What's Happening in Humanities
Upcoming events and opportunities that may be of interest to those in humanities and related areas:
On-Campus Events
History department works in progress series
Professor Chouki El Hamel will discuss “The Black Collective Identity: The Ghana Spiritual Music Diasporic Group."
Friday, November 13; 1:00; Coor 4403
For more information contact History at http://shprs.clas.asu.edu
RE-FUSING DI-VISION
Annual Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Conference presented by the English Club @ ASU
Friday, November 13 - Saturday, November 14th, 2009, ASU Tempe campus
This year’s interdisciplinary undergraduate conference, presented by the English Club @ ASU, seeks to deconstruct the divisions between art and scholarship, writing and criticism, academia and society, music and life. We wish to create an event that gets people talking about how the things we do (Literature, Cultural Studies, Theory, Philosophy, History, Music, Science, etc.) can stand as transformative experiences that become praxis, changing the ways we live our lives in challenging times.
Sponsored by the Arizona State University Department of English, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the School of Letters and Sciences, and the Institute for Humanities Research.
The English Club @ ASU will be once again be awarding a prize for innovative research to one academic presenter at the conference. The winner will receive $100.00 in cash and his or her paper will be published in next year’s issue of MAROONED.
Conference website: http://english.clas.asu.edu/
Questions: Ginger.Hanson@asu.edu
Darwin Distinguished Lecture Series: Celebrating Darwin: 1909, 1959 and 2009
Janet Brown, noted author and the Aramont Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University will present Celebrating Darwin: 1909, 1959 and 2009
More information available here.
John Metz and Barbara Bailey - Music for a Lifetime recital
Friday, November 13;7:30 PM; ASU School of Music Recital Hall.
Professor Emeritus of Music John Metz and his wife, period cellist Barbara Bailey Metz, who make up the group Melodia, will present a program of Romantic works for cello and piano in recital. The program will be called Music for a Lifetime, and will include Rachmaninoff's Sonata in G minor, Opus 19; Five Pieces in Folk Style from Opus 102 by Schumann; and Stravinsky's Suite Italienne.
For more information contact the Emeritus College: 480-965-0002 or EmeritusCollege@mainex1.asu.
Book Launch and Celebration of Appointment
November 17; noon
You’re invited to celebrate the launch of Sally Kitch’s new book,The Specter of Sex: Gendered Foundations of Racial Formation in the United States, and her recent appointment as a Foundation Professor.
For information or reservations contact Women and Gender Studies at 965-2358.
Iran: Human Rights and Nuclear Non-proliferation - Panel
Tuesday, November 17; 5:00 PM; Great Hall, Armstrong Hall, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Iran: Human Rights and Nuclear Non-proliferation
Panelists: Orde Kittrie, Professor in the College of Law who specializes on non-proliferation in Iran
Renee Redman, Executive Director of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Shahla Talebi, ASU School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies Professor who is a native of Iran and lived through the 1979 revolution and the Iran-Iraq War before coming to the United States in 1994. Her research interests are the questions of self-sacrifice, violence, memory, commemoration, religion, revolution, and nation-state in contemporary Iran
RSVP to Sandy Flynn at 480-965-2922 or
sandy.flynn@asu.edu. This event is free to the public.
Eastern Europe in Transition: Secularization and Resacralization in Postsocialist Eastern Europe - Panel
Tuesday, November 17; 1:30; Coor 4403
Panelists: Stephen Batalden, Eugene Clay, David Kader, Laurie Manchester, Zilka Spahic-Siljak, Chair: Joel Gereboff
Organized by the School for Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies. For more information go to http://shprs.clas.asu.edu.
Arizona State University – West Campus Interdisciplinary Arts & Performance Gallery 4701 West Thunderbird Rd. Glendale, AZ
October 29 - November 10, 2009
A Veteran's Voice: Ken Hruby
Guest artist Ken Hruby brings his unique sculptural creations that are inspired from veterans' experiences, particularly his own as an infantry officer in Korea and Viet Nam and out of pondering the relationship between soldier and society.
