Profit and Protest: The Business of Immigration Detention

The United States has the largest immigration detention system globally, growing from a capacity of under 5,000 detainees per day in the 1980s to record highs of over 70,000 people by 2026. Although the harshest anti-immigrant rhetoric is often linked to Republicans, th......More

The United States has the largest immigration detention system globally, growing from a capacity of under 5,000 detainees per day in the 1980s to record highs of over 70,000 people by 2026. Although the harshest anti-immigrant rhetoric is often linked to Republicans, the expansion of the nation’s detention infrastructure and carceral policies has increased significantly under both political parties. Drawing on involvement with anti-detention organizations in the US, UK, and Australia, Morris discusses the ways that immigration detention generates income, even as instances of abysmal detention conditions and abuse increase. Morris considers the tensions surrounding anti-detention advocacy, where a focus on detention reform and refugee rights complicates abolitionist action.   Bio: Julia Morris is Associate Professor of International Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Visiting Politics Faculty at Scripps College. She holds a DPhil in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Oxford. Previously, she was a Post-doctoral Fellow at The New School’s Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility and a Research Student at Oxford’s Centre on Migration, Policy and Society. Her research focuses on the political economy of migration and border externalization, from ethnographic fieldwork in Nauru, Australia, and Geneva to research projects in Jordan and Guatemala. She has published widely and is the author of Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru (2023) with Cornell University Press.

Hampton Room, Scripps College, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, CA, 91711, United States

Friday Noon Concert Series

Jennie Jung, piano, and Jin-Shan Dai, violin, perform music by César Franck and J.S. Bach. Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol. • Doors open at 12 noon• Admission is free and ......More

Jennie Jung, piano, and Jin-Shan Dai, violin, perform music by César Franck and J.S. Bach. Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol. • Doors open at 12 noon• Admission is free and open to the public• Food is not permitted in the concert hall• All artists and programs subject to change Call the Scripps Music Library for more information: 909-607-3266

Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, 91711

81st Scripps College Ceramic Annual Opening Reception

Saturday, February 7, 2026 | 7–9 PM Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery   Celebrate eighty-one years of the Scripps College Ceramic Annual with an evening of art, live music by Gold Minutes, and refreshments. Guest curated by ceramic artist Reniel Del Rosario, this year’s ......More

Saturday, February 7, 2026 | 7–9 PM Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery   Celebrate eighty-one years of the Scripps College Ceramic Annual with an evening of art, live music by Gold Minutes, and refreshments. Guest curated by ceramic artist Reniel Del Rosario, this year’s exhibition, Means to an End, considers contemporary artists’ enduring fascination with clay and use of ceramics as a springboard for innovation and dialogue across diverse media. Works by Debra Broz, Paola de la Calle, Cathy Della Lucia, Fred DeWitt, Matt Goldberg, Dana Hemenway, Stephanie Temma Hier, Haylie Jimenez, Sahar Khoury, Karen Kuo, Cathy Lu, Kari Marboe, Patrick Martinez, and Victor Saucedo challenge conventional ideas about the medium and demonstrate its unique dynamism and pervasive presence in contemporary art.

Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, 251 E. 11th St., Claremont, 91711

Lecture, Tour, and Tea with Reniel Del Rosario

Lecture, Tour, and Tea with Reniel Del Rosario Tuesday, February 10, 2026 | 2 PM Clark Humanities Museum and Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery   Join guest curator and ceramic artist Reniel Del Rosario for a talk and tea in the Clark Humanities Museum, followed by a gall......More

Lecture, Tour, and Tea with Reniel Del Rosario Tuesday, February 10, 2026 | 2 PM Clark Humanities Museum and Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery   Join guest curator and ceramic artist Reniel Del Rosario for a talk and tea in the Clark Humanities Museum, followed by a gallery tour of the 81st Scripps College Ceramic Annual.

