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Sunday, November 22

Monday, November 23

  • Library Hours 8 a.m. - Midnight

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  • Conversations About our Scholarly Lives - Nuns as Artists: The Prayerbook of Cardinal Archduke Albert VII of Austria

    12pm, Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching (Room 338), DeWitt Wallace Library iCal Icon Mac+Google Icon Google Icon

    Michael Orr, Art History at Lawrence University & ACE Fellow.  Orr will discuss his current research on a late sixteenth-century prayerbook in a Wisconsin private collection that can be identified as having been written and illuminated by nuns from the Cistercian abbey of La Cambre, near Brussels. He will examine evidence indicating that the manuscript was made as a gift for the recently appointed governor of the Southern Netherlands, Cardinal Archduke Albert VII of Austria, and consider how this book sheds new light on the use of illuminated manuscripts in the exchange economy of monastic patronage. This event is open to all faculty. Lunch provided. No RSVP necessary.

Tuesday, November 24

Wednesday, November 25

Thursday, November 26

Friday, November 27

Saturday, November 28

Sunday, November 29

Monday, November 30

  • Library Hours 8 a.m. - Midnight

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  • Conversations About our Scholarly Lives - Long Day's Journey into Psych: A Cognitive Psychologist Finds His Way Home to Poetry

    12pm, Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching (Room 338), DeWitt Wallace Library iCal Icon Mac+Google Icon Google Icon

    Brooke Lea, Psychology.  Can current theories of cognitive science help us understand how readers understand poetry? Cognitive psychologist Brooke Lea, a former English major (in recovery), and his students use experimental techniques to investigate the role that poetic devices such as alliteration and rhyme play in the comprehension of poetry. The findings support both modern theories of cognition and ancient notions about of the memorial consequences of poetic devices. A second study reveals surprising expert/novice differences. The presenter will discuss methods for getting more poetry in your academic life.  This event is open to all faculty. Lunch provided. No RSVP necessary.

Tuesday, December 1

  • Library Hours 8 a.m. - Midnight

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    Harmon Room reserved 1 - 9 p.m. for event

  • Visiting Faculty Seminar

    12pm, Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching (Room 338), DeWitt Wallace Library iCal Icon Mac+Google Icon Google Icon

    Grading, Grade Inflation, and the Visiting Faculty Member.  You may have heard rumors that adjunct and visiting faculty have a disproportionate upward effect on Macalester students’ grade point averages compared to tenured faculty. Is grade inflation a serious problem at Macalester and are visiting faculty really the culprits?   What are the norms for grading in your department?  How do you know?

Wednesday, December 2

Thursday, December 3

Friday, December 4

  • Library Hours 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.

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  • Talking About Teaching -- Active Learning in Large Classes: Examples from Dinosaurs

    9am, Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching (Room 338), DeWitt Wallace Library iCal Icon Mac+Google Icon Google Icon

    Kristina Curry Rogrs, Biology & Geology. Connecting with students in large classes can prove challenging, and making sure that they are truly processing the material you lecture on can be even harder.  Curry Rogers will provide a few examples of ways to connect from Dinosaurs, an introductory level Geology course she teaches to ~50 students every year. This event is open to all faculty. Lunch provided. No RSVP required.

Saturday, December 5

Sunday, December 6

Monday, December 7

  • Library Hours 8 a.m. - Midnight

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  • Conversations About our Scholarly Lives - Machetes in the Sky?: How and Why Rural Communities are Resisting Wind Energy in America

    12pm, Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching (Room 338), DeWitt Wallace Library iCal Icon Mac+Google Icon Google Icon

    Roopali Phadke, Environmental Studies.  The Obama Administration is channeling billions of dollars into new energy projects, particularly wind energy, in an effort to create green jobs and mitigate climate change. Yet, communities all across the nation are beginning to resist these efforts because of the impacts on rural landscapes and viewspaces. Is wind energy a form of "visual pollution"? Can we build vast new renewable energy capacity while protecting the landscapes we love? Where should new energy projects go and who should decide? Phadke has been studying these questions through her research project on the social acceptance of wind energy. Her talk will use photographs and other artistic responses as a way of discussing how communities in different parts of America are responding and framing their new "windscapes".

