April 7-20, 2006
IN THIS ISSUE
COLLEGE NEWS
Strategic Positioning: Open Forum on CLA Draft Report, April 26, 2006
The Academic Task Force on Collegiate Design for CLA invites all members of the University community to an open forum to review and discuss preliminary recommendations to position the College of Liberal Arts as one of the premier colleges of liberal arts in the world. The forum will be held on Wednesday, April 26 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., 101 Walter Library. A copy of the CLA draft report is available online through the Strategic Positioning Web site, College Design, CLA: http://www1.umn.edu/systemwide/strategic_positioning/tf_recommendations.html.
FFI: Transforming the U: The Strategic Positioning Process, http://www1.umn.edu/systemwide/strategic_positioning.
KUDOS
Cristina Arellano (assistant professor, economics) received funding from the National Science Foundation for her project "Sovereign Default in Emerging Economics."
David Bernstein (associate development officer, theatre arts and dance) received funding from the City of St. Paul for his project "Minnesota Centennial Showboat Puppetry Matinee Series."
Andrew Cohen (professor, linguistics, English as a second language, and Slavic languages and literatures) was named the recipient of the 2006 American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Award for Distinguished Service and Scholarship. As a part of this national award, he has been invited to deliver a plenary address at the AAAL conference in Montreal in June 2006.
Barbara Frey (director, Human Rights Program) received funding from the Government of Canada for her project "Analysis of Questionnaires on Prevention of Human Rights Violation Committed with Small Arms and Light Weapons."
Shaden Tageldin (assistant professor, cultural studies and comparative literature) was awarded a 2006 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipend for work on her book in progress, Disarming Words: Empire and the Seductions of Translation in Egypt.
Barbara Weissberger (associate professor, Spanish and Portuguese studies) received the 2006 La corónica International Book Award for Scholarship in Medieval Spanish Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies for her book, Isabel Rules: Constructing Queenship, Wielding Power (University of Minnesota Press, 2004).
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies' co-production (with TPT 17), "Armenian Genocide: 90 Years Later," was awarded the Talk/Public Affairs award from the Northwest Broadcast News Association. This program was also nominated for a regional Emmy in 2005. "Armenian Genocide: 90 Years Later" will be re-broadcast on TPT17 on April 22 at 8:00 p.m. and TPT2 on April 23 at 1:00 p.m. FFI: Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
EVENTS, CONFERENCES, AND LECTURES
April 6-9
The University Opera Theatre presents Puccini's La Boheme, directed by David Walsh (assistant professor, music) with Jean Perrault (assistant professor, UM Duluth) conducting the performance. April 6-8 at 7:30 p.m. and April 9 at 1:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. $17.00 for adults, $9.00 for students. For ticket information, contact the University Arts Ticket Office, 612-624-2345. FFI: School of Music.
April 7
Conference: "Looking Forward and Back on the Occasion of the Life Course Center's 20th Anniversary." Plenary remarks by Glen Elder, Jr. (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill). 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 1114 Social Sciences Building. FFI: Life Course Center; Department of Sociology.
April 7
Judith Martin (professor, geography; director, Urban Studies Program) will lecture on "Stating the Obvious: A Case for Public Funding of Urban Development" at 3:15 p.m., 445 Blegen Hall. FFI: Urban Studies Program; Department of Geography.
April 7
Paul Farber (Oregon State University) will lecture on "Miscegenation, the Modern Synthesis, and the 60s" at 3:30 p.m., 131 Physics Building. Refreshments at 3:15 p.m., 216 Physics Building. FFI: Studies of Science and Technology.
April 7
Jeffrey Pilcher (associate professor, history) will speak on "Mexican Food and Culture" at 2:00 p.m., 113 Folwell Hall. FFI: Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies.
