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Faculty News - Spring 2004Luciano Presents Paper at King's College London and at Lesbian/Gay Film PanelMay 30, 2004Assistant Professor of English Dana Luciano presented a paper as a panel member of "Close Your Eyes and Think of England: Allegories of Britain in Queer American Narrative" at the Queer Matters conference at King's College London on May 30. Luciano presented the same paper, "Crushed Velvet: Todd Haynes and the Temporal Texture of Queer Adolescence," at the Lesbian/Gay Film panel of the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature conference in Burlington, Vt., on April 24. Cheng Li Interviewed for Los Angeles TimesMay 29, 2004William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government Cheng Li was quoted in a recent Los Angeles Times article about divisions of power in China. The article notes it is unclear who, between the current president, premier and former president, is "in charge" of China. Many question the sustainability of the current system, but, according to Li, the current president and premier have begun to make gains on the former president. More ... Professor Putala, Root Glen Featured in Syracuse Post-StandardMay 28, 2004Professor Emeritus of Biology Eugene Putala and the College's Root Glen are featured in a Syracuse Post-Standard article (5/28/04) for the newspaper's Garden Travelogue section. The article recounts the history of the 7 1/2-acre Root Glen and the famed Saunders peonies, as described by Putala during a recent tour. It also includes photos of a massive Tulip Tree, Grant Garden and the Primrose Basin. More ... Shields Serves on National Science Foundation Review PanelMay 20, 2004Professor of Chemistry George Shields recently served as a panel reviewer for the National Science Foundation (NSF). Shields attended the NSF Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program panel review meeting on April 26 and 27. He reviewed the proposals for the STEP Division of Undergraduate Education at the NSF. More ... Herold Guest Editor in Latest Library JournalMay 19, 2004Ken Herold, director of library information systems, is guest editor of the latest issue of the journal Library Trends on the topic of the confluence of librarianship and computing. The issue is titled "The Philosophy of Information." More ... Cryer's "99 Questions" to be Staged at Piccolo Spoleto FestivalMay 19, 2004"99 Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask an African-American But Were Too Afraid to Ask," a play by Assistant Professor of Theatre Mark Cryer, was staged at the annual Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C., May 30-June 12. The one-person multi-media play is a look at what we think and what we know about African-Americans. More ... Peter Rabinowitz Publishes Two ArticlesMay 18, 2004Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz recently published two articles. "Lolita: Solipsized or Sodomized?; or, Against Abstraction--in General" appeared in A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism. A second article, "Music, Genre, and Narrative Theory" was published in Narrative Across Media: The Languages of Storytelling. Also, The Ohio State University Press series ("Theory and Interpretation of Narrative") that Rabinowitz co-edits with James Phelan has published a new book, I Know That You Know That I Know by George Butte. More ... O'Neal Named Member of Sorbonne Center for Language StudiesMay 17, 2004Professor of French John O'Neal was named an associate member of the Sorbonne's Center for 17th- and 18th-Century French Language and Literature Studies at the University of Paris IV in January 2004. He has been active with the center's study group on the 17th- and 18th-century moralists. This year O'Neal became involved in the Rousseau study group, preparing for the conference which he will chair in June 2005 at Hamilton on Rousseaus's Reveries for the North American Rousseau Association. He also recently edited with Ourida Mostefai Approaches to Teaching Rousseau's Confessions and Reveries of the Solitary Walker for the Modern Language Association (New York, 2003). Four Faculty Members Receive Class of 1966 Career Development AwardMay 13, 2004Four members of Hamilton's faculty recently received the Class of 1966 Career Development Award. Recipients are: Assistant Professor of Theatre Mark Cryer; Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish Soleded Gelles; Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Melek Su Ortabasi; and Assistant Professor of Government Sharon Werning Rivera. More ... Professors Pliskin and Yee Receive Class of 1963 Faculty FellowshipsMay 13, 2004Two Hamilton College faculty members have been awarded Class of 1963 Faculty Fellowships. Associate Professor of Economics Jeff Pliskin and Associate Professor of