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Faculty News - Fall 2003Cryer Awarded Grant for His Play 99November 24, 2003Assistant Professor of Theatre Mark Cryer has been awarded a NYSCA Individual Artist Grant from the New York State Arts Board & Onondaga County for his play, "99 questions you've always wanted to ask a black person." Cryer worked on the play with Jared Johnson '02, who conducted interviews of people in New York City during the summer to arrive at the questions. Cryer calls the play "timely, interesting and entertaining, and an educational tool that is a positive answer to a problem that plagues our community and society as a whole." Sharon Rivera Addresses Russian-American CooperationNovember 24, 2003Sharon Rivera, assistant professor of government, organized a panel titled "Political Leadership in the CIS" at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, held November 20-23, in Toronto. She also presented a paper at the panel on "Putin, the West, and the Roots of Russian-American Cooperation." More ... Ravven Presents Final Faculty Lecture of SemesterNovember 24, 2003Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Morrison Ravven presented the final Faculty Lecture of the semester on November 21. Her lecture was titled "Did Spinoza Get Ethics Right? Some Insights From Contemporary Affective Neuroscience," based on her recent research on the connections between 17th century philosophy Baruch Spinoza and findings of contemporary neuroscientific research. More ... Raybeck Presents Paper at American Anthropological Association MeetingNovember 21, 2003Professor of Anthropology Douglas Raybeck presented his paper, "Values, Modernization and Islam in Kelantan, Malaysia: A Thirty Year Perspective" at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting in Chicago on Nov. 20. The paper is on Raybeck's research, with Victor DeMunck of SUNY New Paltz, into the effect modernization has had on values in Kelantan, Malaysia. Raybeck first visited Kelantan in 1969, and returned in 2001. Orvis Chairs Panel at African Studies Association MeetingNovember 19, 2003Professor of Government Stephen Orvis attented the African Studies Association Meeting from Oct. 30 - Nov. 1. He was the chair of a panel on the theme "What Ever Happened to the Kenya Development Model?" The papers presented in this panel will later appear as chapters in an anthology Orvis is co-editing on the subject. Orvis has also recently published an article in Journal of Modern African Studies, titled "Kenyan Civil Society: Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide?" More ... Martin Presents at Assocation for Political Theory MeetingNovember 19, 2003Professor of Government Robert Martin presented "Habermas, Post-Modern Agonism and the Early American Public Sphere" at the Inagural Conference of the Association for Political Theory, held at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Oct. 17. Martin presented his paper as part of the panel on "American Roots." Martin is also a founding member of the Association for Political Theory. More ... Frechette Presents at Conferences, Publishes Book ReviewsNovember 19, 2003Ann Frechette, the Luce Junior Professor of Asian Studies, recently presented two papers as well as published two book reviews. The first paper, "Parties and Party Politics among Tibetans in Nepal," was presented at the meeting of the New England Association for Asian Studies. At the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, she presented her paper, "Weapons of Weak States: Nepal and the Tibetan Exiles." Earlier in the year, Frechette also published two book reviews, one in Journal of Refugee Studies and another in Journal of Asian Studies. More ... Bridging Minds across the Pacific: 25 years of Sino-U.S. Educational ExchangeNovember 18, 2003This year marks the 25th anniversary of Sino-U.S. educational exchange programs. Cheng Li, William R. Kenan Professor of Government, coordinated a conference, with Fudan University, that took place in Shanghai. Topics included the history and current status of U.S.-China educational exchange programs from both the U.S. and Chinese views, as well as a session devoted to mapping the future of Sino-U.S. exchange programs. In addition to scholarly presentations, Richard Levin, president of Yale University, gave the keynote address and senior officials of China's Ministry of Education offered remarks. More ... Faculty Lecture Series to Feature Professor of Religious Studies Heidi RavvenNovember 17, 2003Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Morrison Ravven will discuss "Did Spinoza Get Ethics Right? Some Insights From Contemporary Affective Neuroscience" in the Faculty Lecture Series on Friday, Nov. 21, at 4:10 p.m. in the Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson. Sponsored by The Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty. More ... Shamsie's Book Kartography Named to Shortlist for British Literary AwardNovember 14, 2003Kamila Shamsie '94, visiting assistant professor of English, has made the shortlist for The Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for