December Calendar - Past Events for this Academic Year
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- 12/6/01 (Thur) through 12/
Decolonizing Universality? The Ethics of Hybridity in Rabindranath Tagore's "World Literature"
4:30PM until 6:00PM
In Royce Hall 306
December 6, 2001 4:30 pm Royce Hall 306Refreshments will be served
-- submitted by Shu-mei Shih (shih@humnet.ucla.edu)
- 11/30/01 (Fri) through 12/1/01 (Sat)
"The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi"
9:00AM until 5:30PM
In 314 Royce Hall
Enrico Fermi was born in Rome on September 29, 1901, and died in Chicago on November 28, 1954. He lived during an era when Fascism, Nazism, communism and the liberal democracies were engaged in a dramatic conflict that led to World War II and then to the Cold War. In the same era, modern science went through a period of great discovery that revolutionized our understanding of the world and our capacity to modify, improve, or destroy our environment. Fermi made many important contributions to modern physics, from the theory of weak interaction, to Fermi-Dirac statistics, to nuclear and high-energy physics; he left a remarkable legacy of "doing physics" and teaching physics that continues to the present day. He played a key role in the development of atomic energy and the atomic bomb, and thus in defining issues of warfare, international relations, armament policy, and nuclear energy that are still with us. But Fermi's life and work were also embedded in social, cultural, and political developments that shaped the world we have inherited.This symposium will review his scientific contributions and teaching legacy, and at the same time look at how Fermi and other scientists responded to the extraordinary political and social upheaval in which they found themselves.
This program is free and open to the public. Please see our website for a complete program schedule:
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/cmcs
-- submitted by Kathy Sanchez (ksanchez@humnet.ucla.edu)
For more information, contact modcon@humnet.ucla.edu- 12/2/01 (Sun)
Chamber Music with David Finckel, cello & Wu Han, piano
2:00PM
In William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (off-campus)
This is the second in our concert series, "Chamber Music at the Clark". Tickets are $15 each and available on a lottery basis only, as seating is limited. Please see the Calendar of Events section of our website for further details. Lottery deadline is October 15.-- submitted by Kathy Sanchez (ksanchez@humnet.ucla.edu)
For more information, see http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/calendar.htm- 12/2/01 (Sun)
Mona Simpson Talking About Her Work
2:00PM until 5:00PM
In Royce Hall 306
This exciting young novelist will be talking about her work, including "Anywhere But Here," "The Lost Father," "A Regular Guy," and "Off Keck Road." This event will be held in the Herbert Morris Room, Royce Hall 306. Parking is available in Lot 5, $6.-- submitted by Gail Fuhrman (gail@humnet.ucla.edu)
For more information, contact reynoso@english.ucla.edu- 12/3/01 (Mon)
2nd Annual UCLA-USC Greek Seminar - Gifts of the Nile: Greece & Egypt after the Pharaohs
3:00PM until 6:00PM
In Royce Hall 306 - Herb Morris Seminar Room
-- submitted by Heather Gould (gould@humnet.ucla.edu)
For more information, contact sarahm@humnet.ucla.edu- 12/3/01 (Mon)
The Earliest Breton Inscriptions
5:00PM
In Royce 314 (Humanities Conference Room)
The UCLA Celtic Colloquium presents a lecture by Professor Wendy Davies of University College, London, and currently a Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley. Prof. Davies is one of today's preeminent historians specializing in early medieval Wales and Brittany. Her talk is open to the public. Advance registration not required. No fee. The Colloquium gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the Department of History. For more information, contact Professor Joseph Nagy at jfnagy@humnet.ucla.edu.-- submitted by Karen Burgess (cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu)
For more information, contact jfnagy@humnet.ucla.edu- 12/6/01 (Thur) through 12/
Decolonizing Universality? The Ethics of Hybridity in Rabindranath Tagore's "World Literature"
4:30PM
In Royce Hall 306
Esha Niyogi De Lecturer, Women's Studies and Asian American Studies UCLARefreshments will be served.
