Tea & Sociology, Dec. 7
On Thursday, Dec. 7, 2010, Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences and The Department of Sociology present, Tea & Sociology: The Challenges of Documentary Film through a Personal Lense: The Politics of Representation with Women’s Studies Instructor Clara K. Magliola (pictured left) & Josefine Borrmann, Ethnographic Documentary Major. This event is open to the public
Department of Sociology Movers and Shakers
Associate Professor of Sociology Lynn Horton traveled and presented at Latin American Studies Association International Conference. Professor of Sociology Roberta Lessor was nominated for the Vice-President Elect Pacific Sociological Association 2011 – 2012. Assistant Professor of Sociology Stephanie Takaragawa is the Program editor for American Anthropology Association’s Society of Visual Anthropology.
A Night With ... Karen Blixen (by Dr. Angela Tumini), Nov. 16, 2010
Danish writer and extraordinary woman, Karen Blixen (to be played by Dr. Angela Tumini) is the author of Babette’s Feast and Out of Africa, both adapted into highly acclaimed, Academy Award-winning motion pictures. Blixen remains a complex figure in the writing and history of colonial Africa. WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010TIME: 7 p.m.LOCATION: Wallace All Faiths Chapel
Using Text Messages as a way to Teach Students
Dr. Veronique Olivier, Assistant Professor of French, recently published an article for The French Review (Dec. 2010, Volume 84.2) titled, “Teaching French via Text Messages: Using the Phone in the Classroom … for Once!” This January, Dr. Veronique Olivier will be taking ten of her advanced students to Paris for a January Interterm course. Students will be posting
Alum Writes Article About Chapman University
In March 2010, Sigma Tau Delta hosted a Women’s in Literature lecture series to celebrate women’s history month at Chapman University. Michelle Arch, Chapman Alum and Faculty Advisor for Alpha Zeta Iota Chapter, wrote an article on the event titled, “A Chapter Sponsors a Lecture Series: Women in Literature,” which was recently published in the 2010 Sigma Tau Delta annual newsletter (page
Department of Languages - Dr. Angela Tumini
Assistant Professor of Italian Studies Angela Tumini has recently returned from a conference in Prague where she presented a paper title, “I Would Die For You: Love, Suicide and Redemption in the Cinema of Fellini, Dreyer and von Trier.
English Department - Patrick Fuery
Chair and Professor of English Patrick Fuery is part of a research team that has just been awarded $230,000 to create a project using arts to develop strategies for helping returned soldiers of war deal with mental health issues. This particular grant is one of the most prestigious grants given by the Australian Research Council. “The other team
Department of English
Anna Leahy, Ph.D., Department of English, Wilkinson College, has had her poem “After Assassination” published in the Summer/Fall 2010 issue of Crab Orchard Review. Dr. Leahy’s poem, “Rules for Writing a Poem,” was recently published in Cream City Review.
French Club Presents ... Movie Night, Nov. 17
The French Club is showing Avenue Montaigne, a Daniele Thompson Film on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 at 7 p.m. in Argyros Forum 208. This is a free viewing and snacks and extra credit will be provided.
Art Department - Action (un)Packed: Abstraction After Action
Commonspace will be Opening November 13, 2010 with its first exhibit “Action (un)Packed: Abstraction After Action” from 5-7 p.m. This exhibit will showcase painting practices that aren’t afraid of complexity or abjection, beauty or the ridiculous, but that actively demonstrate a dynamic negotiation between disparate regimes of pictorial signification. The host of this exhibit is Professor Michael