April 7-8
16th annual Sociology Research Festival: "Carnal Connections: of Prizefighters, Painters, and Professors." Each year, this academic festival gives graduate and undergraduate students an opportunity to present their research in a professional meeting format. Loïs Wacquant (University of California, Berkeley) will deliver the keynote address. Hubert H. Humphrey Center Bistro Café. FFI: Department of Sociology.
April 9
Gro Sandvik (flute, member of the Bergen Woodwind Quintet) and Einar Rottingern (piano) will perform at 4:00 p.m., Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. Free. FFI: School of Music.
April 9
CabaROCK, a night of music by U of M students and alumni will perform in preparation for the upcoming mainstage production of the musical Cabaret at the University Theatre. Performances begin at 9:00 p.m., Kitty Cat Klub, 315 14th Avenue S.E., Dinkytown. Free. FFI: Department of Theatre Arts and Dance.
April 10
Ross Macmillan (associate professor, sociology) will speak on "On the Individualization of the Life Course: Analyzing Pathways into Adulthood in Two Generations" at 12:15 p.m., Minnesota Population Center conference room, 50 Willey Hall. FFI: Minnesota Population Center; Department of History.
April 10
Maria Damon (associate professor, English) will lecture on "Collaborations and Creative Thinking" at 3:15 p.m., Susan Geiger Conference Room, 400 Ford Hall. FFI: Department of Women's Studies.
April 10
A Conversation with Gerald Vizenor (University of New Mexico; professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley) about his new book, Bear Island: The War at Sugar Point. Moderator: Brenda Child (associate professor, American studies) at 4:00 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study; Department of American Studies; Department of American Indian Studies; Department of History.
April 11
The Department of English presents the 10th annual Esther Freier Endowed Lecture Series: T. Coraghessan Boyle (novelist and short story writer; University of Southern California) will be reading from and commenting on his work at 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Reception and book-signing to follow. Free. FFI: Department of English.
April 12
Barbara Westman (New York author, artist and illustrator) will lecture on her work at 12:00 noon, In-Flux space, Regis Center for Art. FFI: Department of Art.
April 12
Panel Discussion: "Teaching Writing Using Case Studies." Panelists will overview essential components of effective case assignments and will describe specific case study assignments they have developed for their own courses. Panelists: Jerry Rinehart (vice provost, student affairs), Leslie Sharkey (associate professor, veterinary medicine) and Steve Simmons (professor, agronomy and plant genetics). 12:00 noon-2:00 p.m., Minnesota Commons Room, St. Paul Student Center. Registration is required, visit, writing.umn.edu/register.htm. Lunch provided to the first 30 registered. FFI: Center for Writing.
April 12
McKnight Summer Fellows Presentation: Lauren Monroe (assistant professor, classical and near eastern studies) will lecture on "Josiah's Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement: Ritual Themes and Compositional History in 2 Kings 23," Andrew Gallia (assistant professor, history) will lecture on "Remembering the Republic: Culture, Politics, and History in Rome, AD 68-117," and Oliver Nicholson (associate professor, classical and near eastern studies) will lecture on "Mentality of a Moderate: Self-Knowledge in Ausonius" at 3:30 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Judie Cilcain, Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost.
April 12
Barbara Westman (New York author, artist and illustrator) and Naomi Scheman (professor, philosophy) will discuss "The Persistence of Place" at 4:30 p.m., In-Flux space, Regis Center for Art. FFI: Department of Art; Department of Philosophy.
April 13
Judy Kegl (University of Southern Maine) will speak on "Neurolinguistics of Sign Language" at 4:00 p.m. N119 Elliott Hall. FFI: Center for Cognitive Sciences.
April 13
Stephen Mitchell (Harvard University) will lecture on "Charm, Magic and Performance in the Nordic Middle Ages" at 4:00 p.m., 229 Nolte Center. FFI: The Center for Medieval Studies; Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch.
