| Monday, November 4 | |
| 3:30 PM | Classics Lecture "Choral Identity in Greek Tragedy," Helen Foley (John B. McDiarmid Lecturer, Barnard/Columbia). A. W. Schlegel once argued that the the chorus of Greek Tragedy was the "ideal spectator." Choral Identity in Greek Tragedy examines questions raised by the fact that most Greek choruses did not in fact duplicate the largely male citizen audience at the attic City Dionysia, but were generally composed of women, old men, foreigners, slaves, and other "marginal" groups. It investigates the implications of choral identity both from the angle of performance and through a close examination of what we can conclude from the full range of Greek tragedies, including fragments. Foley is renowned for her work on tragedy and on women in antiquity. She is currently working on a book on modern performance and adaptation of Greek drama. Sponsored by the Department of Classics. 3:30 PM, Smith 304. |
| 3:30 PM | Asian Languages Colloquium "The Writings of Worthy Consort Hsu (627-50) and Why Should We Care," Paul W. Kroll (Chinese Literature, University of Colorado-Boulder). Sponsored by the department of Asian Languages and Literature. For more information, call (206) 543-4996. 3:30-5 PM, Smith 105. |
| 3:30 PM | Program on Africe Lecture "Oral Traditions in the Age of Globalization: Eritrea's Challenge to Preserve its Oral Cultures," Ghirmai Negash (Professor of Eritrean Languages and Literature, University of Asmara, Eritrea). Professor Ghirmai is the author of A History of Tigrinya Literature in Eritrea: The Oral and the Written 1890-1991 (University of Leiden, 1999). Sponsored by the Program on Africa. 3:30 pm, Mary Gates Hall 258. |
| 6:00 PM | Art Lecture The Painting and Drawing Program will host a lecture by Dutch painter Toon Verhoef. This event is free and open to all. 6:00 pm, 003 Art Building, School of Art, 206-543-0970. |
| Tuesday, November 5 | |
| 11:30 AM | History Lecture "Women and Imperial Power in Early Byzantium: Justinian, Teodora and the Rabean Mosaics," Anne McClanan (Byzantine Art History, Portland State University). Sponsored by the Department of History and the Graduate School. For more information, call (206) 543-5790. 11:30-12:50, Thomson 101. |
| 2:30 PM | Latin American Studies Lecture "The Role of Women in the Cuban Revolution," Marisela Fleites-Lear (Green River Community College and the University of Puget Sound). Marisela Fleites-Lear, "child of the Revolution," was born as the revolutionary movement led by Fidel Castro entered Havana. Her scholarly research explores the role of women in revolutionary societies, constructions of Cuban nationalism in the literary works of Cuban writers, and Cuban-US relations. She is an active participant in movements for social justice and efforts to end the US embargo on Cuba. With graduate degrees from universities in Cuba, Germany and the United States, Professor Fleites has also been a scholar-in-residence at the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies at the University of California, San Diego. Sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Relations. 2:30 pm, Thomson 202. |
| Wednesday, November 6 | |
| 11:30 AM | Women's Center Event Marie Tuite, Senior Associate Athletic Director. Tuite will discuss Title IX and the following crucial questions: What significance did the passage of Title IX have on girls and women in sport? What impact on boys and men in sports? Also, how has the University of Washington become a leader in providing equitable opportunity for men and women? Registration is necessary. For more information, contact the Women's Center at (206) 685-1090. 11:30 am-1:00 pm, Faculty Club Conference Room. $13, includes lunch. |
| 3:30 PM | **COMPARATIVE LITERATURE LECTURE** "The Double Offense of Great Bad Poetry: The Apotheosis of McGonagall." Hazard Adams (Comparative Literature, UW). Adams will discuss the offensive nature of poetry and examine its cultural role in relation to the myths of the tribe. Adams asserts that great bad poetry is doubly offensive -- to the cherished myths but also to poets and readers -- and that some is so bad that it is good. In particular, Adams will discuss William McGonagall, "the greatest of all bad poets." Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities. 3:30 pm, Communications 206. |
| 7:00 PM | German Film Series "Tiefland/Lowland (Riefenstahl)" (1939-1954). Leni Riefenstahl herself plays Marta, a dancing gypsy. Involved with Marquez, a wealthy but cruel landowner, she is sent to be safeguarded by Pedro, a shepherd, with whom she subsequently falls in love. Pedro and Marquez must duel for Marta. A film of controversy, as it was confiscated after WWII, and Riefenstahl was accused of using Gypsies from concentration camps to provide a populace for her film. The Autumn German Film Series (Oct 30-Dec 11) presents films in German with English subtitles. Wednesdays, 7pm, Thomson 101. |
