| Monday, December 3 | |
| 3:30 PM | Cultural Anthropology Colloquium "Racializing Time: Lewis Henry Morgan in Friedrich Engels's Story of Capital," Alys Weinbaum (Department of English). Part of the Cultural Anthropology Colloquium Series: "Race, Gender, Language and Locality." 3:30 PM, Denny Hall 401. |
| 4:00 PM | **HUMANITIES LECTURE** "John Dewey and the Limits of the Nation," Katharyne Mitchell (Canadian Studies, Geography). Professor Mitchell will examine the repercussions of contemporary forces of globalization, particularly transnational migration, on the philosophy and practice of education. In particular, she will question the effects of globalizing forces on national conceptions of democratic citizenship and investigate the ways in which early formulations of the connections between education and democracy, by scholars such as John Dewey, have been disrupted by contemporary global forces such as transnational migration. Refreshments Provided. Sponsored by the Americanist Colloquium of the Department of English and the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. 4pm, Communications 226. |
| 7:30 PM | Concert The University Singers perform Gounod's "Messe Solennelle," among other works (Yoon-Taek Cho, director). 7:30 pm, Meany Theater. Tickets: $5-8 (206-543-4880 or available at the door). For more information, contact the School of Music, (206) 685-8384. |
| 7:30 PM | Recital School of Music voice students perform. 7:30 pm, Brechemin Auditorium, School of Music. Free. For more information, contact (206) 685-8384. |
| Tuesday, December 4 | |
| 6:00 PM | Walker-Ames Lecture "Critical Race Theory and Whiteness," Richard Delgado (School of Law, Univ. of Colorado). Nationally prominent scholar and commentator on race in American, Dr. Delgado will speak on the relation between Critical Race Theory and whiteness studies. He will show how one branch of whiteness studies springs from and is closely allied with Critical Race Theory and how the law has participated in the social construction of the white race. He will discuss recent developments in the legal and ethnic studies literatures on white privilege, white normativity, and the possibility of colorblind solutions to society's racial problems. Delgado may also discuss white supremacist movements and the history of immigrant groups who arrived in the United States to find themselves classified as nonwhite, but who over time were permitted to enter the white race. Sponsored by American Ethnic Studies and the Law School. 6 PM, Kane 130. Free. |
| 6:00 PM | Art Lecture and Opening Summer Duncan opens her BFA exhibit and speaks about her work. Duncan's show runs through December 9th. Located at 4205 Mary Gates Memorial Drive, the CMA Building houses the Ceramics and Sculpture programs. For more information, please call 206.543.0178. |
| 7:00 PM | Drama Performance "Sleep Deprivation Chamber," a contemporary drama by Adam P. Kennedy and Adrienne Kennedy, directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton. In this dreamlike and autobiographical meditation on truth and justice, a young African-American is stopped at night by the police less than a block from his Arlington, VA home. Without provocation, he is brutally beaten, arrested and charged with assault and battery. Previews: 12/2 & 12/4, 7PM. Performances: 12/5-12/16, 7PM Wed. & Thurs., 8PM Fri. & Sat., 2PM Sun. Playhouse Theatre. Tickets: $5 for Previews; $8 Sun-Thurs; $12 Fri-Sat.; Students w/valid ID always $7; $1 Discount for Seniors/Groups. For more information, contact the UW School of Drama, 206-543-4880. |
| 7:30 PM | Concert "Concert Band & Wind Ensemble," David Waltman and Timothy Salzman, directors. Highlights include Richard Rodgers' "Victory at Sea," faculty baritone Julian Patrick in William Penn's "A Cornfield in July" and "The River," and Michael Colgrass' "Artic Dreams," a tone poem based on his experiences of living with an Inuit family on Baffan Island, near the Arctic Circle. 7:30 pm, Meany Theater. Tickets $5-8 (206-543-4880 or available at the door). For more information, contact the School of Music, (206) 685-8384 |
| Wednesday, December 5 | |
| 3:30 PM | Asian Languages Colloquium "Research in Chinese Linguistics," Dr. Anne Yue-Hashimoto (Department of Asian Languages & Literature). 3:30-5:00pm, Smith 105 |
| 7:30 PM | Concert "Jazz Combos," a concert celebrating the 75th anniversary of John Coltrane's birth and featuring music recorded or inspired by the legendary tenor saxophonist. 7:30 pm, Brechemin Auditorium, School of Music. Tickets $5-8 at the door. For more information, contact the School of Music, (206) 685-8384. |
| Thursday, December 6 | |
| 3:30 PM | English Lecture "Melville's Narratives of Mutiny: 1850-1880," Stephen Wolfe (Professor of English, Linfield College). In "Melville's Narratives of Mutiny," using Billy Budd and other short fiction, Wolfe focuses on the literary/critical problem of narrative authority in Melville's fiction. He examines Melville's use of British naval mutinies in the 1790s as a context and a commentary on contemporary events. Wolfe shows that Melville creates narrators and narratives of mutiny to contain and resolve complex issues such as political authority and new forms of economic individualism and community in the United States. Stephen Wolf received his PhD from York University, Toronto, Canada, and has taught in Canada, Britain, Norway and the United States. His main publications are on the British Jacobin writers of the 1790s and American popular fiction. Sponsored by the Department of English and the Andrew R. Hilen Lectures on American Literature & Culture. 3:30 pm, 326 Communications. |