her book, Kartography. The Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize was founded in 1942 by Jane Oliver, in memory of her husband, a writer killed in action. It is given annually to an author, under the age of 35 at the time of publication, for a work of fiction, poetry, drama or non-fiction. The Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is the second oldest literary prize in Britain. The winner will be announced on November 20 in London. Reynolds Contributes Chapter to Book on MollusksNovember 11, 2003Professor of Biology Patrick D. Reynolds has contributed a chapter titled "Molecular systematics of the Scaphopoda" to Molecular Systematics and Phylogeography of Mollusks, edited by Lydeard and Lindberg. The book, published by the Smithsonian Institution Press, is part of the "Smithsonian Series in Comparative and Evolutionary Biology." Professor Reynolds is an expert in invertebrate biology, particularly the evolution of mollusks. More ... Sharpley-Whiting Lectures at Northwestern University ConferenceNovember 10, 2003Professor of French and Africana Studies Tracy Sharpley-Whiting gave a lecture at Northwestern University's "100 Years of The Souls of Black Folk: A Celebration" conference in October. The conference celebrated the centenary of the publication in Chicago of The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. DuBois. Sharpley-Whiting's lecture was "Negro at Paris," which dealt with DuBois's francopholia and France's negrophilia during the heyday of the Jazz in Paris (1920s) in the aftermath of the Great War (WWI). Other presenters included Lawrence Bobo (Harvard University); Cheryl Wall (Rutgers); and Darlene Clark Hine (Northwestern). More ... Buchman Conducted at Society for New Music Concert on November 9November 9, 2003Heather Buchman, visiting assistant professor of music and the Hamilton College Orchestra conductor, conducted a piece at the concert of the Society for New Music on Nov. 9, in the Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum in Syracuse. Buchman conducted Barbara White's omposition, "Learning to See." Ravven is Presenter at Society for Empirical Ethics Annual MeetingNovember 7, 2003Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven presented a paper at the Society for Empirical Ethics Annual Meeting, held November 7-9 at Marlboro College, Brattleboro, Vt. The meeting theme was "Flourishing - What Can the Sciences and Philosophy Learn From Each Other About Human Well Being?" Ravven participated in a panel discussion, "Habits of the Heart and Mind," where she gave a paper titled "Can Ethics Be Naturalized? James vs. Spinoza." More ... Keller Publishes Article About Experiences in UzbekistanNovember 7, 2003Associate Professor of History Shoshana Keller published an article, "Research Report: Library Conditions in Uzbekistan," in Central Eurasian Studies Review Vol. 2, No. 3 (2003): 17-18. It was about her work experiences in Tashkent, Uzbekistan this past summer. She also served as discussant for a panel titled "Cultural and Political Spheres Intersecting," at the Fourth Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society held at Harvard University on October 25. More ... Shields Invited to Speak at American Chemical Society MeetingNovember 6, 2003George Shields, chair and Winslow Professor of Chemistry, gave an invited lecture at the 35th American Chemical Society Central Regional Meeting in Pittsburgh. His talk was titled "Formation of MERCURY to Enhance Undergraduate Computational Chemistry: Accurate pKa Calculations in Aqueous Solution, Progress and Challenges." MERCURY provides access to high performance computing resources or supercomputers for chemistry students and researchers at seven liberal arts institutions in the Northeast. Ravven Delivers Paper at "Marxism and the World Stage" ConferenceNovember 6, 2003Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven delivered a paper at the "Marxism and the World Stage" conference, held Nov. 6-8 at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She participated in the session, "Why is Spinoza Important Today." Ravven's paper was titled "Spinoza's Prescient Understanding of Embodiment." Kodat and P. Rabinowitz Present Papers at International ConferenceNovember 3, 2003Catherine Gunther Kodat (English) and Peter J. Rabinowitz (Comparative Literature) presented papers at an international conference on Contemporary Narrative Theory: The State of the Field, held Oct. 23-25 in Columbus, Ohio. The conference, organized by Rabinowitz and James Phelan, brought together 27 prominent theorists in the field of narrative studies from the United States, Canada, Israel, England and China. More ... Kodat Presents Paper at American Studies Association ConferenceNovember 3, 2003Associate Professor of English Catherine Gunther Kodat presented a paper, "The Figure in the Carpet: George Balanchine and the Cold War," at the annual American Studies Association conference held in Hartford, Conn., in October. The conference theme was "Violence and Belonging." Her paper was included in a panel