Winter 2012 Events Cosponsored by the OHC

Now through February 19, 2012
"Face to Face with Masks from the Museum's Collections," Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Contact: Sarah McClure, (541) 346-5083, sbm@uoregon.edu

January 12, 2012
The Nature of Cities. Timothy Beatley’s documentary film examines how we must reclaim our connection to nature as our world becomes more urbanized. 5:30 p.m., 110 Fenton Hall. Sponsor: Oregon Leadership in Sustainability Program. Information: (206) 963-6958.

January 17, 2012
“Envisioning Biophilic Cities.” Timothy Beatley, Sustainable Communities, University of Virginia. 5:30 p.m., 110 Fenton Hall. Sponsor: Oregon Leadership in Sustainability Program. Information: (206) 963-6958.

January 24, 2012
Anne Whiston Spirn, author and photographer. In conjunction with the “Dorthea Lange in Oregon” photo exhibit, on view at the Knight Law Center, January 10-February 26. 4 p.m., 110 Knight Law Center. Sponsor: Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics. Information: (541) 346-3717.

January 26, 2012
Reading: Jason Brown, author of Why the Devil Chose New England for his Work (2007). 8 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room. Sponsor: Creative Writing. Information: (541) 346-3944.

January 31, 2012
Community Conversations: “21st Century Populism and Anarchism: Occupy Wall Street to Tea Party.” 7 p.m., Living Learning Center Performance Hall. Sponsor: Residence Life. Information: (541) 346-4688.

February 7, 2012
Community Conversations: “Deaf Jam: Poetry in the Deaf Community.” 7 p.m., Living Learning Center Performance Hall. Sponsor: Residence Life. Information: (541) 346-4688.

February 16, 2012
Bernice Johnson Reagon, renowned musician, scholar and civil rights activist, gives one of her acclaimed “songtalk” performances. Reagon is a founder of renowned Washington, D.C.-based a cappella group Sweet Honey In The Rock. Free. 7:30 p.m., Beall Hall. Sponsors:ASUO, the Oregon Humanities Center, the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, University Housing, the UO Cultural Forum, the Wayne Morse Center for Law, the UO Department of History, Clark Honors College and the UO School of Music and Dance. Information: (541) 346-5678.

February 21, 2012
Community Conversations: “It’s Elementary My Dear Watson: The Philosophy and Science of Artificial Intelligence and the Turing Test Simulation.” 7 p.m., Living Learning Center Performance Hall. Sponsor: Residence Life. Information: (541) 346-4688.

February 22, 2012
“Gender, Power and Reason: Feminism and Critical Theory.” Amy Allen, Philosophy, and Women’s and Gender Studies, Dartmouth College. 4:30 p.m., EMU Walnut Room. Sponsor: Philosophy. Information: koopman@uoregon.edu

February 22-23, 2012
Arab Arts Festival. Featuring visual artist Sundus Abdul Hadi and hip-hop artist The Narcicyst. Exhibit, discussions, performace. 2/22-5:30-8:30 p.m., 2/23-9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.Mills International Center. Sponsor: Arab Student Union. Information: uoasu@uoregon.edu

February 23, 2012
"Documenting War and the Veteran’s Experience." Screening of Grounds for Resistance, discussion with Sebastian Junger and Lisa Gilman. 3:30 p.m., UO in Portland. Sponsor: School of Journalism and Communication in Portland. Information: (503) 412-3662.

February 24, 2012
Dutch Masters Trio. Wilbert Hazelzet, flute; Jaap ter Linden, cello; and Jacques Ogg, harpsichord. The group will play music by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, W.F. Bach, J.C.F. Bach, and Telemann. 8 p.m., Beall Hall. $10, $8. Sponsor: School of Music and Dance and the OHC’s Endowment for Public in Outreach in the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities. Information: (541) 346-5678.

February 29, 2012
“The Red Detachment of Women as a Model for Cultural Revolution Art.” Richard Kraus, Political Science. Introduction and screening of a revolutionary ballet, followed by questions and discussion. Part of Nixon in China (1972–2012): Forty Years After the Shanghai Communiqué. 4 p.m., Mills International Center. Sponsor: Confucius Institute. Information: (541) 346-5056.