For information call 602-543-ARTS
3rd Monthly GISER Plenary Session
November 10th; 4-5:30; GIOS 481
Defining Sustainability: Native Confluence: Sustainable Cultures
(August 29-November 28, 2009)
Native Confluence speaks to a native worldview in terms of inter-generational methods of practicing sustainability. Defining Sustainability at the ASU Art Musem was co-organized with the School of Sustainability, Global Institute of Sustainability; Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, School of Art and School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture; School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; American Indian Studies, of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and the Institute for Humanities Research, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences – all at ASU.
Location: Ceramic Research Center, NE corner of Mill Ave and 10th St, Tempe.
For more information visit http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/
Bone Portraits
By Deborah Stein
Directed by Rachel Bowditch, professor in Theatre and Film and 2009-2010 IHR ASU Fellow
Presented by the School of Theatre and Film, Mainstage Season of Science and Mystery
November 6, 7, 12-14, 19-21; 7:30 PM; Galvin Playhouse; Tickets $7-22;
Vaudevillian staging and circus ringmasters set the stage for Thomas Edison’s exploitation of Wilhelm Roentgen’s invention of the X-ray machine.
For information call 480-965-6447 or visit mainstage.asu.edu.
Defining Sustainability: From the ASU Art Museum Collection
(September 19, 2009 to January 30, 2010)
Students from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and the School of Sustainability will work with Dr. Claudia Mesch, art history, and Julie Anand, photography, from the School of Art, to explore art and sustainability issues raised by artworks in the ASU Art Museum's permanent collection. Defining Sustainability at the ASU Art Musem was co-organized with the School of Sustainability, Global Institute of Sustainability; Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, School of Art and School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture; School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; American Indian Studies, of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and the Institute for Humanities Research, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences -- all at ASU.
Location: ASU Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Mill Ave and 10th St, Tempe
For more information visit http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/
Nowhere to Hide: Three Artists in the Desert Julie Anand, Richard Lerman, Carrie Marill
(Oct. 10, 2009 – Feb. 20, 2010)
Nowhere to Hide presents the work of three artists who live in Phoenix and have explored definitions of sustainability in their multi-media artworks. Their approaches range from photography to sound sculpture and gouache paintings.
Julie Anand’s Material Histories are based on her walks around the Valley; as she moves through the city’s neighborhoods she collects lost and discarded items along the way. Her brilliantly-hued photographs present the found objects like specimens and begin to tell stories of the people who have traveled along the same path – their habits and preoccupations.
Note: Claudia Mesch and Julie Anand were IHR Fellows
For more details go to http://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/news/press_release.php?id=740
Off-Campus Events
The Lost Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe, a film narrated by Theodore Bikel
November 10; 7:00 pm; Temple Emanuel, 5801 South Rural Road, Tempe, AZ
The ASU Center for Jewish Studies invites you to a special film screening and discussion in commemoration of the 71st anniversary of Kristallnacht. For hundreds of years, the Jews of Eastern European rural communities built their houses of worship from wood. Narrated by Theodore Bikel, this award-winning film tells the story of those synagogues, the life that surrounded them before World War II and their fate in the past 50 years.
Free and open to the public. No reservations required. For more information: http://jewishstudies.clas.asu.edu/programs. This event is sponsored by the ASU Center for Jewish Studies.
Kristie Miller presents: A Volume of Friendship: The Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Isabella Greenway, 1904-1953
Thursday, November 12; 7:00-8:00 PM Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park, 1300 North College Ave, Tempe
Author book signing after the presentation.
Sponsored by the Arizona Historical Society & the Arizona Women’s Heritage Trail.
For more information contact Megan Gately at mgately@azhs.gov or 480-929-0292 x 137.
Announcements and Opporunities
Calling humanists who are interested in GIS/geospatial tools:
1. As mentioned in earlier announcements, Mary Whelan (University Libraries) and Christopher Miller (Dance) will participate in the November UVA NEH Advanced Digital Technology workshop related to geospatial data (http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/scholarslab/geospatial/index.html). In February they will facilitate the first in what will be a series of workshops focusing on the use of geospatial tools in humanities research. I’m in the process of creating a distribution list of researchers interested in geospatial humanities issues. Please let me know if you would like to be on that list.
