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May 2012
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
September 2012
Friday, September 14th
- Art Treasures/Curricular Resources: Two Teaching Exhibitions begins (through Nov. 14)
- Presenting two small faculty-curated teaching exhibitions drawing on the Carleton art collection and other resources.
- Perlman Teaching Museum, Kaemmer Family Gallery
- Ibid. (Referencing Carleton Collections) begins (through Nov. 14)
- Linda Rossi, Kelly Connole, Fred Hagstrom, Dan Bruggeman, David Lefkowitz, & Stephen Mohring make work inspired by college collections.
- Perlman Teaching Museum, Braucher Gallery
- Ibid. Opening Reception and "Creativity and the Colleges" Art Crawl
- Welcome a new season with faculty exhibitions at both Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges
- 6:00 pm, Weitz Center for Creativity & Flaten Art Museum
Friday, September 21st
- Digital Humanities Workshop at Carleton
- A two-day workshop for faculty and staff engaged in developing digital humanities projects at Carleton, Macalester, and St. Olaf colleges.
- Weitz Center 236
Saturday, September 22nd
- Digital Humanities Workshop at Carleton
- A two-day workshop for faculty and staff engaged in developing digital humanities projects at Carleton, Macalester, and St. Olaf colleges.
- Weitz Center 236
Monday, September 24th
- Songs of Longing and Liberation
- Concert and lecture/demo by classical Hindustani musicians Kalapini Komkali(vocalist),Raya Korgaokar(harmonium) and Sanjay Deshpande(tabla).
- 7:00 pm, Weitz Center for Creativity Theatre
Thursday, September 27th
- "Emerson and the Elections: Religion, Democracy, and Virtue"
- Colloquium with Dr. Mark Cladis,of Brown University. Reception follows the public talk. Cosponsors: Religion Dept., EthIC, LTC, Chapel
- 5:00 pm, Leighton 305
- Public talk, Shawn Otto, Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on......
- 7:00 pm, Weitz Cinema
October 2012
Tuesday, October 2nd
- Motown and Film
- 12:00 pm, Weitz 236
- PUBLIC TALK Arab Revolutions, US Elections & the Uses of 'Muslim rage'
- 5:00 pm, Leighton 402
Thursday, October 4th
- U.S. History Talk, Prof Derek Hoff, Kansas State U
- The Re-Birth of the Right: The Decline of Malthusianism and the Conservative Ascendancy in Contemporary America
- 5:00 pm, Leighton 304
Monday, October 8th
- Memory & Power-The Eurozone Crisis & the Greek Case,Catherine Guisan
- 6:00 pm, Leighton 304
Tuesday, October 9th
- St Olaf Talk: Freedom from Slavery Along Mason-Dixon Line - Max Grivno
- 3:00 pm, Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater, St Olaf
Thursday, October 11th
- 2012 Faculty and Staff Scholarship Celebration
- 12:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
Tuesday, October 16th
- LTC Lunch; Dialogos:
- "College Classrooms, Fiji Water, & the Individual: A Complex-Systems Approach". Lunch available at 11:45 a.m.; presentation begins at Noon.
- 11:45 am, Weitz Center for Creativity; Room 236
- India's notable and celebrated documentary filmmaker, Anand Patwardhan
- Anand Patwardhan will talk about and show his film Jai Bhim Comrade: The atrocity of caste, a tradition of reason, a song that will be sung
- 7:00 pm, The Weitz Center for Creativity Cinema
Thursday, October 18th
- Managing Landscapes: The Case of Babylon, Iraq
- In 2006 a partnership between the Iraq State Board of Antiquities & Heritage & World Monuments Fund initiated The Future of Babylon Project.
- 5:00 pm, Weitz Cinema
- James Kinkcaid on Charles Dickens
- Professor Kincaid will speak on "Great Expectations and Death"
- 5:00 pm, Boliou 104
Saturday, October 20th
- Back to the Blackboard: Weitz Center Chalk Slam
- Celebrate historical blackboards, creativity, community, and learning with an open house chalk drawing fest.
- 1:00 pm, Weitz Center for Creativity
Sunday, October 21st
- The “Truth” about Political Campaign Ads
- 2:30 pm, Weitz 236
Tuesday, October 23rd
- PBK lecture, "Using Basic Science to Understand 21st c Energy Options"
- Professor Sarah Keller, University of Washington, 7:00-8:30 pm, Olin 149
- 7:00 pm, Olin 149
Thursday, October 25th
- The European Union as a global actor
- 12:00 pm, Library Athenaeum
- Student Research Symposium & Celebration
- 4:30 pm, Weitz Center for Creativity, Larson Meeting Room, 236
- Split Seconds
- "Split Seconds" is the name of the Carleton Players fall production. Written by Michael Elyanow. Directed by Ruth Weiner.
