October 6-19, 2006
IN THIS ISSUE
COLLEGE NEWS
West Bank Arts Quarter Crawl Features Theatre, Dance, Art and Music All on
One Evening, Friday, October 13, 2006
This West Bank Arts Quarter Crawl will feature performances and gallery offerings from theatre, dance, art and music. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., patrons will be able to participate in a sampling of the hundreds of events that happen every year in the West Bank Arts Quarter. Events include an open dance rehearsal, reception and exhibition at the Nash Gallery, School of Music alumna recital and an outdoor production of The Master and Margarita. Free. FFI: http://artsquarter.umn.edu; Department of Art; Department of Theatre Arts and Dance; School of Music.
KUDOS
Bianet Castellanos (American studies) received funding from the National Research Council for "Postdoctoral Fellowship for Bianet Castellanos."
Gloria Leon (professor emerita, psychology) was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, U of M for "10 Years of Outstanding Service–1996-2006." Over that period, she mentored 13 students in this summer undergraduate research program for minority and disadvantaged students. The program is named in memory of Ronald E. McNair, an African-American astronaut who perished in the Challenger disaster.
Steve Malone (psychology) received funding from NIH's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for "Maximum Drinks, Alcoholism and Psychopathology Risk."
Steven Manson (geography) received a $343,383 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research entitled "North American Land Change: Integrated Research and Education on Decision Making in Coupled Human-Environment Systems." The grant was awarded under the New Investigator Program in Earth-Sun System Science.
Moira McDonald (geography) received funding from the Environmental Protection Agencies for "EPA Star Fellowship: Political Economy of Agriculture and Nature in the Yazoo Delta."
Benjamin Munson (speech-language-hearing sciences) received funding from the Cleft Palate Foundation for "The Effect of Auditory Biofeedback on the Reduction of Audible Nasal Air Emission in Speakers with Cleft Palate."
Edward Schiappa (communication studies) was named Research Fellow by the Rhetoric Society of America. He also was awarded the Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division's Distinguished Scholar Award by the National Communication Association.
Xiaotong Shen (statistics) received funding from NSF for "International Workshops in Statistics."
Elaine Tarone (English as a second language) received funding from the U. S. Department of Education for "CARLA: National Language Resource Center."
The Department of Psychology was awarded the American Psychological Association Departmental Award for Culture of Service in the Psychological Sciences.
EVENTS, CONFERENCES, AND LECTURES
October 5-7
5th International Conference: "Luso-Afro-Brazilian Literatures and Cultures and Portuguese language and linguistics." Sessions: literature, culture, and comparative studies of Portugal, Brazil, Africa, and diaspora communities, as well as Portuguese language and linguistics. The conference also hosts a colloquium on "Lusophone Africa, Globalization, and Postcolonialism." Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum and Coffman Memorial Union. FFI: Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies.
October 5-14
"The Master and Margarita" based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, directed by Michael Sommers and Luverne Seifert. Presented outdoors in the West Bank Arts Quarter; check in at the Rarig Center lobby. Free, no ticket required. FFI: Department of Theatre Arts and Dance.
October 6
Boaventura de Sousa Santos (Universidade de Coimbra/University of Wisconsin-Madison), "Portugal: At the Crossroads of Different Historical Times," 11:30 a.m., Shepherd Room, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum. FFI: Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies.
Tony Brown (English), Natasha Tinsley (English) and Arun Saldanha (geography), speaking on the theme of islands, oceans, cultural fluxes and cruxes, 3:00 p.m., 207A Lind Hall. FFI: Department of English.
Anna Clark (history), "Sexuality and Modernity in Interwar European Culture," 3:30 p.m., 710 Social Sciences. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
October 9
Klaus Friedrich (mathematician), "What's Going on with the EURO?," 12:00 noon, Ford room, 710 Social Sciences. FFI: Center for German and European Studies.
Samantha King (Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario) and Jeffrey Kahn (bioethics), "Pink Ribbons, Inc. - Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy," 4:00 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
22nd Annual Robert A. Kann Memorial Lecture: Herwig Wolfram (professor emeritus, Vienna University), "Austria before Austria. The Medieval Past of Polities to Come," 4:00 p.m., 215 Hubert H. Humphrey Center. FFI: Center for Austrian Studies.¶
October 10
Brian Dill (sociology), "Under(Developing) Democracy: Mechanisms of Association in Tanzania," 4:00 p.m., 1114 Social Sciences. FFI: Department of Sociology.
Gerald Vizenor (University of New Mexico), "Genocide Tribunals: Native Human Rights and Survivance," 4:00 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
Tracy Kidder (Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Mountains Beyond Mountains), "Good Societies," 7:30 p.m., in a special dialogue with Lawrence Jacobs (political science), introduced by Patricia Hampl (English); 9:00 p.m., reception and book-signing; Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Center. FFI: Creative Writing Program; Department of English.
Wind Ensemble, Craig Kirchhoff, conductor, 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Works by Purcell, Mozart, and Michael Daugherty. Free. FFI: School of Music.
