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Faculty News - Fall 2007Cafruny Presents Seminars in U.K. as Visiting ScholarNovember 30, 2007Alan Cafruny, Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs, spent three weeks in England in November as a Visiting Scholar at Oxford Brookes University where he presented several seminars. He also lectured on U.S.-European relations at the University of Bath and participated in a symposium and book launch of his most recent publication, Europe at Bay (co-authored by J. Magnus Ryner), at Oxford Brookes on Nov. 16. More ... Terrell Presents Paper in EdinburghNovember 30, 2007Assistant Professor of English Katherine Terrell presented a paper titled "Mythical Ancestry and the Authority of History in Medieval Scottish Verse and Chronicle" at the University of Edinburgh on Nov. 28. Terrell is currently a visiting fellow at the University of Edinburgh's Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, where she is writing a book on medieval Scottish poetry and historiography. Wilson Presents Paper, Serves as Discussant at AAR ConferenceNovember 30, 2007Professor of History Thomas Wilson presented a paper titled "Confucian Ritual Theory" on the panel "Rituals in Indian and Chinese Cultures: A Comparative Perspective" at the American Academy of Religion (AAR) conference in San Diego on Nov. 17. He also served as a discussant on the panel titled "Performing Harmony: Interpreting Daoist Ritual" at the conference. Wilson chairs the History Department at Hamilton. Xu Presents Lecture at Technology ConferenceNovember 28, 2007Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu gave a lecture in November at the Technology-Assisted Approaches to Teaching Chinese conference sponsored by the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education at Southwestern University. His talk was titled "An Overview of the Development of Multimedia Chinese Language Teaching from 1970-2007." He also chaired the panel "Multimedia Chinese Language Teaching-Development and Application." Xu was a member of the planning group for the conference. Gold Is Member of Group That Receives Teagle Foundation GrantNovember 27, 2007Professor of Classics Barbara Gold is part of a group that has received a grant from the Teagle Foundation. The grant is titled "A Longitudinal Study of Critical Thinking and Postformal Reasoning: Assessing Undergraduate Outcomes within Disciplinary Contexts." The $215,899 grant will fund a three-year longitudinal study designed to measure the development of undergraduate student outcomes in two fields: classics and political science. More ... Odamtten Presents Paper in GhanaNovember 26, 2007Professor of English Vincent Odamtten presented a paper "Questions from Africa and Its Diaspora: Recovering Identities in an Age of Amnesia" to members of the Departments of English, Languages and History at the University of Ghana, Legon, on Nov. 21. His presentation was part of the Department of English Graduate and Faculty Seminar Series. Odamtten is currently on sabbatical doing research at the University of Ghana. Norton Gives Presentation on Frederic Franklin at Dance Theatre of Harlem OpeningNovember 20, 2007Associate Professor of Dance Leslie Norton gave a presentation on the career of ballet star and Commander of the British Empire (CBE) Frederic Franklin at the first open house of Dance Theatre of Harlem's (DTH) 2007/08 season on Nov. 11 in New York. This performance was dedicated to Franklin, celebrating his pivotal role in bringing this ballet company to international stature. More ... Pellman Premieres New Composition in New York CityNovember 20, 2007Professor of Music Samuel Pellman attended the premiere presentation of his new work "m45" at the recent region 2 conference of the Society of Composers at Queens College. This composition was recorded by the composer with virtual instruments tuned according to an alternative arithmetic scheme. Another feature of the work is that most of the sounds are sonifications of one-dimensional cellular automata. Listen to a recording of the piece. O'Neal Elected to Serve Second Term as President of Regional SocietyNovember 19, 2007At the annual meeting of the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (NEASECS), held at Dartmouth College in October, Professor of French John C. O'Neal was elected president of the Society. His last term as president was in 1992-1993. Currently, O'Neal is also serving as president of the Society for Eighteenth-Century French Studies, which is the French caucus of the national society, the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. NEASECS has the largest membership of the regional societies affiliated with the national society. He chairs the French Department at Hamilton. Jin Chairs Panel and Presents Paper at ACTFL ConferenceNovember 19, 2007Hong Gang Jin, the William R. Kenan Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, chaired a panel "Experimental and Studies of Task-based Instruction: Roles and Effects of Task Nature, Conditions, Process and Procedures" at the annual ACTFL (American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages) Conference in San Antonio in November. More ... Domack's Antarctic Peninsula Research Cited in New IPCC Climate ReportNovember 19, 2007The published work of Eugene Domack, the Joel W. Johnson Family