titled "The Cold War and American Memory" and drew on research into Balanchine's 1960 ballet, The Figure in the Carpet, that is part of her larger project on Cold War culture. Wheatley Gave Live Webcast Lecture on Nov. 4November 3, 2003Associate Professor of English Edward Wheatley gave a live interactive Web cast version of his manuscript lecture "From Manuscript to Printed Book to Virtual Text" on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The presentation was part of the "Electronic Experts" series run by the Columbus Museum of Science and Industry, which makes interactive presentations available to high schools around the world. His talk was broadcast to schools in Chattanooga, Tenn., Canton, Ohio, and Cincinnati. It was a fully interactive presentation, with the students asking Wheatley questions and discussing the issues he raises with students at the other schools. More ... Society for Photographic Education Features de Swaan's WorkNovember 3, 2003The photographic essay, Memorabilia, created by Visiting Instructor of Art Sylvia de Swaan, is featured in exposure (Vol 36:2, 2003), The Society for Photographic Education magazine. One of de Swaan's photographs was also selected as the magazine's cover image. More ... AGI Inducts Tewksbury PresidentNovember 3, 2003The American Geological Institute inducted Barbara Tewksbury, Stephen Harper Kirner Chair of Science and chair of the geology department, as its president on November 4 at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Seattle. More ... Beck and Jones to Participate in Geological Society SymposiumOctober 31, 2003Professors of Anthropology Charlotte Beck and George Jones will participate in a symposium titled "The Peopling of the New World" at the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America from Nov. 2-5 in Seattle. They will present a paper titled "When did People Arrive in the West?," which investigates the changing environment of the ancient West to determine the probability of human settlement in different areas. Palusky's Glasswork On ExhibitOctober 30, 2003Robert Palusky, the John and Anne Fischer Professor of the Fine Arts, is currently showing his glasswork at several exhibitions. On Oct. 17-19, Palusky's work was shown at The International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) in Chicago. From Dec. 11 to Jan. 3, his work will be at the 21st Annual International Glass Invitational, at the Habatat Galleries in Boca Raton, Florida. Lastly, Palusky's work will be shown at the exhibition "Têtes Å Têtes: Figures Humaines" at the Mudac Museum of Design in Laussanne, France. This prestigious exhibition will also include work from artists like Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali. Herold Publishes in Minds and MachinesOctober 30, 2003Director of Library Information Systems Ken Herold has published a paper, "An Information Continuum Conjecture" in the current issue of Minds and Machines,. This work speculates on the connections between the earliest advent of the collaborative computing environment in the 1940s and theories of information systems and services within the nascent library and information sciences. Herold's history-of-ideas contribution appears in a special issue of the journal dedicated to the philosophy of information. Blechinger-Talcott Speaks at Woodrow Wilson CenterOctober 22, 2003Assistant Professor of Government Verena Blechinger-Talcott participated in a panel discussion on the future of Japanese leadership at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 21. Blechinger-Talcott's talk, "Learning to Lead: Incentives and Disincentives for Leadership in Japanese Politics," focused on issues of the career development of Japanese politicians, and the changes in incentives for a new generation of leaders in Japan. Blechinger-Talcott is also working on a book about the relationship between deregulation and incentives for corruption in the U.S, Japan and Germany. Masterson Publishes Review in American Journal of PhilologyOctober 21, 2003Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Mark Masterson has published a review of a collection of essays, The Sleep of Reason (Chicago 2002), in the current issue of the American Journal of Philology. This collection surveys the interface between sexuality and philosophy in the ancient world. Masterson was chosen to review this book because a major focus of his research agenda is sex and gender in the ancient world. Cafruny Participates in American Hegemony ConferenceOctober 21, 2003Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs Alan Cafruny was a panelist this month at The Bingham McCutchen International Law Symposium presented by The Connecticut Journal of International Law of the University of Connecticut School of Law. The conference title was "The New American Hegemony?" and the topic of Cafruny's panel was "Europe and the New American Hegemony." More ... 