Italian Calendar - Past Events for This Academic Year



		Italian Calendar - Past Events for this Academic Year You may also wish to view current events 10/24/01 (Wed) through 11/5/01 (Mon) Italian Jews: Memory, Music, Celebration In Royce 314 and other locations The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies is one of many co-sponsors of this multi-faceted program--featuring lectures, musical performances, films, food, and other events--coordinated by Dr. Luisa Del Giudice (Director, Italian Oral History Institute, and CMRS Associate). For complete schedule of events, please visit the conference website at www.iohi.org/pages/itjews.htm Some events require advance registration and fee. -- submitted by Karen Burgess (cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu) For more information, contact luisadg@humnet.ucla.edu 11/15/01 (Thur) Anatomizing London: The Rise and Fall of the Seventeenth-Century Character Sketch 4:30PM In Royce Hall 314 The character-sketch collections associated with the names of Hall, Overbury, and Earle have been traced to Theophrastus, but many other elements contributed to the rise of the genre, including Jonson's humors, court games, and an interest in elliptical styles. Striking the balance between the generic and the individual portrait was part of the game, creating a trajectory from the moralized character to the depiction of eccentrics. In this lecture, CMRS Visiting Professor Donald Beecher (Carleton University) examines the emergence and mannerist collapse of this short literary form. Advance registration not required. No fee. -- submitted by Karen Burgess (cmrs@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 1/25/02 (Fri) Musica Humana: UCLA Early Music Collective 7:30PM until 8:30PM In Powell Library Rotunda Voices, Signs and Symbols: Medieval and Renaissance Song Jan. 25, 7:30-8:30, the Powell Library Rotunda Medieval and Renaissance vocal music is inextricably linked with its notation: from the transcendent abstractions of the rhythmic proportions isorhythmic motet to the moveable type of early music printing, early modern song has both been contained in and transcended the vehicle of writing. But notation is only on half of the music‹the spaces provided by early modern composers through unwritten performance practice, such as the singerly practice of "false music," invite a modern en-voicing of these signs and symbols. Spanning from the late fifteenth century to the late sixteenth century, this concert explores the medieval and renaissance vocal music both as musical objects of cultural exchange and as windows into another world. Featuring works by Power, Dunstable, Ockeghem, Josquin, Obrecht, Willaert, Morales, and Victoria, as well as others, this concert will also include projected visuals to accompany the performance. The performing group Music Humana was created three years ago by the graduate students of the UCLA Musicology Department, and the group has continued to perform together embracing undergraduate students from both the music and the musicology departments. Musica Humana¹s goal is provide an exciting environment for performers and audience alike to explore the rich and varied ways in which all musical activities shape and express people and their cultures. With a combination of music and readings, Musica Humana¹s previous concerts have explored the many sonic worlds of the Renaissance, including that of sixteenth-century dance with the Los Angeles-based dance group, Danzando. -- submitted by Kate Goodyear (goodyear@humnet.ucla.edu) For more information, contact goodyear@humnet.ucla.edu 3/14/02 (Thur) "Who is Toni Negri and Why Are They Saying All Those Terrible Things About Him? Elements of a Pre-History of Empire" 4:00PM In 1301 Rolfe Hall The Department of Comparative Literature, the Department of English, the Department of Italian, and the Center for Modern and Contemporary Studies proudly present a LECTURE by TIM MURPHY (University of Oklahoma) entitled "Who is Toni Negri and Why Are They Saying All Those Terrible Things About Him? Elements of a Pre-History of Empire" to be given on Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 4:00 pm in 1301 Rolfe Hall. Please join us. Refreshments will be provided. -- submitted by Benay Furtivo (furtivo@humnet.ucla.edu) 5/16/02 (Thur) Rebellion, Repression and Terrorism From Elio Petri to Toni Negri In Italy in the 1970's 2:00PM In 147 Dodd Hall The Department of Italian in collaboration with The Center for Modern and Contemporary Studies presents a lecture by ALESSANDRO STILLE "Rebellion, Repression and Terrorism From Elio Petri to Toni Negri In Italy in the 1970's" Thursday, May 16, 2002 at 2pm 147 Dodd Hall -- submitted by Cyndia Soloway (soloway@humnet.ucla.edu) 5/29/02 (Wed) "Le Logiche de Delirio" - A Lecture Given in Italian 4:00PM until 5:30PM In 342 Royce Hall The Department of Italian invites you to a lecture by Professor Remo Bodei, University of Pisa, entitled "Le Logiche de Delirio" from 4:00 - 5:30 pm in 342 Royce Hall on Wednesday, May 29, 2002 This lecture will be given in Italian -- submitted by Cyndia Soloway (soloway@humnet.ucla.edu)

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