Professor of Geosciences, was cited in the recently released IPCC Climate Report, The Physical Science Basis, (Chapter 6 Palaeoclimate). The IPCC is the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that issues state of the earth's climate reports based upon the recent scientific findings, greenhouse gas emissions and predictions for the future of the earth's climate. The final report of the organization was issued on November 17. Jonathan Overpeck '79 is a coordinating lead author for the Palaeoclimate chapter. A scientist at the University of Arizona, he was one of the international body of climate scientists who authored the first IPCC report. More ... Isserman Speaks at NYU Library SymposiumNovember 19, 2007Maurice Isserman, James L. Ferguson Professor of History, was a symposium speaker at the official opening of the Michael Harrington papers at NYU's Tamiment Library on Thursday, Nov. 15. He spoke along with Todd Gitlin of Columbia University and syndicated Washington Post columnist and Brookings Institution fellow E.J. Dionne. More ...Owen and Wu Publish Article in Empirical EconomicsNovember 15, 2007Associate Professors of Economics Ann Owen and Steve Wu published "Financial Shocks and Worry about the Future" in the November issue of Empirical Economics. The article shows that households that experience adverse financial shocks worry more about the adequacy of their financial resources in retirement, even after controlling for the effects of these shocks on overall wealth. More ... Li Interviewed on The Diane Rehm ShowNovember 15, 2007Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, was a guest on WAMU's The Diane Rehm Show, broadcasted by National Public Radio, on Thursday, Nov. 15, on a program focused on China's Three Gorges Dam. More ... Kamiya Presents Paper at UCLA ConferenceNovember 14, 2007Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Masaaki Kamiya presented a paper titled "Two Types of Movements in Japanese Nominalizations and Edge Phenomena" at the 17th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference at UCLA on November 9-11. In this paper he showed that the left edge of sentences and DP (and Nominalizations) have the identical structure. This was demonstrated by using interactions between negation and the universal quantifier. This paper further supports the idea that sentences and DP are rooted from a more fundamental structure, but they are instantiated differently. More ... MacDonald's Essay Included in New Book on Women's CinemaNovember 12, 2007An essay by Visiting Assistant Professor of English Scott MacDonald serves as the concluding essay in a new book of 16 essays on experimental filmmaking by women. Women's Experimental Cinema: Critical Frameworks, published by Duke University Press and edited by Mt. Holyoke Associate Professor of Film Studies Robin Blaetz, includes MacDonald's essay "Women's Experimental Cinema--Some Pedagogical Challenges." More ... Experimental Signatures of Quantum Gravity Workshop at PINovember 12, 2007Associate Professor of Physics Seth Major traveled to the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada, for the workshop "Experimental Signatures of Quantum Gravity." Among some 25 attendees invited from around the world, Major presented a talk, "Discrete Geometry Phenomenology: New models, possible tests." More ... Kodat Publishes Faulkner Essay in American Literary HistoryNovember 10, 2007Catherine Gunther Kodat, associate professor of English & American Studies, has published an essay in the winter 2007 issue of American Literary History (ALH), a quarterly journal of U.S. literary and cultural studies published by Oxford University Press. "Making Camp: Go Down, Moses," offers a reading of William Faulkner's 1942 novel that questions commonplace assumptions about the intersections of race and sexuality in the author's work, an area of research that has seen a great deal of activity in the past 20 years. LaDousa Publishes Articles in Two JournalsNovember 9, 2007Assistant Professor of Anthropology Chaise LaDousa published two articles recently. "Liberalisation, Privatisation, Modernisation, and Schooling in India: An Interview with Krishna Kumar" appeared in Globalisation, Societies, and Education (vol. 5, no. 2: pp. 137-52). It offers a contextualizing essay and interview with Delhi University Professor Krishna Kumar, director of the National Council for Educational Research and Training, India's highest post in primary and secondary education. More ... Fourth Edition of Book Co-Authored by Simon is PublishedNovember 9, 2007A fourth edition of The Individual and the Political Order (Rowman & Littlefield), co-authored by Robert Simon, was published in October. Simon, the Marjorie and Robert McEwen Professor of Philosophy, wrote the book with Norman Bowie, the Elmer L Andersen Chair in Corporate Responsibility at the University of Minnesota. More ... Pearle Presents Paper, Attends WorkshopNovember 9, 2007Professor of Physics emeritus Philip Pearle was invited to attend two workshops this summer. He presented "Weak Values and Weak Measurements: A New Approach to Reality in Quantum Theory" at the University of Arizona's "Beyond: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science" conference in June. He also attended the inaugural conference of the Foundational Questions Institute in