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A two-day conference, "Cracking India: Literary and Historical Representations of Partition" will be held on the Hamilton campus, April 12-13.

The Africana Studies Program announces the final offering in its Diasporic Film Series, "Black Shack Alley," on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Red Pit. The 2002 theme of "The Color Line Revisited: Is Racism Dead?" celebrates Black History Month. Introductory remarks will be given by Professor Joseph Mwantuali will give an introduction. All presentations are free and open to the public.

Assistant Professor of Women's Studies Vivyan Adair was featured in a segment on "Weekend All Things Considered" on NPR on Feb. 23. Adair had been interviewed for the segment on TANF welfare reauthorization while she was in Washington earlier this month. She argues for the need to expand higher education opportunities for welfare recipients.

The Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Society and Culture continues its film series, "Sex, Freaks, and the Elderly: Double Features in February," in conjunction with its 2001-02 program theme, The Body in Question. On Thursday, Feb. 28, the films to be screened are "Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun" and "Freaks." All films are free and open to the public, and will be shown at 8 p.m. in KJ Aud.

Madeleine Albright, secretary of state under former President Bill Clinton, will give a free public lecture at Hamilton College on Wednesday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

Central New York’s #1 event, America’s Greatest Heart Run and Walk, will be held tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 23 in Utica. Among Hamilton's participants are sisters of Phi Beta Chi sorority, the womens' lacrosse team, and employees. Thanks to Hamilton co-chairs Marylyn Nassimos and Gina Hibbard for organizing the team. Good luck to team Hamilton!

De Bao Xu, associate professor of Chinese, presented a lecture, "A Multimedia Approach to Teaching Chinese at Hamilton: A Nine-Year Practice," on Monday, Feb. 25, in the Red Pit. The talk was part of the Humanities Forum.

Vivyan Adair, assistant professor of women's studies, published an article in the winter 2002 issue of Signs, Journal of Women in Culture and Society (University of Chicago Press). Adair's article is titled "Branded With Infamy: Inscriptions of Poverty and Class in the U.S."

Members of the college community are invited to participate in POETRY NOW, with Sharon Bridgforth on Saturday, Feb. 23 , from 11 a.m. -2 p.m. in Root Hall. POETRY NOW is a workshop designed for "closet" writers, activists who don't have time to write, and spoken word griots. Come share theatre games/visualization and writing exercises designed to provoke body-memory movement and sound as a place to write from. Participants will be encouraged to tell their stories and to explore their own sense of poetic rhythms. This workshop is limited to 15 participants. Please reply to Nancy Rabinowitz (ext. 4149) to reserve a place.

Professor of Government Cheng Li was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times (Feb. 22) for an article about Hu Jintao, China's vice president who is considered the likely successor to president Jiang Zemin. "It would be unwise for Hu Jintao to be in the spotlight too much or to express his opinions too openly while his boss, Jiang Zemin, is still in charge," said Li.