March 1, 2012
“Jiang Qing (Madame Mao) on Stage.” Roxane Witke, author of Comrade Chiang Ch’ing, with participation by Laura Wayte, Music, and Eugene Opera soprano who will play Madame Mao. Part of Nixon in China (1972–2012): Forty Years After the Shanghai Communiqué. Noon, Knight Library Browsing Room. Sponsor: Confucius Institute. Information: (541) 346-5056.

March 2, 2012
Symposium: “Place and Displacement in African American Literature.” Speakers include: Eve Dunbar, English, Vassar; Courtney Thorsson, English; Emily Lordi, English, University of Massachusetts; Slamishah Tillet, English and Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Williams, Women’s Studies, Goucher College; and Karla Holloway, English and Law, Duke University. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room. Sponsor: Center for the Study of Women in Society. Information: (541) 346-1473.

March 7, 2012
“Hidden Histories: The Libretto for Nixon in China.” Theodore Foss, Asian Studies, University of Chicago. The unusually literate, epic, and lyrical libretto weaves together actual speeches from the Nixon-Kissinger trip, biblical verse, Mao’s poetry and news clippings. Part of Nixon in China (1972–2012): Forty Years After the Shanghai Communiqué. 4 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room. Sponsor: Confucius Institute. Information: (541) 346-5056.

March 9, 2012
World Music Series: Bua. Traditional Irish Music. Opening event of the Eugene Irish Cultural Festival. 8 p.m., Beall Hall. $15, $10. Sponsor: School of Music and Dance. Information: (541) 346-2852.

March 13, 2012
“The Gastronomic Influence of Alexander the Great.” Andrew Dalby, linguist, translator, and food historian. 7 p.m., Gerlinger Lounge. Sponsor: Classics. Information: (541) 346-4068.

March 16 and 18, 2012
Nixon in China. Eugene Opera. 7:30 p.m., Hult Center. Part of Nixon in China (1972–2012): Forty Years After the Shanghai Communiqué. A collaboration between the Eugene Opera and the Unversity of Oregon. Tickets and information: (541) 485-3985.

May 18, 2012
"Why We Love War: A Buddhist Perspective," David Loy, Lenz Foundation Residential Fellow for Buddhist Studies and American Culture and Values, Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado. noon to 2 p.m., OHC conference room (159 PLC). Must RSVP to attend. Sponsor: Religious Studies. Information: munno@uoregon.edu

Fall 2011 Events Cosponsored by the Oregon Humanities Center

Now through February 19, 2012
"Face to Face with Masks from the Museum's Collections," Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Contact: Sarah McClure, (541) 346-5083, sbm@uoregon.edu

September 29, 2011
“Someday All This Will Be Yours: A History of Inheritance and Old Age.” Hendrik Hartog, History, Princeton University. 3:30-5 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room. RSVP requested, reception to follow. Sponsor: Law, Culture, and Humanities Initiative. Information and RSVP: (541) 346-5191.

September 30, 2011
“Mexican American Activism in Oregon: A Conversation with Chicano Leader Sonny Montes.” With Glenn Anthony May, History. 3:30 p.m., 110 Law School. Sponsor: UO Multicultural Center. Information: (541) 346-4321.

October 1, 2011
Gallery talk: Xiaoze Xie, artist, followed by an exhibition tour with Dan Mills, curator of Xiaoze Xie: Amplified Moments, 1993-2008. 2 p.m., 177 Lawrence Hall. Sponsor: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Information: (541) 346-0942.

October 5, 2011
“Agenda for a New Economy.” David Korten, president, People-Centered Development Forum. 6:30 p.m., 110 Knight Law Center. Sponsor: Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics. Information: (541) 346-3717.

October 6, 2011
“Everyday Life in a Megacity: Pictures from Bangladesh.” Geoffrey Hiller, photographer and multimedia producer. 11 a.m., Mills International Center. Sponsor: Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, and the OHC Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities. Information: (541) 346-1521.