October 10-November 9
Exhibition: "The Fifth Minnesota National Print Biennial." This exhibition showcases the vitality and evolving nature of printmaking today. Public reception and awards ceremony, Friday, October 13 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., The Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Regis Center for Art. Free. FFI: Department of Art.
October 11
Mollie Madden (history), "Meeting the Needs of Readers: The Rubrication of BL MS Cotton Galba E ix," 12:30 p.m., 235 Nolte Center. FFI: Center for Medieval Studies.
Karsten Voigt (the German government's coordinator of German-American Cooperation), "Politics and Religion," 3:30 p.m., 1314 Social Sciences Building. FFI: Center for German and European Studies.
Reception: In honor of Tracy Kidder (award-winning author). Remarks by Tracy Kidder; response by Joia Mukherjee (Harvard University and Medical Director of Partners in Health). Hosts: Deborah Powell (dean, Medical School) and Steven Rosenstone (dean, College of Liberal Arts), and the Center for Medical Humanities and the Arts. 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m., West Wing, Campus Club, 4th floor, Coffman Memorial Union. Music by Bruce Henry Band and Dean Magraw (master guitarist). FFI: Creative Writing Program; Department of English.
Faculty and Guest Recital: Timothy Lovelace (music; piano) and Matthew McCright (guest artist; piano), plays Holst's The Planets, 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Free. FFI: School of Music.
October 11-12
The John M. Dolan Symposium: "Truth, Peace and Ethics." Professor Sandra Peterson, the first Dolan chair, will be a guest speaker, along with distinguished professors from across the country (including Professor Dolan's daughter, Elizabeth Dolan). Symposium sessions: Peace Movement and Public Citizenship; Philosophy, Logic and Linguistics; Medical Ethics; Evening of Music, Memories and Poetry. Hubert H. Humphrey Center. FFI: Department of Philosophy.
October 12
Thursday at Four Lecture Series: François Menant (École Normale Supérieure of Paris), "Wealth, Culture, and Vendetta: The Communal Elites in Italy, 13th-14th Centuries," 4:00 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
Reception: In honor of Tracy Kidder (award-winning author) and Laura Flynn (Scribes for Human Rights Fellowship recipient). Hosts: Tom Nelson (Leonard, Street and Deinard law firm), Patricia Hampl (English), Barbara Frey (Human Rights Program). 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m., Mary and David Doty Board Room, Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis. FFI: Creative Writing Program; Department of English.
Film: "Repatriation," directed by Kim Dong-won, 7:00 p.m., 155 Nicholson Hall. Free. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Stirling, conductor, 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Works by Rossini, Berlioz, Dvorák and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, op. 56, Scottish. Free. FFI: School of Music.
Zagreb Saxophone Quartet with Eugene Rousseau (saxophone, music), 7:30 p.m., Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. Works by living composers Merkù, Šipuš, Morosco, Kechley and Woods. Free. FFI: School of Music.
October 13
Faculty Master Class: Eugene Rousseau (music; saxophone), 8:00 a.m., 90 Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music.
Alan Rocke (Case Western Reserve University),"Imagining the Molecular World," 3:30 p.m., 131 Physics Building. Refreshments at 3:15 p.m., 216 Physics Building. FFI: Studies of Science and Technology.
Alumna recital: Anna Marie Wytko (saxophone), 7:00 p.m., Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. Featuring composer Karel Husa's music for saxophone. Free. FFI: School of Music.
October 14
Faculty Recital: Rebecca Shockley (music; piano) with special guests Karl Payne and Dorothy Payne (pianos), 3:00 p.m., Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. Works by Bach, Gershwin, Grainger, Rachmaninoff, and others. Free. FFI: School of Music.
Guest Recital: Joseph Wytko (saxophone), with Jonathan Swartz (violin), Catalin Rotaru (double bass) and Andrew Campbell (piano), 7:30 p.m., Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. Works by Satie, Eychenne, DeMars, Wytko and Piazzolla. Free. FFI: School of Music.
October 14-15
Workshop: "Making River Connections: Design." A workshop for redesigning the site around the Science Classroom building on the University of Minnesota's East Bank campus. Registration deadline is Friday, October 6. Forms are available at http://www.riverdesign.umn.edu/events/pdfs/RegistrationForm.pdf. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
October 15
Guest Master Class: Tami Lee (violin; University of Kansas), 1:00 p.m., Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. Free. FFI: School of Music.
Guest Recital: Tami Lee (violin; University of Kansas), 7:00 p.m., Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. Works by Brahms, Mozart, Gershwin, and Heifetz. Free. FFI: School of Music.
October 16
Arlene Davila (New York University), "Latino Spin: The Battle Over Latinos' Public Image," 3:30 p.m., 402 Walter Library. FFI: Department of American Studies.
CANCELED -- TO BE RESCHEDULED
Fifth Annual Arshan and Charlotte Ohanessian Chair Lecture: Orhan Pamuk (Turkey's most prominent living novelist), "On Making the Other Talk," 7:30 p.m., Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
October 17
Claudia Fritsche (Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the U.S.), "Transatlantic Relations and Global Governance: The Growing Role of Multilateral Cooperation," 3:30 p.m., Wilkins Room, 215 Hubert H. Humphrey Center. FFI: Center for Austrian Studies.