Iceland in July, where he was made a member. Mwantuali Authors Novel About African PoliticsNovember 8, 2007Associate Professor of French Joseph Mwantuali is the author of a novel about African politics titled Impair de la nation (Publisher: Les Editons Cle, Yaounde, Cameroon, October, 2007) L'Impair de la nation literally means the "The nation's odd number." But, according to Mwantuali, "L'impair" also connotes lexically the opposite of "Le Pere de la nation," as African dictators like to call themselves. L'Impair de la nation is Mwantuali's third book. More ... Purdy Gives Paper at International Conference on Science and EthicsNovember 7, 2007Laura Purdy, the McCullough Visiting Professor of Philosophy, gave a talk titled "What is (Morally) Wrong with Emergency Contraception?" at the 3rd International Conference on Science and Ethics, on Nov. 2 in Berlin, Germany. O'Neill Honored at Northeast American Society for 18th Century Studies MeetingNovember 6, 2007John H. O'Neill, the Edmund A. LeFevre Professor of English, was honored at the 2007 annual meeting of the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies held at Dartmouth College on October 25-28. O'Neill was recognized with a special session titled "Libertinism: A Panel in Honor of John O'Neill." At the Society's business meeting he was presented with a plaque in recognition of his 18 years as newsletter editor for the organization. Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz Presents Paper at International ConferenceNovember 6, 2007Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, the Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature, presented her paper, "Tragedy and Empire, American Style," at an international conference on the appropriation of ancient empires within modern imperial cultures. Her paper focused on the play The Darker Face of the Earth, by Rita Dove, African-American writer and poet laureate (1993-95). More ... Hamilton Receives Communal Societies Association AwardNovember 6, 2007Randy Ericson, the Couper Librarian, accepted the Outstanding Project for 2007 award from the Communal Societies Association on behalf of Hamilton College at the CSA annual meeting on Sept. 29. Hamilton received the award for the digitization of the Shaker periodical, variously titled The Shaker, Shaker and Shakeress, The Shaker Manifesto and The Manifesto. This publication ran from 1871 until 1899 and shared religious and political opinions between Shaker communities from Maine to Kentucky. More ... Isserman Essay, "The Flower in the Gun Barrel," Featured on PBS' Bill Moyers JournalNovember 5, 2007"The Flower in the Gun Barrel," an essay written by Professor of History Maurice Isserman was featured on PBS' BILL MOYERS JOURNAL (11/2/07). The piece was originally published last month in The Chronicle of Higher Education's Chronicle Review. Isserman's essay recounts his experience as a participant in the march and analyzes the event's importance in the evolution of the Vietnam anti-war movement. The program producers highlighted the essay along with photographs provided by Isserman. More ... Mockus Publishes Article in New Anthology on Aesthetics and Women of ColorNovember 5, 2007Martha Mockus, the Jane Watson Irwin Chair and visiting assistant professor of women's studies, published an article titled "MeShell Ndegéocello: Musical Articulations of Black Feminism" in the new interdisciplinary anthology Unmaking Race, Remaking Soul: Transformative Aesthetics and the Practice of Freedom, edited by Christa Acampora and Angela Cotten (SUNY Press, 2007). More ... MacDonald Curates Two Film Shows at the Harvard Film ArchiveNovember 5, 2007Visiting Professor of English Scott MacDonald, currently on leave from Hamilton and teaching with the Visual and Environmental Studies Department at Harvard, presented two "Cinema 16" shows at the Harvard Film Archive in September. More ...Ellingson Wins Distinguished Book AwardNovember 4, 2007The Megachurch and the Mainline: Cultural Innovation, Change, and Conflict in Mainline Protestant Congregations, a book written by Assistant Professor of Sociology Stephen Ellingson, was awarded the 2007 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) on Saturday, Nov. 3, at the organization's annual meeting in Tampa. More ... Keating's Article on Indigenous Rights Published in Anthropology NewsNovember 2, 2007Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Neal Keating published an article titled "UN General Assembly Adopts Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 143-4," in the November issue of Anthropology News. It reports on the political dynamics leading up to the UN General Assembly's historic decision to formally recognize the human rights of indigenous peoples. More ... PBS' BILL MOYERS JOURNAL Highlights Isserman Essay on FridayNovember 1, 2007"The Flower in the Gun Barrel," an essay written by Professor of History Maurice Isserman, will be featured on PBS' BILL MOYERS JOURNAL. Airing locally on Friday, Nov. 2, at 10:30 p.m. on WCNY/ channel 24, the program includes a segment on the 40th anniversary of the March on the Pentagon in which Isserman participated. More ... Barbara Tewksbury, Todd Rayne and Dave Tewksbury Present at Geological Society Annual MeetingNovember 1, 2007Three members of the geosciences department presented their research at the 