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Ongoing
- Photographing the Social Body: Malian Portraiture from the Studio to the Street (through May 18)
- Mali in West Africa is home to many talented photographers and to a rich photographic culture. This exhibition explores photographic portraiture, considering both renowned studio photographers and work by generations of photographers who have come of age artistically since the Bamako Biennial, a recurring pan-African photography exhibition established in 1994.
- Perlman Teaching Museum, Kaemmer Family Gallery
May 2012
Tuesday, May 1st
- Barbour lecture: Larry L. Rasmussen
- "The Denial of a Diminished Planet: The Challenge to Science and to Religion" is the title of Professor Rasmussen's talk.
- 7:00 pm, Great Hall
- Two Tehreema Mitha Dance Documentaries' Screenings
- Intros to two short films and Q and A by director Tehreema Mitha
- 7:00 pm, Weitz Cinema
Wednesday, May 2nd
- Lila Abu Lughod '74, Ira Wender Visitor in Cultural Understanding
- “Authorizing Moral Crusades to Save Muslim Women: Literary Trafficking and Rights-Talk in the Public Sphere."
- 8:00 pm, Great Hall
Thursday, May 3rd
- Special Humanities Center Reception for Lila Abu-Lughod, '74
- Special Humanities Center Reception for Lila Abu-Lughod, '74, MELA speaker. Hosted by Adeeb Khalid.
- 5:00 pm, Weitz Center LOME Commons (Lounges 215, 216) and Larsen Room
- Tehreema Mitha Dance Company Full Ensemble Performance
- 7:30 pm, Weitz Cinema
Tuesday, May 8th
- Author Danielle McGuire public talk
- Author Danielle McGuire will present a public talk about her book "At The Dark End of the Street." Pizza lunch provided.
- 12:00 pm, Leighton 305
- Rethinking Moving Images at the Museum
- Edwin L. Weisle lecture, presented by Stuart Comer '90, Curator of Film at the Tate Modern in London.
- 5:00 pm, Weitz Cinema Theater
Thursday, May 10th
- DARK STAR: Two Profs,Two Cultures: Debate Grateful Dead Song's Meaning
- Common Time debate. BOX LUNCHES provided!
- 12:00 pm, Library Athenaeum
- Living with the Real Thing: From the Original to the Digital
- Mark Dimunation,Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress will speak.
- 4:30 pm, Boliou 104
Friday, May 11th
- Lindesmith Lecturer, Uday Prakash, MOHANDAS film Screening
- 2012 Lindesmith Distinguished Lecturer Writer in Residence Uday Prakash will answer questions about his MOHANDAS screenplay after screening.
- 7:00 pm, Weitz 236
Monday, May 14th
- Symposium on Sephardic Cultures & Legacies--Stacy Beckwith
- Sepharad: Jewish History in Spain, Professor Stacy Beckwith. In English.
- 4:30 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
- Symposium on Sephardic Cultures & Legacies--Esther Bendahan
- Contextualizing Sepharad, talk by Esther Bendahan, in Spanish with English translation.
- 5:30 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
- From Inspiration to Illumination: An Introduction to the St. John's Bible
- 7:30 pm, Weitz Center Cinema
Tuesday, May 15th
- Symposium on Sephardic Cultures & Legacies--Hazzan Isaac Azose
- The Art of Sephardic Prayer and Song (in English) Lecture Demonstration by Hazzan (Cantor) Isaac Azose, Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, Seattle
- 5:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
- 2012 Lindesmith Lecture, Renowned Hindi Writer & Artist Uday Prakash
- Mr. Prakash will deliver the 2012 Lindesmith Lecture and will speak on the role of the writer & on globalization in the third world.
- 6:00 pm, Boliou #104
Wednesday, May 16th
- Symposium on Sephardic Cultures & Legacies--Panel presentation
- Panel presentation and discussion (in English & Spanish with translation): Maureen Jackson, Stacy Beckwith and Esther Bendahan
- 4:30 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
Friday, May 18th
- Photographing the Social Body: Malian Portraiture from the Studio to the Street ends
- Mali in West Africa is home to many talented photographers and to a rich photographic culture. This exhibition explores photographic portraiture, considering both renowned studio photographers and work by generations of photographers who have come of age artistically since the Bamako Biennial, a recurring pan-African photography exhibition established in 1994.
- Perlman Teaching Museum, Kaemmer Family Gallery
- Informal discussion w/Uday Prakash, 2012 Lindesmith Lecturer
- Informal discussion of translated stories. Limited to 20 people - please contact achaklad@carleton.edu to receive copies of stories.
- 4:00 pm, LOME Lounge WCC
Sunday, May 20th
- Aeschylus' "Oresteia"
- 2:00 pm, Weitz Theater
Wednesday, May 23rd
- HC Spring Dialogos w/Sigi Leonhard, Arnab Chakladar & Uday Prakash
- Panel presentation and discussion of Literature and Global Knowledge
- 4:30 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
- Healthcare as a Human Right: Access & Barriers
- PANEL DISCUSSION, Part of the Humanities Center at Carleton’s “Perspectives in the Humanities” series.
- 7:00 pm, Weitz 236
Thursday, May 24th
- Skin-Close and Arm's Length
- A luncheon presentation on "Migrants and Belonging in Contemporary Germany" by Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg and Daniel Williams
- 12:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
