Faculty Keeping busy
Doug Sweet, Director of Undergraduate Writing, delivered a paper entitled “The Mediate Social Ideology of Convenience and Efficiency” at a recent conference. The conference was “Countering Contingency: Teaching, Scholarship, and Creativity in the Age of the Adjunct,” held at the United Steelworker’s International Headquarters in Pittsburgh, April 5-7. Communication Studies Associate Professor Jennifer Waldeck’s study,
History Professor accepted to three-week program at the University of Hawaii East
History Professor Alexander Bay recently published a book titled, Beriberi in Modern Japan: The Making of National Disease with University of Rochester Press. The book is about modern Japan, beriberi (or thiamin deficiency) becoming a public health problem that cuts across all social boundaries, afflicting even the Meiji Emperor. Read more …
Tickets for ‘Conversations with Elie Wiesel’ available now
Free ticket reservations for April’s “Conversations with Elie Wiesel” events are available now. To reserve seating for any of the four conversations scheduled for Monday, April 15, through Thursday, April 18, visit the online ticketing website. Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, bestselling author, Holocaust survivor and global leader in human rights advocacy –
John Fowles Center Presents, Karen Yamashita, April 15
The John Fowles Center for Creative Writing Literary Forum continues on Monday, April 15 , 2013 with author Karen Yamashita. The reading will begin at 7 p.m. in the Henley Reading Room in the Leatherby Libraries. Admission is free and this event is open to the public. About Karen Yamashita: Karen Tei Yamashita
Does the White House have too much power? Dr. Cox Han explains
Political Science Professor Lori Cox Han recently had an article published in Zocalo Public Square answering the question Whether the White House Has Too Much Power—Or Too Little … read what she had to say! A little about Dr. Cox Han - Her most recent books include Presidents and the American Presidency (Oxford, 2013),
Author Greg Dawson to be featured speaker at Evening of Holocaust Remembrance
Journalist Greg Dawson, author of the book Just Live!: My Mother’s Story, will be the featured speaker at An Evening of Holocaust Remembrance Tuesday, April 9, at 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Dawson’s book recounts how Zhanna Arshanskyaya Dawson used her brilliant piano skills to survive the horrors of World War II and the Nazi
CRASsH Workshop, April 9
Attention Faculty! Don’t forget to RSVP for the next CRASsH workshop which is scheduled for Tuesday, April 9th at 11:30 a.m. in the Laura Scudder Conference Room (RO 127). The workshop is a webinar about pursing grant funding offered by Academic Research Funding Strategies. Topics will cover, how to develop a strategic plan
TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics Reception For Faculty and Staff
On Wednesday, April 17, faculty and staff are invited to gather with colleagues, enjoy a sip of wine, and find out what Tabula Poetica (TAB ) is all about. The 2013 print issues will be distributed and presenters will show the TAB website and the archive of online issues, discuss approaches to design and
Post-Post: Senior BA and BFA Art Exhibition
Senior BA and BFA Studio Art Students present, POST-POST, an art exhibition featuring artists, ARIKA ABDALIAN, KRISTINE BACON, NICHOLAS COHN, ADAM OTTKE, LAURA PUGH and KELLAN SHANAHAN, April 8-12 in the Guggenheim Gallery (opening reception, Monday, April 8, 6-9 p.m.) POST-POST reflects a contemporary state of being. We have now moved past the grand
Albert Schweitzer Scholarship
Attention Wilkinson Faculty and Staff! Each academic year Chapman University awards scholarships to university students in the name of Albert Schweitzer . These scholarships are offered through the generosity of the Marjorie Mosher Schmidt Foundation in honor of Valerie Scudder, former trustee of Chapman University. The scholarships are awarded to students who have demonstrated