April 6-19, 2007
IN THIS ISSUE
KUDOS
Harlan Chambers (BFA acting student) received the U of M's Katherine E. Sullivan Scholarship for Study Aboard for 2007-08. Chambers will study in two renowned theatre schools in France: Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris and the Centre Artisitque International Roy Hart in Malerargues. His focus will be on experimental physical and vocal acting techniques and is interested in combining these techniques to develop performance styles which "speak to their audience on the visceral level…[and] communicate with urgency and accessibility."
Ronald J. Faber (journalism and mass communication) was inducted as a Fellow of the Academy by American Academy of Advertising. This award is the highest honor given in recognition of a leader who has contributed notably to the improvement of advertising education through ongoing significant scholarship, the development of instructional procedures of the development of advertising practice with broad general significance in advertising.
Christopher Federico (psychology and political science) received the 2007 Erik Erikson Early Career Award from the International Society of Political Psychology.
Ana Paula Ferreira (Spanish and Portuguese studies) was appointed to the Advisory Committee for the scholarly journal of the Modern Language Association of America (PMLA).
Elaine Tyler May (American studies) is the new President-Elect of the Organization of American Historians. May will assume the presidency in 2009. She is one of a very small number of scholars who will have served as president of both OAH and the American Studies Association.
The Telling Stories Institute for Advanced Study received a $45,000 planning grant from NEH and a $25,000 grant from Hennepin History Trust.
EVENTS, CONFERENCES, AND LECTURES
March 27-April 19
Exhibition: "MFA Exhibitions." This exhibition features Master of Fine Arts graduate students, Matt Bakkom, Stephen Eakin, Mary Johnson, Gudrun Lock, Arron Leif Nicholson, Jennifer Rogers, Max Schollett and David Stordal. Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Regis Center for Art. FFI: Department of Art
April 5-7
"Destinations: Student Dance Coalition Concert," Studio 100, Barbara Barker Center for Dance. Tickets required. FFI: University Dance Theatre, Department of Theatre Arts and Dance
April 5-7
"Outlying Islands." Written by David Greig and directed by Joanna Zerdy (theatre arts and dance), Xperimental Theatre, Rarig Center. Tickets required. FFI: University Theatre, Department of Theatre Arts and Dance
April 6
Symposium: "Heritage Sites: Performing and Belonging," with presentations by Talya Chalef (artist), Brenda Child (American Indian studies), Ciraj Rassool (University of Western Cape), and Paul Tapsell (Auckland Museum), 1701 Classroom Building. FFI: Department of Geography
April 6, 9:00 AM
Panel Discussion: "The 'New Breed' of African Leaders and the Future of Human Rights and Democracy in Africa," coined by U.S. President Bill Clinton, 25 Walter F. Mondale Hall. FFI: Department of African American & African Studies
April 6, 1:30 PM
Field Work Panel Discussion: "Challenges and Opportunities in Field Linguistics" for the week-long, student organized event, "Tomb to Womb: Awareness of Language Death & Birth," 235 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute of Linguistics, English as a Second Language, and Slavic Languages and Literatures
April 6, 3:15 PM
Katie Fernholz (Dovetail Partners) and Dennis Becker (forest resources), "Sustainable Forestry and Certification: Impacts and Opportunities," 445 Blegen Hall. FFI: Department of Geography
April 6, 3:30 PM
Arthur Spears (City College of New York), "African American English: Recent Advances in Understanding the Grammar-Use Interface," 229 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute of Linguistics, English as a Second Language, and Slavic Languages and Literatures
April 6, 4:00 PM
Jim Creech (Miami University of Ohio), "The Wound in the Mirror: The Shame of Theory in Post-Holocaust France," 128 Folwell Hall. FFI: Department of French and Italian
April 9, 12:00 Noon
Thomas Sizgorich (University of New Mexico), "When to Kill an Apostate, When to Forgive a Kharijite: The Use of Violence Against Religious Dissidents in the Kitab al-Muharaba of 'Abd Allah b. Wahb (125/743-197/812)," 25 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 9, 4:00 PM
Gerald Vizenor (University of New Mexico; professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley), "Survivance: Theory and Practice in Native American Narratives," Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 9, 4:00 PM
