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Faculty Newsletter - Fall 2001Jay Williams Gallery TalkNovember 29, 2001Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies Jay Williams will give a gallery talk on Friday, Nov. 30 at 4 p.m. in the Chapel. The topic is "Thomas Nast: Image Maker." Williams' talk coincides with the Emerson Gallery's exhibit "Christmas with Thomas Nast," which features woodblock prints of Santa Claus from Williams' private collection. Vest Publishes Book ChapterNovember 21, 2001Jay Hansford C. Vest, visiting associate professor of religious studies, authored "Dawn Bringer and the Christ Bearer: Mythography and the Columbian Impact upon Native America" in Critical Essays on the Myth of the American Adam, edited by V. Patea and M. Eugenia Díaz (University of Salamanca Press, 2001: 53-64). Rowe Contributes to Jazz EncyclopediaNovember 20, 2001Monk Rowe, director of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive, has written several biographies of jazz artists published in the New Grove Encyclopedia of Jazz, edited by Barry Kernfeld. Rowe also fact-checked for Kernfeld, reviewing authenticity of facts against information obtained in the 200-plus video interviews gathered for the archive. Chambliss Elected Teaching Chair For Medical Sociology of ASANovember 20, 2001Daniel Chambliss, Sidney Wertimer Professor of Sociology, has been elected to be the teaching chair for medical sociology for the American Sociological Association. Chambliss has also been elected to the ASA's Committee on Nominations, which selects the nominees for the major ASA offices, including president, vice-president and governing council. Guttman Publishes PoemNovember 19, 2001Assistant Professor of English Naomi Guttman's poem "Wind" appeared in the November issue of Catskill Mountain Region Guide, a publication of the Catskill Mountain Foundation. The journal is sponsoring a series of publications and readings by teachers and their students. "This Woman's Greatest Love Affair," a poem by Karlen Chase ('00), appears in the same issue. See online:Catskill Mountain Region Guide. Wilson Presents Paper at American Academy of ReligionNovember 17, 2001Thomas Wilson, associate professor of history presented, "Liturgies of Confucian Sacrifice," at the American Academy of Religions Conference on Nov. 17. Kolb Named NY State Governor of the NATSNovember 16, 2001Lauralyn Kolb, lecturer in voice, is currently serving a second two-year term as NY state governor of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She recently judged both the undergraduate and graduate divisions of the Civic Morning Musicales Vocal Competition, which drew contestants from New York and New Jersey. Seay Presents Paper at American Academy of ReligionNovember 15, 2001Visiting Instructor of Religious Studies Scott Seay presented a paper at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Nov. 16-20, in Denver. His paper was titled "Rapists and Arsonists: Racial Stereotypes and Capital Crime in Colonial New England." It explored how eighteenth-century New England ministers reflected and reinforced popular stereotypes of race and crime in sermons that were delivered immediately prior to public executions. More ... Nancy Rabinowitz Presents Paper at Feminist Art History ConferenceNovember 15, 2001Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature Nancy Rabinowitz presented a paper at the 13th Annual Barnard Feminist Art History Conference, held Nov. 10-11. She participated in the panel, Representing Classical Women, with a paper titled "Doing Gender with Clothes on Fifth Century Vase Painting." Jin Chairs Panel, Presents Paper at ACTFLNovember 15, 2001Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin participated in the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual convention in November. She chaired a panel on psycholinguistic approaches to course design, presentation and engagement. Her paper was titled "Evidence of Interlanguage Studies and Target Structure Selection." Carter Lectures at Faculty of Architecture ConferenceNovember 15, 2001Professor of Art Rand Carter, participated in a conference sponsored by the Faculty of Architecture at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena in Santo Domingo. He gave both the opening and concluding lectures at this conference. Li Speaks at Johns Hopkins SAISNovember 15, 2001On Nov. 15, Government Professor Cheng Li gave a speech at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies titled, "China's Road Ahead: Will the Upcoming Leaders Make a Difference?" Williams Publishes in The TheosophistNovember 15, 2001Jay Williams, Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies, published an article in the Nov. 2001 edition of The Theosophist (India). The article titled, "The Sheng Ren and the Nabi" was originally given as a paper at the New York State Asian Studies Association. Jones Accepts Fellowship at William Davidson Institute at University of MichiganNovember 15, 2001The Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, Derek Jones, has