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12pm, Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching (Room 338), DeWitt Wallace Library
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.
Amy Whitaker to speak about her new book, Museum Legs
5pm, Art Gallery, Humanities Building
The Tuesday before Thanksgiving, please join Amy Whitaker as she talks about "Lifelong Creativity" in conjunction with her new book, Museum Legs: Fatigue and Hope in the Face of Art.
Museum Legs is a collection of essays that places art museums at the intersection of creativity and public life. It is a funny and engaging look at the history and politics of museums, in a way that invites people to think differently about art and creativity in their own lives.
amy.whitaker@gmail.com - 917.476.7399 - www.museumlegs.com
12pm, Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching (Room 338), DeWitt Wallace Library
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.
Talking About Teaching -- Active Learning in Large Classes: Examples from Dinosaurs
9am, Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching (Room 338), DeWitt Wallace Library
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.
12pm, Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching (Room 338), DeWitt Wallace Library
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".
History Senior Seminar Conference
7pm, Ground floor classrooms, Old Main
Senior History majors will present the results of their History capstone research.
Decemeber Tutor Training: Meet the Chair of SPPS Board of Education!
12pm, 201 (second floor conference room), Markim Hall
For December's Tutor Training we will be welcoming the Chair of Saint Paul Public Schools Board of Education. Kazoua Kong-Thao will be speaking about her overall experience with the School Board (how she became involved, what has kept her around and what she hopes to work on in the future with SPPS). Additionally, she will share what it is like to be a school board member, the challenges and the rewards.
As always this will be an informal event with lunch provided. Please let me know if you have any food needs when you RSVP to hvanders@macalester.edu.
12pm, Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching (Room 338), DeWitt Wallace Library
Humanities Faculty Colloquium - Geoff Gorham
11:45am, Harmon Room, DeWitt Wallace Library
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
Humanities Faculty Colloquium - Jane Rhodes
11:45am, Harmon Room, DeWitt Wallace Library
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
8pm, Macalester College Chapel
Social Entrepreneurship in an Age of Urgent Threats
Paul C. Light is Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University's Wagner School of Public Service. Before joining NYU, he was vice president and director of governmental studies at the Brookings Institution, and founding director of its Center for Public Service. He has held teaching posts at the University of Virginia, University of Minnesota, and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He was also senior adviser to the U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, and director of the public policy grant program at the Pew Charitable Trusts. He is the author of 21 books, most recently A Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It (Harvard University Press, 2008) and The Search for Social Entrepreneurship (Brookings Institution Press, 2008).
Humanities Faculty Colloquium - Theresa Krier
11:45am, Harmon Room, DeWitt Wallace Library
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
4:30pm
The title of the forum is "Civic Leadership in the Age of Obama." Dr. Ian Haney Lopez will deliver the keynote address.
Humanities Faculty Colloquium - James Laine
11:45am, Harmon Room, DeWitt Wallace Library
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
4:45pm, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel
Eugene Gallagher, Park Professor of Religious Studies at Conneticut College will be the Low Lecture Speaker. Title to be announced
Lowe Lecture - Martha Nussbaum
4:45pm, Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel
Martha Nussbaum, Philosophy and Professor Law at the University of Chicago will be giving the Lowe Lecture - Title to be announced
