Folklore & Mythology Program Calendar - Past Events for this Academic Year
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- 10/12/01 (Fri)
Judith Stacey - Gay Male Intimacy & Kinship in LA
12:00PM until 1:30PM
In 279 Haines Hall
JUDITH STACEY University of Southern California, Sociology & Gender Studies)"FELLOW FAMILIES: STUDYING GAY MALE INTIMACY & KINSHIP IN L.A."
Friday, October 12, 2001. 279 Haines Hall. Noon - 1:30 PM
Professor Stacey will also participate in an ethnography lunch workshop with graduate students immediately following the talk (1:30 PM, 215 Haines Hall). Please RSVP (adenisse@ucla.edu) for the workshop.
Co-sponsored by Ethnographies, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies Program, and the Graduate Student Association.
-- submitted by Tammy Ho (lgbs@humnet.ucla.edu)
- 2/7/02 (Thur)
The Ten Commandments, VIII: Do not steal.
7:30PM until 9:30PM
In Royce 314
Please join us Thursday, February 7 at 7:30 PM for lively presentations by distinguished speakers on the Eighth Commandment:VIII. DO NOT STEAL.
Speakers:
DAVID NIMMER, of counsel to Irell & Mandella LLP and author of the leading U.S. treatise on copyright law. He is currently Visiting Professor at the UCLA School of Law.
STEWART VOGEL, rabbi (Temple Aliyah, Woodland Hills) and co- author of "The Ten Commandments: The Significance of God's Laws in Everyday Life." He is currently Vice President of the Southern California Board of Rabbis.
PAMELA BRUBAKER, Associate Professor of Religion at California Lutheran University. She is also Program Coordinator of the Women's Studies Department.
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)
- 4/25/02 (Thur)
"Kabbalah: From Secrets to Mysteries and Back"
4:00PM until 6:00PM
In Royce 314
The UCLA Center for Jewish Studies presents The Maurice Amado Lecture in Sephardic StudiesPROFESSOR MOSHE IDEL
Visiting Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies, UCLA
“KABBALAH: FROM SECRETS TO MYSTERIES AND BACK"
April 25, 2002 Royce 314, 4 pm
Refreshments will be served. No advance registration required.
-- submitted by Susan Spitzer (spitzer@humnet.ucla.edu)
- 5/21/02 (Tues)
A Distant Chorus: Women's Voices in Welsh Folklore
1:00PM
In Rolfe 2310
Dr. Juliette Wood of Cardiff University, a former editor of -Folklore- and the author of numerous works on Welsh and British folklore and mythology, will give a lecture entitled "A Distant Chorus: Women's Voices in Welsh Folklore" on Tuesday, May 21, at 1 PM in Rolfe 2310. This event is sponsored by the UCLA Celtic Colloquium.Dr. Wood will also be speaking at the "Illuminated Folklorist" conference to be held this weekend (May 17-19) in Royce 314, where some of the talks will touch on Celtic topics. For more information about the conference, please visit http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/cmrs/folklorist/.
-- submitted by Michael Cohen (mcohen@humnet.ucla.edu)
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