| Monday, May 20 | |
| 3:30 PM | **ENGLISH LECTURE** "Phantom Limbs: Film Noir and the Disabled Body," Michael Davidson (Literature, UC San Diego). In many films noirs of the 1940s and 1950s, a disabled character in a supporting role often serves to mark the "wounded" nature of the noir hero's existential malaise. But disability also annexes queer sexualities elsewhere in the films that were being heavily monitored by congressional investigating committees and the Film Production Code. This lecture will explore the intersection of disabilities and queer discourses during a period of consensus and containment. 3:30 PM, Communications 226. |
| 7:30 PM | Music Lecture "Composers of the Late 20th Century," Laura Kaminsky, Cornish College of the Arts. Week 4 of the lecture series, "A Historical Survey of Chamber Music Styles." Single tickets are $12, $6 (students). Seattle Chamber Music Society, 206-283-8710. 7:30-9 pm, 213 Music Bldg. |
| 7:30 PM | University Chorale "Motets & Marginalia: Music Inspired by Literature," a performance by University Chorale. Inspired by the artistic musings found in the margins of Renaissance literature, the concert features Renaissance motets and madrigals and poet-inspired music of the modern era, including premieres by James Carlson and Stewart Dempster (Geoffrey Boers, director). Tickets: $5-8. 7:30 PM, Meany Theater. |
| Tuesday, May 21 | |
| 2:00 PM | International Studies Lecture "The Civilization Index," Dr. Andrew Targowski (Western Michigan University). At the end of the Cold War, the view that the next major conflict would be a "Clash of Civilizations" became popular. Dr. Targowski will discuss what to expect from this clash and how to respond to the transformation from the Industrial Wave to the Information Wave. His lecture will explore the nature of civilization, the Civilization Index, and how to cope with new challenges. Sponsored by: REECAS/JSIS. For more information, call (206) 543-4852. 2-3:30 pm, Thomson Hall, Room 317. |
| 3:30 PM | Anthropology Lecture "The Battles of the Cultural Selves and Identities in Thai Popular Culture," Pattana Kitiarsa (Anthropology, School of General Education Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand). Sponsored by SEA Center, Anthropology. For more information, call (206) 543-9606. 3:30-5:00pm, Thomson 334. |
| 3:30 PM | **AMERICANIST COLLOQUIUM** "Against Wisdom: The Social Politics of Anger and Aging," Kathleen Woodward (English, UW). Focusing on two books key to the cultural history of aging in the twentieth century, this talk explores the cultural reflex of invoking wisdom as the special strength of the old and the strategy of using anger to call attention to ageism. Woodward's "Against Wisdom" essay argues that it is difficult, if not virtually impossible, to envision a productive future for the elderly through the joint cultural building blocks of wisdom and anger. Woodward is the author of several books (including the upcoming "Statistical Panic: Essays on the Cultural Politics of the Emotions"), a professor in the English department, and the director of the Simpson Center for the Humanities. 3:30 PM, Communications 226. |
| 7:30 PM | Vocal Concert University Singers Spring Concert: Featuring selections from "The Sound of Music" (Richard Rogers), medley from "West Side Story" (Leonard Bernstein), and "A Century of Song" (Irving Berlin), Tickets $5-8. Contact: School of Music, 206-685-8384. 7:30 pm, Meany Theater. |
| Wednesday, May 22 | |
| 7:00 PM | Jewish Studies Lecture "Israeli Society: Through Peace and War," Joel Migdal (Jackson School of International Studies). For more information, call JSIS, 206-543-4835. 7 pm, 209A HUB, Student Union Building. |
| 8:00 PM | Chamber Music Series UW International Chamber Music Series presents Miro String Quartet. Having already captured 1st prizes in the Naumburg, Banff, Coleman and Fischcoff Chamber Music Competitions, the Miró String Quartet has garnered some of the most audible praise of any of today's young American ensembles. Performing with a musical sophistication beyond its years, the Miró String Quartet captures the imaginations of audiences in luminous performances that reflect the colorful spirit of the surrealist artist for which it is named. Tickets through UW Arts Ticket Office: (206) 543-4880. For more information, call UW World Series at Meany Hall, 206-543-1940. 8 PM, Meany Theatre. |
| Thursday, May 23 | |
| 3:30 PM | **EARLY MODERN STUDIES TALK** "Recovering the Renaissance Reader: Further Reflections on the Art of Reading," Kevin Sharpe (Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of Warwick). Kevin Sharpe received his D. Phil. in history from Oxford University in history. He is the author of Sir Robert Cotton, 1586-1631 (1979), Criticism and Compliment: The Politics of Literature in the England of Charles I (1987), and the magisterial The Personal Rule of Charles I (1992). His most recent book, Reading Revolutions: The Politics of Reading in Early Modern England (2001), tackles the subject of book culture in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England, and his lecture will expand on those ideas based on recent research. 3:30-5 PM, Communication 226. |