Psychology Penny Yee received the fellowships, which were established by the Class of 1963 on the occasion of its 30th reunion. More ... Janack and Xu are Co-Recipients of Richardson Award for Faculty InnovationMay 13, 2004Assistant Professor of Philosophy Marianne Janack and Associate Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu have been named co-recipients of the Richardson Award for Faculty Innovation. Janack's grant will fund an intensive three-hour training session for teaching assistants and the development of a three-year rotation of unit quizzes for her Symbolic Logic class. Xu will create a stand-alone computer program for DVD-based class instructions and exercises, and develop a Sophomore Seminar jointly offered by the Computer Science and East Asian Languages and Literatures departments. More ... Jones Speaks in CroatiaMay 11, 2004Professor of Economics Derek Jones presented three papers at the third inter-university conference at Dubrovnik, Croatia, in May, 2004. The conference, titled "Economic Developments in S.E. Europe," featured academics from all over the world and was co-sponsored by the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik and Fridriech Ebert Stiftung. More ... Third Conference on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching is May 27-30May 10, 2004Hamilton College will co-sponsor the 3rd International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching (TCLT3), on May 27-30, at Columbia University. This three day-conference will feature panel discussions and workshop sessions. More ... Three Faculty Members Receive Teaching Awards at Class & Charter DayMay 7, 2004Hamilton College's highest awards for teaching were presented to three faculty members from the philosophy and government departments during Class & Charter Day on May 7. Class & Charter Day is an annual convocation recognizing student and faculty excellence during the preceding academic year. Professor of Philosophy Robert Simon was awarded the Samuel & Helen Lang Prize for Excellence in Teaching; Assistant Professor of Philosophy Marianne Janack received the John R. Hatch Excellence in Teaching Award; and Assistant Professor of Government Rob Martin was awarded The Class of 1963 Excellence in Teaching Award. More ... Pellman Most Recent Speaker in Faculty Lecture SeriesApril 29, 2004Professor of Music Sam Pellman presented "Audiosculptures: Real Music for Imaginary Instruments," as the most recent topic in the Faculty Lecture Series on Friday, April 30, at 4:10 p.m. in the KJ Red Pit. Pellman described and demonstrated how he has created musical sounds with computers. More ... Pellman Composition Wins Award at Choral Anthem CompetitionApril 29, 2004Professor of Music Samuel Pellman received the Audience Choice Award in the "Outside the Bachs" choral anthem competition held April 23-25 at the First United Methodist Church in Ft. Worth, Texas. Pellman's composition, "In the Stillness," for chorus and piano, was selected from the five finalists in the international competition who were invited to Ft. Worth to hear their music premiered by the 80-voice Choral Union. As a result of this award, Pellman has also been commissioned to write a new work for the ensemble and will return to Ft. Worth for its premiere in the Spring of 2006 at First United Methodist, one of the largest Methodist churches in the United States. Adams Participates in Eastern Communication Association MeetingApril 28, 2004Professor of Rhetoric and Communication John Adams participated in two panels, "Symposiusm on the Enactment of Civic Engagement" and "Rhetoric and Disciplinarity: Reflections after the Formation of the Alliance of Rhetoric Societies," at the 95th annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association in Boston, from April 22-25. More ... Rivera Publishes in Political StudiesApril 26, 2004Assistant Professor of Government Sharon Rivera published an article, "Elites and the Diffusion of Foreign Models in Russia," in Political Studies, Vol. 52 (2004): 43-62. More ... Hamilton Students Participate in West Point Conference on Law and TerrorismApril 26, 2004Six Hamilton students participated in the first "West Point Conference on Law and Terrorism," held April 13-16 at West Point. The students included Keturah Brown, Drew Conway, Jay Waclawski, Niki DaFoe, Nate Adler and Ashley Herriman. Accompanying them was Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law Frank Anechiarico who led a conference session on "Civil Liberties versus National Security." More ... Luciano Gives Lecture at the University of UtahApril 20, 2004Hamilton College Assistant Professor of English Dana Luciano gave a lecture at the University of Utah. The lecture was titled "Queer Temporality and the Play of Mourning: AIDS, Melancholy, and the Future(s) of the Past." Norton Publishes Book On Russian