- 7:30 pm, Weitz Theater
Friday, October 26th
- Los hombres que dispararon en los quioscos
- "Los hombres que dispararon en los quioscos: los autores de la novela popular en España" Speaker: Javier Pérez Andújar, Spanish Writer
- 5:00 pm, LDC 104
- Split Seconds
- "Split Seconds" is the fall Carleton Players production. Written by Michael Elyanow, directed by Ruth Weiner.
- 7:30 pm, Weitz Theater
Saturday, October 27th
- Split Seconds
- "Split Seconds" is the fall Carleton Players production written by Michael Elyanow. Directed by Ruth Weiner.
- 7:30 pm, Weitz Theater
Sunday, October 28th
- Split Seconds
- "Split Seconds" is the fall Carleton Players production by Michael Elyanow. Directed by Ruth Weiner.
- 2:00 pm, Weitz Theater
Monday, October 29th
- Connections & Trends: Themes in Modern Artists' Books.
- This talk will focus on current themes in artists' books based on the Book Arts Collection U of Washington Libraries.
- 4:30 pm, Library Athenaeum
- Race, Media, and the Election
- 7:00 pm, Boliou 104
Wednesday, October 31st
- "If You Give a Monk a Manuscript ..." - AN EXHIBITION begins (through Jan. 1, 2013)
- Professor William North's History 137 students' exhibition on the medieval book
- Gould Library Athenaeum
November 2012
Thursday, November 1st
- Art Talk: Two Teaching Exhibitions
- Reception in honor of teaching exhibitions in French and History with student experts.
- 4:30 pm, Perlman Teaching Museum and Weitz Center Commons
Friday, November 2nd
- Semaphore Fall Concert
- Semaphore Repertory Dance Company will present the Fall Concert.
- 7:30 pm, Weitz Theater
Saturday, November 3rd
- Semaphore Fall Concert
- Semaphore Repertory Dance Company will present a Fall Concert
- 7:30 pm, Weitz Theater
Tuesday, November 6th
- Collaboration in the Digital Humanities by Doug Casson & Dick Brown
- Tuesday November 6, 2012 12:00-1:00
- 12:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
Thursday, November 8th
- Gallery Talk - Jesse Houlding, class of 1992
- Alum Jesse Houlding will speak about his work on display in Boliou Gallery.
- 4:30 pm, Boliou gallery
Wednesday, November 14th
- Ibid. (Referencing Carleton Collections) ends
- Linda Rossi, Kelly Connole, Fred Hagstrom, Dan Bruggeman, David Lefkowitz, & Stephen Mohring make work inspired by college collections.
- Perlman Teaching Museum, Braucher Gallery
- Art Treasures/Curricular Resources: Two Teaching Exhibitions ends
- Presenting two small faculty-curated teaching exhibitions drawing on the Carleton art collection and other resources.
- Perlman Teaching Museum, Kaemmer Family Gallery
December 2012
Tuesday, December 11th
- Workshop: Effective Faculty Staff Collaborations on Web & in the World
- 1/2 Day Workshop: Public Scholarship on the Web and in the World: Toward Effective Faculty/Staff Collaborations
- 9:00 am, Sayles Hill 251
January 2013
Tuesday, January 1st
- "If You Give a Monk a Manuscript ..." - AN EXHIBITION ends
- Professor William North's History 137 students' exhibition on the medieval book
- Gould Library Athenaeum
Thursday, January 10th
- Kaaren Williamsen Reflects: What Matters to Me
- "Restorative Justice: Personal Reflections and Campus Transformation". Lunch is available to first 30 or so people.
- 12:00 pm, Athenaeum (Library)
- 2012 Edward M. "Ted" Mullin presentations
- Jabari Perry, Charlie Rosenthal and Herman Zheng present their research experiences from summer and winter break.
- 5:00 pm, Leighton 402
- International Film Forum: GERMANY IN AUTUMN
- Screening of the 1978 German film DEUTSCHLAND IM HERBST.
- 7:00 pm, Weitz Center Cinema
Friday, January 11th
- John Peña: Daily Geology begins (through Mar. 13)
- Peña presents daily drawings highlighting memorable, if unremarkable, experiences in a two-year-long autobiographical project.