April 13
Thursday at Four Series: Steven Rosenstone (dean, College of Liberal Arts) will speak on "Access to Higher Education" at 4:00 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
April 13
Arthur Danto (Columbia University, New York) will speak on "The Future of Aesthetics" at 7:00 p.m., In-Flux space, Regis Center for Art. FFI: Department of Art.
April 13
Josef Haslinger (Austrian essayist and novelist) will give a reading from his new collection of short stories, Migratory Birds at 7:00 p.m., Wilkins Room, 215 Hubert H. Humphrey Center. FFI: The Center for Austrian Studies.
April 14
Zhaohui He (Peking University) will lecture on "Printing History and Book Culture in Early Modern China and Europe: Some Comparisons" at 12:00 noon, Ford Room, 710 Social Sciences Building. FFI: Center for Early Modern History.
April 14
Earl Schleske (chief technologist, Academic and Distributed Computing Services) will speak on "Using Interactive Learning Objects to Augment Language Learning Podcasts" at 1:25 p.m., 35 Jones Hall. FFI: CLA Language Center.
April 14
West Bank Arts Quarter presents "Exploring Collaboration: Defining the Process." Distinguished collaborative artists, scholars and leaders of arts institutions will make presentations and show their work to provide examples as well as models of existing collaborations that can help define the process of collaboration and the work itself. Presenters: Sandy Agustin, Philip Bither, Ann Carlson, George Ciscle, Ain Gordon, David Gordon, Liz Phillips, Butch Rovan, Dana Whitco, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar at 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m., In-Flux space, E110 Regis Center for Art. Reception to follow. FFI: Department of Theatre Arts and Dance; School of Music; Department of Art.
April 14
Albertine Van Diepen (visiting assistant professor, geography; University of Amsterdam) will speak on "Sustainable Urban Development: A Lifestyle Approach" at 3:15 p.m., 445 Blegen Hall. FFI: Urban Studies Program; Department of Geography.
April 14
Matthew Klingle (Bowdoin College) will lecture on "Seattle's 'Metro Monster': Ecological Restoration and Geographies of Inequality" at 3:30 p.m., 131 Physics Building. Refreshments at 3:15 p.m., 216 Physics Building. FFI: Studies of Science and Technology.
April 14-15
Students of Sally O'Reilly (professor, music) will perform Mozart's complete sonatas for violin on April 14 at 7:30 p.m. and April 15 at 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. Free. FFI: School of Music.
April 17
Richa Nagar (associate professor, women's studies) and Amanda Swarr (University of Washington) will lecture "On Collaboration: Towards a (More) Transnational Feminist Praxis" at 3:15 p.m., Susan Geiger Conference Room, 400 Ford Hall. FFI: Department of Women's Studies.
April 17
Michelle Norris (U of M alumna, journalism; award-winning journalist and host of NPR's "All Things Considered") will lecture on politics and the media at 7:30 p.m., Coffman Memorial Union Theater. Free. FFI: Minnesota Journalism Center, School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
April 18
McKnight Summer Fellows Presentation: Paul Rouzer (associate professor, Asian languages and literatures) will lecture on "Poetic and Sexual Exchange in the Verse of Rai Sanyo (1780-1832) and Ema Saiko (1787-1861)" and Anatoly Liberman (professor, German, Scandinavian and Dutch) will lecture on "Falling In and Out of Love in Russian Poetry" at 3:30 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Judie Cilcain, Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost.
April 18
Wind Ensemble will perform, along with special guests, Caroline Lemen (adjunct faculty, horn) and Cassia Lima (teaching specialist, flute) at 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Craig Kirchhoff (conductor; director of bands). Free. FFI: School of Music.
April 19
McKnight Summer Fellows Presentation: M. J. Fitzgerald (associate professor, English) will lecture on "Phantoms? The Role of Titles," Carl Flink (associate professor, theatre arts and dance) will lecture on "Constructing Wreck: The Creation of an Industrial Dance Opera" and Thomas Lane (associate professor, art) will lecture on "An Exchange between the Potters of Sifnos, Greece, and the University of Minnesota, Department of Art" at 4:00 p.m., 100 Barker Center. FFI: Judie Cilcain, Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost.