Future Lecturers include:
Bruce Cumings - January 2002 David Palumbo - March 1, 2002 Stephanie Donald - April 9, 2002 Arif Dirlik - May 8, 2002
-- submitted by Shu-mei Shih (shih@humnet.ucla.edu)
- 12/4/01 (Tues)
Sound Poetry/Music after 1945
6:00PM until 8:00PM
In 306 Royce Hall
The Germanic Languages Department would like to invite you to a special event:Michael Lentz, a German poet/musician/performer who just won this year's prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Award, will give a presentation (in English) on "European Sound Poetry/Music after 1945" and also perform some of his own works.
Michael Lentz lives in Munich and is currently an artist-in-residence at the Villa Aurora in Pacific Palisades. Born in 1964 in Dueren, he studied saxophone at the "Munich Education Center for Modern Music," and in 1989 joined the ensemble of Josef Anton Riedl. He also studied German Literature, History and Philosophy in Aachen and Munich and received his Ph.D. in 1998 with a thesis on sound poetry. Currently, he is working as an author for magazines, newspapers, the internet, radio and TV, and he has published several books. He is also working as a musician (saxophone and voice) and interprets experimental lyrics and phonetic poems.
Tuesday, December 4 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. 306 Royce Hall
Please join us for this exciting presentation!
-- submitted by Astrid Klocke (aklocke@humnet.ucla.edu)
For more information, contact aklocke@humnet.ucla.edu- 12/5/01 (Wed)
CMRS Faculty Roundtable: "Medieval Scandinavia in the Digital Age"
12:00PM until 1:00PM
In Royce Hall 314
Timothy Tangherlini (Scandinavian Section) discusses "Medieval Scandinavia in the Digital Age." Professor Tangherlini will present some tools available in the digital realm for the study of Old Norse, as well as explore current initiatives in Old Norse digitization. CMRS faculty, associates, staff and graduate students are encouraged to attend. Bring your lunch. The Center will provide coffee and soft drinks!-- submitted by Karen Burgess (cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu)
- 12/5/01 (Wed)
"The Qur'an and Religious Violence"
4:00PM until 6:00PM
Wednesday, December 5, Haines Hall 118The Center for the Study of Religion presents
Sheikh Sa'dullah Khan
"The Qur'an and Religious Violence"
Respondent: Munir A. Shaikh, Islamic Studies, UCLA
-- submitted by Cigdem Eissenstat (eissenst@ucla.edu)
For more information, contact religion@humnet.ucla.edu- 12/5/01 (Wed)
Our Nation: A Korean Punk Rock Community (Documentary Screening)
7:00PM until 9:00PM
In Royce Hall 314
All are invited to a screening of the recently completed documentary:Our Nation: A Korean Punk Rock Community
Introduction by Michael Bourdaghs, Department of East Asian Languages and Culture. A roundtable discussion will immediately follow the screening with the filmmakers, Stephen J. Epstein and Timothy Tangherlini. Sponsered by the Center for Korean Studies, World Arts and Culture, The Scandinavian Section and the Center for Digital Humanities.
Refreshments will be served.
-- submitted by (evalyn@humnet.ucla.edu)
For more information, contact tango@humnet.ucla.edu- 12/6/01 (Thur)
DECOLONIZING UNIVERSALITY? THE ETHICS OF HYBRIDITY IN RADINDRANATH TAGORE'S "WORLD LITERATURE"
4:30PM
In Royce Hall 306
DECOLONIZING UNIVERSALITY? THE ETHICS OF HYBRIDITY IN RADINDRANATH TAGORE'S "WORLD LITERATURE" by Esha Niyogi De Lecturer, Women's Studies and Asian American Studies UCLAThis talk will focus on questions prevalent to postcolonial models of resistance, subjectivity, and ethics. It examines whether the Subaltern Scholars' or Homi Bhabha's theories enable us to account for how new notions of cross-cultural justice arise from anti- imperialist movements.
