As part of its ongoing lecture series on anthropology and globalization, Carleton’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology presents “Adventures Apakabar on the Internet: Transnational Communication in Late New Order Indonesia” by Liz Coville, a visiting professor at Carleton College. The lecture is at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, October 23, in Leighton Hall, room 330. All lectures in the series are free and open to the public; coffee and bagels will be provided.

Journalist John Harris, Carleton Class of 1985, will deliver Carleton College’s weekly convocation address on Friday, October 23, 2009, at 10:50 a.m. in the Skinner Memorial Chapel. Harris is a 21-year veteran of the Washington Post, and author of two political books. In 2006, he co-founded a newspaper, The Politico, with Post co-worker Jim VandeHei and entrepreneur Robert Allbritton. The title of his presentation is "Barack Obama v. the Freak Show: Politics and Media on the Wild Frontier." This event is free and open to the public.

As the war in Iraq comes to a close, six artists respond to its global affects through the artistic creation of drawings, printmaking, hand-made paper productions, and ceramics, to challenge viewers to engage and reflect on the brutal and lingering consequences of this Middle Eastern conflict. War Work: Artists Engage Iraq and Other Wars showcases the work of artists Sandow Birk, the Combat Paper Project, Daniel Heyman, John Risseeuw, Ehren Tool, and Megan Vossler. The exhibit will be displayed from October 22 through November 18, 2009, in the Carleton College Art Gallery. In conjunction with the exhibition, Megan Vossler and John Risseeuw will deliver an opening lecture on October 22, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. in the College’s Boliou Hall Auditorium; an opening reception follows the lecture at 8:30 p.m. in the Art Gallery. The talk, titled “Two Artists Engage in War,” addresses the use of art to counteract the complacency caused by the vast distance between most Americans and their soldiers on the warfront. The lecture, opening reception, and gallery exhibit are all free and open to the public.   

Pierre Hecker of the Carleton College Department of English will discuss William Shakespeare’s famous play, “Measure for Measure” in the Gould Library Athenaeum at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, October 21. Hecker’s presentation coincides with the Carleton Player’s production of “Measure for Measure,” which will be performed Friday and Saturday, October 30-31 and November 6-7, at 8 pm in the College’s Arena Theater. Both the lecture and the performances are free and open to the public.

"Monster," a short story by Rebekah Frumkin '12 (Libertyville, Ill.), is featured in the 2009 edition of Best American Nonrequired Reading (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), edited by award-winning author Dave Eggers. Described by its editors as an "offbeat but vital anthology," Best American Nonrequired Reading is renowned for bringing together the country's best fiction, journalism, humor, essays and comics while simultaneously introducing a vast readership to dozens of new writers and publications each year. The Carleton Bookstore carries the just-released edition and will host a booksigning event for Frumkin on Tuesday, November 3, from 12-1 p.m.

As part of its ongoing lecture series on anthropology and globalization, the Carleton College Department of Sociology and Anthropology presents “Fitting a Big Box in a Crowded Country: Wal-Mart in China,” by professor David Davies of Hamline University. The lecture is at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, October 16, in Leighton Hall, room 330. All lectures in the series are free and open to the public; coffee and bagels will be provided.

Accomplished author and Emory University professor Mark Bauerlein will deliver Carleton College’s weekly convocation address on Friday, October 16 at 10:50 a.m. in the Skinner Memorial Chapel. In his latest book, published in 2008, Bauerlein contends that the technology that was supposed to make young adults more astute, diversify their tastes, and improve their minds has actually had the opposite effect. The title of the book, and of his address, is "The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future."  This event, which includes a booksigning, is free and open to the public.

Dr. Ranjith Amarasinghe, Professor Emeritus at the University of Peradeniya, will present "Democracy & Political Culture: Some Aspects of the Experience of Sri Lanka” on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 4:30 p.m. in the Boliou Hall Auditorium on the Carleton College campus. Amarashinghe’s lecture will examine the impact of political culture on the process of building and implementing democratic institutions. This event is free and open to the public.

Carleton’s student-run theater company, the Experimental Theater Board, presents A Night of David Ives’ One Acts, on October 15, 16, and 17 at 8 p.m. nightly in the College’s Little Nourse Theater. These performances are free and open to the public.

Carleton is one of only 26 higher education institutions nationwide to receive an A- on the College Sustainability Report Card 2010. The group rated Carleton an “A” in the categories of food and recycling, student involvement, transportation, endowment transparency, and investment priorities. Carleton was one of three Minnesota higher education institutions to receive an overall “A-“ grade. The College has received a top grade of “A-“ the last three years, the only Minnesota school to earn that distinction.

University of Virginia professor Dorothy Wong will present “Reassessing the Wall Painting of Hōryūji” at Carleton College on Friday, Oct. 9, at 4:45 p.m. in the Boliou Hall Auditorium. This lecture will focus on the wall paintings depicted inside the Kondō or Main Hall of Hōryūji, placing them in the broader contexts of an emerging international Buddhist art style that originated in Tang (618-907) China. The event is free and open to the public.

As part of its ongoing lecture series on anthropology and globalization, Carleton’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology presents “Son Dos Alas: The Diffusion of Hip-Hop in Cuba and Puerto Rico” by Melisa Riviere, a professor from Hamline University. The lecture is at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, October 9, in Leighton Hall, room 330. All lectures in the series are free and open to the public; coffee and bagels will be provided.