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| Wednesday, April 2 | |
| 3:30 PM | Communication Lecture "Analyzing Online Politics, Developing Digital Scholarship," Kirsten Foot (Communication, UW). Sponsored by the Department of Communication. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Communications 126. |
| 7:30 PM | Wednesday University Course The Wednesday University Spring 2003 Course: "Why Human Rights Should Be Universal," taught by UW Professor William J. Talbott. Jointly sponsored by the Simpson Center and Seattle Arts & Lectures, the Wednesday University provides Puget Sound residents with an intellectually stimulating and fun way to continue their education in the arts and humanities. Meets Wednesdays 4/2, 4/16, 4/30, 5/14, 5/28. Registration is required. To register, please call (206) 621-2230 or visit the Seattle Arts & Lectures website: http://www.lectures.org. 7:30-9 PM, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington. |
| Thursday, April 3 | |
| 2:00 PM | Latin American Studies Lecture "The Struggle for Women's Rights in Revolutionary Cuba," Dr. Elvira Diaz Vallina (History & Political Theory, University of Havana). Elvira Diaz Vallina's career spans the worlds of activism, politics, public service and academe. As a student leader at the University of Havana in the late 1950s, she played a key role in the mobilization of women and students on behalf of the Revolution. After the Revolution, she served with the Ministry of the Interior, and then went on to complete her post-graduate studies. Her research has focused on the role of women and students in political movements. She is currently writing a book on the demise of the Soviet Union. Co-hosted by: Latin American Studies, Divisional Dean for the Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, International Programs and Exchanges, Women Studies, Spanish and Portuguese, Political Science, Office of Minority Affairs, Center for Women & Democracy. 2-3:20 pm, Thomson 317. |
| 3:30 PM | Classics Lecture "Kritias and the Politics of Music," Dr. Peter Wilson (Classical Languages, Oxford University). Wilson is a CUF Lecturer in Classical Languages at Oxford University and a Fellow and Tutor at New College, Oxford. He has published a number of articles on the sociology of choral performance, drama, and music in democratic Athens. His book, "The Athenian Instituion of the Khoregia: The Chorus, the City, and the Stage" (CUP 2000), examines the socioeconomic and political currents surrounding the production of Athenian festival choruses. He is also the co-editor of the forthcoming volume "Music and the Muses: Song, Dance, and Word in Classical Athens" (OUP). A reception will follow the lecture in Denny Hall room 215A. Sponsored by the Dept of Classics. 3:30 pm, Denny Hall Room 216. |
| 8:00 PM | Myra's War Performance "Myra's War," a theater/dance suite created by Robyn Hunt, Peter Kyle, Steve Pearson, Maria Simpson, Christopher Shainin, and Victor Holtcamp. Myra Hess created a venue for the British populace to hear some of the brightest stars of concert music during what amounted to a cultural blackout in the city of London. In this effort she succeeded in bringing Londoners together for a daily respite from the wartime stress to hear beautiful music in the empty National Gallery. At present, in a post-9/11 environment with an immanent possibility of war, we are faced with questioning our purpose, our role in society at large. The Myra's War project seeks to remind us that art remains a vital and buoyant force in our lives. This performance, which marks the culmination of a yearlong project, combines contemporary dance, theatre, and music to fashion a "modern Myra" for our times. Tickets will be available at the UW Arts Ticket Office, (206) 543-4880. 8 pm, UW Meany Studio Theatre. |
| Friday, April 4 | |
| 2:30 PM | Modern Girl Project Lecture The Modern Girl Around the World project investigates the phenomenon of the Modern Girl as she made her appearance in societies all over the world during the 20th century, with a special focus on international commodity flows, colonial relations, new media, the rise of welfare states, and protectionist ideology. Presenters include: Alys Weinbaum (English, UW), Lynn Thomas (History, UW), Priti Ramamurthy (Women Studies, UW), Uta Poiger (History, UW), Madeleine Yue Dong (International Studies, UW), and Tani Barlow (Women Studies, UW). For more information about the project, visit http://depts.washington.edu/its/moderngirl.htm. Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities. 2:30-5:00 pm, Communications Building 226. |
| 3:30 PM | Humanities Lecture "Must Liberals Be Imperialists?", Alan Ryan (Oxford University). Ryan is the Warden of New College, Oxford, and has also held academic appointments at Keele, Essex, and Princeton Universities. His fame rests both on his scholarship in the history of political thought and his original contributions to liberal and democratic theory. He is the author of, among other works, The Philosophy of Stuart Mill; The Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Property and Political Theory; Bertrand Russell: A Political Life; John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism; and Liberal Anxieties and Liberal Education. Alan Ryan writes frequently for the Times Literary Supplement and the New York Review of Books. Sponsored by: the College of Arts and Sciences; the Department of Political Science; the Simpson Center for the Humanities; the European Union Center; the Jackson School of International Studies; the Law, Societies, and Justice Program; and the Department of Philosophy. Reception to follow in Communications 202. 3:30-5 pm, Communications 104. |