October 7, 2011
“The Pride and Passion of Jackie Robinson.” Arnold Rampersad, professor emeritus, Stanford University. 3 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room. Lecture celebrates the opening of “Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience,” a traveling exhibit in Knight Library reflecting the complicated and painful history of race in the United States as illustrated through the experiences of black baseball players during the past 150 years. Exhibits run through November 18. Sponsor: UO Libraries. Information: (541) 346-1459.

October 10, 2011
“The Revolutionary Message of the Lord’s Prayer.” John Dominic Crossan, professor emeritus, Religious Studies, DePaul University. 7 p.m., 282 Lillis Hall. Sponsor: Religious Studies. Contact: (541) 346-4971.

October 12, 2011
“The Da Vinci Codex.” The Toronto Consort. A fully scripted show featuring dances, fantasias and vocal works from the time of Leonardo da Vinci. 8 p.m., Beall Concert Hall. $10, $8. Sponsor: School of Music and Dance, and the OHC Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities. Information: (541) 346-1163. Tickets: (541) 346-4363.

October 13, 2011
Reading: Urayoán Noel, Puerto Rican poet. 4 p.m., Gerlinger Alumni Lounge. Sponsor: OHC’s Coleman-Guitteau Professorship. Information: (541) 346-4045

October 13, 2011
“Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism.” Julie Guthman, Community Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz. 4 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room. Sponsor: Geography. Information: Lindsay Naylor, naylorja@uoregon.edu

October 13, 2011
Reading: Michelle Latiolais, author of Widow: Stories, a New York Times Editor’s Choice selection. 8 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room. Sponsor: Creative Writing. Information: (541) 346-0549.

October 17, 2011
“Interrogating the WHO’s Finding of a More Benign Schizophrenia in Poor Countries: Lessons From Zanzibar.” Juli McGruder, Occupational and Physical Therapy, University of Puget Sound. 1-3 p.m., Mills International Center. Sponsor: African Studies. Information: Daphne Gallagher, daphne@uoregon.edu

October 23, 2011
World Music Series: “Veretski Pass.” Cookie Segelstein, Joshua Horowitz, and Stuart Brotman perform East European Klezmer music from the Carpathian Bow. 8 p.m., Beall Concert Hall. Sponsor: School of Music and Dance and OHC Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities. Information: (541) 346-2852.

October 26, 2011
Rare: The Making of a Citizen Scientist. Film screening followed by a discussion with co-director Maren Grainger-Monsen, physician and filmmaker-in-residence, Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics. 7:30 p.m., 182 Lillis Hall. Sponsor: OHC’s Wulf Teaching Professorship. Information: (541) 346-5904.

October 27, 2011
“The Manifestation of Cultural and Gender Roles in Some African Languages.” Lioba Moshi, Comparative Literature, University of Georgia. 1-3 p.m., Mills International Center. Sponsor: African Studies. Information: Daphne Gallagher, daphne@uoregon.edu

November 1, 2011
Community Conversations: “Dia de los Muertos.” 7 p.m., Living Learning Center Performance Hall. Sponsor: Residence Life. Information: (541) 346-1977.

November 1 through February 5, 2012
Exhibit: Selections from Joe Sacco’s “Safe Area Goražde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995.” Since graduating from the UO’s School of Journalism in 1981, Joe Sacco has created classic works in the genre of comics journalism. He has been called a “moral draftsman” and is certainly in the vanguard of investigative comics, with over a dozen book-length publications, the most recent of which is the award–winning Footnotes in Gaza (2010 Ridenhour Book Prize). In Safe Area Goražde, he narrates a coexistence of Bosnians attempting to balance day-in and day-out their horrors and hopes tethered to war, politics and humanity. Sponsor: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Information: (541) 346-0942.

November 3, 2011
“Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do.” Claude M. Steele, Education, Stanford University. A keynote adress for the Tenth Anniversary celebration of the Center on Diversity and Community (CoDaC). 4-6 p.m., EMU Ballroom. Sponsor: Center on Diversity and Community. Information: (541) 346-8425.

November 3, 2011
Reading: Charles Wright. 8 p.m., Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Sponsor: Creative Writing. Information: (541) 346-0549.