'American Influence on China’s Peaceful Evolution'October 21, 2003Cheng Li, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government, gave a lecture titled "Education, Art, and Politics: American Influence on China's Peaceful Evolution," as one of the activities during Hamilton's presidential inauguration. Li's lecture was also part of the Faculty Lecture Series sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty. More ... Luciano Presents Papers at Interdisciplinary ConferencesOctober 20, 2003Assistant Professor of English Dana Luciano presented two papers at interdisciplinary conferences. At the Western Humanities Alliance conference held at the University of Utah, Luciano presented "Voicing Removal: Mourning (as) History in Hope Leslie" on October 18. At the American Studies Association convention in Hartford, Conn., she presented another paper, "Desiring-Time: Feminist Utopian Fiction and the Difference a Queer Narrator Makes." Luciano also presented "Voicing Removal: Mourning (as) History in Hope Leslie" at the Society for the Study of American Women Writers convention in Fort Worth in September. Pillow Publishes Two Articles in Interdisciplinary FieldsOctober 20, 2003Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy Kirk Pillow recently published articles in two interdisciplinary fields. The first, "Did Goodman's Distinction Survive LeWitt?," was published in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. Pillow argues in the paper that the wall drawings of conceptual artist Sol LeWitt raise difficulties for philosopher Nelson Goodman's attempts to distinguish forms of art in which forgery is possible from those in which it is not. The second article, "Hegel and Homosexuality," was published in a supplement to Philosophy Today. In this paper Pillow analyzes the aesthetic theory, political philosophy, and philosophy of nature of German Idealist thinker G. W. F. Hegel in order to reconstruct a problematic Hegelian condemnation of same-sex sexual desire. More ... Bioinformatics at HamiltonOctober 20, 2003Advances in computer technology lie at the interface of biology and computational technology: bioinformatics, an approach that has revolutionized the way we study biology. To enhance "Bioinformatic Technology in Biology Education," Hamilton has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to establish the Biology Computing Facility. This $256,586 project will be housed in Phase I of Hamilton's New Science Center, (expected to be completed in the Spring '04.) The collaborative effort by biology Professors Ken Bart, Steve Festin, Jinnie Garrett, Herm Lehman and Patrick Reynolds will infuse bioinformatics technology into the biology curriculum. More ... Goudsouzian to Discuss Sidney Poitier at Think TankOctober 17, 2003Visiting Assistant Professor of History Aram Goudsouzian will lead a Think Tank discussion on Friday, Oct. 17, at noon in KJ 221. He describes his topic as follows: "For much of 1967 and 1968, Sidney Poitier was America's most popular movie star. Yet he endured biting criticisms for pandering to white expectations and creating a one-man stereotype. We'll focus on his most popular film, 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner,' and try to understand how racial politics shaped both his popularity and his downfall." Bring your favorite lunch from McEwen or the Diner, or enjoy a bag lunch provided (turkey, kosher or vegetarian). Think Tank is sponsored by the Levitt Center. Cheng Li to Lecture on "American Influence on China's Peaceful Evolution"October 15, 2003Cheng Li, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government, will give a lecture, "Education, Art and Politics: American Influence on China's Peaceful Evolution," on Friday, Oct. 17, at 4 p.m. in the Kirner-Johnson auditorium. Li's talk is among activities planned for Hamilton's presidential inauguration and is the second lecture in the 2003-04 Faculty Lecture Series sponsored by The Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty. More ... Pellman Releases New CD, "Selected Planets"October 15, 2003Professor of Music Sam Pellman released a new CD recording, "Selected Planets," on the innova label (innova 597). The music on this CD, for digital and other electroacoustic instruments, was created over the past 14 years in Pellman's Hamilton College studio and was composed as a celebration of the accomplishments of the early exploration of the solar system by our robotic space probes. Further information about this recording can be found on his Web site. The CD is now available online from Amazon.com, Tower Records and Barnes and Noble. Rowe Speaks at Utica Musicians UnionOctober 9, 2003Monk Rowe, the Joe Williams Director of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive and lecturer in saxaphone, was the featured guest at the Utica Musicians Union's meeting on Oct 7. Rowe presented a program about the Jazz Archive, consisting of clips from the videotaped interviews in the collection. Yao Lectures at Williams CollegeOctober 8, 2003Assistant Professor of English Steven Yao gave a lecture, "Transplantation and Modernity: The Chinese/American Poems of Angel Island," on Oct. 3 at Williams College. Derek Jones Edits New Economy HandbookOctober 7, 2003Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, is