Ballet ChoreographerApril 19, 2004Professor of the Theatre and Dance Leslie Norton has a new book which has just been published and released by McFarland & Company, Inc. Léonide Massine and the 20th Century Ballet provides a biography of the great Russian choreographer and a detailed analysis of his major ballets, including those for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and American Ballet Theatre. It offers a study of Massine's works from an array of perspectives. By examining the music and composers, set design and literary sources, the book places his works in the larger context of the dance, opera, visual art, literature and theatre of the period. Cryer to Appear in The Laramie Project at LSU's Swine PalaceApril 19, 2004Assistant Professor of Theatre Mark Cryer is performing in The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman at Swine Palace, the professional theatre at Louisiana State University. Cryer is portraying eight different characters in the production, which will be open through May 9. Following the brutal, hate-inspired murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard in 1998, the play's creators traveled to the scene of the crime, Laramie, Wyo., and interviewed residents of the small town. The interviews were adapted into a moving, poignant script that asks the audience to consider how such a heinous crime and the media scrutiny that followed could affect an entire community's existence. Blechinger-Talcott Gives Talks at Cornell, Asian Studies MeetingApril 19, 2004Professor of Government Verena Blechinger-Talcott recently gave two talks on corruption in Japanese politics. The first, on February 25 at Cornell University, was titled "Pay to Play: Changing Institutions and Incentives for Corruption in Japanese Politics." The second, on March 5 at the annual meeting of the Association of Asian Studies in San Diego, was titled "How Corruption Persists: Institutions, Actors and Incentives: The Case of Political Finance." Xu Publishes Three Books on LinguisticsApril 19, 2004De Bao Xu, associate professor of Chinese, published two books in linguistics: Studies in Sociolinguistics and Studies in Semantics, China Social Sciences Publishing House, Beijing, April 2004. He also published the 2nd edition of his translated book, A Short History of Linguistics (R.H. Robins, Longman; 4th edition), China Social Sciences Publishing House, Beijing, April 2004. The three books were edited and finished in Taiwan in 2002-2003 when Xu and Hong Gang Jin (professor of Chinese) were on sabbatical leave. Both were awarded a research grant from the National Taiwan Sciences Council plus an apartment in Taipei and an office at National Taiwan Normal University. As part of their research projects, they both taught a course ("Chinese Pedagogy" and "Teaching Methodology and Materials in Classical Chinese" respectively) at the Graduate Institute of Chinese as a Foreign Language at National Taiwan Normal University. Odamtten and Two Students Present Work at African Literature ConferenceApril 19, 2004Professor of English Vincent Odamtten and students Sean O'Connell '05 and Janine Knight '05 each presented a paper at the 30th anniversary conference of the African Literature Association held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from April 14-18. Odamtten chaired a panel titled "Broadening the Horizon: Amma Darko and other Africana Women Writers," at which O'Connell and Knight presented their work. More ... Klinkner and Skinner's Study Subject of Article in The Weekly StandardApril 19, 2004A feature story recently published in The Weekly Standard magazine focused on a study conducted by Government Professor Philip Klinkner and Visiting Instructor of Government Richard Skinner '92. Their study, "Black, White, Brown and Cajun: The Racial Dynamics of the 2003 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election," suggested bias and unexpected support from the so-called "David Duke vote" were decisive in Democratic Gov. Kathleen Blanco's victory over Bobby Jindal. More ... Ravven Publishes Article in Politics and The Life SciencesApril 18, 2004Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven published an article, "Spinozistic Approaches to Evolutionary Naturalism," in Politics and the Life Sciences, vol. 22, No. 1. Her essay is part of the Harrison Symposium III on "How well adapted is evolutionary ethics?" The Harrison Symposia are part of the University of Maryland's Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda. The Harrison Program's mission is to "promote research, teaching and public dialogue on ecological security, long-term sustainability, energy and environment policy, and global governance--and on the ideas that influence them." Anechiarico Chairs Panel on Corruption ControlApril 17, 2004Frank