| Thursday, November 7 | |
| 11:00 AM | **DIGITAL MEDIA WORKING GROUP** Lecture on weblogs by Rebecca Blood, editor of "We've Got Blog: How Weblogs Are Changing Our Culture" (Perseus Publishers, 2002). Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities and the Society of Professional Journalists. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, New Media Research Lab, Raitt 221. |
| 3:30 PM | **EARLY MODERN RESEARCH GROUP LECTURE** "Strange Alteration: Some Notes on Physiology and Psychology in the Renaissance," Timothy Hampton (UC-Berkeley). One in a lecture series dedicated to the exploration of society and culture in the early modern period, with a focus on early modernity from a trans-national perspective. Timothy Hampton is one of today's most influential scholars of Early Modern European literature and history. His principle research interests revolve around the relationship between literature and politics, historiography, questions of cultural transmission and cross-cultural encounters. Hampton is fascinated by borders, and by why, where and how the early modern state draws its boundaries, but his work, which is truly comparative, is never constrained by them. He is the author of two books: Writing from History: The Rhetoric of Exemplarity in Renaissance Literature; and Literature and Nation in the Sixteenth Century: Inventing Renaissance France, which won the MLA's Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Literary Studies in 2001. He is currently at work on a project analyzing the relationship between literature and diplomacy in Renaissance Europe, from Machiavelli to Grotius. He has edited a volume of Yale French Studies, "Baroque Topographies", and written articles on Montaigne, Rabelais, Marguerite de Navarre, Cervantes, Tasso, Shakespeare, and Baudelaire. Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities. 3:30 pm, Communications 226. |
| 3:30 PM | Women's Center Event Amelia Seraphia Derr (UW School of Social Work/Hate Free Zone) will discuss the impact of using feminist research methods on ensuring culturally responsible practices. The current situation of the women and children living in the red light districts will be explored and illuminated using their own stories as well as those of the men who visit them, the social workers that work with them, and the politicians who govern the area they live in. Registration is necessary. To register or receive more information, contact the Women's Center at (206) 685-1090. 3:30-5:00 pm, Women's Center, Cunningham Hall. |
| 6:30 PM | Egyptian Archaeology Lecture "Egypt's Lost World of the Fayum: Ancient Beasts and Pharaohs," Anthony Cagle (Archaeologist). The Fayum in Egypt is rich in ancient animal fossils and remains of human habitation dating back long before the first pharaohs ruled Egypt. It is full of contrasts: striking rock formations that resemble animals, pyramids, mysterious ruins, and a lake that was the playground of pharaohs. It's no wonder that this oasis in the western desert has attracted explorers and archaeologists for more than a century. Join archaeologist Anthony Cagle as he describes the wonders of this exotic home to people and beasts, ancient and modern, in this slide-illustrated lecture. Sponsored by the Northwest chapter of The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE/NW). Free and open to all. 6:30 PM, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. |
| 7:00 PM | **MYRA'S WAR SERIES** "London Under the Bombs," Jon Bridgman (Professor Emeritus of History, UW). Bridgman, the author of the post 9/11 documentary Jon Bridgman's Pearl Harbor: Parallels and Perspectives turns his attention to Britain, breathing life into events and people facing daily realities of war. Part of a lecture series supporting the musical "Myra's War," to be performed at Meany Studio Theater in April. Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities. Free admission. 7 PM, Architecture Auditorium, Room 147. |
| 7:00 PM | **DANZ LECTURE** "Humanist Environmentalism: A Manifesto," William Cronon (University of Wisconsin-Madison). How might environmentalism be more effective in pursuing its goals if it thought more historically about the great tasks of protecting nature and building more just and sustainable human communities? This is the question with which William Cronon will grapple in his talk, drawing on insights from the field of environmental history to argue for more humanistic approaches to environmental politics. Sponsored by the University of Washington Graduate School. Admission is free. No ticket required. 7 PM, Kane Hall, Room 130. |