the editor of the book New Economy Handbook, published by Elsevier Academic Press. The book is a collection of original essays on the economy after the 1990's information technology boom, with an introduction by Jones. In addition, Jones has contributed a chapter called "Managerial Discretion, Business Strategy and the Quality of Jobs: Evidence from Medium-Sized Manufacturing Establishments in Central New York" to a new book called Low Wage America: How Employers are Reshaping Opportunity in the Workplace. More ... Cheng Li Examines Chinese Communist PartyOctober 6, 2003An article titled "The Sixteenth Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party" by Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, appeared in the July/August edition of the journal Asian Survey, published by the University of California. The essay was co-authored with Lynn White of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School, and examines the recent changes in the top levels of the Chinese Communist Party and what these changes will mean for the future of China. More ... Drogus Gives Talk at Notre DameOctober 4, 2003Associate Professor of Government Carol Drogus presented a paper on religious movements, civil society and political participation in Latin America at a workshop sponsored by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. The workshop, held on Oct. 2-3, was titled Contemporary Challenges to Catholicism in Latin America, and focused on the Catholic Church's attempt to find its role amid changing trends in the region. More ... Raybeck Opens Faculty Lecture SeriesOctober 2, 2003Professor of Anthropology Doug Raybeck opened this year's Faculty Lecture Series to a crowded Red Pit with a talk titled "The Yang, The Yin, The Whole Damn Thing." Raybeck discussed the "you're right, I'm wrong" approach with which many humans come at the world, and the fact that conflict is inherent in discourse. He pointed out that this conflict is exacerbated in the West due to our tendencies for dualism and individualism, as well as our belief in the single correct answers that classical physics has given us. More ... Owen, Jones and Li Publish in China Economic ReviewOctober 1, 2003Professors of Economics Ann Owen and Derek Jones and Professor of Government Cheng Li will publish "Growth and regional inequality in China during the reform era" in the new edition of China Economic Review. The article describes their study into the economic differences between regions in China, one of the world's fastest growing economies. Haley is Featured Speaker at Princeton's Center for Human ValuesSeptember 30, 2003Professor of Classics Shelley Haley was featured speaker at Princeton University's Center for Human Values on Sept. 25. Her lecture was titled "Could Dido Overcome Jezebel? The Role of Classics in Black Women's Quest for Respectability & Acceptance." Shamsie '94 Reads New Work, KartographySeptember 25, 2003Hamilton alumna and assistant professor of English Kamila Shamsie '94 read excerpts from her award-winning book, Kartography, as well as some passages from her forthcoming novel, currently titled Echo, to a large, attentive crowd in the Fillius Events Barn on September 24. The lecture was sponsored by the English Department. More ... Cryer Invited to Teach Class at Louisiana State UniversitySeptember 25, 2003Assistant Professor of Theater Mark Cryer was invited to teach a Master Class, 'Shakespeare Alive,' in Lousiana State University's Theatre department. Cryer taught Professor Nick Erickson's advanced acting class on Thursday, Sept. 25. Writing Center's Web Site AcknowledgedSeptember 24, 2003Sharon Williams, director of the Nesbitt-Johnston Writing Center, has received acknowledgement for the Center's Web site. Tom Mayo at Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law included the Web site on a list of helpful links on writing for students in SMU's Law Review Association. Mayo said, "[Among WWW-based grammar and style guides,] one of the most ambitious and user-friendly sites is Hamilton College's Writing Center's homepage." The Writing Center page includes "Essentials of Writing" (the Hamilton College Style Sheet), as well as information on grammar and proper citation of sources. Mason Speaks at American Management Association ConferenceSeptember 23, 2003Susan Mason, director of oral communications and education studies, participated in the American Management Association 11th Annual Conference September 22- 24. Mason spoke on "Communication Up, Down and Across the Organization." The AMA is a membership-based mangagement development organization and was founded in 1923. Pliskin Co-edits Economics VolumeSeptember 23, 2003Associate Professor of Economics Jeffrey Pliskin has co-edited a volume titled "The Determinants of the Incidence and the Effects of Participatory Organizations – Theory and International Comparisons" (with T. Kato). More ... Whiting Lectures on Young African American Fatherhood and IncarcerationSeptember 23, 2003Gilman Whiting, visiting assistant professor of Africana studies and Grinnell Fellow, spoke at