Anechiarico, Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law, chaired a panel on "The Next Generation of Corruption Control: Problems and Prospects" at the Midwest Political Science Association conference held in Chicago from April 16-18. More ... Goldberg Lectures on Contemporary Chinese Visual CultureApril 16, 2004Professor of Art Steve Goldberg delivered a lecture titled "Double Voicing and Sovereignty in Contemporary Chinese Visual Culture" on the panel, "Bakhtin: Philosophical Worlds," at the Fourteenth Annual Conference of Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture, held at the State University of New York at Binghamton on April 17. He also served as chair and presented a paper titled "Teaching Confucius through the Visual Arts" on the panel "Using Asian Art to Study Asian Cultures," at the Twelfth Annual ASIANewtwork Conference, in Lisle, Ill., on April 3. Cafruny Lectures in Greece on U.S. Foreign PolicyApril 15, 2004Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs Alan Cafruny gave the Michael Dukakis Lecture at the American College of Thessaloniki (ACT) in Greece on Monday, April 19. His presentation was titled "U.S. Foreign Policy: From Kosovo to Iraq and Beyond." More ... Hamilton Jazz Archive Featured on NPR's "Riverwalk"April 14, 2004Monk Rowe, Joe Williams Director of the Jazz Archive, contributed to a National Public Radio program, "Riverwalk," which aired the week of April 15. The show celebrated what would have been the 100th birthday of jazz legend Count Basie and is available on the Web www.riverwalk.org. More ... Ravven Presents Poster at Conference: "Toward a Science of Consciousness"April 13, 2004Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven presented a poster of her paper, "Spinoza and Recent Discoveries in Affective Neuroscience," at the sixth annual series of major conferences, "Toward a Science of Consciousness," at the University of Arizona in Tucson from April 7-11. The conference brought together researchers from throughout the sciences and humanities who study the neuroscience, philosophy, biology and cognitive sciences related to the nature, origin, aspects and operations of consciousness. The conference marked the 10th anniversary of the Tucson consciousness conference. Wu Gives Invited Lectures at Princeton University and Vassar CollegeApril 13, 2004Assistant Professor of Economics Stephen Wu recently gave two invited presentations, "Is Trade Good for Your Health?" (with Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen) and "Behavioral Effects of Financial Shocks" (with Assistant Professor of Economics Julio Videras), at Princeton University and Vassar College respectively. Owen Co-authors Article, Selected as MentorApril 13, 2004Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen has co-authored "Income Inequality, Financial Development and Macroeconomic Fluctuations," with Murat Iyigun at the University of Colorado, Boulder, in The Economic Journal published in April. More ... Jones Presents Paper at Helsinki School of Economics in FinlandApril 12, 2004Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics Derek Jones presented two invited lectures recently in Finland, one at the Helsinki School of Economics on March 23 and another at EKLA (a research association for Finnish employers) on March 26. Jones presented "The Effects of Employee Involvement on Firm Performance: Evidence from an Econometric Case Study" and a talk on the incidence and effects of stock option plans in Finland. Jones has been invited to the Ohio Employee Ownership Center at Kent State this month to give another talk titled "The Effects of Employee Involvement on Firm Performance: Evidence from an Econometric Case Study." Domack and Drewal '64 Awarded Guggenheim FellowshipsApril 12, 2004The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded fellowships to Hamilton College Professor of Geology Eugene Domack and to Hamilton alumnus Henry Drewal '64. Domack will be working on a project, "Testing the Snowball Earth Hypothesis by Comparison to Antarctica Marine Deposystems." Drewal, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Art History and Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, will study, "The Senses in Understandings of African Art." More ... Pellman Presents Music Lecture in ParisApril 8, 2004Professor of Music Sam Pellman presented a lecture at the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) in Paris. His lecture, "Messenger: an Audiosculpture," included a description of the making of one of Pellman's recent compositions. The lecture also used virtual instrument software developed at IRCAM. Pellman also presented a video/musical version of the work that he developed in collaboration with Hamilton graduate Lauren Koss '00. IRCAM, founded by Pierre Boulez and funded by the French government, is the premiere facility in the