April 19
Salman Rushdie (author of the controversial book The Satanic Verses) will read from and comment on his book Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction, 1992-2002 at 5:30 p.m., Northrop Memorial Auditorium. Free. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study, Humanities Institute, Department of English, Minnesota Journalism Center, Department of Asian Languages and Literatures.
April 19
Symphonic Band will perform at 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Jerry Luckhardt (conductor, associate director of bands) and Mary Schneider (conductor, assistant director of bands). Free. FFI: School of Music.
April 20
Helen D'Amico (University of New Mexico) will lecture on "Poetry and Politics: Beowulf's Queen Revisited" at 4:00 p.m., 229 Nolte Center. FFI: The Center for Medieval Studies.
April 20
Anna Papafagou (University of Delaware) will speak on "Spacial Categories in Thought and Language" at 4:00 p.m., N119 Elliot Hall. FFI: Center for Cognitive Sciences.
April 20
Thursdays at Four Series: Anne Pusey (professor, ecology, evolution and behavior) will lecture on "Friends or Foes? Social Relationships Among Female Chimpanzees" at 4:00 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
April 20
Henry Glassie (Indiana University) will lecture on "Turkish Culture through Turkish Art." There will also be a live performance of Turkish folk music, a slide show and refreshments. 6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m., Northstar Ballroom, St. Paul Student Center. FFI: Institute of Linguistics and ESL and Slavic Languages and Literatures; European Studies Consortium; Institute for Advanced Study.
April 20
Bob Peterson (founding editor of Rethinking Schools; 5th grade teacher at LaEscuela Fratney, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) will speak on "Rethinking Our Teaching in a Time of Global Crisis" at 7:00 p.m., 55 Mondale Hall. Registration is requested, http://www.igs@umn.edu, 612-624-9007. FFI: Institute of Global Studies; European Studies Consortium.
April 20
University Band will perform at 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Mary Schneider (conductor, assistant director of bands) and Tim Diem (conductor; assistant director of bands). Free. FFI: School of Music.
April 20-29
75:20 Mainstage Season: The Department of Theatre Arts and Dance presents Cabaret by Kander and Ebb. Directed by department alumnae Barbra Berlovitz (co-artistic director of Theatre de la Jeune Lune). Set in 1930s Berlin during the rise of the Nazi regime, Cabaret thrusts the audience into a world of people struggling to survive. Rarig Center. For ticket information, contact the University Arts Ticket Office, 612-624-2345. FFI: Department of Theatre Arts and Dance.
April 21
International Conference: "United Front for Children: Global Efforts to Combat Sexual Trafficking in Travel and Tourism." This conference will explore the relationship between tourism and child sex trafficking and to address the human rights implications of this nexus. Ann Veneman (executive director of UNICEF) will deliver the keynote address. 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Coffman Memorial Union Theater. Registration is required, visit, http://hrusa.org/workshops/trafficking. FFI: Human Rights Program; Institute for Global Studies.
April 21
Annual Ralph Hall Brown Day Distinguished Lecture: Victoria Lawson (University of Washington and past president of the Association of American Geographers) will lecture on "Globalizing Care and Responsibility: Feminist Care, Ethics and Development Geography" at 3:30 p.m., L-110 Carlson School of Management. FFI: Urban Studies Program; Department of Geography.
April 21
Hans Halvorson (Princeton University) will speak on "The Fate of Parastatistics" at 3:30 p.m., 131 Physics Building. Refreshments at 3:15 p.m., 216 Physics Building. FFI: Studies of Science and Technology; Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science.
April 21
Spring Fling Concert: Women's and Men's Choruses will perform at 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Kathy Saltzman Romey (conductor, director of choral activities) and Matthew Mehaffey (conductor, associate director of choral activities). Free. FFI: School of Music.
