 24, 2012
Cold Mountain (2003)
Monroe Campus – Tannersville
Community Room 1:00 PM
Dr. Precie Schroyer, Assistant Professor of English, will introduce the movie and lead a discussion afterward.
- Sunday, March 25, 2012
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Main Campus – Bethlehem
Lipkin Theatre, Kopecek Hall 1:00 PM
Donna Acerra, Professor of Communication will introduce the film. Sol Levy, Assistant Professor of History will facilitate a panel discussion using selected clips of this silent film. Rebecca Dean, Professor of Communication, will on the panel.
Lincoln: The Constitution & the Civil War Traveling Exhibit
Dates: October 31 - December 13, 2011
Times: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday, Thursday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM & 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: 2nd Floor Lobby of Lipkin Theatre, Kopecek Hall Main Campus
This exhibit is available to be opened at other times to groups. Groups are strongly encouraged to call for further details and to schedule a visit. Phone Barbara Fiore at 610-332-6272.
Lincoln: the Constitution and the Civil War, a traveling exhibition for libraries, was organized by the National Constitution Center and the American Library Association Public Programs Office. The traveling exhibition has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Lincoln: the Constitution and the Civil War is based on an exhibition of the same name developed by the National Constitution Center.
Dr. Doris Kearns Goodwin
Keynote Speaker
Thursday, April 12, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Doris Kearns Goodwin, historian, author and commentator, will speak at Northampton Community College on April 12, 2012 at 7:30p.m. in the Spartan Center. This event is now SOLD OUT.
Goodwin is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II. Her other bestselling books include Wait Till Next Year, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. Her most current work, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, won the Lincoln Prize and the Book Prize for American History, as well as being chosen a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. The book has been acquired by Steven Spielberg for a film. Goodwin is a frequent commentator on Presidential history and politics for major networks.
This event is now SOLD OUT but you can still contribute to the NEH campaign. Click here.
Book Discussion
Tuesday, March 27
Book Discussion
Library Conference Room, College Center 440
11:00 a.m.
"Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The NCC Book Discussion Group has chosen Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin as their March discussion title. Goodwin, the book's author, will be visiting Northampton Community College on April 12, 2012, as the culminating speaker for NCC's year-long celebration of The Meaning of Freedom: Civil War 1865 to Today. Team of Rivals focuses on Lincoln's relationship with his cabinet members, each of whom had competed against him for the 1860 Republican nomination. Join us on Tuesday, March 27 at 11 AM in Library Conference Room 440 to discuss this book.
Student Debate
Tuesday, February 14th
Student Debate
American Citizenship and the 14th Amendment
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Laub Lounge, College Center
The debate will connect an important contemporary issue concerning immigration with the Civil War through the original intent of the 14th Amendment, which says that anyone born in the United States is a citizen. Originally this enfranchised the newly freed slaves. Today it is often applied to illegal immigrants who have children born in the United States.
The Monroe Student Debate scheduled for Thursday, February 9th has been POSTPONED. Please note the new date and time of the debate.
The debate has been rescheduled for:
Wednesday, February 22nd
Student Debate
American Citizenship and the 14th Amendment
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Community Room, Monroe Campus
The debate will connect an important contemporary issue concerning immigration with the Civil War through the original intent of the 14th Amendment, which says that anyone born in the United States is a citizen. Originally this enfranchised the newly freed slaves. Today it is often applied to illegal immigrants who have children born in the United States.
NCC MLK/Black History Month Speaker
Thursday, February 23rd
Professor Kamu Kenyatta
NCC MLK/Black History Month Speaker
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
College Center Room CC-220
Northampton Community College (NCC) will honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King and Black History Month with a talk by Professor Kamu Kenyatta, professor of African World Studies at William Patterson University in Wayne, NJ. Professor Kenyatta is a nationally recognized speaker, author and CEO of Touch the Sky Marketing, Inc.
Professor Kenyatta's talk will cover the contributions made by blacks throughout the U.S. from the American Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement. The event is part of our 2012 NEH program "The Meaning of Freedom: The Civil War 1865-Today" and will be held in College Center, Room 220 on Thursday, February 23, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm.