Jane Webster (University of Newcastle), "Comparative History and the Study of Roman Slavery," 155 Nicholson Hall. FFI: Department of Anthropology
April 10, 12:30 PM
Panel Discussion: "Alternatives to Teaching, Post-MFA," 207A Lind Hall. FFI: Department of English
April 10, 4:00 PM
Mercedes de Uriarte (University of Texas), "Immigration Coverage: Here We Go Again! Is it Fair? Why Should You Care?," 100 Murphy Hall. FFI: School of Journalism and Mass Communication
April 10, 5:00 PM
David Stone (University of Delaware), "Caravaggio, Signature Killer: The Poetics of Blood in the Malta Beheading of St. John," 310 Anderson Hall. FFI: Department of Art History
April 10, 8:00 PM
Xolela Mangcu (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), "Which way South Africa after Thabo Mbeki?," Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 11, 3:30 PM
McKnight Summer Fellows Presentations: Explorations of research in the arts and humanities. Njeri Githire (African American & African studies), "Voices from Ex/Isles: Caribbean and Indian Ocean Women Writers Break Geographical Confines;" Enid Logan (sociology), "Regulating the Family, Claiming the Nation: Sex, Marriage, State and Church in Cuba, 1914-1940," and Natasha Tinsley (English), "Desiring the Blue Lagoon: Sea Crossings and Fluid Identities in Caribbean Literature." FFI: Judie Cilcain, Office of Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
April 11, 7:30 PM
E. L. Doctorow (author) will read from and discuss his work, Ted Mann Concert Hall. FFI: Department of English
April 12, 2:00 PM
Panel Discussion: "First Books," Panelists: Alex Lemon (poet; Mosquito), Lauren Fox (novelist; Still Life with Husband), Laurie Lindeen (memoirist; Petal Pusher), Chris Fishbach (Coffee House Press) and Emily Cook (Milkweed Editions). Arthur Upson Room, Walter Library. FFI: Department of English
April 12, 3:30 PM
Tosh Minohara (University of Iowa), "The Clash between East and West: Prewar U.S.-Japan Relations in the Context of the Immigration/Race Problem," 120 Elmer L. Andersen Library. FFI: Department of History
April 12, 4:00 PM
Carrie Jennings (Minnesota Geological Survey), Dan Engstrom (St. Croix Research Station), and Deb Swackhamer (Institute on the Environment), "Mississippi River Over Time: Changing Landscapes of the River," 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 12, 4:00 PM
Panel Discussion: "Teaching After the MFA in Creating Writing," Panelists: Alex Lemon (Macalester College), Brian Malloy (Emerson College) and Shannon Olson (St. Cloud State University), Arthur Upson Room, Walter Library. FFI: Department of English
April 12, 4:00 PM
Jane Webster (University of Newcastle), "The Archeology of Slave Shipping, 1600-1807," 310 Anderson Hall. FFI: Department of Anthropology
April 12, 5:00 PM
Giancarlo Casale (history) "On the Question of Ottoman Curiosity," 235 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 12, 5:00 PM
Ramsay Liem (Boston College) will illustrate trauma and identity themes from oral histories of Korean Americans who reflected on the legacy of the Korean War, N639 Elliott Hall. FFI: Department of Psychology
April 12, 7:00 PM
Guest Master Class: Stephen Hough (piano), Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 12, 7:00 PM
Film Series: Roberto Rossellini's, Germania Anno Zoro and Billy Wilder's, A Foreign Affair. Presenter: Siobhan Craig (English), 155 Nicholson Hall. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 12, 7:00 PM
Ana Castillo (Chicana feminist writer) will give a reading, West Wing, Campus Club, Coffman Memorial Union. FFI: Department of Chicano Studies
April 12, 7:00 PM
The Annual David Noble Lecture: Nan Enstad (University of Wisconsin-Madison) "The Jim Crow Cigarette: Tracing Cultures of Transnational Capitalism Before World War II," Minnesota History Center, 345 Kellogg Blvd W., St. Paul. FFI: Department of American Studies
April 12, 7:30 PM
Concert Band, "Illuminating Bolcom." Craig Kirchhoff (conductor), Ted Mann Concert Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 12, 7:30 PM
Panel Discussion: "The Art of Vienna 1900 and Its Timeless Appeal." Panelists: Christoph Thun-Hohenstein (Austrian Cultural Forum, New York), Lyndel King (Weisman Art Museum), and David Ryan (Minneapolis Institute of Arts), Shepherd Seminar Room, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum. FFI: Center for Austrian Studies
April 13, 11:30 AM
Sonia Ryang (University of Iowa), "Gender, Self, Diaspora: Autobiographic Writings of Korean Women in Japan and the U.S.," 710 Social Sciences Building. FFI: Consortium for the Study of the Asias; Institute for Global Studies
April 13, 1:00 PM