April 21-22
International Conference: "Religion and Authority in Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment–Part 1: Political and Social Developments." This conference will be held at the Radisson Hotel Metrodome. Reservation is requested for lunch and dinner. FFI: Center for Early Modern History; Center for Austrian Studies.
April 21-23
The Institute for Advanced Study presents "Arts and Diaspora," the closing celebratory event of the year-long University Symposium of "The Politics of Populations." Public discussions, panels, and talks have focused throughout the year on urgent concerns ranging from immigration policy to preparing for the next pandemic to the tragedy of genocide, and scholarly research ranging from demographic history to multicultural encounters in ethnic borderlands to changing technologies of population surveillance and administration. The Symposium closes with a weekend of poetry, films, photographs, dance, discussion, and musical performances, showcasing artists from local communities as well as invited guests. For a complete listing of events, visit http://www.ias.umn.edu/arts&diaspora.php. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
April 23
The School of Music presents the 19th annual U of M Bach Festival. The festival includes a concert featuring U of M Chamber Singers, Concert Choir, Orchestra and soloists perform psalm settings of J.S. Bach and Felix Mendelssohn. Kathy Saltzman Romey and Matthew Mehaffey (conductors). 4:00 p.m., First Lutheran Church of Columbia Heights, 1555 40th Avenue N.E., Columbia Heights. $5.00; tickets will be available at the door. FFI: School of Music.
April 23
Low Brass Ensembles will perform at 7:30 p.m., Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. Tom Ashworth (director; professor, music). Free. FFI: School of Music.
April 24
Samuel Preston (University of Pennsylvania) will lecture on "Cigarette Smoking and Changing Sex Mortality Differentials" at 12:15. p.m., 50 Willey Hall. FFI: Minnesota Population Center.
April 24
Jazz Combos will perform at 7:00 p.m., Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. Dean Sorenson (director). Free. FFI: School of Music.
April 25
It's History: Immigration since 1965 Lecture Series: Marc Rodriguez (University of Notre Dame) will speak on "Many American Crossings: Mexican Immigration and Mexican American Internal Migration in Comparative Perspective" at 1:00 p.m., 120 Elmer L. Andersen Library. FFI: Immigration History Research Center.
April 25
Annual David W. Noble Lecture: David Horowitz (U.S. cultural historian) will lecture on "Who Speaks for the People? Coming to Terms with American Populist Culture" at 7:00 p.m., Minnesota History Center, 345 Kellogg Blvd. W., St. Paul. FFI: Department of American Studies.
April 25
Jazz Ensemble I and Sweden's Uppsalla University Jazz Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Free. FFI: School of Music.
April 26
Percussion Studio Showcase will perform at 7:30 p.m., Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. Fernando Meza (associate professor, music, director). Free. FFI: School of Music.
April 27
Justin Weir (Harvard University) will speak on "Tolstoy and Modernism" at 12:45 p.m., 229 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute of Linguistics and ESL and Slavic Languages and Literatures.
April 27
Thursdays at Four Series: Adeena Karasick (St. John's University) will speak on "Hijacking Language" at 4:00 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study; Center for Jewish Studies.
April 27
Timothy Lovelace (assistant professor, music; piano) and Wendy Zaro-Mullins (lecturer, music; voice) will perform at 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Zaro-Mullins will sing cabaret songs and works by de Falla, Duparc and Schumann. Free. FFI: School of Music.
April 27
Oliver Nicholson (associate professor, classical and near eastern studies) will lecture on "Preparation for Martyrdom in the Early Church" at 4:45 p.m., 155 Nicholson Hall. FFI: Center for Medieval Studies; Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies.
April 28
James Tracy (professor, history) will speak on "The Founding of the Dutch Republic: Holland (the province), 1572-1588" at 12:00 noon, Ford Room, 710 Social Science Building. FFI: Center for Early Modern History.
