| Monday, October 22 | |
| 3:00 PM | Classics Lecture "Seneca's Consolations to Helvia and Polybius: Dialogues of Displacement," a talk by Elaine Fantham (Princeton University). 3:00 pm, Smith 305. Sponsored by the UW Department of Classics. Elaine Fantham, Giger Professor Emerita at Princeton University, is one of the most influential Latinists of her generation. She is the author of commentaries on Seneca's Troades (1982), Lucan De Bello Civili 2 (1992) and Ovid Fasti 4 (1998), and a host of other major studies of Latin literature. |
| 3:30 PM | Cultural Anthropology Colloquium "Sport Utility Vehicles, Suburbs, and the Auto-Industrial Complex" (Sarah Jain, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University). Part of the Cultural Anthropology Colloquium Series: "Race, Gender, Language and Locality." 3:30 PM, Denny Hall 401. |
| Tuesday, October 23 | |
| 3:30 PM | **HUMANITIES LECTURE** Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams (Department of Scandinavian Studies) presents "The Swedish National Edition of August Strindberg's Collected Words: 'Legends' and 'Jacob Wrestles'." Part of a series called "New Works in Print: Highlighting Recent UW Faculty Publications in the Humanities." Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities. For more information, call (206) 542-3920. 3:30 PM, Simpson Center for the Humanities, Communications 202. |
| 4:00 PM | Exhibit: School of Art The Division of Art will be holding the opening of their Faculty Exhibit from 4-6 pm in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, 132 Art Building. The exhibit runs October 24 through November 10th. For more information, please call (206) 685-1805. This event is free and open to all. |
| 7:00 PM 9:00 | **MACARTHUR FELLOWS LECTURE** Suzanne Lebsock (Professor of History, 1992 Fellow). 110 Kane Hall. Suzanne Lebsock is a scholar whose research focuses on the convergence of legal, economic and social history. She is currently working on a study based on an 1890s murder case in rural Virginia that involves issues of race, gender and the role of the state. Her other works include "The Free Women of Petersburg: Status and Culture in a Southern Town, 1784-1860" and "A Share of Honour: Virginia Women, 1600-1945." Presented by the University of Washington Alumni Association and the College of Arts & Sciences in cooperation with the Simpson Center for the Humanities. For more information please call (206) 685-0611 or visit http://www.washington.edu/alumni/activities/lectures/2001fall.html. |
| 7:30 PM | Faculty Recital Internationally acclaimed UW pianist Craig Sheppard performs the Schumann "Novelettes, Op. 21," a magnetic and seminal work rarely heard in its entirety, and Ravel's masterpieces, the five "Miroirs" and his monumental "Gaspard dela Nuit.", 7:30 pm, Meany Theater, $8-10 (206-543-4880 or available at the door). Sponsored by the School of Music, (206) 543-4880. |
| Wednesday, October 24 | |
| 1:00 PM | Latin American Studies Lecture "Telethons, Talk Shows and Dead Dinosaurs: The Unnoticed Moments of Mexico's Transition to Democracy," a talk by Journalist Sam Quinones. Quinones worked as a reporter in California and Washington until 1995, when he went to Mexico and became a freelance writer. Since then his stories from Mexico have appeared in numerous US papers, and in 1998, he was awarded the Alicia Patterson Fellowship. His just-published book, TRUE TALES FROM ANOTHER MEXICO: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino and the Bronx (Univ. of New Mexico) is now available in paperback. It is a collection of non-fiction stories about contemporary Mexico. 1:00-2:20 pm, Smith Hall 304. Sponsors: Department of History, Division of Spanish and Portuguese, and Latin American Studies. For more info, contact: LAS-JSIS, 206-685-3435, lasuw@u.washington.edu. |
| 4:30 PM 7:30 | Film "Amistad" (1997), directed by Stephen Spielberg, from a screenplay by David H. Franzoni. Amistad tells a story so significant that its relative obscurity up to now is hard to understand. In 1839 on board the Spanish ship Amistad, bound from Havana to a slave port with a cargo of black Africans, the recently captured slaves revolted, led by a man called Cinque. They killed most of the Spanish crew, and ordered the two survivors to return them to Africa. 4:30-7:30 pm, Kane Hall, Room 210, Free. For more information, contact International Studies, (206) 658-2354 |
| Thursday, October 25 | |
