Sept. 11-22: Donald McKayle, Ida Beam Professor, Department of Dance
- Sept. 11, 3:30-4:50PM: Public lecture of his life, career, and autobiography. Reception to follow.
(Room 348 IMU)
- Sept. 12, 3:30-4:50PM: Round Table Conference about his work (Room 348 IMU)
- Sept. 21, 3:30-4:50PM: Introduction of Donald McKayle's film "Heartbeats of a Dance Maker"(Room 348 IMU, Bijou Theater)
- Sept. 22, 3:30-4:50PM: Interview for Public TV (Library)
- Sept. 22, 7:00 PM: Informal Presentation of "Games", a 1951 Ballet (Gym Studio)
Sept. 28, 3:30-5:00PM: Dr. Douglas Greenberg, president and historian of Shoah Visual History Foundation's Testimony to Tolerance Initiative
(C20 Pomerantz Center)
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The Department welcomes our new colleagues, Professors Catherine Komisaruk and Omar Valerio-Jimenez, and as fall Visiting Professors, Edward Erickson and Scott Grau.
Professor Sarah Hanley has recently published articles in several publications, including "The Family, the State, and the Law in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century France: The Political Ideology of Male Right versus an Early Theory of Natural Rights," in The Journal of Modern History 78:2 (2006); "Configuring the Authority of Queens in the French Monarchy, 1600s-1840s," in Historical Reflections/Reflexions Historiques 32:2 (2006); and "Natural Equality and Natural Rights for Women: The Legal Effects of Male Right on Family Affairs in France, 1550s-1750s," in Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature 33:65 (2006).
Congratulations to Paul Greenough, who has won two substantial internal awards: Seed funding for "Equity in Relief: Urban Water-Supply and Recovery from Tsunami During Suspended Civil War in Sri Lanka" from the UI Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research; and a Major Projects grant from International Programs for "Health Services and Disaster Relief in International Politics and Diplomacy."
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Kevin Mumford has accepted an appointment as Program Coordinator for the Interdisciplinary Sexuality Studies Program. Leslie Schwalm has accepted an invitation to take-up a cross-appointment in African-American Studies.
The library is offering a 1- credit undergraduate course, Library Research in Context: History. Please spread the word to your students. The class is targeted at students in the colloquia but will be an attractive elective for most majors. This 1 credit, semester-long course will introduce students to academic research and the effective use of the library for research in history. The course is structured so that students will be able to directly apply learned concepts to their research projects. |