119th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA). William R. Kenan Professor of Geosciences Barbara Tewksbury, Associate Professor of Geosciences Todd Rayne and Dave Tewksbury, geosciences technician, spoke at the meeting held in Denver from October 27-31. About 6,300 scientists attended the meeting. More ... Murtaugh to Exhibit Artworks in New York CityOctober 31, 2007Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh will exhibit artwork in a group show titled "Sparkling Fresh Art" on Saturday, Nov. 3, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Grant Gallery (7 Mercer St.) in New York City. The exhibition features work by emerging artists in a variety of media such as painting, drawing and photography. Goldberg Presents Lecture at Asian Studies ConferenceOctober 30, 2007Associate Professor of Art History Stephen J. Goldberg presented a lecture titled "Triangulating the Framing of East-West Engagement: Introducing the Art and Culture of the Warlpiri Aborigines into the Equation" at the 2007 New York Conference on Asian Studies - Decentering Asia at SUNY Binghamton on Oct. 27. His paper argued for the importance of cross-cultural comparative studies while destabilizing the customary "dualistic global usage" of East-West opposition. More ... Williams Presents Lecture on Thomas Nast Cartoons at SymposiumOctober 29, 2007Jay G. Williams, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies, took part in the symposium "From Slavery to Freedom: The Formation of African-American Identity" at Haverford College on October 27. His talk was titled "The Portrayal of the African American Political Condition in the Cartoons of Thomas Nast." The symposium addressed the history and culture as well as the military and literary expression of African American feeling and thought pre- and post-Civil War America. Owen Invited Participant at Liberal Education ConferenceOctober 26, 2007Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen participated in a conference focused on the role of the economics major in a liberal education at the invitation of the American Economic Association's Committee on Economic Education. Along with nine other economists from both public and private research universities and liberal arts colleges, Owen discussed ways in which economics can be taught that increase the potential for economics to contribute to a liberal education. More ... Thickstun Presents Paper at Conference on John MiltonOctober 26, 2007Professor of English Margaret Thickstun presented a paper at the 2007 Conference on John Milton, sponsored by the Department of English at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tenn., on October 25-27. Her paper "Resisting Patience in Milton's Sonnet 19" addressed the problem of creating a sense of closure in a lyric that resists its own message. Stephen Orlando '08 also had a paper accepted but was unable to attend the meeting. His paper was about the process of turning the first book of Paradise Lost into graphic novel form, which he did as an independent project during his sophomore year. More ... De Swaan Appointed to NYFA Advisory CommitteeOctober 25, 2007Visiting Instructor of Art Sylvia de Swaan has been appointed to the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Artists' Fellowship Advisory Committee in the category of photography. NYFA gives more support to artists and arts organizations in all disciplines than any other private organization in the country, according to the NYFA Web site. More ... Derek Jones Presents Paper at Social Economy ConferenceOctober 25, 2007Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, presented a paper titled "Inequality, Trust and the size of the cooperative sector: cross country evidence" at the First International Conference on the Social Economy in Victoria, Canada, on Wednesday, Oct. 24. The paper details the first, albeit preliminary, empirical evidence on the determinants of differences in the size of the cooperative sector around the world. More ... Anechiarico Delivers Keynote Address on Public IntegrityOctober 24, 2007Frank Anechiarico, Maynard Knox Professor of Government and Law, delivered a keynote address titled "Building Public Sector Effectiveness and Integrity – Together" at the first Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption (APSAC) Conference on Wednesday, October 24. Held in Sydney, Australia, from Oct. 23 – 26, the conference was a joint initiative of Australia's leading anti-corruption bodies comprising the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission and the Western Australian Corruption and Crime Commission. Participants were drawn from Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas and included representatives from law enforcement, higher education, the public sector and local government. More ... Peter J. Rabinowitz Delivers Paper at Narrative Conference in ChinaOctober 24, 2007Professor of Comparative Literature Peter J. Rabinowitz gave a plenary talk at the First International Narratological Conference, sponsored by the Jiangxi Academy of Social Sciences, and held in Nanchang in October. Rabinowitz, one of only six foreign scholars invited to the conference, delivered a paper titled "Understanding Rhetorical Nuance: Western Music and Narrative Theory." More ... Keller Presents at ConferenceOctober 23, 2007Associate Professor