Met with the library people to discuss the College’s Schweitzer collection. This is a large collection of documents, objects, and possessions owned and related to Albert Schweitzer. This is a resource with great potential, but largely uncatalogued. It will be a slow, but rewarding, task to turn the collection into a usable resource for faculty,
No real routine yet – too early of course. The days are filled with meetings – many interesting and full of promise. As I transition from being a Chair to a Dean it is interesting to work with my colleagues and appreciate what they are doing in the early days of semester. There is comfort
Today I was reminded of the importance of support staff – all that they do is so often ‘behind the scenes’ and yet vital to every College, Department, and individual faculty. As Wilkinson moves in new directions the significance of the staff becomes more emphasized. Today we continued our interviews for the Dean’s assistant (left
On Friday, September 14, 2012, Chapman University is pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Closing th e Latino Achievement Gap Summit (CLAG) . This year’s theme is “En Colaboracción – A Call for United Action” and will begin at 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Chapman University in Beckman Hall, room 404. The purpose
Day 3: I snuck a few hours of research time today – a guilty pleasure! I’m aiming to finish up an afterward for a forthcoming book on Cinematic Terror and the Sublime; and there is also the writing up of a conference paper that I gave at a conference on Psychoanalysis and Poetry at Oxford
The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education is pleased to announce a lecture on War and Ethnic Cleansing: The Smyrna Catastrophe, 1922-2012 with Dr. Richard Hovannisian on September 5 in Beckman Hall, Room 404 at 7 p.m. Dr. Hovannisian is the Chancellor Fellow in the Department of History and the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education at
Chapman University history major Lauren Abel ’13 didn’t know anything about American arts and crafts pottery of the late Victo rian era when she was asked to plan and design a museum exhibition on – you guessed it – American arts and crafts pottery of the late Victorian era. But Abel says she knew
Wilkinson College and the History Department is pleased to announce that Alpha Mu Gamma, Chapman University’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the National History Honors Society, has won the best chapter award in Division 2 (programs without graduate studies) for the fifth year in row. This honor recognizes the outstanding achievements of the student-led organization.
Chapman University Assistant Professor of Art History, Justin St. P. Walsh, will be giving a special talk on Thursday, Aug ust 9 titled, “’Giant Leaps for Mankind’ and the Future of the Past,” , at 8 p.m. at the Machine Project in Los Angeles (1200-D North Alvarado Street, 90026). Professor Walsh’s talk will explore
The old photograph projected onto the overhead screen showed what seemed to be a merry bunch of solid Americans looking on and cheering at a happy occasion. But that was just part of the story and literally half of the photo. In the next slide the entire photograph was revealed, and the classroom of history