November 17-30, 2006
IN THIS ISSUE
COLLEGE NEWS
College of Liberal Arts Staff Appreciation Day! Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Please join us on Wednesday, December 6 at 2:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall, McNamara Alumni Center to celebrate and acknowledge the many outstanding contributions of CLA's staff. The program will feature recognition of winners of the CLA Staff Outstanding Service Award for 2005-06. The winners will be announced next week. FFI: Angie Plambeck, CLA Administration.
KUDOS
Gordon Legge (psychology) received funding from NIH, "Development of Digital Sign Systems for Indoor Wayfinding.
Richard Leppert (cultural studies and comparative literature) has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Council of Learned Societies.
Michael Molasky (Asian languages and literatures) was awarded the Suntory Prize for Arts and Letters for his book, "Sengo Nihon no jazu bunka: eiga, bungaku, angora," (The Jazz Culture of Postwar Japan: Film, Literature, the Underground) published in July 2005 by "Seidosha" in Tokyo. The Suntory Prize is among the most prestigious awards for academic and critical studies written in Japanese. Molasky is the first English-speaking scholar to receive this award for work in the arts and humanities.
EVENTS, CONFERENCES, AND LECTURES
For a complete list of CLA events, visit: http://www2.cla.umn.edu/events
October 9-December 1
Exhibition: "Mediations," Works by Diane Katsiaficas (art). W-121 Gailon Roen Room, Boynton Health Service. FFI: Department of Art
November 6-December 20
Exhibition: "A Mighty Fortress" Far from Lake Wobegon: 21st Century Lutherans at the Confluence of Religion and Ethnicity," Atrium Gallery, Elmer L. Andersen Library. FFI: Immigration History Research Center
November 14-December 15
Exhibition: "Praxis/Practice." A public reception is scheduled for Friday, December 1 from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Regis Center for Art. FFI: Department of Art
November 16-19
"Hamletmachine." Xperimental Theatre, Rarig Center. FFI: University Theatre; Department of Theatre Arts and Dance
November 17, 2:30 PM
Justin London (Carleton College), "How to Talk About Music Meter: Psychological and Cross-Cultural Perspectives," 280 Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
November 17, 3:30 PM
Francisco Ocampo (Spanish and Portuguese studies), "Movement Towards Discourse is not grammaticalization: The Evolution of Claro from Adjective to Discourse Particle in Spoken Spanish," 229 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute of Linguistics, English as a Second Language, and Slavic Languages and Literatures
November 17, 4:00 PM
Informal Showing: Ananya Chatterjea (theatre arts and dance) and Uri Sands (theatre arts and dance), Studio 100, Barbara Barker Center for Dance. FFI: Dance Program; Department of Theatre Arts and Dance
November 17, 7:00 PM
A public reading and disucssion on "Ahmed Zitouni at Mizna." Moderators: Hakim Abderrezak (French and Italian) and Christophe Wall-Romana, room 109A, Mizna, 2205 California Street, N.E., Minneapolis. FFI: Department of French and Italian.
November 17, 7:00 PM
English Now presents a HOWL celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of Allen Ginsberg's poem. Campus Club, Coffman Memorial Union. FFI: Department of English
November 17, 7:00 PM
2nd Annual MFA Open Studios Night, Regis Center for Art. Forty-one graduate students from the Department of Art will open their studios for a free evening of art, live music and food. You can also collect 41 limited edition "Super Hero" trading cards created by Stacey Holloway (MFA student), available at every artist studio. FFI: Department of Art
November 17, 7:00 PM
Ahmed Zitouni (author) will give a reading and discuss his work, 2205 California Street, Minneapolis. FFI: Department of French and Italian
November 18, 6:00 PM
"Outsiders Within" Book Release Party. Readings by Jane Jeong Trenka, Julia Chinyere Oparah, Sun Yung Shin, Asha Tall (South End Press), Jae Ran Kim, Beth Kyong Lo, Kim Park Nelson, Bryan Thao Worra, and Sandy White Hawk. Special Guests and events include the Ananya Dance Theatre performing an excerpt from DUURBAAR and a Wiping of Tears Ceremony by The First Nations Orphans Association. Barbara Barker Center for Dance. FFI: Dance Program; Department of Theatre Arts and Dance.