world for research in digital music. Hopkins' Barbershop Quartet Wins Regional CompetitionApril 5, 2004Associate Professor of Music Rob Hopkins' barbershop quartet, "Harmonix," won its regional competition held in Canandaigua, N.Y., on April 3-4 and thereby earned the right to compete in the Barbershop Harmony Society international contest to be held in Louisville, June 30 to July 3. Also, the Hamilton collegiate quartet, "Intermission," won its competition and earned the right to compete in the MBNA Collegiate Barber Shop Quartet Competitition in Louisville on July 2. The members of the quartet are Mike O'Leary (bass), Dan Walker (baritone), David Kolb '02 (lead) and Ellim Song (tenor). More ... Adams' Proposal Accepted by Vassar Summer InstituteApril 5, 2004A proposal by Visiting Professor of Rhetoric and Communication John Adams has been accepted for inclusion in Vassar's Summer Institute in Media Studies, which will take place from May 24 to July 16. Adams' project is titled "Video Cellphones, War Metaphors, and Micro-Documentaries: Exploring the Rhetorical Constraints of Time and Place." He will participate in the Vassar Summer Institute with Hamilton student Joshua Huling '05, and Instructional Technology Specialist Janet Simons. The theme for the 2004 institute is Media and Conflict. More ... Pellman's Work Featured on WCNYApril 5, 2004During March and April, works from Music Professor Sam Pellman's recent CD, Selected Planets (innova 597) aired on Syracuse classic radio station and NPR-affiliate WCNY on the program "Fresh Ink." Works presented on this program in March were "Vaporis Congeries Magnae Uranus)," "Neptune Flyby" and "Dancing in the Dark (Pluto)" and "Perelandra (Venus)." On April 2, Pellman's "Perijove (Jupiter)" aired as well. More ... Hamessley Featured in Faculty Lecture SeriesApril 2, 2004Associate Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley spoke as a particpant in the Faculty Lecture Series, discussing "Banjo and Bicycles: 'The New Woman' as Viewed through the Stereograph," on Friday, April 9, in the Red Pit, Kirner Johnson. More ... Cafruny Presents Research at International Studies ConferenceApril 1, 2004Alan Cafruny, Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs, presented a paper, "A Coming Crisis of the EURO? Transatlantic Subordination and Social Contradictions of the EMU" at the International Studies Association (ISA) annual convention. The conference titled "Hegemony and its Discontents" was held in Montreal, March 17-20. The ISA promotes research and education about international affairs and is the most widely known scholarly association in this field. Blechinger-Talcott Leads Brown Bag DiscussionApril 1, 2004Verena Blechinger-Talcott, assistant professor of government, presented a Brown Bag lunch discussion titled "'Can you hear me now?' Internet and Democracy in East Asia and Western Europe," on March 31. Examining broadly the effect that the Internet has had on politics and society globally, Blechinger-Talcott also addressed the Internet and its effects on East Asia's social, economic and political divisions. More ... Beck and Jones Present at Society for American Anthropology MeetingMarch 31, 2004Professors of Archaeology Charlotte Beck and George T. Jones presented two papers and a poster at meetings of the Society for American Anthropology from March 31 - April 1 in Montreal. One paper, "Technological Organization, Transport Costs and Performance Characteristics: Selectionist Archaeology or Evolutionary Ecology?" is co-authored with Rebecca A. Kessler '03 alumna and graduate student at the University of Washington. The other, "Is there Clovis in the Great Basin?," is co-authored with Amanda K. Taylor '02, also at the University of Washington. Two Hamilton seniors, Khori Newlander and Kaylan Hubbard, also presented a poster on their senior thesis work at the meeting. de Swaan's Work Selected for Title Page of PhotographyMarch 31, 2004A photograph by Visiting Photography Instructor Sylvia de Swaan is featured on the title page of the eighth edition of Photography. Another image created by de Swaan is included in the recently published Occasional Sights - London Guidebook of Missed Opportunities and Things That Aren't Really There. More ... Isserman Chairs Panel at Organization of American Historians MeetingMarch 29, 2004Professor of History Maurice Isserman served as chair and commentator on the panel "Representing Sacco and Vanzetti: Culture, Politics and Memory" at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians on March 25. Kirkland Project Brown Bag to Feature Blechinger-TalcottMarch 29, 2004Verena Blechinger-Talcott, assistant professor of government, presented "Can You Hear Me Now? Internet and Democracy in East Asia and Western Europe," at the Kirkland Project Brown Bag series, on March 31. Boutin Presents Research