| 8:00 PM | Myra's War Performance "Myra's War," a theater/dance suite created by Robyn Hunt, Peter Kyle, Steve Pearson, Maria Simpson, Christopher Shainin, and Victor Holtcamp. Myra Hess created a venue for the British populace to hear some of the brightest stars of concert music during what amounted to a cultural blackout in the city of London. In this effort she succeeded in bringing Londoners together for a daily respite from the wartime stress to hear beautiful music in the empty National Gallery. At present, in a post-9/11 environment with an immanent possibility of war, we are faced with questioning our purpose, our role in society at large. The Myra's War project seeks to remind us that art remains a vital and buoyant force in our lives. This performance, which marks the culmination of a yearlong project, combines contemporary dance, theatre, and music to fashion a "modern Myra" for our times. Tickets will be available at the UW Arts Ticket Office, (206) 543-4880. 8 pm, UW Meany Studio Theatre. |
| Saturday, April 5 | |
| 1:00 PM | International Studies Talk "Terror, Counter-Terror: Women Speak Up," Ammu Joseph (Asian College of Journalism, Madras, India). Joseph is a distinguished freelance journalist and media analyst in Bangalore, India. She teaches a course entitled "Covering Gender" at the Asian College of Journalism in Madras and has a long career as a journalist and editor of such publications as The Indian Post, Woman Today, Update, and Eve's Weekly, all based in Mumbai, India. She has received numerous grants to study Indian women and journalism and will be in the United States to attend a meeting on women and the media to be held at the United Nations at the end of March. Ms. Joseph will discuss the topic of Terror, Counter-Terror: Women Speak Up, the title of her most recent book. This book is anthology of international writing by women on situations of terror and war and the struggle for peace in different parts of the world. Women across the world have spoken out against terrorism, militarism and violence of all kinds as an unacceptable strategy for resolving differences and conflict. As women, they have spoken from an experience of all three that is both personal and political, and have analyzed the links between aggressive masculinity, fundamentalism, war, global capitalism, politicized religion and ethnic nationalities. This anthology, ranging over the last decade, is a powerful statement against all terrorism, as well as any counter-terrorism that uses the same violence to deal with it. Sponsored by the South Asia Center and the Jackson School. For more information, contact: sascuw@u.washington.edu or 206-543-4800. 1-3 pm, Savery 216. |
| 2:00 PM | Myra's War Performance "Myra's War," a theater/dance suite created by Robyn Hunt, Peter Kyle, Steve Pearson, Maria Simpson, Christopher Shainin, and Victor Holtcamp. Myra Hess created a venue for the British populace to hear some of the brightest stars of concert music during what amounted to a cultural blackout in the city of London. In this effort she succeeded in bringing Londoners together for a daily respite from the wartime stress to hear beautiful music in the empty National Gallery. At present, in a post-9/11 environment with an immanent possibility of war, we are faced with questioning our purpose, our role in society at large. The Myra's War project seeks to remind us that art remains a vital and buoyant force in our lives. This performance, which marks the culmination of a yearlong project, combines contemporary dance, theatre, and music to fashion a "modern Myra" for our times. Tickets will be available at the UW Arts Ticket Office, (206) 543-4880. 2 pm, UW Meany Studio Theatre. |
| 8:00 PM | Myra's War Performance "Myra's War," a theater/dance suite created by Robyn Hunt, Peter Kyle, Steve Pearson, Maria Simpson, Christopher Shainin, and Victor Holtcamp. Myra Hess created a venue for the British populace to hear some of the brightest stars of concert music during what amounted to a cultural blackout in the city of London. In this effort she succeeded in bringing Londoners together for a daily respite from the wartime stress to hear beautiful music in the empty National Gallery. At present, in a post-9/11 environment with an immanent possibility of war, we are faced with questioning our purpose, our role in society at large. The Myra's War project seeks to remind us that art remains a vital and buoyant force in our lives. This performance, which marks the culmination of a yearlong project, combines contemporary dance, theatre, and music to fashion a "modern Myra" for our times. Tickets will be available at the UW Arts Ticket Office, (206) 543-4880. 8 pm, UW Meany Studio Theatre. |
| Sunday, April 6 | |
| 2:00 PM | Myra's War Performance "Myra's War," a theater/dance suite created by Robyn Hunt, Peter Kyle, Steve Pearson, Maria Simpson, Christopher Shainin, and Victor Holtcamp. Myra Hess created a venue for the British populace to hear some of the brightest stars of concert music during what amounted to a cultural blackout in the city of London. In this effort she succeeded in bringing Londoners together for a daily respite from the wartime stress to hear beautiful music in the empty National Gallery. At present, in a post-9/11 environment with an immanent possibility of war, we are faced with questioning our purpose, our role in society at large. The Myra's War project seeks to remind us that art remains a vital and buoyant force in our lives. This performance, which marks the culmination of a yearlong project, combines contemporary dance, theatre, and music to fashion a "modern Myra" for our times. Tickets will be available at the UW Arts Ticket Office, (206) 543-4880. 2 pm, UW Meany Studio Theatre. |