November 4, 2011
Symposium: “Inclusive Excellence in Higher Education.” Speakers are key leaders and scholars in creating more inclusive, equitable, and accessible campuses, including: Claude Steele, Education, Stanford University; Mitchell Chang, Higher Education and Organizational Change, UCLA; Gibor Basri, Astrophysics and Equity and Inclusion, UC Berkeley; and Caroline Turner, professor emerita, Ethics and Higher Education, Arizona State University. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Gerlinger Alumni Lounge. Sponsor: Center on Diversity and Community. Information: (541) 346-8425.

November 4, 2011
“Conservative Revolutionary: How Branch Rickey’s Signing of Jackie Robinson Jump-Started the Modern American Civil Rights Movement.” Lee Lowenfish, baseball scholar and author. 6 p.m., Eugene Public Library, 10th and Olive. Sponsor: UO Libraries, Eugene Public Library. Information: (541) 682-5450.

November 7, 2011
“Method, Magic and the Act of Translation.” Katherine Silver, translator. 4 p.m., EMU Fir Room. Sponsor: Comparative Literature. Information: (541) 346-0937.

November 8, 2011
Reading: Briceida Cuevas, Mexican poet. Bilingual Maya/Spanish reading. 4 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room. Sponsor: OHC’s Coleman-Guitteau Professorship. Information: (541) 346-4045.

November 8, 2011
Community Conversations: “Social Media: Meet the Players and Gain Insight.” 7 p.m., Living Learning Center Performance Hall. Sponsor: Residence Life. Information: (541) 346-1977.

November 10, 2011
“Philoblidarity: New Paradigms For a More Authentic African Independence.” Joyce Millen, Anthropology, Willamette University. 1-3 p.m., Mills International Center. Sponsor: African Studies. Information: Daphne Gallagher, daphne@uoregon.edu

November 11-13, 2011
Conference: “Ethics in the Americas.” Includes philosophers and thinkers from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, the United States, and from Native American traditions. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (November 11-12), and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (November 13), Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Sponsor: Philosophy. Information and complete events schedule: philosophy.uoregon.edu

November 14, 2011
Reading: Hank Shaw, author of Hunt, Gather, Cook: Finding the Forgotten Feast. Followed by a discussion and book signing. 7 p.m., 282 Lillis Hall. Sponsor: Clark Honors College. Information: Jennifer Levin, jlevin@uoregon.edu

November 15, 2011
Reading: Ana Rossetti, Spanish poet. 4 p.m., EMU Gumwood Room. Sponsor: OHC’s Coleman-Guiteau Professorship. Information: (541) 346-4045.

November 15, 2011
Community Conversations: “Social Constructs of Accent and Dialects.” 7 p.m., Living Learning Center Performance Hall. Sponsor: Residence Life. Information: (541) 346-1977.

November 30, 2011
“Presence, Absence, and the Supernatural in Postcard and Family Photographs, Europe 1895-1920.” William A. Christian, Jr., independent scholar, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 4:00-5:30 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room. Sponsor: Folklore Program. Information: Daniel Wojcik, dwojcik@uoregon.edu

November 30, 2011
"After the 'Arab Spring' and Protests in Israel: Toward a New Reality in the Middle East." Eliyahu McLean, director of the Jerusalem Peacemakers, and Ghassan Manasra, director of the Islamic Cultural Center in Nazareth. 3-5 p.m., Gerlinger Lounge. Sponsor: Center for Intercultural Dialogue. Information: (541) 346-4150.

December 1, 2011
Reading: Rosa Chávez, Guatemalan poet. Bilingual Maya/Spanish reading. 4 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room. Sponsor: OHC’s Coleman-Guiteau Professorship. Information: (541) 346-4045.

December 9, 2011
“Ing Grish, Ang Grish, Um Glish: Race, Racism, and Experimental Poetry.” Karen Ford, English, and 2010-11 OHC Faculty Research Fellow. 1:30-3:30 p.m., Osher Lifelong Learning Center. Sponsor: Osher Lifelong Learning Center. Information: (541) 346-0697.