Friday, Sept. 5, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Heritage Room: High Tea
Friday, Sept. 26, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Library 515
Maggie Odell (Religion) on 12th-century German frescoes with visions of Ezekiel
Vern Rippley (German) on German settlements in southern Russia, 1880-1914
Friday, Oct. 24, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Library 515
PANEL:
What’s New in Cinema Studies? (Diana Postlethwaite)
What’s New in Library Science? (Kasia Gonnerman, Ken Johnson)
What’s New in German Studies? (Sarah Mänz)
What’s New in Chinese Studies? Confucius and the new wave of Chinese language study (Richard Bodman, Shannon Cannella, Wang Jiangang)
Friday, Nov. 21, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Library 515
Mary McMenomy (Classics):
“Hermes’ Resume: Divine Roles in Aristophanes’ Wealth”
Amine Bekhechi (French):
“The case of Robert Brasillach (1909-1945): They wanted him dead, do we want him alive?”
Friday, Dec. 12, 3:30-5:00 p.m.: Holiday Spirits at the home of Associate Dean Charles Wilson
Friday, Feb. 27, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Library 515
Tomoko Hoogenboom (Japanese)
“Content-Based Instruction in Japanese Language Class”
This talk is about teaching an advanced Japanese course using a content-based instruction method (teaching content with the language rather than teaching the language) and exploring possibilities to connect language learning to other disciplines.
Jorge Grajales-Díaz (Spanish)
“Reaching Redemption through Words”
I will talk about Simon Winchester’s The Professor and the Madman. The book narrates the fascinating story of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and two of its main creators.
Friday, Mar. 13, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Library 515
Alberto Villate-Isaza (Spanish)
“The absence of the corpus delicti, or where is the King’s sovereignty? The question of colonial control and regulation in the seventeenth century”
Jennifer Kwon Dobbs (English) – poetry reading
“Home as the Direction of Search: Poetry and Divided Landscapes”
Part of my book manuscript in progress, this essay considers poetry-writing as a search through landscapes divided by armistice, overseas adoption, and forgetfulness.
Friday, Apr. 24, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Library 515
Irina Walter (Russian)
“Through the Eyes of Aliens: Russian Emigre Writers”
Ed Langerak (Philosophy)
“Pluralism without relativism: how to respect difference without being a moral wimp”