Carolyn Liebler (sociology), "Stability and Change in Patterns of Social Support Exchange" 4:00 p.m., 1114 Social Sciences. FFI: Department of Sociology.
Partha Mitter (professor emeritus, University of Sussex and member of Wolfson College, Oxford), "Decentering Modernism," 4:00 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
October 18
Danielle Battisti (University of Buffalo) will speak on "Reconstructing Ethnicity: Italian American Cold War Campaigns and Identities", 12:00 noon, 308 Elmer L. Andersen Library. Brown bag lecture. FFI: Immigration History Research Center.
Symphonic Band and Symphonic Winds and Concert Choir. Jerry Luckhardt (conductor) and Christopher Marshall (featured composer), 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Works by David Maslanka, Anthony Iannaccone, Vaughan Williams, Arthur Bliss, Saint-Saens, Grieg and featured composer Christopher Marshall's piece "U Trau". Free. FFI: School of Music.
October 19
Thursday at Four Lecture Series: Martina Morris (University of Washington), "Partnership Networks and the Spread of HIV: Lessons from Uganda, Thailand, and the United States," 4:00 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
Elsa Shapiro (Pediatric Clinical Neuroscience), "Cognitive Development in the Context of Poverty," 4:00 p.m., N639 Elliott Hall. FFI: Center for Cognitive Sciences.
Jimmy Schryver (U of M, Morris), "The Archaeology of the Crusader States," 6:00 p.m., Pillsbury Auditorium, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Free. FFI: Center for Medieval Studies.
Film: "Habitual Sadness," directed by Byun Young-Joo, 7:00 p.m., 155 Nicholson Hall. Korean with English subtitles. Free. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
October 21
The School of Music presents its annual Collage Concert featuring over 300 student and faculty musicians on one stage, 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Free. FFI: School of Music.
October 22-November 18
Exhibition: "1956 Hungarian Revolution, 50-year Anniversary." A public "October 23" commemorative celebration program, Sunday, October 22 at 3:00 p.m., Elmer L. Andersen Library. FFI: Immigration Research History Center.
October 23
University Band, 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Free. FFI: School of Music.
October 24
Joe Gerteis and Trina Smith (sociology), "Experiencing Difference in American Neighborhoods," 4:00 p.m., 1114 Social Sciences. FFI: Department of Sociology.
Jeffrey Gurock (Yeshiva University), "American Judaism's Contemporary Scorecard," 7:30 p.m., Temple Israel, 2324 Emerson Ave, S., Minneapolis. FFI: Center for Jewish Studies.
Jazz Ensembles II and III, 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Free. FFI: School of Music.
October 25
Fionnuala Nì Aoláin (U of M Law School; University of Ulster, Belfast), "The European Legal System Responds to Terrorism: Balancing Human Rights and Security," 3:30 p.m., Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Center. FFI: Center for Austrian Studies.
Campus Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Free. FFI: School of Music.
October 26
Donna Gabaccia (Immigration History Research Center), "Disciplinary Research in an Interdisciplinary Field: Migration Studies," 12:00 noon, 308 Elmer L. Andersen Library. Light refreshments. FFI: Immigration History Research Center.
Guest Master Class: Nina Gordon (cello; Illinois Wesleyan University), 3:30 p.m., Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music.
Thursdays at Four Lecture Series: Craig Packer (ecology, evolution, and behavior), "The Biocomplexity of Man-eating: Myth Meets Ecology," 4:00 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
Derek Isaacowitz (Brandeis University), " Aging and Motivated Gaze: The View from the Gazer," 4:00 p.m., N639 Elliott Hall. FFI: Center for Cognitive Sciences.
Film: "A," directed by Tatsuya Mori, 7:00 p.m., 155 Nicholson Hall. Japanese with English subtitles. Free. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
October 26
Bergen Woodwind Quintet, 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Works by Xinyan Li (2005 recipient of the Libby Larsen Prize); Miguel del Aguila, Darius Milhaud and Jean Francaix. Free. FFI: School of Music.
October 26-November 11, in rotation
"A Doll's House" and "Hedda Gabler" by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Steve Cardamone and Daisy Walker. University Arts Ticket Office, 612-624-2345. $8-14. FFI: Department of Theatre Arts and Dance.
Announcements
Scholarly Events Fund
Applications for Scholarly Events Funding are due in the Office of the Associate Dean for Faculty and Research no later than Monday, October 16, 2006. Application instructions, an application form, and review criteria are found on the Scholarly Events Fund page of the Faculty and Research website.
FFI: Office of the Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, 612-624-9839.
Residential Faculty Fellowships and Research/Creative Collaboratives for 2007-08.
The Institute for Advanced Study seeks applications and nominations for 2007-08 for Faculty Fellows and Research/Creative Collaboratives. Faculty Fellows applications are due Friday, October 13, 2006. Research/Creative Collaboratives applications are due Friday, January 19, 2007. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.
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