- Perlman Teaching Museum, Kaemmer Family Gallery
- Ancient Masters in Modern Styles: Chinese Ink Paintings begins (through Mar. 13)
- An exhibition of Chinese ink paintings from the 16th–21st Centuries
- Perlman Teaching Museum, Braucher Gallery
- Ancient Masters Lecture and Opening Reception
- Lecture by Kathleen Ryor followed by exhibition reception, with music by Carleton Chinese Music Ensemble
- 7:30 pm, Weitz 236 and Perlman Teaching Museum and Weitz Commons
- Opera at the Weitz: LA SERVA PADRONA
- Opera Workshop. Lawrence E. Burnett, production coordinator, Julian Pozniak '14, student director.
- 8:00 pm, Weitz Center for Creativity - Theater
Tuesday, January 15th
- This Jealous Earth
- Scott Carpenter reads from his recent collection of fiction: "This Jealous Earth"
- 4:30 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
Wednesday, January 16th
- "Global Warming and the Fate of the Land Carbon Sink", by Dr. Pacala.
- 2012-2013 Chesley lecture
- 7:30 pm, Olin 149 (new location)
Thursday, January 17th
- Computer Science-Digital Humanities "Speed Dating"
- 4:00 pm, CMC 206
- John Peña: Public Lecture and Reception
- Exhibition opening events for John Pena: Daily Geology
- 4:30 pm, Weitz Center
- International Film Forum: A SOUL HAUNTED BY PAINTING
- Screening of 1994 Chinese film by Shuqin Huang and Yimou Zhang.
- 7:00 pm, Weitz Center Cinema
Wednesday, January 23rd
- Public Talk: Animals & Humans in Louis XIV's Paris,Prof Anita Guerrini
- History Department Winter Herbert P. Lefler Talk
- 5:00 pm, Leighton 305
Wednesday, January 30th
- David Lefkowitz,"Quasi-Fictional Places" lecture
- "Quasi-Fictional Places: The Nirthfolde Vistors' Bureau and Other Original Facsimiles," a talk by David Lefkowitz.
- 7:30 pm, Weitz Cinema
February 2013
Friday, February 1st
- Roberta Wue, "Image, Object, Audience," lecture
- Image, Object, Audience: The Bird and Flower Fan Painting of Ren Bonian (1840-1896) Lecture complements Perlman Teaching Museum exhibition
- 4:30 pm, Weitz Cinema
Tuesday, February 5th
- WINTER HC Dialogos: Meditating Monks, Mother Mary & Limits of Inquiry
- 5:00 pm, Library Athenaeum
Wednesday, February 6th
- How Did the Civil War Affect Colleges? talk by Michael D. Cohen, '02
- Public talk and book signing. Refreshments will be served. Everyone welcome!
- 4:30 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
Thursday, February 7th
- CEMETERY STORIES: A REBEL MISSIONARY IN SOUTH AFRICA,Cherif Keita Film
- 7:00 pm, Weitz Center Cinema
- Owen Flanagan, Jr. of Duke University to give talk
- "What Do Cognitive Science and Comparative Philosophy teach Us About Human Flourishing?" is the title of Owen Flanagan's talk.
- 7:30 pm, Boliou #104
Sunday, February 10th
- Dakota 38 Film Screening
- A powerful film depicting the annual 330-mile horse ride commemorating the largest mass execution in US history on December 26, 1862.
- 2:30 pm, Weitz Cinema
Thursday, February 14th
- Brown-bag Lunch Concert: LOVE SONGS
- Carleton Singers. Lawrence E. Burnett, director.
- 12:00 pm, Severance Great Hall
- Global Diasporas in Dubai, Panel discussion
- 6:00 pm, Leighton 304
- Attempts on Her Life - CANCELLED - opens tomorrow
- CANCELLED - show opens Friday, Feb 15 at 7 pm
- 7:30 pm, Weitz Center for Creativity
Friday, February 15th
- Attempts on Her Life by Martin Crimp
- Winter Players production directed by Roger Bechtel. Contains mature subject matter
- 7:00 pm, Weitz Center for Creativity
- “Old” and “New” Diasporas, Globalization, and Africana Studies
- Professor Jean Rahier, Florida International University Keynote for AFAM Symposium "Bridging the Gap"
- 7:30 pm, Weitz 236
Saturday, February 16th
- Bridging the Gap: African Diaspora Studies, Area Studies & Disciplines
- A symposium sponsored by the African and African American Studies Program.
- 9:00 am, Weitz 236
- Attempts on Her Life by Martin Crimp
- Winter Players Production
- 7:00 pm, Weitz Center for Creativity
Wednesday, February 20th
- DINNER/Museum in Your Backpack: MUSEUMS, DIGITAL TECH & FUTURE OF K-12
- 4:30 pm, Leighton 304
- Public Reading: Paul Auster & Siri Hustvedt
- Authors Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt read from recent works (Winter Journal and The Summer without Men); book signing and reception.