2. A group called SPLINT (Spatial Literacy in Teaching) is asking for participation in a survey on using GIS/Spatial research in the humanities. The survey is available at http://www.hgis.org.uk/splint/.
The Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University invites applications and nominations to fill the newly established Hardt-Nickachos Chair in Peace Studies at the rank of associate or full professor.
This position is part of a broader peace studies initiative at ASU made possible by a generous donor whose life has been devoted to the cause of peace.
The successful candidate will be an established or emerging leader in the area of peace studies, whose work explores the religious dimensions of conflict and conflict resolution. Possible areas of expertise include nonviolence, transitional justice, reconciliation, conflict resolution, or other approaches to peace building. Disciplinary background is open to any field in the humanities or social sciences and will determine the appropriate tenure home. The individual will work in the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict to advance research and teaching initiatives at the intersections of religion, conflict, and peace. (For information about the Center, go to www.asu.edu/csrc.)
Required qualifications include: a Ph.D. in history, religious studies, political science, or related discipline; distinguished record (appropriate to rank) of research, creative scholarship and teaching on the intersections of religion, conflict, and peace; demonstrated commitment to interdisciplinary conversations; and expertise in one or more regional settings where religion is a central factor of violence, civil strife, or conflict. Practical peace-building experience, working with NGOs, IGOs, governments, or other peace building institutions is desirable.
Please send a cover letter, CV, two writing samples, and the names and contact information of three references to:
Chair, Peace Studies Search Committee, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University, PO Box 870802, Tempe AZ 85287-0802.
Review of applications will commence on December 1, 2009 and will continue until position is filled. Appointment will begin in August 2010. Arizona State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and strongly encourages applications from women and minorities.
The Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas is seeking two assistant/associate professors.
Job ID# 19787 - Assistant/Associate Professor in Medical Humanities
Job ID# 19816 - Assistant Associate Professor in Medical Anthropology or Sociology and Bioethics
Beverly Claussen
Administrative Manager
Institute for the Medical Humanities
University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Blvd.
Galveston, TX 77555-1311
(409) 772-9386
Fax 409-772-5640
Georgetown University Law Center, Columbia Law School, University of Southern California Center for Law, History & Culture, and UCLA School of Law invite submissions for the eighth meeting of the Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop to be held at USC Gould School of Law in Los Angeles on June 4 and 5, 2010.
PAPER COMPETITION: The paper competition is open to untenured professors, advanced graduate students and post-doctoral scholars in law and the humanities; in addition to drawing from numerous humanistic fields, and welcomes critical, qualitative work in the social sciences. Between five and ten papers will be chosen, based on anonymous evaluation by an interdisciplinary selection committee, for presentation at the June Workshop. At the Workshop, two senior scholars will comment on each paper. Commentators and other Workshop participants will be asked to focus specifically on the strengths and weaknesses of the selected scholarly projects, with respect to subject and methodology. Moreover, the selected papers will then serve as the basis for a larger conversation among all the participants about the evolving standards by which we judge excellence and creativity in interdisciplinary scholarship, as well as about the nature of interdisciplinarity itself.
Papers should be works-in-progress between 10,000 and 15,000 words in length (including footnotes/endnotes), and must include an abstract of no more than 200 words. A dissertation chapter may be submitted but we strongly suggest that it be edited so that it stands alone as a piece of work with its own integrity. A paper that has been submitted for publication is eligible so long as it will not be in galley proofs or in print at the time of the Workshop. The selected papers will appear in a special issue of the Legal Scholarship Network; there is no other publication commitment. The Workshop will pay the travel expenses of authors whose papers are selected for presentation.
Submissions (in either Word or Wordperfect, no pdf files) will be accepted until January 8, 2010, and should be sent by e-mail to:
Center for the Study of Law and Culture
culture@law.columbia.edu
Columbia Law School
435 W. 116th Street
New York, N.Y. 10027
Please be sure to include your contact information.
For more information: Tanisha Madrid, 212.854.0692 or culture@law.columbia.edu.
The full text of the Call for Papers is available at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/law_culture/lh_workshop.