Brown University this fall as part of the 2003-2004 Wayland Faculty Seminar "Incarceration, Narrative and Performance." Whiting's lecture was titled "African Americans, Parenting, and Prison: Inside Voices." More ... Cheng Li Speaks on SARS at a Yale University ConferenceSeptember 22, 2003Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, gave a talk at an international conference titled "SARS: Globalization's Newest Challenge" presented by Yale University's Council on East Asian Studies on September 20. The workshop looked at the recent SARS outbreak in all its socio-cultural aspects and included sessions on medicine, politics, economics and media. Li is the author of Rediscovering China: Dynamics and Dilemmas of Reform and China's Leaders: The New Generation, and is a member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations. Isserman Lectures on Poverty in the United States in Scripps SeriesSeptember 20, 2003Maurice Isserman, professor of history, spoke at Claremont College as a part of the Scripps College Humanities Institute lecture series for this fall. Isserman participated in a seminar titled "The Other America: The Hiddenness of Poverty in the U.S." on September 25. Scripps' semester-long program discusses poverty and how poverty can affect people socially, hindering their political clout and their health and nutrition in addition to the apparent economic barriers poverty constructs. The lecture series also includes faculty from Duke University, Pitzer College and Northwestern University; also, recent Hamilton visitor Dr. Vandana Shiva is scheduled to speak on November 5. Sharpley-Whiting Panel Aired on NPRSeptember 19, 2003Professor of Africana Studies Tracy Sharpley-Whiting was a participant in the University of Pennsylvania's Center of Africana Studies Critical Theory Panel. It was part of a program that commemorated 30 years of African American studies at Penn, and also included scholars Michael Eric Dyson and Cornel West. The discussion was later broadcast on NPR's "The Tavis Smiley Show." Skinner Contributes Chapter to Book About Campaign ReformSeptember 19, 2003Richard Skinner '92, visiting instructor in government at Hamilton, is a co-author of a chapter in Life After Reform: When the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act Meets Politics, recently published by Rowman & Littlefield (August, 2003). Walker Says Bush Needs to Provide Leadership to Achieve Middle East PeaceSeptember 18, 2003Edward S. "Ned" Walker Jr. '62, former ambassador to Israel and Sol M. Linowitz Visiting Professor of International Affairs, gave a talk on "The Middle East After Iraq" on September 16 at Hamilton. Walker's talk coincided with the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Camp David Accords (Sept. 17, 1978). More ... Kaha Publishes Mediation and the Communication MatrixSeptember 18, 2003Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Catherine Kaha has released a new book, Mediation and the Communication Matrix, published by Peter Lang, Inc. The book explores how media on the screen "reconfigures private and public experience in ways that are fundamentally different than print culture." Kaha focuses on perception and our perceptions of images on screen, claiming that "one's knowledge of the world is grounded in perception; that one's perception contributes in significant ways to an understanding of the social world; that communication technologies are altering our sense of sight, touch, and movement; and finally, that altering the human sensorium will have consequences for our shared understanding of the social world." Vaughan Appointed Fellow by American Psychological AssociationSeptember 17, 2003Professor of Psychology Jonathan Vaughan was recently elected to fellow status by the American Psychological Association. The appointment was awarded for "outstanding contributions in the field of psychology." Vaughan's research interests have been centered on perception and learning, including studies in eye movement, attentional processes and motor planning. In addition to this research, Vaughan has been active in methodological research with the Society for Computers in Psychology, and has served as editor of Behavior Research Methods, Instruments and Computers. Ravven Participates in Gathering of Spinoza ScholarsSeptember 17, 2003Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven was an invited participant and discussant at a small gathering of Spinoza scholars and historians of Jewish Philosophy from all over the world at the University of Toronto this fall. It was the Second Shoshana Shier Symposium on Judaism and Modernity, held at the University of Toronto. The subject of the symposium was "Spinoza and Jewish Modernity." It covered new views and approaches to Spinoza's significance for the origins of Jewish modernity, as well as the challenge of his thought for our own times. Hamilton Faculty, Students Join Workshop on Students of Color in Mohawk ValleySeptember 17, 2003Hamilton College faculty and students participated in a daylong workshop, "A Conversation on Making It: Coping Strategies for