| 3:30 PM | International Studies Lecture "Immigrant Neighborhoods In Los Angeles: Structural Constraints and Ethnic Resources for the Adaptation of Immigrant Children," Min Zhou (University of California, Los Angeles). For more information, call (206) 685-2354. 3:30-5:30 PM, The Forum, Parrington Hall. |
| 3:30 PM | Political Science Colloquium "National Responsibility," Farid Abdel-Nour (Political Science, San Diego State University). Political Theory Colloquium, sponsored by the Department of Political Science. 3:30 PM, Smith 40a. |
| 7:00 PM | **SILK ROAD LECTURE** "Measuring Time, Ordering Space: Rock Art, Altars, and Standing Stones in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia," Esther Jacobson (Kerns Professor of Asian Art, University of Oregon). Free and open to the public. Part of Silk Road Seattle, a project of the Simpson Center for the Humanities. Sponsored by the Title VI East Asia Center in the Jackson School of International Studies. For more information, call (206) 543-6938. 7-9 PM. Room 003 Art Building. |
| 7:30 PM | Symphony Performance University Symphony. Haydn's "Symphony No. 48 in C major, Maria Theresa;" Ravel's "Pavane for a Dead Princess;" Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture;" Smetana's "Moldau" from "Ma Vlast;" and Wagner's "Wotan's Farewell" and "Magic Fire Music" from "Die Walkure." $5-$8, School of Music, 206-685-8384. 7:30 pm, Meany Theater. |
| 8:00 PM | Roethke Memorial Poetry Reading 39th Annual Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Reading: Anthony Hecht. Anthony Hecht is the author of several books of poems, including A Summoning of Stones (1954), The Hard Hours (1967), Millions of Strange Shadows (1977), The Venetian Vespers (1979), Collected Earlier Poems (1990), The Transparent Man (1990), Flight Among the Tombs (1996), and The Darkness and the Light (2001). He is also the author of Obbligati: Essays in Criticism (1986) and On the Laws of Poetic Art: The Andrew Mellon Lectures, 1992 (1995). He is editor of The Essential Herbert (1976) and Jiggery-Pokery: A Compendium of Double Dactyls (2ith John Hollander, 1967), and he is co-translator of Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes (with Helen Bacon, 1975). The Hard Hours won the Pulitzer Prize in 1968, and among his many other honors he has received the Bollingen Prize, the Ruth Lilly Prize, the Loines Award, the Harriet Monroe Poetry Award, and fellowships from The Academy of American Poets, the American Academy in Rome, the Ford Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation. He has taught at Bard College, the University of Rochester, and Georgetown University; he is Chancellor Emeritus of the Academy of American Poets. 8:00 PM, Roethke Auditorium (130 Kane Hall). |
| Friday, May 24 | |
| Film "Teknolust" (2002, US, Lynn Hershman, 85 min), presented in conjunction with the exhbition Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics at the Henry Art Gallery. A futuristic sci-fi thriller in which scientist Tilda Swinton has created three clones of herself, who don't quite behave as planned. She plays all 4 characters. Co-presented with SIFF. For more information, call Henry Art Gallery, 206-543-2280. |
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| 2:00 PM | **HUMANITIES CONVERSATION** "Introductory Interdisciplinary Courses in the Humanities," a conversation with Gail Hart (Director of Humanities Core Course and Professor of German at the University of California, Irvine). All are welcome at this discussion of the benefits, challenges, and techniques associated with teaching introductory humanities courses. Brief presentations will also be made by Danz course instruction teams for 2002-03: Gary Handwerk (Comparative Literature) and Michael Shapiro (Asian Lang. & Lit.), John Toews (CHID and History) and Kari Tupper (CHID and Women Studies), Scott Noegel (Near Eastern Lang. & Civ.) and Sarah Stroup (Classics). 2:00 PM, Communications 206. |
| 3:30 PM | Classics Lecture "Concluding Narratives: How Histories End," John Marincola (New York University). Sponsored by the Dept. of Classics. 3:30 PM, Denny 216. |
| 5:00 PM | Exhibit Opening MFA Exhibit Opening, sponsored by the School of Art. Exhibit runs through June 23. Twenty-three graduates of the Ceramics, Fibers, Metals, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Visual Communication Design Programs will be represented. MFA 2002 is organized by Head Preparator and Exhibition Designer Jim Rittimann. For more information and hours, please go to: http://www.henryart.org or call 206-543-2280. Opening Reception: 5-8 PM, Henry Art Gallery. |
| 7:00 PM | Faculty Recital Faculty Artist Recital: Regina Yeh, piano. School of Music alumna and new faculty member Regina Yeh, piano, plays Liszt's "Sonata in B minor" and Debussy's "Preludes, Book II." Tickets $8-$10. School of Music, 206-685-8384. 7:00 pm, Brechemin Auditorium. |
| Sunday, May 26 | |
| 2:00 PM | Performance Opening "The Phantom Lady," by Pedro Calderon de la Barca. sponsored by the School of Drama. In this classic comedy, Calderon's cloak-and-sword comic classic in which a young widow's love for a brave stranger is thwarted by her vigilant brothers and their need to uphold the family's honor. Tickets $5-12. For more information, call 206-543-4880. All shows at the Playhouse Theatre. |