| Monday, April 29 | |
| 1:30 PM | Scandinavian Studies Reading Reading of "Peko", an epic poem composed in 1927 by folk singer Anne Vabarna, a member of the Seto ethnic group in southeastern Estonia. The epic was first published in 1995, and has now been translated into English by UW doctoral candidate Kristin Kuutma. The presentation will include readings from the epic and a discussion of its cultural context, along with the translator's notes on the challenges of translating from Seto into English. Kristin Kuutma (MA, UW Scandinavian Studies 1999) taught Estonian language at the UW from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a visiting graduate student at the University of Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Baltic Studies Program. 1:30 PM, Raitt Hall 314. |
| 3:30 PM | **HUMANITIES LECTURE** "Transplant Medicine and Transformative Narrative," Susan Squier (English and Science Studies, Pennsylvania State Univ.). Squier will discuss the different ways that fiction and medicine narrate organ transplantation, in particular in the gendered and racialized ways that identity is invested in, or separated from, the transplanted organ. Her lecture will compare certain high-profile contemporary organ transplant cases with some science fiction representations of the same surgery, from the early and late twentieth century. Part of "Humanities on the Move," a lecture series sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities. For more information please call (206) 543-3920. 3:30 PM, Communications 226. |
| 6:30 PM | Architecture Lecture Massimo Carmassi has emerged as a leader in contemporary Italian architecture as much for his radical restorations of historic buildings as for his superb new work. "An historic building," he explains, "is not just an historic artifact but a design in which all of the periods of a building, including our own, can be brought together into a balanced unity." His firm, Carmassi Studio di Architettura, is based in Florence, Italy. Event sponsored by Mahlum Architects. Free and open to the public. For more information, call the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, 206-616-9091. 6:30 pm, Architecture Hall, Room 147. |
| 7:30 PM | Ensemble Concert The School of Music's Symphonic Band, Concert Band & Wind Ensemble present an Ensemble Concert. Directed by J. Bradley McDavid, David Waltman, and Timothy Salzman. Ticket Prices: $5-$8. 7:30 PM, Meany Theater. |
| Tuesday, April 30 | |
| 3:30 PM | Stice Lecture "American Colonialism and the Law: Implications for Contemporary Globalization," Sally Engle Merry (Anthropology Chair, and Class of 1949 Professor in Ethics, Wellesley College). Earl and Edna Stice Memorial Lectureship in Social Science. Sponsors: Comparative Law and Society Studies Center, Dept of Political Science, and Dept of Anthropology, 206-543-2780. 3:30-5:00 pm, 239 Savery. |
| 7:00 PM | Reading and Book Signing Michael Collins, award winning novelist, will read from his forthcoming novel "The Resurrectionists". Free and open to all. Born in Limerick, Ireland, Seattle resident Michael Collins has written six books that have been translated into over 20 languages and his latest novel, "The Keepers of Truth" won the Irish Book of the Year, as well as Book of the Year Awards from both the London Times and The Guardian newspapers. It was also shortlisted for both the Booker Prize and the IMPAC Literary Prize of 2002. A short question and answer period will take place at the end of the reading and Collins will sign copies of his books. The event is presented by the Dept. of English, Creative Writing Program and co-sponsored by the Watermark Lecture Series and the University Bookstore. For more information, call (206) 543-9865. 7:00 pm, Kane Hall, Room 110. |
| 7:00 PM | Jewish Studies Lecture "War and Peace: The view from the Jerusalem Street," Stuart Schoffman (Associate Editor of the Jerusalem Report). Sponsored by: The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Hillel, HuskIPAC. Stuart Schoffman is an Associate Editor and columnist for the Jerusalem Report, the Koppelman Scholar-in-Residence of the Anti-Defamation League, and a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute. A native of Brooklyn, New York, and a graduate of Harvard and Yale universities, he worked as a journalist for Fortune and Time magazines, a Hollywood screenwriter, and a teacher of history at the University of Texas, and of film at the University of Southern California, before moving to Israel in 1988. He taught film at Tel Aviv University and wrote "The Wordmaker", a drama for Israel Television about Hebrew language pioneer Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the 19th-century origins of Israel's cultural conflicts. Schoffman has also taught Jewish studies at the Rothberg International School at the Hebrew University and in the Liberal Yeshivah program at Hebrew Union College. He also writes a monthly column about Israel that appears in leading Jewish newspapers in the United States. He is working on a book about Jewish history and memory. A light deli dinner will be provided. For more information, contact huskipac@u.washington.edu. 7 pm, Hub 209A. |
| 7:30 PM | Islamic Studies Lecture "Gibran between Two Millenia: Message and Relevance," Irfan Shahid (Arabic Language, Literature and Linguistics, Georgetown University). Sponsored by the Near Eastern Languages & Civilization and History departments. 7:30 PM, Kane 210. |
| 7:30 PM | Ethnomusicology Concert "Music of Turkey and China," featuring Ethnomusicology Visiting Artists Münir Nurettin Beken and Ziying Wu. Beken is a Turkish music expert and "ud" (Middle Eastern lute) virtuoso. Wu is a master of the "qin" (Chinese zither) and "pipa" (Chinese lute). Tickets $10 general, $8 student/senior. For more information, call (206) 685-8384. 7:30 PM, Meany Theatre. |