Students of Color Attending Area Colleges," held last month at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC). Professor of Classics Shelley Haley was among the organizers. The program of panel discussions with students and faculty from Hamilton, Herkimer County Community College and MVCC "was designed for students of color to realize the Mohawk Valley is a place of support and has possibilities beyond the college years," Haley said. Associate Professor of Spanish and Women's Studies Susan Sanchez-Casal and Associate Professor of Philosophy Todd Franklin participated in a faculty panel, "From Home Room to Class Meeting," at the event. Phyllis Breland, acting director of the Higher Education Opportunity Program at Hamilton, Keturah Brown '04 and Brandon Long '06 were among other Hamilton participants. Xu Organizing Third Conference on Chinese Language TeachingSeptember 17, 2003Associate Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu is organizing the bi-yearly TCLT3 (the Third International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century) co-sponsored by Hamilton College and Columbia University, to be held at Columbia on May 28-30, 2004. TCLT3 was sponsored by the President's Office and the Dean's Office at Hamilton. More ... Hurricane Isabel is Topic of Brown Bag Lunch on September 17September 16, 2003Visiting Instructor in Geology Pamela Price will give an informal presentation on Hurricane Isabel, which is expected to make landfall on Thursday, on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at noon in the Physics Aud. Professor Price is a Lt. Commander in the U.S. Navy and worked for several years as a meteorologist at the U.S. Naval base in Norfolk, Va. before arriving at Hamilton this fall. She was just in Norfolk over the weekend and can not only share her meteorological expertise but also tell a little bit about the preparations being made in Virginia for the hurricane. All are welcome - please feel free to bring lunch with you. More ... Former Ambassador to Israel Ned Walker '62 to Lecture on Sept. 16September 15, 2003Edward S. "Ned" Walker, Jr., a 1962 graduate of Hamilton College, former ambassador to Israel, and the Sol M. Linowitz Visiting Professor of International Affairs this semester, will give a lecture, "The Middle East After Iraq," on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. in Dwight Lounge, Bristol Campus Center. Walker's talk will be followed by a question and answer session. Sponsored by the Dean of Faculty's Office, it is free and open to the public. More ... Sharpley-Whiting Book Praised by Society for French Historical StudiesSeptember 15, 2003The book Negritude Woman(University of Minnesota Press, 2002) by Professor of French and Africana Studies Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting received a positive review in The Society for French Historical Studies by Tyler Stovall, University of California, Berkeley. "Negritude Women is a must-read for all those interested in modern French history, the Africana diaspora, women's studies and Francophone literature," said Stovall. Mark Cryer Lands Understudy Role in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"September 11, 2003Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance Mark Cryer is off to Baton Rouge, La. where he may perform in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, by August Wilson, at the Swine Palace, Louisiana State University's professional theatre. He is understudy for the role of Toledo. The play centers around Ma Rainey and her blues band as they struggle with the price of success in 1927 Chicago. Black Bottom opened on Sept. 24. Sanchez-Casal Presents at Harvard 'Color Lines' ConferenceSeptember 4, 2003Susan Sanchez-Casal, associate professor of Spanish and women's studies, was a presenter at Harvard University's Color Lines Conference this summer. Sanchez-Casal and Amie Macdonald '87, assistant professor of philosophy at CUNY John Jay College, presented their paper "Racial Democracy and Citizenship in Higher Education." This work further develops--in the specific context of racial democracy --their initial proposals for realist pedagogy outlined in their co-edited book 21st Century Feminist Classroom: Pedagogies of Identity and Difference (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2002). The conference was a historic gathering of antiracist academics, legal theorists, journalists, civic leaders and policy makers. In the words of the conference organizers, the motive of the conference was "to make a historically significant contribution to the realm of research as well as the arena of national discourse on the future of racial integration and the integration ideal." Ravven Presents Paper on SpinozaSeptember 2, 2003Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven recently gave an invited paper at the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences (which meets with the American Political Science Association)in Philadelphia. The topic of her paper was "Spinoza's Ethical Naturalism." |
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