| Monday, May 13 | |
| 6:30 PM | Architecture Talk "NY World Trade Center: Reflections on the Engineering and Thoughts About the Future," Jon Magnusson. Magnusson is Chairman and CEO of Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire in Seattle, the firm that served as structural engineer on New York's World Trade Center in the mid-1960s. His presentation will describe what made the structures of the World Trade Center special and innovative, how they were designed and built, what went wrong and what went right on September 11th, and what lessons might be learned for future buildings. Free and open to the public. College of Architecture and Urban Planning, 206-616-9091. 6:30 pm, Architecture Hall, Room 147. |
| 7:00 PM | Jewish Studies Lecture Series "Autobiography as Farewell: Stephan Zweig and Sarah Kofman," Michael Stanislawski (Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History, Columbia University). This lecture will analyze the autobiographies of two distinctly modern Jews—the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig and Sarah Kofman, the French feminist and deconstructionist scholar, and will end with a conclusion about the use of autobiographical writings as historical sources. Samuel and Althea Stroum Lecture Series 2002, sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. 7 PM, Kane 220. |
| 7:30 PM | Music Lecture Series "Vocal Music of the Early 20th Century" by Perry Lorenzo, Seattle Opera. Third of four lectures in a series entitled "A Historical Survey of Chamber Music Styles." Cost for all 4 lectures is $40; single tickets are $12, $6 (students). For more info, call Seattle Chamber Music Society, 206-283-8710. 7:30-9:00 pm, 213 Music Bld. |
| Tuesday, May 14 | |
| 6:30 PM | Exhibit "Conveyorscape," Interactive Sculpture Exhibition. Opening Reception May 14, 6:30-9:30 PM with W. Scott Trimble, first year MFA candidate, sculpture. Show runs May 14-17, 12-5 PM. Interaction with this exhibition requires 25 cents. Ceramic Metal Arts (CMA) Gallery, 4205 Mary Gates Memorial Drive. |
| 7:30 PM | **KATZ LECTURE** "Ethics without Metaphysics," Hilary Putnam (Philosophy, Harvard Univ.). Since the time of Plato philosophers have sought for a metaphysical foundation for ethics, or, failing to find one, have sought to "debunk" the very idea of an objective ethics. This lecture describes the controversy and defends the view that the objectivity of ethical judgments needs no foundation external to ethical life itself. 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. |
| Wednesday, May 15 | |
| 7:00 PM | Germanics Film Series "Schaut auf diese Stadt (Look at this City)," (1962). Show in conjunction with the Germanics Graduate conference taking place on May 16 at UW. This documentary film portrays the history of Berlin after World War II with a strong communist slant. The intention was to legitimate the construction of the Berlin Wall one year earlier to "protect" the socialist ideals and the citizens of the GDR. Part of the East German Cinema film series sponsored by the Deparment of Germanics. 7 PM, Savery 239. |
| 7:30 PM | Poetry Reading Poet Dabney Stuart (English, Washington and Lee University). Stuart is the author of Settlers: Poems (1999) and No Visible Means of Support: Stories (2001). Stuart has been nominated for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Free and open to the public. For information, 206-282-2677. Presented by Counterbalance Poetry and the UW Watermark Reading Series. 7:30 PM, Ethnic Cultural Center Theatre, NE 40th Street and Brooklyn Avenue NE. |
| Thursday, May 16 | |
| **URBAN STUDIES CONFERENCE** Urban Spaces – Modern Subject, European metropoles at the ‘fin de siècle’. This conference (May 16-18) will explore the effects of rapid urbanization and the rise of modern mass culture at the fin de siecle and into the first half of the 20th century. German speaking cities will be the focus of the discussion. Sponsors: CWES, DAD and The Simpson Center. Times and location: May 16: 7:00 pm, Keynote address: Vanessa R. Schwartz. May 17: 9:00 am-6:00 pm, Faculty Club Conference Room. Speakers: Steven Beller, Erika Rappaport, Joachim Schloer, Mary Louise Roberts, Marcia Klotz and Chandak Sangoopta. May 18: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm, Seattle Art Museum. For more information, contact Dagmar Reese, reese@u.washington.edu and Center for West European Studies, cwes@u.washington.edu or (206) 543-1675. |
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| 1:00 PM | Music Lecture Anthony Brown, director of Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra, speaks to students in Music 445 ("Music in American Cultures"). Free and open to the public. School of Music, 206-685-8384. 1-2:30 pm, Room 219. |
| 3:30 PM | **EARLY MODERN STUDIES LECTURE** "A Jesuit's Books in New Spain: Athanasius Kircher and Sor Juana," Paula Findlen (Italian and History of Science, Stanford Univ). In the second half of the seventeenth century, the books which traveled through the Jesuit networks from Europe all over the world were among the first global artifacts. This talk examines the circulation and reception of the many books published by the German Jesuit polymath Athanasius Kircher. What did readers do with these vast monuments to erudition? This event is organized by EMERGE (Early Modern Research Group) and is sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the Center for West European Studies, and the Department of English. 3:30-5 PM, Smith 102. |
