Calendar: Fall 2008 Thursdays at Four
September 11
"ORIGINS: First Nations Theatre from around the World": A talk with David Milroy
David Milroy is from the Palyku people of the Pilbara in Western Australia and has been involved in theatre in for a number of years as a musician, director and writer. He has won numerous awards in Australia for his work in the theatre. Cosponsored by the Department of Anthropology, the Department of English and the Department of Theater Arts and Dance.
September 18
"Visual Matter: The Materiality of Late Medieval Devotional Images" - Presentation by Caroline Walker Bynum
Caroline Walker Bynum is professor of Western European Middle Ages in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton). Her many award-winning books about religion in the Middle Ages include Holy Feast, Holy Fast (1987) and Wonderful Blood (2007). Cosponsored by the Center for Medieval Studies and the Sundet
Chair in New Testament and Christian Studies
September 25
"Combining Art with Science in the High-Tech Intensive Care Unit: The Role of Music Intervention in Patient Care" - Presentation by Linda Chlan
Linda Chlan is an associate professor in the Adult and Gerontological Health Cooperative unit of the University of Minnesota's School of Nursing. Her research interests include testing non-pharmacologic relaxation and anxiety management techniques with critically ill patients, particularly musical intervention.
Cosponsored by
the Adult and Gerontological Health Co-operative Unit
October 2
"Pathways to Youth Inclusion in Egypt: Education, Livelihoods, and Family Formation": A presentation by Ragui Assaad
Ragui Assaad is a professor at the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. His current research projects include studying the effects of economic reform on the Egyptian labor market, female labor supply in Egypt, and community development efforts among Cairo's informal waste collectors. Assaad has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the International Labor Organization, the Ford Foundation, and UNICEF. Assaad is a research fellow of the Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran, and Turkey.
October 9
Memory, Place, Identity: Conversation Arising from the Bridge Collapse
Yasmeen Arif and Brian Horrigan will open the symposium "The City, the River, the Bridge," about the collapse of the I-35W bridge and its aftermath, by leading discussion about memorials and memorializing as part of the practice of public history. Yasmeen Arif will be in residenceat the IAS in Spring of 2009 in the spring semester as a Quadrant Fellow with the Global Cultures Group to work on her project, “Afterlife: Recovering Life After Catastrophe.” Dr. Arif was at the University of Minnesota last year as a Sawyer Post-doctoral Fellow on Humanitarianisms and World Orders and as a visiting lecturer in the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change. She received her Ph.D. in sociology from the Delhi School of Economics at the University of Delhi, India. Brian Horrigan is an author and exhibit curator at the Minnesota Historical Society and instructor for the Department of History at Hamline University.
October 16
"Music/Theater/Movement/Visual Art - Unprotected Borders": Roundtable discussion with Michael Cherlin, David Gordon, Ain Gordon, Rebeca Lazier, Clarence Morgan
Michael Cherlin is a professor of Theory and Composition in the School of Music, and Clarence Morgan is a professor of Art, both at the University of Minnesota. Rebecca Lazier is Associate Head of Dance at Princeton University. David Gordon is an award winning postmodern dancer and choreographer. His son Ain is a notable playwright and they have collaborated on the Obie award–winning The Family Business (1994) and Punch & Judy Get Divorced (1996). Cosponsored by the Interdisciplinary Program in Collaborative Arts.
October 23
"Remembrance at Five: The Media's Impact on Contemporary American Commemoration" - Presentation by Judith
Dupré
Judith Dupré writes books
that bridge the worlds of art, photography, and architecture,
including Skyscrapers (1996), Bridges (1997),Churches (2001),
and Monuments (2007).
October 30
"Making Biotech History: How Social Activists Changed the Trajectory of Agricultural Biotechnology": A presentation by Rachel Schurman
Rachel Schurman will discuss her research on social activism and genetic engineering. Schurman is a professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota.
Cosponsored by the Department of Sociology
November 6
"Amnesty and Justice in International Law" - presentation by Max Pensky
Max Pensky is a professor of Philosophy at Binghamton University. His publications include The Ends of Solidarity: Discourse Theory in Ethics and Politics (State University of New York, 2008) and Old Europe, New Europe, Core Europe: Transatlantic Relations After the Iraq War (co-edited with Daniel Levy and John Torpey, Verso 2005). Organized by the Dialectics & Society group.
November 13
"The Spirit of Leadership: The Time is Now": A presentation by Darlyne Bailey
Darlyne Bailey is Assistant to the President and holds the Campbell Leadership Chair in Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota.
November 20
"A Journey Across Our America: Meditations on Immigration
and Cultural Belonging": presentation by Louis Mendoza
Louis Mendoza is Associate Vice Provost in the Office of Equity and Diversity, and an associate professor of Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota.
Cosponsored by the Department of Chicano Studies
December 4
"The Anatomy of a Beethoven Quartet": performance and discussion with Tom Rosenberg and Michael Cherlin
Tom Rosenberg is
Coordinator of the String Chamber Music Program, and
Michael Cherlin is a professor of Theory and Composition in the School of Music, University of Minnesota.