accepted an invitation to become a research fellow of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, a non-profit, research and educational institute dedicated to developing and disseminating expertise on transition and emerging market economies. Isserman Pembroke College Fellow, Gives LectureNovember 14, 2001Maurice Isserman, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History, has been in the U.K. since September, where he is the first Hamilton College exchange fellow at Pembroke College, Oxford University. He has delivered a talk, "'Papers of a Dangerous Tendency': New Revelations about Soviet Espionage and American Espionage" at the American Institute at Oxford, and at Lancaster University, Sheffield University, Cambridge University, and Glasgow University. More ... McEnroe Completes 10-Year Architecture ProjectNovember 14, 2001Associate Professor of Art John McEnroe has published 35 reports in "Pseira IV. Minoan Buildings in Areas B, C, D, and F." (The University Museum Press) to culminate his 10-year project as architect for the Pseira, Crete excavations. McEnroe also published his third book this fall. Artists, Writers, and Musicians, An Encyclopedia of People who Changed the World (Oryx Press, 2001)was co-edited with Michel-Andre Bossy of Brown University and Thomas Brothers of Duke University. Krueger Publishes ArticleNovember 14, 2001French Professor Roberta Krueger wrote, "'Nouvelles choses': Social Instability and the Problem of Fashion in the *Livre du Chevalier de la Tour Landry,* the *Menagier de Paris,* and Christine de Pizan's *Livre des Trois Vertus* in *Medieval Conduct,* edited by Kathleen Ashley and Robert L.A. Clark, (University of Minnesota Press, 2000). Miller Elected to Sigma Xi BoardNovember 9, 2001Sue Ann Miller, professor of biology, is on the board of directors of Sigma Xi, the scientific research honor society, and is a member of their audit committee. As the first elected director of the Baccalaureate College Constituency Group, she facilitated discussions among representatives of peer colleges during the annual meeting, Nov. 9-11. She also participated in the forum, "Science, the arts and the humanities: connections & collisions." More ... O'Neill Presents Paper at Emerging Forms ConferenceNovember 8, 2001Patricia O'Neill, professor of English, presented a paper, "Mani Ratnam's 'Dil Se': Terrorism and Indian National Identity," at the Emerging Forms Conference on Film and Media, University of Washington, Seattle, on November 8. Gold Publishes Article in KathimeriniNovember 8, 2001Professor of Classics Barbara Gold recently published an article in the Greek newspaper "Kathimerini." The daily paper devoted an entire issue to the importance of classical studies, with articles by experts in the field from all over the world. Gold, with two colleagues from the University of Georgia, wrote the article on "Feminist Studies and Classical Philology." Frechette Lectures on Chinese CultureNovember 5, 2001Ann Frechette, Luce Junior Professor of Asian Studies and assistant professor of anthropology, conducted a two-day workshop on Chinese culture for 120 families who are adopting children from China. She gave five lectures: 4000 Years of Chinese Civilization; China's Modern History; The Chinese Language; Language, Nation, and Ethnic Relations; and Families, Festivals, and Food. She also showed the movie "To Live." She organized the workshop in conjunction with China Adoption with Love, one of the largest China-US adoption agencies in the country, with whom she is also collaborating on her second book project, "The Invisible Red Thread: Concepts of the Family in an Interconnected World." Li Presents Paper at HarvardNovember 5, 2001Government Professor Cheng Li presented a paper on "Avant-Garde Artists in Shanghai: Transcending Old Boundaries and Seeking New Identities" (co-authored with Lynn White at Princeton) at a conference on "Political Culture and Political Experimentation in Modern Shanghai." The conference was held Nov. 3-5 at the Fairbank Center of Harvard University. Dalle Participates in RoundtableNovember 5, 2001On Nov. 5, Matthieu Dalle, visiting instructor of French, participated in a roundtable titled, "Naissance et éclosion des radios libres, de 1977 à 1981," ("Birth and Development of Free Radio [in France] from 1977 to 1981") at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris. More ... Jensen and Owen Publish Article in the Journal of Economic EducationNovember 1, 2001Elizabeth Jensen, professor of economics, and Ann Owen, assistant professor of economics, published "Pedagogy, Gender, and Interest in Economics," in the Fall volume of the Journal of Economic Education. Kodat Participates in SeminarNovember 1, 2001Associate Professor of English Catherine Kodat was a participant in a seminar titled "Benjamin: Memory, Experience, and the Designs of Modernism" at the annual Modernist Studies Association conference at Rice University October 12-15. MSA seminar participants each present a "position paper" on the seminar topic for general discussion. Kodat's