- 4:30 pm, Great Hall
Thursday, February 21st
- Spirits that Mount, Spirits that Dance
- an AFAM talk by Professor Thabiti Willis
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House Meeting Room
- Sudharshan Seneviratne to give talk on the study of Buddhism
- Sudharshan Seneviratne will give a talk "Material Culture, Social Representations, and the Study of Buddhism."
- 7:30 pm, Leighton #305
Friday, February 22nd
- Convocation: Siri Hustvedt
- Author explains how personal experience and memory become transformed into narrative.
- 10:50 am, Skinner Chapel
- Wynia Memorial Lecture: Prof. Luigi Manzetti
- "Corruption and the Dark Side of Left Wing Populism in Argentina Under the Kirchners" by Prof. Luigi Manzetti, Southern Methodist University
- 4:30 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
- Buddhism after the Tsunami - The Souls of Zen 3/11 Japan Special
- Film maker Tim Graf to show 1 hr. documentary. Perspectives on Buddhism in midst of Japan's recovery of March 2011 tsunami. Q & A to follow.
- 7:00 pm, Boliou #104
- Attempts on Her Life by Martin Crimp
- Winter Players Production directed by Roger Bechtel. Contains mature subject matter.
- 7:00 pm, Weitz Center for Creativity
Saturday, February 23rd
- Attempts on Her Life by Martin Crimp
- Winter Players Production directed by Roger Bechtel. Contains mature subject matter.
- 7:00 pm, Weitz Center for Creativity
Tuesday, February 26th
- DIGITAL HUMANITIES WORKSHOP: Demystifying Copyright in the Digital Age
- 4:00 pm, Weitz Center 235 (Sandbox Room)
Wednesday, February 27th
- Forkosh Lecture in Judaic Studies featuring Professor Naomi Seidman
- Professor Naomi Seidman's talk is "The Marriage Plot: Sexuality, Secularization and the Emergence of Modern Jewish Literature".
- 7:00 pm, Carleton Great Hall
Thursday, February 28th
- Digital Humanities Applications for the Language and Culture Classroom
- 4:00 pm, Regents 390 at St Olaf College
- Faculty Seminar - Forkosh Lecturer Professor Naomi Seidman
- Professor Seidman's talk is "Translating Psychoanalysis: Psychoanalyzing Translation"
- 5:15 pm, LTC Library - Weitz Center
March 2013
Friday, March 1st
- Felicity Lufkin, "Things Fit for Use," lecture
- "Things Fit for Use: Sorting Out Modern China's Artistic Heritage," complements Ancient Masters exhibition.
- 4:30 pm, Weitz Cinema
Saturday, March 2nd
- Winter Choral Concert: Handel's MESSIAH
- 7:00 pm, Concert Hall
Wednesday, March 13th
- Ancient Masters in Modern Styles: Chinese Ink Paintings ends
- An exhibition of Chinese ink paintings from the 16th–21st Centuries
- Perlman Teaching Museum, Braucher Gallery
- John Peña: Daily Geology ends
- Peña presents daily drawings highlighting memorable, if unremarkable, experiences in a two-year-long autobiographical project.
- Perlman Teaching Museum, Kaemmer Family Gallery
April 2013
Tuesday, April 9th
- HC Dialogos: Willful Approach & Avoidance:Citizens & Sex Offenders
- 4:30 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
Thursday, April 11th
- Reflections: What Matters to Me and Why
- Series continues with talk by Qiguang Zhao, Burton and Lily Levin Professor of Chinese, on "Nature: My God, My Friend and My Healer."
- 12:00 pm, Library Athenaeum
- Alice in Wonderland
- A music, dance, and theater performance by the Carleton Players, in collaboration with Flying Foot Forum. Directed by Joe Chvala.
- 7:30 pm, Weitz Center Theater
Friday, April 12th
- Nancy Wilkie Retirement Celebration: Film showings
- Films showing impacts of illicit artifact trade: 7:30pm "The Manuscripts of Timbuktu," and 8:30 pm "On the Trail of the Tomb Robbers"
- 7:30 pm, Boliou 104
- Alice in Wonderland
- A music, dance, and theater performance by the Carleton Players, in collaboration with Flying Foot Forum. Directed by Joe Chvala.