of History Shoshana Keller participated in a roundtable discussion on "Teaching in and about Eurasia: Methods and Resources for a New Generation of Teachers," at the Central Eurasian Studies Society conference in Seattle on Oct. 19. The roundtable was sponsored by the Social Science Research Council, and concerned a seminar Keller taught in Kyrgyzstan and a new, internet-based teaching resource tool she is developing with SSRC. Simon Named to List of 100 Most Influential Sports EducatorsOctober 22, 2007Robert Simon, the Marjorie and Robert W. McEwen Professor of Philosophy, has been named to the list of 100 Most Influential Sports Educators by the Institute for International Sport (IIS). Among other honorees are Andre Agassi, Tiger Woods, sportscaster Bob Costas and Duke University men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski. More ... Dean of Faculty Joseph Urgo Publishes Book on Willa CatherOctober 22, 2007Dean of Faculty and Professor of English Joseph Urgo published Violence, the Arts, and Willia Cather (Associated University Presses) in October. Co-edited with Merrill Skaggs of Drew University, the book gathers 23 critics to explore Cather's "cyclical encounters with death and disaster" and her commitment "to making art in the face of violence." In his introduction to the volume, "Existential Terror in Cather," Urgo examines the recurrence in Cather's fiction of "a sensibility reflective of living in a world that may be destroyed, or may destroy us, in a moment." Lytle Presents Paper at French Studies ColloquiumOctober 22, 2007Visiting Instructor of French John Lytle presented a paper at the 33rd annual 19th Century French Studies Colloquium, organized by the University of South Alabama in Mobile, which took place Oct. 18-20. His paper was titled "High and Low Approaches to History in Prosper Mérimée's 'La Vénus d'Ille.'" More ... Rohrbach Presents Paper at Romanticism ConferenceOctober 22, 2007Visiting Assistant Professor of English Emily Rohrbach presented a paper titled "Byron's Sense of History: The Objectionable Body of George IV" at the International Conference on Romanticism in Baltimore, Oct. 18-21. Her paper, part of a panel titled "Objections to Objects," explores Byron's representation of historical objects in his comic epic Don Juan. Franklin Presents Paper on Ghetto Life at SUNY Binghamton SymposiumOctober 19, 2007A. Todd Franklin, associate professor of philosophy, presented a paper "The Dark Ghetto: Race, Subjectivity, and the Dialects of Dislocation" at a multidisciplinary symposium held October 12-13 at SUNY Binghamton. The paper focused on the tragic dimensions of ghetto life and the ways in which human subjectivity can positively transform it. In keeping with the symposium's theme: "Modernity and Locality: Discrete Spaces in Global Culture," Franklin's paper highlighted the ways in which American ghettos are hyper-segregated both spatially and socially. Li is Guest on The Charlie Rose ShowOctober 19, 2007Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, was a guest in a discussion about China's leadership, foreign policy and U.S. -Chinese relations on The Charlie Rose Show on Oct. 18. Li was joined by Perry Link of Princeton University and Orville Schell, director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society. The program is a talk show hosted by acclaimed interviewer and broadcast journalist Charlie Rose that engages America's newsmakers in all fields. It airs Monday through Friday on more than 200 PBS affiliates throughout the United States. More ... Li Published in Jamestown Foundation's China BriefOctober 18, 2007Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, has published an article titled "China's Most Powerful 'Princelings': How Many Will Enter the New Politburo" in the Oct. 17 issue of China Brief, a bi-weekly source of information and analysis covering Greater China published by The Jamestown Foundation. More ...Cryer Performs 99 Questions at Emerson CollegeOctober 18, 2007Associate Professor of Theatre Mark Cryer performed his one-man show, 99 Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask an African American But Were Too Afraid to Ask, at Emerson College in Boston on Oct. 17. Cryer created the play with a student, Jared Johnson '02, who conducted interviews of people in New York City to arrive at the questions. Hill Chairs Panel and Presents Paper at World History ConferenceOctober 18, 2007Christopher Hill, visiting instructor of history, presented a paper "Just What Do You Mean by 'Freedom?'" at the 2007 Southeast World History Association Conference held Oct. 12-14 in Savannah, Ga. His paper explored the idea of finding parallels of western liberalism in pre-modern, non-western cultures. Hill also chaired a panel on the nature of Diaspora at the conference. Martin Presents Paper at Association for Political Theory MeetingOctober 17, 2007Robert Martin, associate professor of government, presented a paper "The 'Saucy Sons of Enquiry:' Thomas Cooper and Democratic Dissent" at the 2007 meeting of the Association for Political Theory. The paper explores the early, radically democratic theory of the British expatriate scholar Thomas Cooper (1759-1839). Martin also served on the conference program committee and was a member of the APT's founding committee. Jin Presents Foreign Language Workshop at Cornell