Many artists work in clay, but for this year’s Ceramic Annual, Del Rosario selected artists who intentionally incorporate ceramics into highly varied artistic practices, even when they could achieve similar results using other media. Del Rosario invites audiences to consider the enduring fascination and infinite potential of clay. Presented in partnership with the Scripps Fine Arts Foundation.

Clark Humanites Museum, 1030 Columbia Avenue,, Claremont, 91711

Student Recital

Performances by students of the Scripps College Music Department.

Boone Recital Hall, 241 East 10th Street, Claremont, CA, 91711, United States

Friday Noon Concert Series

This week’s Friday Noon Concert features excerpts from Preben Antonsen’s At Tahaajjud (world premiere) and Goble’s Circle of Light. Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol. • Door......More

This week’s Friday Noon Concert features excerpts from Preben Antonsen’s At Tahaajjud (world premiere) and Goble’s Circle of Light. Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol. • Doors open at 12 noon• Admission is free and open to the public• Food is not permitted in the concert hall• All artists and programs subject to change Call the Scripps Music Library for more information: 909-607-3266

Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, 91711

Preben Antonsen: At Tahaajjud (world premiere)

Preben Antonsen: At Tahaajjud (world premiere) Anne Dorothy Harley+, soprano Alison Bjorkedal*, harp Brian Walsh, clarinet Stacey Fraser, soprano and piano, Dr. Zahra Moballegh, scholarly remarks This event is free and open to the public.

Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th Street, Claremont, CA, 91711

Vanessa Priya Daniel in Conversation

GET TICKETS Join us for a moderated conversation with author, researcher, and community organizer Vanessa Priya Daniel! Hear Daniels’ talk about her book, Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning, a playbook on supporting and retaining women ......More

GET TICKETS Join us for a moderated conversation with author, researcher, and community organizer Vanessa Priya Daniel! Hear Daniels’ talk about her book, Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning, a playbook on supporting and retaining women of color in leadership. Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities Myriam Chancy will moderate the chat, followed by a book signing after the program. Sponsored by the Alexa Fullerton Hampton Fund

Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Scripps College, Scripps College, Claremont, 91711, United States

Friday Noon Concert Series

This week, the Cornucopia Baroque Ensemble performs works by Handel, Telemann, and Boismortier. Note: This concert takes place in Lyman Hall at Pomona College (340 N. College Ave) Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming co......More

This week, the Cornucopia Baroque Ensemble performs works by Handel, Telemann, and Boismortier. Note: This concert takes place in Lyman Hall at Pomona College (340 N. College Ave) Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol. • Doors open at 12 noon• Admission is free and open to the public• Food is not permitted in the concert hall• All artists and programs subject to change Call the Scripps Music Library for more information: 909-607-3266

Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Ave. Pomona College, Claremont, CA, 91711, United States

Faculty @Noon with Adam Novy

GET TICKETS This event has been rescheduled to Wednesday, March 4, 2026. – – – Experience what it’s like to take a class with author and lecturer Adam Novy! Novy has been teaching writing, fiction, and the liberal arts at Scripps, Pitzer, and Claremont Graduate School s......More

GET TICKETS This event has been rescheduled to Wednesday, March 4, 2026. – – – Experience what it’s like to take a class with author and lecturer Adam Novy! Novy has been teaching writing, fiction, and the liberal arts at Scripps, Pitzer, and Claremont Graduate School since 2008, and published his critically acclaimed novel, The Avian Gospels, in 2010. Spend lunch learning from Scripps’ distinguished faculty without ever having to enroll! Sponsored by Scripps Presents

Hampton Room, Scripps College, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, CA, 91711, United States

Friday Noon Concert Series

Rachel V. Huang, violin, and Hao Huang, piano, perform works by Fanny Mendelssohn and Beethoven. Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol. • Doors open at 12 noon• Admission is fre......More

Rachel V. Huang, violin, and Hao Huang, piano, perform works by Fanny Mendelssohn and Beethoven. Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol. • Doors open at 12 noon• Admission is free and open to the public• Food is not permitted in the concert hall• All artists and programs subject to change Call the Scripps Music Library for more information: 909-607-3266

Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, 91711