University Symposium Calendar of Events, 2006-07
September 19
Time Lines on the Washington Avenue Bridge
Time lines are useful ways to represent the relative distance in time between events, as well as to show unexpected coincidences. The scale of a time line depends on the questions being asked – and the space available. In this event, participants will create two time lines that stretch across the Washington Avenue Bridge. One will mark events in geologic time, the other events in human history. Participation is open to everyone! Held in conjunction with Campus Kickoff Days.
11 a.m.-1 p.m., Washington Avenue Bridge
November 9
Timescapes and Gamelan: Time Perceptions in Traditional and New Music for Javanese Gamelan
How do the musical aspects of time—meter, tempo, progression—function in gamelan, the traditional music of Java? Do Javanese timescapes affect contemporary American music for gamelan? Joko Sutrisno (Indonesian Performing Arts Association of Minnesota) and Tom Patterson (School of Music) present and discuss the function of time in traditional and contemporary works for Javanese gamelan. Examples will be performed by the IPAAM/Schubert Club Gamelan and the International Novelty Gamelan. Thursdays at Four presentation.
4:00 p.m. 120 Nolte Center
February 1
The Trouble with Time: Personal and Public Narratives in Memoir and History
June Cross (Columbia School of Journalism, author of Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away), Samuel Freedman (Columbia School of Journalism, author of Who She Was: My Search for My Mother's Life), and Annette Kobak (Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Kingston University, England, author of Joe's War: My Father Decoded) will discuss time in personal memoirs. Thursdays at Four presentation.
4:00 p.m. 125 Nolte Center
October 20, November 10, January 18, February 21, June 5
Talk about Time: Lunch discussions
To further discussion on the topic of Time, the Institute for Advanced Study is sponsoring a series of lunches in different locations on the Twin Cities campus. Participation is open to all; discussion will cover any aspect of time, from the most speculative thoughts to ideas for forthcoming events in the Symposium. We particularly encourage participation by those working on projects funded by a Symposium Award. All lunches are at 12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch is provided to those who register in advance at ias@umn.edu or 626-5054.
East Bank: Friday, October 20 in Coffman Memorial Union, Room 323
St. Paul: Friday, November 10, St. Paul Student Center, Minnesota Commons, First Floor
West Bank:Thursday, January 18: Carlson Private Dining Services, Ground Floor, Behind Coffee Corner
East Bank at IAS: Wednesday, February 21, 125 Nolte Center, Tuesday, June 5, 125 Nolte Center
February 28
Mapping Timescales
David Christian (History, San Diego State University) and David Fox, (Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota), will discuss the emerging field of “Big History,” which combines the evolution of the planet with human history.
4:00 p.m. 125 Nolte Center
December 6, January 31, March 7
Evolving Wreck: Time through the Lens of Embodied Knowing
In a series of open rehearsals that will take place over the course of a year, choreographer Carl Flink and Black Label Movement will use serial viewings and revisions to move towards a first completed draft of a new work, Wreck, an evening-length dance theater piece. Set inside an ore boat that has capsized and lies submerged at the bottom of Lake Superior , Wreck examines the human condition through the device of a group of individuals literally thrown together in their final hour in the ship's last watertight compartment. The piece uses a fractured narrative based on the length of time it takes to breathe the last oxygen in the compartment to explore how each individual has found his or her way there and copes with taking his or her last breath.
3:45-6:15 p.m. Barbara Barker Dance Center
March 21
Cosmologies: Perceptions of Time in China and South Asia
Christopher Minkowski (Oriental Studies, Oxford University) and John Henderson (History, Louisiana State University) will discuss notions of time in South Asian and Chinese historical thought.
4:00 p.m. 125 Nolte Center
March 29
Time and Language
Anatoly Liberman (German, Scandinavian, and Dutch, University of Minnesota) will explain paradoxes of language and time: while remaining the same, language changes all the time—yet speakers remain unaware of the most dramatic changes.
Thursdays at Four presentation.
4:00 p.m. 125 Nolte Center
April 12
Mississippi River Over Time: Changing Landscapes of the River
Carrie Jennings (Minnesota Geological Survey), Dan Engstrom (St. Croix Research Station), and Deb Swackhamer (Institute on the Environment), will discuss the natural history, recent history, and future prospects for the Mississippi River. How was the river formed, what are its habitat and biological communities, and what is our legacy for the river and future generations? Organized by Telling River Stories IAS Collaborative. Thursdays at Four presentation.
4:00 p.m. 125 Nolte Center
April 13-15
Celebration of Arts and Time
Weekend-long festival that willl include final performance of Wreck by Black Label Movement and "Meaning's Patterned Movement: What the Long History of Korean Intermedia Texts Can Offer Us as New Artists" - a presentation by Walter K. Lew on Friday and the opening of Still Present Pasts at noon on Saturday , with a program from 7:00-10:00 p.m. that will feature introduction by Ramsey Liem, Chang Mi dancers, Shinparam (drummers), and poetry readings by Ed Bok Lee, Walter K. Lew, and Sun Yung Shin.
April 14-June 2
Still Present Pasts
An exhibit at Intermedia Arts which explores the aftermaths of the Korean war in terms of both adoption and immigration. Course in conjunction scheduled. Local artists will be commissioned to produce works which will be shown with traveling exhibit (www.stillpresentpasts.org). Opening (April 14) will include performers from New York City.
April 25
Uncanny Pulse-streams in Music
Michael Cherlin (School of Music) will discuss one aspect of time in music, the function of pulse-streams. Music in the classical tradition of the late eighteenth century is almost invariably supported by an underlying steady-state pulse-stream organized into a metric framework. While the pulse-stream organizes and carries musical meaning, it generally does not signify musical meaning in and of itself. In contrast, the songs of Franz Schubert (1797-1827) often bring attention to the pulse-stream as musical signifier. In many Schubert songs, the passing of time itself is uncanny (unheimlich). Drawing parallels between developments in musical to thought in other areas of human creativity, Professor Cherlin will trace the development of uncanny pulse-streams through musical examples ranging from Schubert to works of our contemporaries. Cosponsored by the School of Music. Thursdays at Four presentation.
4:00 p.m. 125 Nolte Center
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