UniversityOctober 17, 2007Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin gave a lecture at Cornell University's Language Resource Center on Tuesday, Oct. 16. Her topic, "Integrating Task-based Instruction into Foreign Language Curriculum: A Working Model for Syllabus Design", focused on guiding principles and challenges with regard to implementing a task-based curriculum. More ... Anechiarico Led Panel at West Point ConferenceOctober 16, 2007Frank Anechiarico, Maynard Knox Professor of Government and Law, participated in a conference on "Law and the War on Terror" at West Point from Sept. 25 – 27. Anechiarico lead a panel on "Presidential Power and the Constitution in the War on Terror." The conference was attended by military lawyers, representatives of other government agencies and the media. Anechiarico is a director of the Center for the Study of the Law of War at the United States Military Academy, which sponsored the conference. More ... Ellingson Replies to New York Times ArticleOctober 15, 2007A letter to the editor written by Assistant Professor of Sociology Stephen Ellingson about a recent New York Times article titled "Thou Shalt Not Kill, Except in a Game at Church" appeared on the publication's Web site on Oct. 14. More ... Gold Presides Over Panel at Classical Association of Atlantic States MeetingOctober 15, 2007Professor of Classics Barbara Gold attended the Oct. 4-7 centennial meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, of which she is a past president. She organized and presided over a panel, "The Past as Prologue: The Role of Classics in a Liberal Education," which included two college presidents, one former college president, two college provosts, three former associate deans of faculty and the president of the Teagle Foundation -- all of whom are classicists. She also gave remarks at a panel on "A Century of Developments in Classical Scholarship and Pedagogy" on the journal of which she is the editor, the American Journal of Philology, now in its 128th year. Brueck Presents Paper at Annual Conference on South AsiaOctober 15, 2007Laura Brueck, Freeman Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian Studies and visiting assistant professor of Comparative Literature, presented a paper at the annual conference on South Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which took place from Oct. 12-14. Her paper "From Victim to Victor: Rape Revenge Fantasies in Dalit Women's Literature" argued that Dalit (ex-"untouchables" in India) women use written narrative to reject the role of "victim" in which they have regularly been cast(e), both in reality and popular imagination. More ... Isserman Pens Pentagon March Memories in Chronicle ReviewOctober 15, 2007Forty years ago, Maurice Isserman, James L. Ferguson Professor of History, attended the Oct. 21 march on the Pentagon, a protest organized by the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam. In an article titled "The Flower in the Gun Barrel" in the Oct. 19 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education, Isserman recounts his experience as a participant and analyzes the event's importance in the evolution of the Vietnam anti-war movement. More ... Haley Participates on Two Panels at Classical Association of Atlantic States MeetingOctober 12, 2007Professor of Classics and Africana Studies Shelley Haley attended the centennial meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States on Oct. 4-7 in Washington, D.C., where she participated on two panels. The first was "Representing Our Ancestors: A Round Table Discussion" in which she represented educator, writer and civil rights activist Anna Julia Cooper. The second panel was titled "A Century of Developments in Classical Scholarship and Pedagogy: A Round Table Discussion." Haley made a presentation on the development of and changes to the AP Latin exam. More ... Terrell Awarded Research Fellowship in EdinburghOctober 12, 2007Assistant Professor of English Katherine Terrell is spending several months as a Visiting Fellow at the University of Edinburgh's Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, where she is pursuing research for her book project, "Scripting the Medieval Scottish Nation: Poets, Chroniclers, and the Authority of History." The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities was established in 1969 to promote interdisciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Franklin Outlines Hamilton's Diversity and Unity Summer Program at ConferenceOctober 12, 2007A. Todd Franklin, associate professor of philosophy, outlined Hamilton's Diversity and Unity Summer Institute Program at a two-day conference, Oct. 2-3, in New York City. The conference, "Closing the Minority Achievement Gap in Higher Education," was attended by presidents and other top-level administrators from across the country. More ... Simon Chosen to Give Key Address at NCAA Scholarly Colloquium on College SportsOctober 11, 2007Robert Simon, the Marjorie and Robert W. McEwen Professor of Philosophy, is one of four national experts who have been selected to present a key address at the first National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Scholarly Colloquium on College Sports, to take place in January in Nashville. Simon's topic is "Does Athletics Undermine Academics?" The colloquium hopes to address what officials say is a dearth of quality study related to sport in the context of higher education. More ... Scientific Debate Over Global Warming Is OverOctober 11, 2007Responding to a Christian Science Monitor article titled "Climate warming skeptics: Is the research too political?" Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Peter Cannavo penned a letter to the editor that appears on the publication's news site today. The original article addressed those who still doubted the findings of the UN-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The panel reported that most of the increase in temperatures seen in the last 50 years is due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities. In response Cannavo wrote, "Rather than acknowledge the torrent of evidence establishing global warming and humanity's role in it, they [skeptics] have resorted to conspiracy theories, questionable science, and reliance on marginal uncertainties in climate science. More ... BusinessWeek Interviews Li on China's Future LeadersOctober 11, 2007In "Positioning for Power at China's Communist Congress" published by BusinessWeek on Oct. 9, Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, is quoted extensively on his views concerning the future leadership of China. "No one in the party has the clout to anoint a successor to Chinese leader Hu Jintao," says Li. In discussing the possible four front-runners who could be appointed to the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) in October with a view to taking over the reins in 2012, he noted that they all possess leadership experience, intellectual caliber and - unlike the existing Politburo members - youth. More ... Petrescu Organizes Panel and Presents Paper at German Studies ConferenceOctober 10, 2007Mihaela Petrescu, visiting assistant professor of German, organized the panel "From Femme Fragile to Vamp: Cultural Representations of Women during the Weimar Republic" at the 31st annual German Studies Association, held in San Diego on Oct. 4-7. Petrescu also presented a paper titled "A Vamp's Favorite Pastime" in which she scrutinizes the role of the Charleston in Alexander Corda's forgotten dance melodrama "Madame wuenscht keine Kinder" (Madam does not want any children, 1927). More ... Peck Gives Invited Lecture and Paper at University of WisconsinOctober 10, 2007Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Anjela Peck gave an invited lecture titled "Magic and Mysticism in Morisco Manuscripts" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. She also attended the Mid-America Conference of Hispanic Literatures at the same university where she gave a paper titled "Marvelous Fruit: Magic, Maryand the Libros plúmbeos." Domack and McCormick Receive NSF Awards for Antarctic ResearchOctober 10, 2007Hamilton College has been awarded two related grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) that will support the work of Eugene Domack, the Joel W. Johnson Professor of Geosciences, and Assistant Professor of Biology Michael McCormick. Both grants will be applied to a series of research expeditions to Antarctica for which Domack will serve as chief scientist as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) International Polar Year program. More ... Rubino Presides Over Centennial Meeting of Classical Association of the Atlantic StatesOctober 9, 2007Carl A. Rubino, the Edward North Professor of Classics, presided over the centennial meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4-7. Rubino is president of the organization. More ... Jin Gives Keynote Address at University of Wisconsin Language WorkshopOctober 9, 2007Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin gave a keynote speech, "Challenges and Changes in K-16 Chinese Language Instruction," at a professional development workshop for K-16 Chinese Language Teachers in Madison, Wis. The workshop was sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies and the Department of East Asian Languages & Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with support from a U.S. Department of Education Title VI NRC grant. Peking University Press Publishes Translation of Volume Co-edited by Peter J. Rabinowitz; Chapter by Kodat Also IncludedOctober 8, 2007Peking University Press has issued a Chinese translation of the Companion to Narrative Theory, co-edited by Professor of Comparative Literature Peter J. Rabinowitz and James Phelan (Ohio State University). The anthology, first published in English two years ago by Blackwell, takes stock of the state of narrative theory at the beginning of the 21st century. The book also includes a chapter by Associate Professor of English Catherine Gunther Kodat, "I'm Spartacus!," which explores the uses of Spartacus as a figure for freedom in literary, dance and film narratives. More ... Bayolo Conducts Performance of the Great Noise EnsembleOctober 8, 2007Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Armando Bayolo conducted the Great Noise Ensemble in the first concert of its third season on Sunday, Sept. 30. Great Noise is a group dedicated to the promotion of contemporary music, which Bayolo founded in Washington, D.C., in 2005. The concert featured works for soloists and ensemble which display an instrumentalist's virtuosity. The ensemble was joined by the husband and wife team, Duo46 (Beth-Ileana Schneider, violin, and Matt Gould, guitar) in the world premiere of Bayolo's "Concerto a Due" for guitar, violin and chamber orchestra. More ... Owen Publishes in International Review of Economics EducationOctober 8, 2007Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owens recently published an article titled "Integrating Computer Applications into Economics Electives" in the International Review of Economics Education (Volume 6 Issue 1, 2007). The article advocates for a new way of teaching economics that emphasizes the use of active learning via statistics labs. More ... Guttman to Appear on Book Tour in Central New YorkOctober 6, 2007Associate Professor of English Naomi Guttman will give several readings in Central New York during the second week of October. Guttman's new book of poems Wet Apples, White Blood was published in April by McGill-Queen's University Press. The first reading will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 9. at 7:30 p.m. at Writers & Books in Rochester. For more information visit the Writers & Books Web site. Guttman's other reading are scheduled for: Thursday, Oct. 11, 4 p.m., at the University of Buffalo's Butler Library in the Rooftop Poetry Club series, Friday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m., at the YMCA Downtown Writers' Center Series in Syracuse, Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. with poet Margaret Lloyd at LeMoyne College, Reilly Hall, Syracuse. Goldberg Presents at Columbia on Video Podcasts in TeachingOctober 4, 2007Associate Professor of Art History Stephen J. Goldberg presented a paper titled "Frames of Engagement: Video Podcasts and the Teaching of Chinese Culture and Society" on the panel "Sharing Expertise: Podcasts and Web Units for Students and Teachers of Asian Studies" and chaired a panel on "Teaching Together: Simulcasts and Guest Lectures on Asian Studies" at the 2007 Symposium on Asia and the Curriculum. The symposium was held at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs on Sept. 28. "Frames of Engagement" represented a reflection on the suite of six digital video podcasts on which Goldberg and Michael Viveiros, a senior majoring in Asian studies, had collaborated with the support of an Emerson Research Grant this past summer. More ... Purdy Publishes Paper in Online JournalOctober 3, 2007Laura Purdy, the McCullough Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy, authored an article titled "Is Preconception Sex Selection Necessarily Sexist?" on Sept. 28, 2007, in Reproductive BioMedicine Online. It will also be published in the next Ethics Supplement issue of the upcoming December print volume. Williams Publishes Article in Journal of African American HistoryOctober 3, 2007Chad Williams, assistant professor of history, has published an article in the current issue of The Journal of African American History. His article, "Vanguards of the New Negro: African American Veterans and Post-World War I Racial Militancy," examines the participation of African American veterans in several post-war black radical organizations, and how their physical and symbolic presence informed the broader ideological tenor of the New Negro movement. The article is drawn from Williams' larger forthcoming book project, Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers and the Era of the First World War. The Journal of African American History, founded in 1916 by Carter G. Woodson, is the leading peer-reviewed journal devoted to African American life and history. Isserman Quoted in Washington Post Reuters ArticleOctober 3, 2007In a Reuters article published by The Washington Post, Maurice Isserman, James L. Ferguson Professor of History, commented on the reasons behind dwindling crowds of protestors as opposition to the Iraq War mounts. "Largely absent from the actions are young people, who were the majority of Vietnam-era protesters -- perhaps because they do not risk being drafted into the military or from a sense that they can express their opposition to the war on the Internet, rather than on the streets." More ... Two Starkly Different Groups Lead in China's PolitburoOctober 2, 2007Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, is quoted extensively in the Oct. 15 issue of TIME magazine in "The Man to See." The article analyzes the leadership of China's president Hu Jintao and the forces and issues within the government that he must address. Li describes the two distinct factions within the government, the populists led by Hu and his allies, and the élitists, made up of so-called princelings--children of top officials--and supporters of former President Jiang Zemin. They represent "two starkly different sociopolitical and geographical constituencies," according to Li. More ... Boutin Gives Talk at Smith Alumnae Math ConferenceOctober 1, 2007Associate Professor of Mathematics Debra Boutin gave a talk at the second Smith College Alumnae Mathematics Conference. The purpose of the conference is to celebrate the 70 plus alumnae who have earned Ph.D.s in the mathematical sciences, the 20 plus who are currently in graduate programs, and the current students who may follow this path. In her talk, Boutin surveyed her recent work on finding a small set of vertices that captures all of a graph's symmetries. |
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