at International ConferenceMarch 29, 2004Debra Boutin, assistant professor of mathematics, presented her work titled "Graphs Embedded with all Symmetries Displayed" at the Thirty-fifth Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing at Florida Atlantic University on March 10. Her work proves that any graph can be emedded in Euclidean space (of some dimension) so that its Euclidean isometry group is precisely its graph automorphism group. Hamilton Professors and Students Travel to American Chemical Society MeetingMarch 28, 2004Two professors and six students from Hamilton traveled to Anaheim, Calif. from March 28 – April 1 to attend the American Chemical Society National Meeting and present papers and posters on their research. The students, Christopher Butts, Jessica Callahan, Henry Chicaiza, Brent Matteson, Jakub Sroubek and Andrew Vermilyea, are all members of the Class of 2004, and were accompanied by Chemistry Professors Karen Brewer and Stephen Waratuke. More ... First-Year Student Publishes ResearchMarch 25, 2004Hamilton College student Matthew Palascak's research, "Accurate Experimental Values for the Free Energies of Hydration of H+, OH-, and H3O+" was published in the March 18 issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry:A. Palascak '07 started working in the lab of George Shields, Winslow Professor of Chemistry, the summer before his first year at Hamilton. Research conducted that summer was also presented at the MERCURY computational chemistry conference held in August 2003. Aronoff Presents Paper at International Studies Association ConferenceMarch 23, 2004Assistant Professor of Government Yael Aronoff presented a paper, "When Hard-Liners Opt for Peace: The Political Psychology of Israeli Prime Ministers" at the International Studies Association 45th Annual Convention in Montreal, March 17-20. Keller Elected to Board of Central Eurasian Studies SocietyMarch 23, 2004Associate Professor of History Shoshana Keller has been elected to the executive board of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS). She has been the North American book review editor for the society's journal, Central Eurasian Studies Review (CESR), for almost three years, and has contributed essays on teaching, research conditions, and academic conferences. More ... Cryer Presents "99 Questions..." at LSU TheatreMarch 21, 2004Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance Mark Cryer gave five performances of his one-man show, 99 Questions You'd Like to Ask a Black Person, at Louisiana State University Theatre, March 17-21. Cryer worked on the play with a student, Jared Johnson '02, who conducted interviews of people in New York City 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." More ... Skinner '92 and Klinkner Publish Paper on 2003 Louisiana Gubernatorial ElectionMarch 19, 2004Richard Skinner '92 and Philip Klinkner, both government professors, have published a paper, "Black, White, Brown and Cajun: The Racial Dynamics of the 2003 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election," in The Forum: Vol. 2: No. 1, Article 3. Hamilton Jazz Archive Credited in Biography of Al CaponeMarch 16, 2004Monk Rowe, the Joe Williams Director of the Jazz Archive, was consulted for a new book, Al Capone: A Biography (Greenwood Press). Rowe provided information about bassist Milt Hinton H'91 and his association with Al Capone. The author is Luciano Iorizzo, a retired SUNY Oswego professor. Gane Presents Paper at Postcolonial Studies ConferenceMarch 16, 2004Professor of English Gillian Gane presented a paper at the 13th Annual British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference, sponsored by Georgia Southern University, in Savannah at the end of February. Her work was titled "Naming and Knowing: Jamaica Kincaid's Refusal to Name in Lucy." Blechinger-Talcott Delivers Guest Lecture at CornellMarch 15, 2004Assistant Professor of Government Verena Blechinger-Talcott gave two recent lectures. On February 25, she lectured at Cornell University as a guest speaker in the Cornell East Asia Program. Her talk was titled: "Pay to Play: Changing Institutions and Incentives for Corruption in Japanese Politics." On March 5, she presented "How Corruption Persists: Institutions, Actors, and Incentives. The Case of Political Finance" on the panel "Institutions and Incentives in Contemporary Japanese Politics" at the annual meeting of the Association of Asian Studies in San Diego. Wheatley Awarded ACLS FellowshipMarch 12, 2004Associate Professor of English Edward Wheatley has been awarded an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship for 2004-05 to work on his book, Stumbling Blocks Before the Blind: Medieval Constructions of a Disability. From a pool of 1,058 applicants, 77 received fellowships. More ... Hamilton College Students and Professor Present