-- submitted by Michael Cohen (mcohen@humnet.ucla.edu)
- 12/6/01 (Thur)
The Legacy of the Ten Commandments: Ancient Text and Modern Contexts
7:30PM until 9:30PM
In Royce 314
Please join us Thursday, December 6 for lively presentations by distinguished speakers on the Fifth Commandment:V. HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.
Speakers:
EDWARD FEINSTEIN, Rabbi, Valley Beth Shalom (Encino) and professor of Professional Rabbinical Studies at the University of Judaism's Zeigler School of Rabbinic Studies.
JULIA REINHARD LUPTON,Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, UC Irvine, and Director of Humanities Out There (H.O.T.).
The Ten Commandments: Universal ethics that all righteous people should uphold or the "Moral Majority's" attempt to impose its religious beliefs on the secular world? Come discover with us, on selected Thursday evenings during Fall and Winter quarters, the remarkable textual and historical complexity of these Commandments and their legacies in the modern world.
A public forum sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies with the generous assistance of the Jerry and Joy Monkarsh Family, this series costs $55 for all 11 evenings ($25 for UCLA students with SID) or $10 per person per evening ($5 for UCLA students with SID).
For further information or to receive a brochure, contact CJS at (310) 825-5387.
-- submitted by Susan Spitzer (spitzer@humnet.ucla.edu)
- 12/7/01 (Fri)
Exile: "Heroes Leave Their Shores" - Loss, and the Dynamics of Artistic Creation
9:30AM until 6:00PM
In Royce 314 (Humanities Conference Room)
The UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies is one of the co-sponsors of this multi-day program organized by Professor Nancy van Deusen (Claremont Graduate University). The program begins on Tuesday, December 4, and continues through Sunday, December 9, with events at various sites in the Los Angeles area. On Friday, December 7th, conference sessions will take place at UCLA and will include a session on the Middle Ages. For a complete program, as well as registration and fee information, contact the event coordinator, Professor van Deusen at nancy.vandeusen@cgu.edu.-- submitted by Karen Burgess (cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu)
For more information, contact nancy.vandeusen@cgu.edu- 12/7/01 (Fri)
Medieval Movie Night
7:30PM
In James Bridges Theater
Medieval Movie Night- Friday, December 7th, 7:30pm at the James Bridges TheaterFree double feature of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "Excalibur" presented by Melnitz Movies, the English Medieval Symposium and the Center for Student Programming.
Please come and join us for a 25th anniversary screening of arguably the "best" representation of the medieval period and the Arthurian legend on the screen followed by one of the most earnest attempts to translate the medieval, Arthurian world onto film.
Please pick up tickets at the box office at least 30 minutes before the beginning of the film. Seating and tickets are on a first come, first serve basis.
-- submitted by Dorothy Kim (dorothyk@humnet.ucla.edu)
For more information, contact dorothyk@humnet.ucla.edu- 12/8/01 (Sat)
"Between Vienna and London": Tom Beghin Performs Haydn
2:00PM
In William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (off-campus)
Over the last year and a half, Tom Beghin, UCLA's expert on early keyboards, has been presenting a fascinating cycle of Haydn's complete works for keyboard. This concert, Mr. Beghin's third appearance in the Clark Recitals series, concludes the Haydn cycle. Tickets are $15 each and available on a lottery basis only, as seating is limited. Please see the Calendar of Events section of our website for further details. Lottery deadline is November 2, 2001.-- submitted by Kathy Sanchez (ksanchez@humnet.ucla.edu)
For more information, see http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/calendar.htm- 12/13/01 (Thur)
"The Last Shtetl Survivors"
7:00PM until 9:00PM
In Royce 314
-- submitted by Susan Spitzer (spitzer@humnet.ucla.edu)
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