paper was titled "'In the pleats of the old material': Reading the Queerness of Modernity in Benjamin." Peter Rabinowitz Writes about GottschalkNovember 1, 2001Peter Rabinowitz, professor of comparative literature, has written an article, "Magnetic Power, Electric Thrills: The Piano Music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk," perhaps the first thorough survey of recordings of Gottschalk's music. The article appeared in International Piano 5, No. 18 (November/December 2001). Grant Presents Paper at British Studies ConferenceNovember 1, 2001Assistant Professor of History Kevin Grant presented, "The Imperial Origins of International Labour Law," at the North American Conference on British Studies in Toronto. Jones Publishes PaperNovember 1, 2001Derek Jones, Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, published a paper titled "Preliminary Evidence on Changing Employment Practices in Central New York" (with Takao Kato and Adam Weinberg) in the proceedings of the 53rd Annual Meetings of Industrial Relations Research Association. Barbara Gold Chairs Panel at Classical Association of Atlantic StatesOctober 30, 2001Professor of Classics Barbara Gold chaired a panel discussion, "Doubleday Classicists," at the fall meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States. Gold is the president-elect of this organization. Smallen and Leach Lead National Study on IT SpendingOctober 30, 2001David L. Smallen, Hamilton College's vice president for information technology, and Karen L. Leach, vice president for administration and finance, are leaders of a national study that indicates colleges' spending on information technology is growing faster than their spending in other categories. The researchers who gathered the data said the survey suggests a widening "digital divide" among American colleges. The data, presented in Indianapolis at the annual conference of Educause, are from the Cost of Supporting Technology Services (COSTS) project. COSTS is an annual survey of colleges' spending on information technology. Most of the institutions included in the survey are four-year institutions that do not offer doctorates. More ... Werner Speaks at Meeting of Concerned Philosophers for PeaceOctober 27, 2001Richard Werner, John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosphy, gave a paper, "The Noncombatant Immunity Thesis," at the 14th Annual Meeting of Concerned Philosophers for Peace at St. Bonaventure University, October 25-28. Elgren Lectures at the University of RochesterOctober 20, 2001Associate Dean of Faculty and Associate Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren presented, "Sol-Gel Encapsulation of Horseradish Peroxidase: A Novel Catalytic Material," an invited lecture at the University of Rochester. Palusky exhibits his workOctober 19, 2001Robert Palusky, John and Anne Fischer Professor of Fine Arts, participated in several shows, "SOFA" (Sculpture Objects & Functional Arts) International Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL; "National Group Exhibition" Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL; and a one man show, "Glass Nests," Cultural Exchange Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. Pillow Presents Paper at American Society for Aesthetics National MeetingsOctober 15, 2001Kirk Pillow, assistant professor of philosophy, presented a paper, "Does Goodman's Distinction Survive LeWitt," twice in October, first on campus as part of the Faculty Lecture Series and then in Minneapolis at the American Society for Aesthetics national meetings. He reports that the discussion following the paper was even better on campus than it was at the conference. Georges presents poster at Brookings InstitutionOctober 15, 2001In October, Christophre Georges, associate professor of economics, presented a poster, "Learning Dynamics in an Artificial Currency Market," at a workshop on multi-agent computation in natural and artificial economies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. Rubino Chairs Panel of Classical Journal EditorsOctober 10, 2001Edward North Professor of Classics Carl Rubino traveled to Towson, MD, for the fall meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, where he chaired a panel of journal editors from the region. Rubino is book review editor of the American Journal of Philology. Andrews Presents at Conference in Pisa, ItalyOctober 9, 2001David Andrews, visiting associate professor of economics, delivered a paper, "Why did Ricardo Believe that Growth Theory Is 'Vain and Delusive'?" at the "Old and New Growth Theories: An Assessment" conference, in Pisa, Italy. Martin Chairs Panel at Annual Meeting of American Political Science AssociationSeptember 21, 2001Robert Martin, visiting assistant professor of government, served on as chair of the panel on "Reason, Rationality, and Democracy," and as discussant for the panel on "Theories of Republicanism at the American Founding," at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, in San Francisco. |
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