April 28
Jane Maienschein (Arizona State University) will lecture on "From Transplantation to Translation: Stems Cells in History" at 3:30 p.m., 131 Physics Building. Refreshments at 3:15 p.m., 216 Physics Building. FFI: Studies of Science and Technology.
April 28
Guitar Ensemble will perform at 4:00 p.m., Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. Jeffrey Van (director). Free. FFI: School of Music.
April 30
Gospel Choir will perform at 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Sanford Moore (director). Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the U of M Gospel Choir. Free. FFI: School of Music.
NEW GIFTS TO THE COLLEGE
Dominick J. Argento has given $25,000 to establish the Carolyn Bailey Argento Memorial Fellowship in Music.
Frank and Toby Berman Family Foundation has given $5,000 to the Theresa and Nathan Berman Scholarship Fund in Jewish Studies.
Karl F. Carlson has given $8,333 to the Paul and David Carlson Scholarship II.
Charles H. Christensen has given $5,000 to the Charles Christensen English Library Acquisition, $2,000 to the History Library Acquisition and $2,000 to the Charles Christensen American Studies Library Acquisition.
Ruth Easton Fund of the Edelstein Family Foundation has given $100,000 to the Ruth Easton Bachelor of Fine Arts Scholarship.
N. Marbury Efimenco has given $25,729 to the N. Marbury Efimenco Graduate Fellowship in Political Science Endowment Fund.
Estonian Archives in the U. S., Inc. has given $40,000 to the Estonian American Studies Fund in Immigration History Research.
Gwenith Gislason Estate has given $19,527 to the Christian J. Gislason Scholarship Fund.
Harrison G. Gough has given $1,000 to the Friends of the University Bands Fund, $1,000 to the CLA Fund and $14,418 to the Harrison Gough Research Fund in the Department of Psychology.
Sharon C. Grimes has given $25,000 to establish the Sharon Grimes Human Rights and Environmental Issues Scholarship.
Kendrick B. Melrose has given $10,000 to the Guthrie Theater Board of Directors Scholarship.
Jacqueline G. McCauley pledged $25,000 to establish the Jackie McCauley Scholarship Fund.
Schall Family Fund-Minneapolis Foundation has given $10,000 to the CLA 135th Anniversary Scholarship Fund.
Steven and Catherine Webster have given $2,500 to the Guthrie Theater Board of Directors Scholarship.
Kurt D. Winkelmann and Donald L. Winkelmann have given $25,000 to establish the Estudiar con Esperanza Fellowship Gift in Economics.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SPA Enforces the Required 24-hour Deadline for Submitting a Proposal
Over the past year more than 40 percent of all proposals were submitted to Sponsored Project Administration (SPA) less than 24 hours before the sponsor's deadline. SPA cannot continue fulfilling its fiduciary and regulatory obligations to review all proposals on behalf of the University when proposals are submitted less than 24 hours before the required submission deadline. Last minute submissions jeopardize the University's ability to submit proposals on time. Therefore, beginning May 1, 2006, SPA will not accept proposals delivered after 5:00 p.m. the day before the sponsor's submission deadline. FFI: Office of the Vice President for Research, http://www.ospa.umn.edu/policiesandprocedures/24hourdeadline.
Ivory Tower Celebrates the Return of the U of M Undergraduate Art and Literary Magazine
The staff of the Ivory Tower, an undergraduate arts and literary magazine, invites you to join in the celebration of the return of the magazine. Ivory Tower publishes the work of registered U of M students. The magazine is designed, edited, and managed by the students in Engl 3711. Special guests and former contributors will announce the winners of the art, fiction, nonfiction and poetry contests. There will also be a student art exhibit and reading, plus free magazines. Refreshments will be served. The celebration will be held on Monday, April 10, 2006 at 7:00 p.m., Bell Museum of Natural History. FFI: visit, http://www.ivorytower.umn.edu/; Department of English.
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