Calendar: Fall 2007 Thursdays at Four
September 13
"Tribal Time, Ceremony, and Public Art ": A talk with Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds
Mr. Heap of Birds is an internationally known Cheyenne artist. He is currently part of the faculty of Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. This event is also part of the University Symposium on Time.
Cosponsored by the Department of Art
September 20
"American Mediterranean: Southern Slaveholders in the Age of Emancipation": A talk with Matthew Pratt Guterl
Matthew Pratt Guterl is Associate Professor in the Department of African American & African Diaspora Studies and director of the American Studies Program at Indiana University. Cosponsored by the Department of History.
September 27
Performance and Social Justice Collaborative: Conversation on Environment and Communities of Color
Shalini Gupta is Senior Energy Associate at the Izaak Walton League and Cecilia Martinez is principle investigator for the Environmental Justice Education and Advocacy Collaboration at the Women's Environmental Institute. Cosponsored by the Performance and Social Justice Collaborative.
October 4
"Unstable Genes, Cancer, and Aging": A talk with Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Minnesota.
October 11
"Culture Matters: The Role of Race and Ethnicity in International Adoption": A talk with Richard M. Lee
Richard M. Lee is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota.
October 18
"The Public Life of History: An Argument out of India": A talk with Dipesh Chakrabarty
Dipesh Chakrabarty is the Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor in History, South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is also the author of Provincializing Europe and many other works and a founding editor of the series Subaltern Studies, a co-editor of Critical Inquiry, and a founding editor of Postcolonial Studies.
October 25
"What Einstein Did to Time": Conversation between Oliver Pooley and Michel Janssen
Oliver Pooley is a Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Oriel College, Oxford University and Michel Janssen is an Associate Professor in the History of Science and Technology at the University of Minnesota. This event is also part of the University Symposium on Time.
November 1
"Is Journalism Dead?: What's Happening to Newspapers, What it Means for Our Democracy, and What Citizens Can Do About It": A talk with Jeremy Iggers
Jeremy Iggers is head of the Twin Cities Media Alliance and a lecturer for the School of Journalism at the University of Minnesota.
November 8
"Simulations of Time and Life in Medieval Automata: Islamic Symbolism, Teleological Mechanisms, and Ontological Difference": a talk with Ayhan Aytes
Ayhan Aytes is a graduate researcher in the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego. This event is also a part of the University Symposium on Time.
Cosponsored by the Center for Medieval Studies.
November 15
"Astrid Lindgren at 100: Women's and Children's Literature and Culture, Past and Present": A conversation with Ulla Lundqvist and Eva-Maria Metcalf, moderated by Paul Houe
Ulla Lundqvist is an author of children's and youth fiction, a non-fiction writer, literary critic, children's literature specialist, and storyteller. Eva-Maria Metcalf is director of German Studies at the University of Mississippi. Poul Houe is a Professor of German, Scandinavian, and Dutch at the University of Minnesota. Cosponsored by the Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch.
November 29
"Bio-deregulation: Bodies, Jeans, and Justice": A talk with Rosemary Hennessy
Rosemary Hennessy is a Professor of English at Rice University.
December 6
Nicholas Maw's "Sonata" - Performance by Jorja Fleezanis
Jorja Fleezanis, Concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra, will perform a solo work for violin, with commentary by Professor Michael Cherlin, School of Music, University of Minnesota.
Freshman seminar - Fall 2007