November 18, 8:00 PM
Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, along with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Basilica of St. Mary, 17th and Hennepin, Minneapolis. FFI: School of Music
November 19, 5:00 PM
Guest Master Class: Nebojsa Zivkovic (percussion). Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
November 19, 7:30 PM
Low Brass Ensembles, 225 Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
November 20, 3:00 PM
Mark Hannis (Genocide Intervention Network), "When Genocide is Identified and Intervention Fails," 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
November 20, 3:30 PM
Christina Klein (Boston College), "Why American Studies Needs to Think about Korean Cinema," 101 Walter Library. FFI: Department of American Studies
November 21, 3:00 PM
Robert Pengelly and the Canadian Consulate, "Career Networking," 35 Hubert H. Humphrey Center. FFI: Institute for Global Studies.
November 21, 7:30 PM
Wind Ensemble, featuring Patrick O'Keefe (guest bass clarinet). Craig Kirchhoff (conductor). Ted Mann Concert Hall. FFI: School of Music
November 24-December 17
"Inspecting Carol" - "A Christmas Carol" meets "The Government Inspector" meets "Noises Off" meets "Waiting for Guffman" in this hilarious hit commissioned by Seattle Rep. A man who asks to audition at a small theatre is mistaken for an evaluator from the National Endowment for the Arts. Everyone caters to the bewildered wannabe actor as he is given a role in the production, "A Christmas Carol". Main Theatre, Minnesota Centennial Showboat, Harriet Island. FFI: University Theatre, Department of Theatre Arts and Dance
November 27, 3:30 PM
Mary Lay Schuster (rhetoric), "Victim Impact Statements in Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Cases: How Judges Respond to Expressions of Grief, Anger, and Compassion from Female Victims," 400 Ford Hall. Refreshments at 3:15 p.m. FFI: Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
November 28, 7:30 PM
Maisie Meyer (University of London),"Welcome Aboard the Shanghai Express: From the Rivers of Babylon to the Whangpoo," Mt. Zion Temple, 1300 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul. FFI: Center for Jewish Studies
November 28, 7:30 PM
Fenton Johnson (memoirist, novelist and essayist), "The Lion and the Lamb, or the Facts and the Truth," Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
November 29, 12:00 PM
Virginia Tilley (Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa), "Rethinking the Middle East Conflict: The One-State Solution?," 235 Blegen Hall. FFI: Institute for Global Studies
November 29, 12:30 PM
Workshop: Linda Seidel (University of Chicago), "The Ghent Altarpiece: A New Look at an Old Masterpiece?," 235 Nolte Center. FFI: Center for Medieval Studies
November 29, 3:30 PM
Parama Roy (University of California, Davis), "Alimentary Tracts: Food, Filth, and Anglo-Indian Flesh in 1857," 710 Social Sciences Building. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
November 29, 7:30 PM
Symphonic Band. Jerry Luckhardt (conductor), Mary Schneider (guest conductor), David Baldwin (conductor of Trumpet Ensemble). Works by Karel Husa, Shelly Hanson, Alfred Reed, Malcolm Arnold and more, Ted Mann Concert Hall. FFI: School of Music
November 29, 7:30 PM
Maisie Meyer (University of London), "Welcome Aboard the Shanghai Express: From the Rivers of Babylon to the Whangpoo," Sabes JCC, 4330 S. Cedar Lake Road, Minneapolis. FFI: Center for Jewish Studies
November 29, 7:30 PM
Taner Akcam (visiting professor, history) will discuss his book, "Shameful Acts: Armenian Genocide and Turkish Responsibility, " along with Eric Weitz (history), 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
November 30, 4:00 PM
Timothy Brennan (cultural studies and comparative literature), "Wars of Position: The Cultural Politics of Left and Right," 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
November 30, 4:00 PM
Linda Seidel (University of Chicago), "The Three Rs of Romanesque Art," 229 Nolte Center. FFI: Center for Medieval Studies
November 30, 7:00 PM
DocuLens Asia Film Series. The Play Goes On by Lalit Vachani, Hindi with English subtitles. Film screening, Q&A with director and panel discussion, 155 Nicholson Hall. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
November 30, 7:00 PM
Stephen Rosenberg (visiting artist, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, Ltd) will discuss his work, In-Flux space, Regis Center for Art. FFI: Department of Art
November 30, 7:00 PM
Michael Omi (University of California, Berkeley), "The Contradictions of Colorblindness: Race and Its Discontents," 140 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
November 30, 7:30 PM
University Band, Ted Mann Concert Hall. FFI: School of Music
November 30, 7:30 PM
Jazz Ensemble III, Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
December 1, 9:30 AM
Rose Brewer (African American & African studies), Karen Ho (anthropology), Keith Mayes (African American & African studies) and Richard Martinez (Chicano studies), "Histories and Race," 140 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
December 1, 1:30 PM
Panel Discussion: Margaret Moss (nursing), Rhonda Jones-Webb (epidemiology and community health), Richard Lee (psychology), Colin Campbell (pharmacology) and Nimi Singh (pediatrics and adolescent health), "Race and the Sciences," 140 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
December 1, 2:00 PM
Translating Translation: Christophe Wall-Romana (French and Italian) will present "Blanking Out, or, Translation Interminable" and Maria Zavialova (English) will discuss her work, 207A Lind Hall. FFI: Department of English.