| 7:30 PM | **KATZ LECTURE** "Japan's Traditional Lifestyles: Reflections in 2001," Susan Hanley (UW Jackson School of International Studies). Traditional lifestyles in the centuries preceding Japan's industrialization were forged in the turbulent years of civil war in the 16th century, and during the peace following unification in 1600. Despite a growing population, three major famines, and limited land and resources, the economy grew, and the Japanese developed a simple and ecological lifestyle that was also aesthetic and healthful. This lecture will examine how the Japanese created this lifestyle and reflect on what we might learn from them in our own tumultuous times when we too are faced with environmental, economic, and security concerns. A Solomon Katz Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities, sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities. For more information please call (206) 543-3920. 7:30 pm, Kane 220. |
| 7:30 PM | Concert "Contemporary Group," a performance by UW colleagues Tom Collier, percussion, and William O. Smith, clarinet, in Smith's "Ritual for Clarinet and Percussion." Other works include Kaminsky's "River Music," Schoeller's "Incantations II and III," Webern's "Concerto, opus 24," and Benshoof's "Brandy Leave Me Alone." (Joël-François Durand, director). 7:30 pm, Meany Theater. Tickets $5-8 (206-543-4880 or available at the door). For more information, contact the School of Music at (206) 685-8384. |
| 8:00 PM | Performance Opening "The Composer/Choreographer Collaborative Concert." The UW is pleased to present the culmination of its annual composer/choreographer collaboration. The seven Dance MFA candidates have collaborated with UW post-graduate composers to create original works to be performed by undergraduate dance students. Tickets available at UW Arts Ticket Office or 206-543-4880. $9 for adults, $7 for students/seniors. For more information, contact the School of Dance, 206-706-6844. 8:00 pm, Meany Studio Theater, Meany Hall. |
| Friday, December 7 | |
| 2:30 PM | Geography Colloquium "Institutional Approaches to Occupational Training," James W. Harrington (UW Department of Geography). 241 Mary Gates Hall. |
| 3:30 PM | Linguistics Colloquium "Case, agreement and expletives: A parametric difference in French and English," Dr. Julia Herschensohn (Dept. of Linguistics). 3:30 pm, Smith 305. |
| 3:30 PM | Philosophy Lecture "Good Fictions' Good Lessons," Marcia Eaton (Philosophy Dept, University of Minnesota). The talk deals with material developed in Prof. Eaton's important new book, "Merit: Aesthetic and Ethical" (Oxford U. Press, 2001), in which she presents arguments for thinking that the aesthetic values and the moral values we express variously in our lives and in our sense of what is fitting in a cultural context are much more closely connected than is usually appreciated. It is all too easy to think of the aesthetic and the ethical dimensions of life as separate (the view philosophers call "The Separatist Thesis"); but careful attention to the way in which the concepts entailed by both dimensions are actually deployed in valuational practice belies this notion. The book is lively, insightful, and fresh in its vision of the good life. The talk is certain to be all of these things as well. 3:30 pm, Savery 249. |
| 8:00 PM | Performance "The Composer/Choreographer Collaborative Concert." The UW is pleased to present the culmination of its annual composer/choreographer collaboration. The seven Dance MFA candidates have collaborated with UW post-graduate composers to create original works to be performed by undergraduate dance students. Tickets available at UW Arts Ticket Office or 206-543-4880. $9 for adults, $7 for students/seniors. For more information, contact the School of Dance, 206-706-6844. 8:00 pm, Meany Studio Theater, Meany Hall. |
| 8:00 PM | Recital Senior Recital: Megan Magden, Voice. Free. 8 pm, Brechemin Auditorium. |
| Saturday, December 8 | |
| 2:00 PM | Concert Student Chamber Ensemble: Free chamber music concert. For more information, contact the School of Music, (206) 685-8384. 2:00 pm, Brechemin Auditorium. |
| Sunday, December 9 | |
| 2:00 PM | Performance Closing "The Composer/Choreographer Collaborative Concert." The UW is pleased to present the culmination of its annual composer/choreographer collaboration. The seven Dance MFA candidates have collaborated with UW post-graduate composers to create original works to be performed by undergraduate dance students. Tickets available at UW Arts Ticket Office or 206-543-4880. $9 for adults, $7 for students/seniors. For more information, contact the School of Dance, 206-706-6844. 2:00 pm, Meany Studio Theater, Meany Hall. |
| 4:30 PM | Recital DMA Recital: Kangmi Kim, voice. Sponsored by the School of Music. Free. 4:30 pm, Brechemin Auditorium. |