Category: Humanities

Wednesday, January 12, 3:15-5:00p.m. in Laird 211

Van Dusenbery: Introduction to Marshall Sahlins
Bill North: Introduction & The Polynesian War (with apologies to Thucydides)

Tuesday, January 25 from 7:00-9:00p.m. in the Cowling Studio.

Eiko Otake of Eiko and Koma in residence: Acclaimed avant-garde performer who was recently featured at the Walker Art Center.  No experience necessary to participate.

Wednesday, January 26, 3:30-5:30 p.m. in Laird 211

Clara Hardy: Culture and Agency

Wednesday, February 9, 3:30-5:30 p.m. in Laird 211

Larry Cooper: The Culture of an Assassination

Wednesday, February 16, 4:00 p.m. in Gould Library Athenaeum

The Philosophy of Place

Beth McKinsey, English and American Studies; “Zanita: Women and the Wild in 19th Century Yosemite” and Adriana Estill, English and American Studies: “Not Black, Not Quite White: Making a Place for Hispanic Beauty in the 19th Century“

Wednesday, February 16, 8:00p.m. in Boliou 104

Directed by Jean Stéphane Sauvaire and based on the novel by Emmanuel Dongala. The novel recounts the poignant fate of child soldiers in the Congolese civil war. Winner of the prestigious prix de l’espoir at the Cannes film festival in 2008.

Thursday, February 17, 4:00p.m. in LDC 104

Emmanuel Dongala, Professor of Chemistry at Bard College, is the winner of numerous literary prizes including the Grand Prix de Littérature de l’Afrique Noire, the Prix de la Fondation de France, and the prize for the best French novel of 2010 from the literary magazine Lire. His works have been translated into more than a dozen languages. In 1998, the Congolese Civil war forced Dongala, who was then professor of Chemistry and Dean of the University, to flee his country, which he was able to do with the help of his friend, the novelist Philip Roth. Dongala’s novel, Johnny Mad Dog,was made into an award-winning film. 

Thursday, February 24, 4:00p.m. in Leighton 304

Heather Dubrow, Professor of English and Rev. John Boyd, S.J. Chair in the Poetic Imagination at Fordham University, is one of the best known Renaissance scholars in the country. She is the author of six scholarly books, including The Challenges of Orpheus: Lyric Poetry and Early Modern England (Johns Hopkins) and Captive Victors: Shakespeare’s Narrative Poems and Sonnets (Cornell). Sponsored by the Humanities Center, the Department of English, and the Elizabeth Nason Distinguished Women Visitors Fund.

Friday, February 25, 4:00 p.m., Gould Library Athenaeum

Heather Dubrow, Professor of English and Rev. John Boyd, S.J. Chair in the Poetic Imagination at Fordham University, reads from her new poetry collection, Forms and Hollows, to be published in February 2011 by Cherry Grove. In addition to her academic publications, Professor Dubrow has previously published two chapbooks of poetry and is the director of the “Poets Outloud” series in New York. Sponsored by the Humanities Center, the Department of English, and the Elizabeth Nason Distinguished Women Visitors Fund.

World-class Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer Adriana Maresma Fois captivated her audience in Severance Great Hall with a passionate—and colorful—performance during fall term.