Ji-Yeon Yuh (Northwestern University), "Future Legacies: Korean Diaspora in the 20th Century," 120B Elmer L. Andersen Library. FFI: Immigration Research History Center
April 13, 3:00 PM
Walter Lew (University of Miami), "Meaning's Patterned Movement: What the Long History of Korean Intermedia Texts Can Offer Us as New Artists," 50 Willey Hall. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 13, 3:15 PM
Daniel Trudeau (Macalester College), "Landscapes at the Periphery: Place Making, Boundary-Drawing, and Exclusion in Hugo, Minnesota," 445 Blegen Hall. FFI: Department of Geography
April 13, 3:30 PM
Guest Master Class: Sharon Mabry (mezzo-soprano), 90 Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 13, 3:30 PM
Jason Stanyek (New York University), "Performing Brazil in the United States: Groove, Voice and the Politics of Affinity," 225 Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 13, 3:30 PM
John Lampe (University of Maryland), "Reinterpreting the Modern Balkans: A Long, Euro-centric Twentieth Century," 35 Hubert H. Humphrey Center. FFI: Institute for Global Studies
April 13, 3:30 PM
Michael Maratsos (child development), "Are Some Subjacency Violations Just Awkward Sentences?," 229 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute of Linguistics, English as a Second Language, and Slavic Languages and Literatures
April 13, 4:00 PM
Panel Discussion: "Art in the Community." Panelists: Ann Markuson (Hubert Humphrey Institute); Clarence Morgan (art), Renee Cheng (architecture), Mary Rockcastle (Hamline University), Arthur Upson Room, Walter Library. FFI: Department of English
April 13, 7:00 PM
Celebration: 10th Anniversary of the MFA in Creative Writing: "Writers at Work," Campus Club, Coffman Memorial Union. FFI: Department of English
April 13, 7:30 PM
Men's Chorus with the University Symphonic Band, the St. Olaf Viking Chorus and Minnesota Boy's Choir, Ted Mann Concert Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 13, 8:00 PM
"Wreck," Carl Flink (theatre arts and dance) and Black Label Movement, Studio 100, Barbara Barker Center for Dance. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study; University Dance Theatre
April 14
Sharon Mabry (Austin Peay State University), "Vocal Explorations: From Classical to Pop," Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. Registration required. FFI: School of Music
April 14, 9:30 AM
Conference: "To Honor Professor Emeritus Gerhard Weiss," 306 Folwell Hall. Registration required. FFI: Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch
April 14
Panel Discussion: "Crossing the Boundaries: Culture, Linguistics, and Literature." Panelists: David Castillo (SUNY, Buffalo), David William Foster (Arizona State University), Jos Ignacio Hualde (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and John Lipski (Pennsylvania State University), 155 Nicholson Hall. FFI: Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies
April 14-June 2
Exhibition: "Still Present Pasts Opening." A short program is scheduled for Saturday, April 14 from 8:00-9:00 p.m., Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis. FFI: Institute for Global Studies
April 15, 2:00 PM
Men's Chorus with the University Symphonic Band, St. Cloud State University Men's Choir, St. Olaf Viking Chorus and Minnesota Boy Choir, Chapel, St. Olaf College, Northfield. FFI: School of Music
April 15, 5:00 PM
Doctoral Recital: Noah Rogoff (cello), Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 15, 6:00 PM
Guest Master Class: Pedro de Alcantara (music coach and expert on the Alexander Technique for Musicians), 225 Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 15, 7:30 PM
Trombone Ensembles, Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 16, 10:00 AM
Guest Master Class: Eugene Pridonoff (piano), Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 16, 12:15 PM
Jenny Wahl (Carleton College), "Blacks, Whites, and Brown: Effects on the Earnings of Men and Their Sons," 50 Willey Hall. FFI: Minnesota Population Center
April 16, 3:30 PM
Monika Oebelsberger (Austrian Fulbright Visiting Professor; Mozarteum University, Salzburg), "Girls Sing - Boys Play the Drums: Gender Issues in Music Education," 280 Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 17, 12:00 Noon
Kevin Doak (Tokyo Imperial University), "Justice, Law and Reason in the Legal Theory of Tanaka Kotaro (1890-1974)," 235 Nolte Center. FFI: Consortium for the Study of the Asias; Institute for Global Studies
April 17, 7:00 PM
Wang Ping (Macalester College) will read from her new collection of short stories, "The Last Communist Virgin," along with a discussion with Allison McGhee (Metropolitan State University), 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 18, 3:30 PM