| 7:30 PM | Classics Lecture "Some went down to the sea in ships (Psalms 107:23): Mediterranean Seafaring in the Bronze Age (3000-1200 B.C.)," Shelley Wachsmann (Texas A&M). Sponsored by the Dept. of Classics and the Seattle Chapter of the Archaelogical Institute of America. 7:30 pm, Kane 120. |
| Friday, November 8 | |
| UW Drama Production Running Nov. 8 - 17, "Nora" is part of the Studio 201 Series. Adapted by legendary film and theatre director Ingmar Bergman, Nora is a razor sharp retelling of A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen's controversial assault on the politics of marriage. Hutchinson Hall, Room 201. |
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| 12:00 PM | Southeast Asia Lecture "Dago, Cosmogony and Politics: Religion and Power in Burmese Society," Dr. Naoko Kumada (Fellow, Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies, Stanford University Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cambridge University). Benedict Anderson (1990) criticizes the traditional approach to the understanding of politics in Indonesia, pointing out that the Javanese conception of power differs greatly from the Western counterpart. The same may aptly be said of Burma (Myanmar), where there is a certain kind of power the Buddha has (dag.) and the power the government has (ana). Based on fieldwork conducted in Burma, this presentation focuses on religious power, namely dag.. It is a centripetal force in Burmese society but the term has hardly been analyzed in academic literature. This lecture will show that, when dealing with sacred power, we must pay attention to how it is kept and accumulated rather than how it is used or exercised. It will also show that dag. is of concern to villagers for its strength-giving and protective effects, whereas in state discourse, the symbolism takes a more assertive tone. The homology between political and religious idioms not only resonates in contemporary politics but in fact is intensely elaborated. 12:00-1:30 pm, Smith 105. |
| 3:30 PM | Linguistics Colloquium "A Restricted View of Head Movement," Prof. Heles Contreras (UW, Linguistics). Contreras will discuss whether the displacement property of language may not be an imperfection at all but it may instead be required by the conceptual interface. Contreras will present empirical evidence to support that the standard cases of head movement fall into three classes: a) phonological operations, b) internally driven head movement, and c) no movement. 'Short' and 'long' N-movement as suggested by Cinque (1990) and Longobardi (1994, 1996), and how they fit within the proposed framework, will be considered. An important consequence of this new perspective on head movement is that parametric variation must be reexamined. This paper concludes with a suggestion on how this can be accomplished. 3:30 pm, Smith Hall 404. |
| 7:00 PM | Lecture "Building an Educational Agenda for Peace: Linking the University with Citizens," Terrence Paupp (National Chancellor of the United States for the International Association of Educators for World Peace, an NGO under the United Nations). Paupp is the author of "Achieving Inclusionary Governance: Advancing Peace and Development in First and Third World Nations," and has spoken around the world on the subjects of demilitarization, civil society, and sustainable development. Sponsored by the Bartley Dobb Endowment for Nonviolence and Peace, arranged by the UW Human Rights Education and Research Network. 7:00 pm, Kane 110. |
| 8:00 PM | Henry Art Gallery Preview Party The Henry Art Gallery and the Heny Contemporaries invite you to a preview party for the exhibition OUT OF SITE: FICTIONAL ARCHITECTURAL SPACES, Friday, November 8, 8:00 pm. Location: The Henry Art Gallery. For more information, please visit www.henryart.org. |
| Saturday, November 9 | |
| Social Work Conference "Imagine Revolution." A one day educational conference at the University of Washington School of Social Work. Includes the following events: "Women and Resistance: Alive and Inseparable," 11:30 am roundtable that includes Mujeres Radicales co-founder Marta Hernandez of El Salvador; an in-depth discussion of "Race and Revolution" at 2:30, spearheaded by Portland Chicano educator Eduardo Martinez Zapata and Cuba solidarity activist Emily Woo Yamasaki from New York City. For more information, call (206) 722-6057 ro email RWSeattle@mindspring.com. All day event. |
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