Research at International ConferenceMarch 8, 2004Professor and Chair of Chemistry George Shields and three Hamilton students attended the 44th Sanibel Symposium on Atomic, Molecular, Biophysical, and Condensed Matter Theory, March 1 - March 6 in St. Augustine, Fla. Shields chaired the plenary session on metals in biology and conducted a workshop for graduate students and undergraduates on combined quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) hybrid methods. The students presented their research focused on anti-cancer drug design, based on their previous summer work. Frank Pickard '05 won the award for the top undergraduate student poster presentation at the conference for his poster, "The Enediyne Anticancer Antibiotics: A Study of the Bergman Cyclization Energy Barriers of Esperamicin A1 Using ONIOM DFT/MM Methods." More ... Thickstun Publishes Chapter and Book Review, Presents Conference PaperMarch 8, 2004Professor of English Margaret Thickstun recently contributed an entry on Anne Bradstreet to Reading Early Modern Women: An Anthology of Printed Texts and Manuscripts, 1500-1700, edited by Helen Ostrovich and Elizabeth Sauer, and published by Routledge. In 2003, she published a book review of Heidi Hunter's Colonial Women in the Fall 2003 edition of MARDIE. In October 2003, Thickstun also presented a paper titled "Adam as Parent in Paradise Lost" at the annual Milton conference at Murfreesboro in Tennessee. Hamilton College Orchestra to Perform “Brainstorm!” Matinee Concert on March 7March 5, 2004The Hamilton College Orchestra will present a concert titled "BRAINSTORM! A Sense of Time" on Sunday, March 7, at 3 p.m. at Wellin Hall in the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. "BRAINSTORM!" is a concert format that the orchestra introduced to Hamilton last year, in which the orchestra explores a topic with connections to multiple disciplines, interspersing discussion with musical examples of each piece to be performed in order to illustrate how the issues raised are reflected in the music. More ... McCormick Contributes Book Chapter, Publishes ArticleMarch 2, 2004Professor of Biology Michael McCormick recently co-authored a chapter included in Treatise on Geochemistry Volume 9: Environmental Geochemistry. The chapter is titled "Biogeochemistry of Halogenated Hydrocarbons." McCormick has also recently published an article in volume 38 of the journal Environmental Science and Technology titled "Carbon Tetrachloride Transformation on the Surface of Nanoscale Biogenic Magnetite Particles." More ... Kantrowitz Presents At National Mathematics MeetingMarch 2, 2004Professor of Mathematics Robert Kantrowitz gave a talk titled "Topologies on the plane supporting continuous open projections" at the joint meetings of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America in Phoenix in January. Goldberg Presents at Sorbonne ConferenceMarch 2, 2004Steve Goldberg, associate professor of Asian art history, delivered a paper at an international conference on "La Question de l'Art en Asia" at the Centre de Recherche sur l'Extreme Orient de Paris (CREOPS) at the Sorbonne from Feb. 19-20. Goldberg's paper, "Art and Authority of Excellence in Traditional China," undertakes a politicized inquiry into the relationship of art and sociocultural authority and power in traditional China, enabling an examination of the contribution of Chinese visual practices to the preservation of the existing social hierarchy and relations of privilege in given historical periods. More ... Yordan Publishes in Middle East Review of International AffairsMarch 1, 2004Professor of Government Carlos Yordan has published an paper in the March 2004 issue of The Middle East Review of International Affairs. The article, "Failing to Meet Expectations in Iraq: A Review of the U.S. Postwar Strategy," is an analysis of the Bush administration's postwar strategy. Spring Dance Concert on March 5 and 6March 1, 2004Hamilton College's Department of Theatre and Dance will present its 2004 Spring Dance Concert on Friday, March 5, and Saturday, March 6, at 8 p.m. at the Schambach Center for the Performing Art's Wellin Hall. More ... Bellini-Sharp Receives Alumni Council's Distinguished Service AwardMarch 1, 2004Professor of Theatre Carole Bellini-Sharp received the Hamilton Alumni Council's Distinguished Service Award during Volunteer Weekend and the Spring 2004 meetings of the Alumni Council. Melissa Joyce-Rosen '86, president of the Hamilton College Alumni Association, made the presentation at a dinner on Friday, April 23. The Nominations Committee of the Alumni Council invites members of the on-campus community, alumni and others to provide recommendations for next year's honor. The deadline for recommendations for the next award is September 8, 2004. More ... |
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