Priyamvada Gopal (Cambridge University), "A Matter of Honour: Notes on Feminism and Multiculturalism in Britain Today," 710 Social Sciences Building. FFI: Consortium for the Study of the Asias; Institute for Global Studies
April 18, 4:00 PM
Composition Master Class: Fred Lerdahl (Columbia University), 149 Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 18, 6:00 PM
Symposium on the Exhibit: "Law and Order: the Career and Legacy of Minneapolis Mayor Charles Stenvig," 120A, 120B and Gallery, Elmer L. Andersen Library. FFI: Immigration History Research Center
April 19, 12:00 Noon
Eric Weitz (history), "Coerced Migrations," 308 Elmer L. Andersen Library. FFI: Immigration History Research Center
April 19, 4:00 PM
Paisley Currah (City University of New York), "'We Don't Know Who You Are': Preventing Fraud, Ensuring Permanence, and Fixing Transgender Identity Documents in the Post 9/11 United States," 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 19-20
Symposium: "Norway: World War II, Resistance and the Holocaust," Radisson Metrodome, 615 Washington Ave., Minneapolis. FFI: Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
April 19, 7:00 PM
Kelly Dobson (visiting artist) will discuss her work, In-Flux space, Regis Center for Art. FFI: Department of Art
April 19, 7:00 PM
Sheryl Mousley (Walker Art Center), "The Quay Brothers, short films," 155 Nicholson Hall. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 19-28
"The Arabian Nights." Written by Mary Zimmerman and directed by Joel Sass. Kilburn Arena Theatre, Rarig Center. Tickets required. FFI: University Theatre, Department of Theatre Arts and Dance
April 19-22
"Street Scene." Directed by David Walsh (music), music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Langston Hughes and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Elmer Rice. Ted Mann Concert Hall. Tickets required. FFI: University Opera Theatre; School of Music
April 20, 3:30 PM
William Beeman (anthropology) will discuss the role of emotional mechanisms of the brain and their possible contribution to linguistic code switching in situations such as pronominal usage, levels of formality and strategic interaction, 229 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute of Linguistics, English as a Second Language, and Slavic Languages and Literatures
April 20, 3:30 PM
Paul Boghossian (New York University), "Do We Operate According to Rules?," 1-132 Carlson School of Management. FFI: Department of Philosophy
April 20, 3:30 PM
Maulana Karenga (California State University, Long Beach), "Swahili as a Means of Mediation," Mayo Memorial Auditorium. FFI: Institute for Global Studies
April 20-21
17th annual Sociological Research Festival: Each year, this academic festival gives graduate and undergraduate students an opportunity to present their research in a professional meeting format. Charles Tilly (Columbia University) will deliver the keynote address. Campus Club, Coffman Memorial Union. FFI: Department of Sociology.
April 21, 8:00 AM
Workshop: "New Directions in Latin American Feminism," 125 Nolte Center. Panelists: Sara Castro-Klarn (Johns Hopkins University), Jean Franco (Columbia University), Amy Kaminsky (women's studies), Cynthia Tompkins (Arizona State University). FFI: Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies
April 21, 3:00 PM
Swahili Celebration with Maulana Karenga (California State University, Long Beach), Sabathani Community Center, 310 E. 38th St., Minneapolis. FFI: Institute for Global Studies
April 21, 7:30 PM
Renegade Ensemble by Eric Schwartz (New York City composer), Saint Paul Conservatory, 29 Exchange St. E., St. Paul. FFI: School of Music
April 21, 8:00 PM
"Divided: Contemporary Korean American Theater and Performance," in collaboration with Mu Performing Arts/New Eyes Festival and in partnership with Loft Literary Center, Korean Quarterly, and Intermedia Arts. The Loft Literary Center, 1011 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 23, 12:00 Noon
Matjaz Klemencic (University of Maribor), "Recent Research on Slovenes in Contact with Other 'Nations' of the World," 308 Elmer L. Andersen Library. FFI: Immigration History Research Center
April 23, 5:00 PM
30th Annual Frank Premack Public Affairs Journalism Awards, Mississippi Room, 3rd floor, Coffman Memorial Union. FFI: School of Journalism and Mass Communication
April 23, 7:00 PM
Robert Brenner (UCLA), "Why Iraq? The Politics of Bush II," 140 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 23, 7:30 PM