- 7:30 pm, Weitz Center Theater
Saturday, April 13th
- Wilkie Retirement: “Saving the Archaeological Past for Our Future”
- Professor Patty Gerstenblith, De Paul University, chair of the U.S. State Department Cultural Properties Advisory Committee
- 9:00 am, Weitz Cinema
- Nancy Wilkie Retirement Celebration: Alumni Panel
- Panel of Carleton archaeology and SoAn alums: John Doershuk 1980, Michael Madson 1994, and Jennifer Cerny Niquette 1996
- 10:30 am, Weitz Cinema
- Alice in Wonderland
- A music, dance, and theater performance by the Carleton Players, in collaboration with Flying Foot Forum. Directed by Joe Chvala.
- 7:30 pm, Weitz Center Theater
Sunday, April 14th
- Alice in Wonderland
- A music, dance, and theater performance by the Carleton Players, in collaboration with Flying Foot Forum. Directed by Joe Chvala.
- 2:00 pm, Weitz Center Theater
Monday, April 15th
- Two Cheers for Anarchism by James C. Scott
- James C. Scott is the Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology at Yale, and Director of the Program in Agrarian Studies.
- 4:30 pm, Leighton 305
Tuesday, April 16th
- Humanities Center Guest James C. Scott - Faculty Seminar
- 4:30 pm, Sayles-Hill 251
Monday, April 22nd
- "Framing the West: The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan."
- Toby Jurovics is the Chief Curator and Holland Curator of American Western Art at the Joslyn Art Museum.
- 6:00 pm, Boliou 104
Tuesday, April 23rd
- Laird Bell Lecture 10x6: Snapshots of a Fulbrighter's Sojourn in China
- 6:30 pm, WCC161 Weitz Cinema
Wednesday, April 24th
- Public Talk, Laura McGrane, 'a pumkin and a pine-apple': ...
- The Transatlantic Incarnate in William Dunlap's Comedy
- 3:30 pm, Leighton 304
- "Remote Intimacies: From Relocations to the Empty Orchestra."
- a public talk by Karen Tongson, associate professor at the University of Southern California.
- 4:30 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
Thursday, April 25th
- Public Talk:The User Paradox in the Classroom,Laura McGrane,Haverford
- 12:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
Friday, April 26th
- Foro Latinoamericano 2013
- "Beyond Chávez: Unraveling the Enigma of Venezuela" Miguel Tinker Salas
- 5:00 pm, Boliou 104
- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
- Comps presentation of Jessica Morrison, Theater Major.
- 7:30 pm, WCC 165
Saturday, April 27th
- Foro Latinoamericano 2013
- "Radio Bemba in an Age of Electronic Media: The Dynamics of Popular Communication in Chávez's Foreign Policy" Sujatha Fernandes.
- 9:30 am, Gould Library Athenaeum
- Foro Latinoamericano 2013
- "From ALBA to Damascus: Explaining Chávez's Foreign Policy" - Javier Corrales Third in the Series of talks for the Foro.
- 10:30 am, Gould Library Athenaeum
- FILM: "The Life & Legacy of Justice Rosalie Wahl
- Special film showing.
- 10:45 am, Weitz Center Cinema
- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
- Theater Major Jessica Morrison's comps presentation.
- 7:30 pm, WCC165
Sunday, April 28th
- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
- Comps presentation of Jessica Morrison, Theater Major
- 3:00 pm, WCC 165
May 2013
Wednesday, May 8th
- Braided Worlds (Book Reading)
- Alma Gottlieb, Professor of Anthropology and Philip Graham, Professor of English at UIUC, share their memoir of their time in Ivory Coast.
- 5:00 pm, Weitz 236
- Ela Gandhi - "The Challenges Facing Post-Apartheid South Africa"
- Renowned peace activist, and recipient of numerous awards for her work promoting nonviolent political change.
- 7:30 pm, Concert Hall
Thursday, May 9th
- Student Partners in Digital Humanities
- 12:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
- 2013 Lindesmith Lecture, Professor Donald Lopez, University of MI
- Professor Donald Lopez will give a talk titled "A Buddhist Imagines Islam: Gendun Chopel in India."
- 7:30 pm, Boliou #104
Wednesday, May 15th
- Daughters of Eve: Masculine Virtue, Feminine Vice in Renaissance Women
- Daughters of Eve: Masculine Virtue & Feminine Vice in Renaissance Women presented by Babette Bohn of Texas Christian University.
- 5:00 pm, Boliou 104
Wednesday, May 22nd
- Faculty Seminar: Meredith Lair, Armed with Abundance...
- Consumerism and Soldiering in the Vietnam War
- 4:30 pm, Leighton 202
Friday, May 24th
- Semaphore Spring Concert
- Semaphore Repertory Dance Company performs a spring concert
- 7:30 pm, Weitz Theater
- Choral Concert:"It's Showtime, Folks!", Lawrence E. Burnett, conductor
- 8:00 pm, Concert Hall