Tuesday, December 8

Wednesday, December 9

Thursday, December 10

Friday, December 11

Saturday, December 12

Sunday, December 13

Monday, December 14

Tuesday, December 15

  • Library Hours 8 a.m. - midnight

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    Harmon Room reserved 11:45-1:00 for Humanities Colloquium

  • Humanities Faculty Colloquium - Geoff Gorham

    11:45am, Harmon Room, DeWitt Wallace Library iCal Icon Mac+Google Icon Google Icon

    The Humanities Faculty Colloquium features a Macalester faculty member presenting on his or her scholarship to colleagues. We aim to celebrate the contributions of the humanistic disciplines to the liberal arts, to foster a sense of community and shared intellectual enterprise among humanities faculty, and to learn more about each other's work.

    The 2009-10 series includes Winston Kyan, Art History (October 20), David Martyn, German and Russian Studies (November 17), Geoff Gorham, Philosophy (December 15), Jane Rhodes, American Studies (February 16), Theresa Krier, English (March 2 ), James Laine, Religious Studies (April 20).

    Lunch is generously provided by the Serie Center beginning at 11:45. Talks begin at noon. All faculty are welcome.

    Daylanne English (English) and Beth Severy-Hoven (Classics)
    Co-Organizers of the Humanities Colloquium

Wednesday, December 16

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Wednesday, December 30

Thursday, December 31

Friday, January 1, 2010

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

  • Library Hours 8 a.m. - midnight

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    Harmon Room reserved 11:45-1:00 for Humanities Colloquium 
     

  • Humanities Faculty Colloquium - Jane Rhodes

    11:45am, Harmon Room, DeWitt Wallace Library iCal Icon Mac+Google Icon Google Icon

    The Humanities Faculty Colloquium features a Macalester faculty member presenting on his or her scholarship to colleagues. We aim to celebrate the contributions of the humanistic disciplines to the liberal arts, to foster a sense of community and shared intellectual enterprise among humanities faculty, and to learn more about each other's work.

    The 2009-10 series includes Winston Kyan, Art History (October 20), David Martyn, German and Russian Studies (November 17), Geoff Gorham, Philosophy (December 15), Jane Rhodes, American Studies (February 16), Theresa Krier, English (March 2 ), James Laine, Religious Studies (April 20).

    Lunch is generously provided by the Serie Center beginning at 11:45. Talks begin at noon. All faculty are welcome.

    Daylanne English (English) and Beth Severy-Hoven (Classics)
    Co-Organizers of the Humanities Colloquium

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

  • Library Hours 8 a.m. - midnight

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    Harmon Room reserved 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. for Humanities Colloquium

  • Humanities Faculty Colloquium - Theresa Krier

    11:45am, Harmon Room, DeWitt Wallace Library iCal Icon Mac+Google Icon Google Icon

    The Humanities Faculty Colloquium features a Macalester faculty member presenting on his or her scholarship to colleagues. We aim to celebrate the contributions of the humanistic disciplines to the liberal arts, to foster a sense of community and shared intellectual enterprise among humanities faculty, and to learn more about each other's work.

    The 2009-10 series includes Winston Kyan, Art History (October 20), David Martyn, German and Russian Studies (November 17), Geoff Gorham, Philosophy (December 15), Jane Rhodes, American Studies (February 16), Theresa Krier, English (March 2 ), James Laine, Religious Studies (April 20).

    Lunch is generously provided by the Serie Center beginning at 11:45. Talks begin at noon. All faculty are welcome.

    Daylanne English (English) and Beth Severy-Hoven (Classics)
    Co-Organizers of the Humanities Colloquium

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

  • Library Hours 8 a.m. - midnight

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    Harmon Room reserved 11:45-1:00 for Humanities Colloquium 
     

  • Humanities Faculty Colloquium - James Laine

    11:45am, Harmon Room, DeWitt Wallace Library iCal Icon Mac+Google Icon Google Icon

    The Humanities Faculty Colloquium features a Macalester faculty member presenting on his or her scholarship to colleagues. We aim to celebrate the contributions of the humanistic disciplines to the liberal arts, to foster a sense of community and shared intellectual enterprise among humanities faculty, and to learn more about each other's work.

    The 2009-10 series includes Winston Kyan, Art History (October 20), David Martyn, German and Russian Studies (November 17), Geoff Gorham, Philosophy (December 15), Jane Rhodes, American Studies (February 16), Theresa Krier, English (March 2 ), James Laine, Religious Studies (April 20).

    Lunch is generously provided by the Serie Center beginning at 11:45. Talks begin at noon. All faculty are welcome.

    Daylanne English (English) and Beth Severy-Hoven (Classics)
    Co-Organizers of the Humanities Colloquium