December 1, 2:30 PM
Pat McCreless (Yale University), "Elgar and the Theory of Chromaticism," 280 Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
December 1, 3:30 PM
Jon Miller (Queens University), "Comparing Stoic Phantasia with Spinoza's Ideas," 1-132 Carlson School of Management. FFI: Department of Philosophy
December 1, 3:45 PM
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee (Stanford University), "Teaching Race in the New Genetics: What is at Stake?," 140 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
December 1, 4:00 PM
Guitar Ensemble, Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
December 1, 7:30 PM
Concert Choir, Chamber Singers and Campus Orchestra perform Britten's St. Nicolas, Ted Mann Concert Hall. FFI: School of Music
December 1, 7:30 PM
Percussion Department Showcase Concert, Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music.
December 1-2, 8:00 PM
Jazz Faculty Concert, 100 Barbara Barker Center for Dance. FFI: University Dance Theatre; Department of Theatre Arts and Dance
December 2, 9:00 AM
Workshop: Kathleen Dimmich (medieval textilist), "Measure for Measure: A Day in a Fifteenth-Century Tailors' Shop," 235 Nolte Center. FFI: Center for Medieval Studies
December 2-3
Marching Band Indoor Concert. The 302-member marching band under the direction of Tim Diem (director) and Mary Schneider (associate director), Northrop Memorial Auditorium. FFI: School of Music
December 3, 7:30 PM
Faculty Recital: Lydia Artymiw (piano) and the Rosalyra Quartet, Ted Mann Concert Hall. FFI: School of Music
December 4, 12:15 PM
Min Zhou (UCLA), "Chinatown, Koreatown, and Beyond: Social Capital Formation in Los Angeles? Immigrant Communities," room 50, 1701 Classroom Building. FFI: Minnesota Population Center
December 4, 5:30 PM
Emerging Digerati: A showcase of University of Minnesota work in new media, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum. FFI: Institute for New Media Studies; School of Journalism and Mass Communication
December 4, 7:30 PM
Jazz Ensembles I and II, Ted Mann Concert Hall. FFI: School of Music
December 4, 7:30 PM
African Music Ensemble, Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
December 5, 5:45 PM
Satish Korde (WPP Ford Group), "Global Communication and the Future of Global Commerce," Memorial Hall, 1701 Classroom Building. FFI: School of Journalism and Mass Communication
December 6, 7:30 PM
Wind Ensemble, Ted Mann Concert Hall. FFI: School of Music
December 7, 4:00 PM
Brian Edmiston (Ohio State University) and Patricia Enciso (Ohio State University), "Claiming Space and Time through 'Dramatic Inquiry'," 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
December 7, 4:00 PM
Matt McGue (psychology), "What is exceptional about exceptional aging?," N639 Elliott Hall. FFI: Center for Cognitive Sciences
December 7, 4:00 PM
Virginia Newes, "Masculine and Feminine Voices in a Pair of Lais by Guillaume de Machaut," 229 Nolte Center. FFI: Center for Medieval Studies
December 7, 7:00 PM
DocuLens Asia Film Series. Doctor Zhang by Huang Ruxiang, Chinese with English subtitles. Film screening, Q&A with director and panel discussion, 155 Nicholson Hall. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
December 7, 7:30 PM
Jazz Combos, Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
December 7-10
"Jacksonville" by Keith Hovis. Keith Hovis and Marie Kleinschmidt (directors). Xperimental Theatre, Rarig Center. FFI: University Theatre; Department of Theatre Arts and Dance
December 8
Conference: Kierkegaard and Irony, 120 Elmer L. Andersen Library. FFI: Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch.
