Actor, writer and activist George Takei is known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the original Star Trek series, and has also spoken openly about his experience in an internment camp as a Japanese American during World War II.
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In 1976 the Nigerian government produced a feature film, "Shehu Umar," which was based on a Hausa language novel and premiered at FESTAC 77, the pan-African culture festival hosted by Nigeria. The film then disappeared – a key work of a post-colonial cinema which was given for lost and has only recently been rediscovered and restored. Today, Nigeria is one of the most prolific and successful producers of films and music worldwide.
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As a primarily residential program that brings influential people to campus, the COVID-19 pandemic upended many of our plans. But bringing our fellows to campus already has built-in challenges, some of which worked in our program's favor over the past two years.
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Our current in-residence Fellow, David R. Montgomery, is profiled in The Dartmouth newspaper.
[more]Ruth Reichl, the former editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine, kicks off her one-week Montgomery Fellow residency at Dartmouth with a public lecture, “Eating My Words,” on Tuesday, February 8, at 4:30 in Filene Auditorium. The restaurant critic of The New York Times from 1993 to 1999, Reichl is also the author of several best-selling memoirs, including her latest, Tender at the Bone.
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