| Wednesday, May 1 | |
| 7:00 PM | Germanics Film Series "Die Legende von Paul und Paula (The Legend of Paul and Paula)," (1973). This famous GDR cult-film tells the story of a woman and a man who are trying to realize their own individual desires in an overly rationalized socialist society. It combines moments of poetic imagery with 70's pop culture and a hip soundtrack. Part of the East German Cinema film series sponsored by the Deparment of Germanics. 7 PM, Savery 239. |
| 7:00 PM | Art Lecture Nationally renowned public artist James Carpenter will speak about his work. This event is free and open to all. Sponsored by the Public Art Curriculum, the Colleges of Architecture and Arts & Sciences; funded by a Tools for Transformation Grant. For more information, please call 206-543-0970. 7:00 pm, 220 Kane Hall. |
| Thursday, May 2 | |
| 3:30 PM 5:00 | International Studies Lecture "Byzantium and the Arabs from the IVth to the VIIth Century: New Lights on Arab History in Late Antiquity," Irfan Shahid (Arabic and Islamic Studies, Georgetown Unviersity). Sponsored by the Near Eastern Languages & Civilization and History departments. 3:30-5 PM, Location TBA. |
| 3:30 PM | Art Talk Two Curators Talk About Their Work: Elizabeth Brown (Chief Curator, Henry Art Gallery) and Lisa Corrin (Deputy Director and Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum). 3:30 PM, Art Building, Room 3. |
| 7:00 PM | Drama Performance "Frida - un retablo." The Miracle Theater presents the life of Frida Kahlo in its newest production Frida, un retablo. Life and art intertwine in this surrealistic vision of one of Mexico's most acclaimed artists. Free. For more informaiton, contact ASUW La Raza Commission, 206-543-9244. 7:00-9:00 pm, Kane Hall 220. |
| 8:00 PM | Performance Opening "Marisol," a play by Jose Rivera, directed by Josh Costello. Presented by the UW Ethnic Cultural Theatre & School of Drama. Tickets: $5-12. Pay what you can previews: April 29 & May 1. Showtime 8 pm Thurs-Sat, 2 pm Sundays. For reservations, call (206) 543-4635. For more information visit: www.depts.washington.edu/ecc/marisol. May 2-12, Ethnic Cultural Theatre, 3940 Brooklyn Ave NE. |
| 8:00 PM | Dance Performance Opening UW World Dance Series presents the Mark Morris Dance Group, May 2-4. Accompaniedv by signature live music, Morris and his company present "an intoxicating evening of dance that celebrates the human condition in all its glorious complexity." Tickets available through UW Arts Ticket Office: (206) 543-4880. 8:00 pm, Meany Theater. |
| Friday, May 3 | |
| 2:30 PM | **HUMANITIES LECTURE** "The Modern Girl Around the World: The project and preliminary explorations," by UW Inter-Disciplinary Research Group Members: Alys Weinbaum (English), Lynn Thomas (History), Priti Ramamurthy (Women's Studies), Uta Poiger (History), Madeleine Yue Dong (International Studies), and Tani Barlow (Women Studies). Sponsored by the Institute for Transnational Studies, the Simpson Center for the Humanities and the Department of Womens' Studies. Presentation: 2:30-4:30 pm; Reception: 4:30-5:30 pm. Communications 202. |
| 2:30 PM | Italian Studies Talk "The Giant and the Magician: Pirandello in XXth Century Drama," Simona Micali (University of Bologna). Sponsered by the School of Drama and the Division of French and Italian Studies. 2:30 pm, Mary Gates Hall 238. |
| 6:30 PM | Italian Film Festival COME TE NESSUNO MAI (FOREVER IN MY MIND) by Gabriele Muccino (1999, 88 mins) Muccino is one of Italy's most successful young directors. In this film, his second, Muccino tells the story of the sentimental education of Silvio, a 16 year-old whose life is turned upside down when he participates in a sit-in at his high school. Surrounded by the political rhetoric of his comrades and the anxieties of his parents, his true aspiration is to find the girl of his dreams. The film was hailed in Italy as a fresh and humorous look at a slice of life of middle-class Roman youth. Part of "New Italian Cinema," a series of five recent Italian films shown in 35mm format (with English subtitles) May 3-7 and brought to the UW by CinemaItalia, the UW Cimema Studies Program, and CWES. 6:30 PM, HUB Auditorium. |
| 7:00 PM | Latin American Studies Lecture "May Day, Cinco de Mayo and the Struggle for Workers Rights," Rodolfo Acuna ("The Father of Chicano Studies"). For more information, contact: ASUW Raza Commission @ (206)543-9244 or asuwraza@u.washington.edu. Sponsored by: La Raza Commission, Office of Minority Affairs, Ethnic Cultural Center, GO-MAP, Office of the President, Office of the Provost, ASUW. 7-8:30 PM Lecture, 8:30-10 PM Reception, Kane Hall 220. |
| 8:30 PM | Italian Film Festival LA RENTREE (THE COMEBACK) by Franco Angeli (2000, 96 mins). Marco Gibellini is an ex-boxer who has been released from prison and at 45 years old still aspires to return to the ring but to do so he must return to a life of petty crime. The film is particularly interesting in the stylistic decision to tell Gibellini's story as a boxing match, subdividing it into twelve rounds. Digital enhancement underscores the subjective and dreamlike quality of the story whose urban landscape was inspired by the paintings of Mario Sironi. The film is a collaborative project between director Angeli (an assistant to Ettore Scola) and actor Francesco Salvi who wrote the screenplay. Part of "New Italian Cinema," a series of five recent Italian films shown in 35mm format (with English subtitles) May 3-7 and brought to the UW by CinemaItalia, the UW Cimema Studies Program, and CWES. 8:30 PM, HUB Auditorium. |