Javanese Gamelan Recital, Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 23, 8:00 PM
"Armenians and Turkey's Lingering Past," a program airing on TPT cablecast. Broadcast of talk given by Taner Akcam (history) and Eric Weitz (history) at the IAS conference. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 23, 8:00 PM
Jazz Combos, Whole Music Club, Coffman Memorial Union. FFI: School of Music
April 24, 7:00 PM
Forum: "Minimize Harm," Ski-U-Mah Room, McNamara Alumni Center. FFI: Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law; School of Journalism and Mass Communication
April 24, 7:30 PM
Great Conversations: Kathryn Sikkink (political science), "For One; For All, International Human Rights," Ted Mann Concert Hall. Tickets required. FFI: College of Continuing Education
April 25, 9:30 AM
International Faculty Research Circles Symposium: "Opportunities and Achievements," 415 Blegen Hall. FFI: Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change
April 25, 4:00 PM
Michael Cherlin (music), "Uncanny Pulse-streams in Music," 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 25, 6:00 PM
"West Bank Vaudeville at Dania Hall," performance by Maren Ward's Collaborative Creation class, Bedlam Theatre, 1501 S. 6th St., Minneapolis. FFI: Department of Geography
April 25, 7:30 PM
Symphonic Band, Ted Mann Concert Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 25, 7:30 PM
"Story and Psyche," readings by Carlos Eire (Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy), Alice Kaplan (French Lessons: A Memoir), Andre Aciman (Out of Egypt); commentator, Sara Evans (history). Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 26, 4:00 PM
LaTasha Nevada Diggs (poet and voice artist from Harlem) and Ana-Maurine Lara (Afro-Dominican American writer and organizer) will present a reading, 120 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 26, 4:00 PM
Norman Golb (University of Chicago),"The Rouen Discoveries: How Manuscript and Archeological Investigation Revealed the Forgotten History of the Jews of Medieval Rouen and Normandy," 229 Nolte Center. FFI: Center for Medieval Studies
April 26, 5:00 PM
4th Annual Graduate Student Roundtable, 235 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 26, 5:00 PM
Sucheng Chan (University of California, Santa Barbara), "Why Asian American Studies is Important," 120 Elmer L. Andersen Library. FFI: Immigration History Research Center
April 26, 7:00 PM
Film Series: "Ismael Ferroukhi's 'Le Grand Voyage'," presented by Hakim Abderrezak (French and Italian),155 Nicholson Hall. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 26, 7:30 PM
University Band and Campus Band, Ted Mann Concert Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 26, 7:30 PM
Panel Discussion: "Story and Psyche," Panelists: Carlos Eire (Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy), Alice Kaplan (French Lessons: A Memoir), Andre Aciman (Out of Egypt); Commentator: Sara Evans (history). Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
April 26, 7:30 PM
Joyce Antler (Brandeis University), "The Nagging Stereotype: How the 'Jewish Mother' was Invented and Transformed, B'Nai Emet Congregation, 3115 Ottawa Ave. S., St. Louis Park. FFI:
April 26-29
Senior Project Showcase, Xperimental Theatre, Rarig Center. FFI: University Theatre, Department of Theatre Arts and Dance
April 27, 11:00 AM
Early Music Ensemble, Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 27, 2:00 PM
Theory Recital, Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 27, 3:15 PM
Brown Day: David Ley (The University of British Columbia) will discuss his work, L110 Carlson School of Management. FFI: Department of Geography
April 27, 3:30 PM
Robert Holland (University of London), "Britain and the Ambiguity of Greek statehood since circa 1830," 120 Elmer L. Andersen Library. FFI: Institute for Global Studies
April 27, 3:30 PM
T. M. Scanlon (Harvard University), "When Does Equality Matter," 1-132 Carlson School of Management. FFI: Department of Philosophy
April 27, 4:00 PM
Guitar Ensemble, Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
April 27, 4:00 PM
Ana Celia Zentella (University of California, San Diego) will discuss her work, 5 Blegen Hall. FFI: Institute of Linguistics, English as a Second Language, and Slavic Languages and Literatures
April 27, 4:30 PM
Robert Sonkowsky (classical and near eastern studies), "Homer's Iliad - Book 1: Recitation in Greek and English," 135 Nicholson Hall. FFI: Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies
April 27, 7:30 PM
Men's and Women's Chorus, "Spring Fling!," Ted Mann Concert Hall. FFI: School of Music
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