| 3:30 PM | **TEXTUAL STUDIES LECTURE** "Profiting Pedants: Symbolic Capital, Text Editing and Cultural Reproduction," Laurie A. Finke (Women's Studies, Kenyon College). Sponsored by the UW Textual Studies Program, the Simpson Center for the Humanities, and the Department of English. Please contact Prof. Paul G. Remley for more information (remley@u.washington.edu). 3:30 PM, Thompson 134. |
| 7:00 PM | Performance Opening "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare, directed by Judith Shahn. This Shakespeare romantic comedy follows the heroine Rosalind as she disguises herself as a man and sets off in search of love and justice. All Performances: $5 cash at the door only. For more information, contact the UW School of Drama, 206-543-0790. Preview: 5/16, 7 PM. Performances: 5/17-5/25, 7 PM Wed. & Thurs., 8 PM Fri. & Sat., 2 PM Sun. Penthouse Theatre. |
| 7:00 PM | Art Dialogue UW Professors Alys Weinbaum (English), Celia Lowe (Anthropology) and Janelle Taylor (Anthropology) explore feminist questions of science and culture in Gene(sis) and the scientific transformations it reflects and refracts. In conjunction with Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics, at the Henry. Free with museum admission. For more information, contact the Henry at (206) 543-2280. 7 PM, Henry Art Museum. |
| 7:30 PM | Concert Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra, presented by The Seattle Partnership for American Popular Music (UW School of Music, Experience Music Project, and KEXP-FM). Program includes works from their latest CD, "Monk's Moods," selections from Duke Ellington's "Afro Eurasian Eclipse" and "Far East Suite," and Brown's own works. Tickets $5. Contact the School of Music, 206-685-8384. 7:30 pm, Ethnic Cultural Center. |
| 8:00 PM | Asian Studies Lecture "Reading (or Not) the Tale of Genji," Royall Tyler (East Asian Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University). The Andrew Markus Memorial Lecture 2002. Dr. Tyler is Professor Emeritus in Japanese literature at Australian National University and presently teaching at Harvard. His translation of the 11th century _Tale of Genji_ , published in Autumn 2001, has received much critical acclaim, despite the fact that two earlier translations of this mammoth novel exist. Sponsored by the Department of Asian Languages and Literature. 8:00 PM, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. |
| Friday, May 17 | |
| **SLAVERY CONFERENCE** New Studies in Slavery: A Symposium. A conference that will discuss and debate the new ways slavery is being studied, with a focus on the implications of this research for politics and for the study of race and race relations in contemporary society. Participating historians include Edward Baptist (Univ. of Miami), Herman Bennett (Rutgers Univ.), Christopher L. Brown (Rutgers Univ.), Stephanie Camp (Univ. of Washington), Sharla Fett (Univ. of California, Los Angeles), Walter Johnson (New York Univ.), Dylan Penningroth (Univ. of Virginia), and Stephanie Smallwood (Univ. of California, San Diego). Organized by Stephanie Camp (History) and sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities. For more information please contact Prof. Camp at stcamp@u.washington.edu. |
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| 3:30 PM | **TEXTUAL STUDIES LECTURE** "Reading Paintings, Reading Plays: Eighteenth-Century Shakespeare Painting as Literary Reinventions," Stuart Sillars (University of Bergen, Norway). Sillars is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Visiting Scholar at Wolfson College, Cambridge. He is currently a visiting scholar in the UW Dept. of Comparative Literature, working on _Visualizing Shakespeare: Themes and Transformations 1730-1805_, a study of paintings of Shakespeare's plays as a medium of critical analysis. Sponsored by the UW Textual Studies Program, the Department of Comparative Literature, and the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. 3:30 PM, Communications 226. |
| 8:00 PM | Dance Performance Faculty Dance Concert: a special presentation of original works with choreography by faculty and guest artists, performed by faculty and students. Tickets: $12, $7 students/seniors. Through May 10th, buy one full-price ticket and get one free. For tickets, call UW Arts Ticket Office: (206) 543-4880. 8 PM, Meany Theatre. |
| Saturday, May 18 | |
| 3:30 PM | Middle Eastern Studies Lecture "Reeds Under the Pyramids: Islamic Calligraphy in Egypt," Mamoun Sakkal (Ph.D. candidate, Middle Eastern Studies, UW). Admission: $5 general/$3 student with ID. Sponsored by the American Research Center in Egypt and NELC. Contact: 206-543-3606 or visit: http://home.earthlink.net/~arcenwor/ARCE_Northwest_Chapter.html. 3:30 PM, Savery Hall, Room 249. |
| 8:00 PM | Dance Performance Faculty Dance Concert: a special presentation of original works with choreography by faculty and guest artists, performed by faculty and students. Tickets: $12, $7 students/seniors. Through May 10th, buy one full-price ticket and get one free. For tickets, call UW Arts Ticket Office: (206) 543-4880. 8 PM, Meany Theatre. |
| Sunday, May 19 | |
| 3:00 PM | Opera Closing "The Beggar's Opera," by John Gay (May 10-19). Claudia Zahn directs this 1728 London smash hit, which uses an underworld of thieves and prostitutes to satirize government, society, marriage, and even opera itself. Tickets $10-$20. For more information, contact the School of Music, 206-543-4880. 3 pm, Meany Studio Theater. |