| 3:30 PM | Hellenic Studies Lecture "Byzantine Diplomacy and the Balkans," a public lecture by Calliope A. Bourdara. (Professor at the University of Athens and an ex-member of the Greek Parliament). Professor Bourdara's particular interest is the legal history of Ancient Greece, Rome, Byzantium and post-Byzantine Greece. Her visit to the University of Washington is sponsored by the Onassis Foundation as part of our Hellenic Studies Program. 3:30-5:00 PM, 205 Smith |
| 3:30 PM | Teaching and Learning Forum "Public Education in a Diverse Democracy: Why Should Anyone Care?": the Autumn 2001 Quarterly Forum on Teaching and Learning. This event features Earl Lewis, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Academic Affairs - Graduate Studies, Dean of the Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan. He is the author, co-author, and editor of five books, and with Robin D.G. Kelley, general editor of an eleven-volume history of African Americans for young adults. 3:30-5:00 PM (Reception to follow), Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall. Please RSVP by sending your name and department to: rsvp@cidr.washington.edu |
| 3:30 PM | Political Science Lecture "The Fight Against Impunity: Addressing Human Rights in Guatamala," a talk by Blanca Hernandez, founding member of FAMDEGUA, the Association of Family Members of the Detained and Disappeared of Guatamala. Smith 105. Sponsored by the UW Latin American Studies Program and the Department of Political Science. For more information, call 206-685-3435. |
| 7:00 PM 9:20 PM | International Studies Lecture "Do They Really Hate Us?" Resat Kasaba (Professor of International Studies, Jackson School of International Studies). Part of an ongoing series. Experts will present their perspectives and the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions and discuss current events. 7-9:20 PM, Hec Ed. No tickets required. Sponsored by the Jackson School of International Studies. For more information please call (206) 543-4372. |
| 7:00 PM | Africa Studies Reading Ken Wiwa talks about and signs "In the Shadow of a Saint: A Son's Journey to Understand His Father's Legacy." Ken Wiwa is a journalist who is actively involved with human rights and economic development in Nigeria. His father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, one of Nigeria's best-loved writers and human rights activits, was executed in November 1995 and his death was headline news internationally. 7:00 PM, Roethke Auditorium, 130 Kane Hall. Tickets required; available (free) at University Book Store. Sponsored by University Book Store, World Affairs Council and the Program on Africa at the Jackson School. For more information, call 206-634-3400. |
| Friday, October 26 | |
| 12:30 PM | Halloween Concert Carole Terry, UW professor of organ and the Seattle Symphony's resident organist and curator, is joined by her students in spooky music and organ classics in this popular annual event. 12:30 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, $5-8 at the door. For more information, contact the School of Music, (206) 685-8384. |
| 8:00 PM | Halloween Concert Carole Terry, UW professor of organ and the Seattle Symphony's resident organist and curator, is joined by her students in spooky music and organ classics in this popular annual event. 8 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, $5-8 at the door. For more information, contact the School of Music, (206) 685-8384. |
| Saturday, October 27 | |
| 7:30 PM | Benefit Concert The Gulvadi Quartet from Delhi present a program of devotional and folk themes. This benefit concert will aid the victims of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks. 7:30 PM, Roethke Auditorium, 130 Kane Hall. Admission by voluntary donation (Suggested $10). All proceeds will be donated to the International Red Cross. For more information, contact the UW Ethnomusicology Program, 206-525-7728 or visit: www.ragmala.org |
| Sunday, October 28 | |
| 7:00 PM | Drama Preview Performance "Noises Off" is an award-winning comedy by Michael Frayn and directed by Steve Pearson. This "brilliantly witty farce" follows the on- and off-stage antics of a touring company as they stumble from dress rehearsal to the disastrous last night of the sex comedy, Nothing On. Previews: 10/28 & 10/30 at 7 PM. Performances: 10/31-11/11, 7 PM Wed & Thurs, 8 PM Fri & Sat, 2 PM Sun. Meany Studio Theatre. Tickets: $5 (Previews), $8 (Sun-Thurs), $12 (Fri & Sat), $7 (Students w/valid ID); $1 Discount for Seniors/Groups. For more information, contact UW School of Drama, 206-543-4880. |