December 8, 12:00 PM
Panel Discussion: "The Middle East and US Foreign Policy: Alternative Voices," Panelists: Hisham Bizri (cultural studies and comparative literature), Martin Sampson (political science) and Carol Hakim (history). FFI: Institute for Global Studies
December 8, 2:30 PM
Gillian Rodger (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), "Contextualizing Cross-Dressed Performance in Nineteenth-Century Theater: Issues of Gender and Class," 280 Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music.
December 8, 3:30 PM
Roderick Ferguson (American studies), "To Be Fluent in Each Other's Narratives: Surplus Populations and Queer of Color Activism," 710 Social Sciences Building. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
December 8, 4:00 PM
Piano Ensemble, Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
December 8, 7:30 PM
Early Music Ensemble. The U of M Early Music Ensembles collaborate to present the powerful "Weihnachts-Historie" of Heinrich Schuetz, plus other holiday favorites from the German Baroque.Lloyd. Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall. FFI: School of Music
December 9, 7:30 PM
Sounds of the Season: Men's and Women's Chorus in Concert, Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church, 5011 31st Avenue S., Minneapolis. FFI: School of Music
December 10, 1:00 PM
College of Liberal Arts Commencement, Northrop Memorial Auditorium. CLA honors more than 600 graduates during its fall commencement ceremony. The ceremony includes music performed by the U of M Brass Choir and will begin with a faculty procession leading the graduates into NMA and conclude with the presentation of degree candidates. Faculty, graduates and guests will also hear remarks from Steven Rosenstone (CLA dean), a student from the graduating class, as well as a commencement address by the keynote speaker, Jon Butler (dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Howard R. Lamar Professor of American History, Yale University). FFI: CLA Student Services
December 10, 4:00 PM
New Music Ensemble. Young-Nam Kim (conductor and violin), Jerry Luckhardt (conductor), Larry Weller (baritone), Thomas Bartsch (piano), Michael Cherlin (program annotator). Works by Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire (Tale 1) and other miniatures, along with Evan Chambers, Elliott Carter, Karel Husa, Charles Ives and Grazina Gacewicz. FFI: School of Music
December 11, 7:00 PM
Gospel Choir. Sanford Moore (director), Ted Mann Concert Hall. FFI: School of Music
Announcements
University of Graz Faculty Exchange
The College of Liberal Arts welcomes applications from CLA faculty interested in teaching at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz in either fall or spring semester in academic year 2007–2008 or 2008–2009. CLA faculty who participate in the program will receive their regular compensation from CLA. And one participating CLA faculty member each year will receive an additional stipend in the EURO equivalent of $10,000 from Graz to defray the cost of living abroad. FFI: Office of Faculty and Research
Digital Content Library
The Digital Content Library (DCL) is a combined resource of the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Design. Together, there are over 100,000 learning objects from many different disciplines in image, video and audio formats. These objects come from a variety of sources. Access to the online collections is available to all U of M faculty, staff and students. The collections are password protected because of copyright considerations. All materials must be used for educational purposes only. FFI: Rebecca Moss, director, CLA-OIT Visual Resources and Digital Content Lab
U of M Disabled Student Cultural Center: Looking for Writers
The University of Minnesota Disabled Student Cultural Center (DSCC) is looking for writers (students or staff) for its monthly newsletter. The newsletter features news, commentary, fiction works, games, and comics on issues related to disabilities. Submissions of any sort are welcome. To learn more about this writing opportunity and issues related to the disabilities community, contact Rachel Garaghty, gara0030@umn.edu or call the main office, 612-624-2602. FFI: Disabled Student Cultural Center
University Symposium Awards
The Institute for Advanced Study and the Office for the Vice President for Research invite proposals for collaborative interdisciplinary research projects on the topic of "Time," the subject of the University Symposium for the two-year period beginning in the fall of 2006. Proposals to be considered in the first round are due January 19 by 4:30 p.m., Institute for Advanced Study, 131 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study
The deadline for the December 1-15, 2006 issue is Monday, November 27, 2006.
Please send Kudos and Announcements items to Sarah Knoblauch, reporter@cla.umn.edu.
The information from the Events, Conferences, and Lectures section is now obtained from the U of M Events Calendar. To submit your event, conference or lecture, visit http://events.tc.umn.edu.
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