Center for Advanced Study - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign : events : millercomm lecture series : spring 2004

CAS/MillerComm Lecture Series

Spring 2004

Support for this series as a whole is provided by:
Office of the Chancellor, Office of Equal Opportunity and Access, Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, The Center for Advanced Study, George A. Miller Programs Committee and Peggy Harris Memorial Fund, The Council of Deans, and The Graduate College.

		The Remains of the Name: The Origins of the Harlem Renaissance in the Discourse of Egyptology, 1922-1925 February 23, 2004 Monday, 4:00 p.m. Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Robert A. Hill Department of History, University of California at Los Angeles
Based on new research, Robert A. Hill re-charts the intellectual origins of the Harlem Renaissance. Here he traces the genesis back, broadly, to Marcus Garvey’s Ethiopianism, and, more specifically, to the astonishing impact of the “Egyptian Revival” during the 1920s. Organized as a slide presentation, the lecture examines the convergence of both the Ethiopianist and Egyptological strands as they became embodied in the aesthetic philosophy of Alain Leroy Locke, and paintings of Aaron Douglas. The Seventh Annual W.E.B. DuBois Lecture Sponsored by: Afro-American Studies and Research Program Center for African Studies In conjunction with: African American Cultural Program, Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, Department of Anthropology, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Department of History, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program

		Cross-Currents between Film and Concert Music February 25, 2004 Wednesday, 4:00 p.m. Auditorium, Room 2100, Music Building 1114 West Nevada Street, Urbana University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Don Davis Composer and Conductor, Los Angeles
Using his scores for The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, composer Don Davis examines stylistic considerations in film music in comparison with current trends in symphonic, opera and chamber music composition Sponsored by: Division of Composition/Theory School of Music In conjunction with: Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Division of Piano, School of Music, Division of Voice, School of Music, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Lorado Taft Fund, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Unit for Cinema Studies, Illinois State University, College of Fine Arts Join internationally renowned pianist Gloria Cheng for a free, public performance of Don Davis's Pain and the world premiere of UIUC faculty composer Stephen Taylor's Seven Memorials February 23 at 7:30pm in the Smith Recital Hall. For more information, please consult www.music.uiuc.edu.

		Far Afield: Experiencing Landscape February 27, 2004 Friday, 3:30 p.m. Plym Auditorium, Temple Hoyne Buell Hall 611 Taft Drive, Champaign University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lucy Lippard Independent writer and activitst
Lucy Lippard is one of America’s most influential art writers. Her recent books – Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society, and On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art and Place – represent the expansion of her work into cultural studies, community, perceptions of nature, landscape and public art. These provide the ground from which she will explore cultural and personal dimensions of the landscape experience in contemporary society. Sponsored by: Department of Landscape Architecture Stanley White Lecture Fund In conjunction with: College of Fine and Applied Arts, Lorado Taft Lectureship on Art Fund, Department of Anthropology, Department of Geography, Department of Leisure Studies, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Human Dimensions in Environmental Systems, Gender and Women's Studies Program, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Krannert Art Museum, School of Architecture, School of Art and Design, Illinois Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects, Student Chapter, Illinois ASLA This event is held in recognition of Professor Emeritus Robert B. Riley's contributions to the Department of Landscape Architecture, and will be followed by a separate panel discussion. For further information access www.landarch.uiuc.edu/Rileycolloq.index.htm, or contact Carla Corbin at ccorbin@uiuc.edu

		The Impact of Race on Theatre and Culture March 3, 2004 Wednesday, 5:00 p.m. Third Floor, Levis Faculty 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Woodie King Jr. Producing Director, New Federal Theatre, New York City
Founder of the leading theatre for minority drama, Woodie King, Jr., has served the cause of social justice for 35 years. Discussing the politics of art and historic intersections of race and theatre, such as Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, King provides a powerful resource for those who want to know more about those who wish to be heard, but who have had to struggle just to speak. Sponsored by: Department of Theatre In conjunction with: African-American Cultural Program, Brown v. Board of Education Committee, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities , Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Mr. King’s visit coincides with the Department of Theatre production of A Raisin in the Sun, March 4 -14, at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. For more information, please consult www.krannertcenter.com.

		Reinventing the Wheel: Original Capitalism in Dracula Land March 8, 2004 Monday, 7:30 p.m. Auditorium, Smith Memorial Hall 805 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Andrei Codrescu MacCurdy Distinguished Professor of English, Louisiana State University, National Public Radio Commentator
Andrei Codrescu offers a poetic exploration of communism, post-communism, and the meanings of Europe with the experiences and longings of his native Romania at the heart of this story. Sponsored by: Russian, East Eurpoean, and Eurasian Center In conjunction with: Center for International Business Education and Research, College of Law, Department of English , Department of Journalism , Department of Political Science , Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, European Union Center, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, International Programs and Studies, International Trade Center, Institute of Communications Research, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, Office of Continuing Education , Program in Comparative and World Literature, Unit for Cinema Studies, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory , and WILL-AM-FM-TV

		Solitary Sex and the Question of Gender March 12, 2004 Friday, 4:00 p.m. Third Floor, Levis Faculty 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thomas Laqueur Department of History, University of California at Berkeley
Laqueur argues that the emergence of masturbation as a morally and medically exigent practice of sexuality in the eighteenth century brought women to the center of debates about the ethics of the self. He explains why female masturbation became the paradigmatically dangerous instance of this universal practice in the eighteenth century and why there developed a politically important divergence of the meaning of male and female autoeroticism in the century after Freud. Sponsored by: Department of History Women's and Gender History Graduate Symposium Organizers In conjunction with: The Fifth Annual Graduate Symposium on Women's and Gender History is supported by more than 50 campus units. For a complete listing, please see http://www.history.uiuc.edu/NewResources/wghs/WGHS.html This lecture is held in conjunction with the Fifth Annual Graduate Symposium on Women's and Gender History. For more information, please contact gendersymp@uiuc.edu or access http://www.history.uiuc.edu/NewResources/wghs/WGHS.html.

The Unpredictability of Science and Its Consequences
March 16, 2004
Tuesday, 4:00 p.m.
Third Floor, Levis Faculty
919 West Illinois Street, Urbana
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sir John Meurig Thomas
Honorary Professor of Solid State Chemistry and former Master of Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, Emeritus Professor, The Royal Institution

In chemical science, as well as in most branches of natural philosophy, expert practitioners of their subject—judging by past experience—are no better than members of the general public in foreseeing the scientific and technological future. Sir John, knighted in recognition of his research career and his popularization of science, discusses specific examples from discoveries, advances and developments in chemistry, physics, medicine, molecular biology and astronomy.

Sponsored by:
School of Chemical Sciences

In conjunction with:
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Physics, and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory

This lecture is held in conjunction with the Drickamer Symposium, honoring Harry George Drickamer, a pioneer in high-pressure studies of condensed matter, a professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Physics at UIUC for 56 years and elected Center for Advanced Study Professor in 1963. For more information, please call 333-5070 or www.scs.uiuc.edu/drickamer.

		There's a Spirit that Transcends the Border: Faith, Ritual and Postnational Protest at the U.S.-Mexico Border March 17, 2004 Wednesday, 4:00 p.m. Third Floor, Levis Faculty 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo Department of Sociology, University of Southern California
Pierrette Handagneu-Sotelo focuses on the Posada Sin Fronteras, a hybrid religious and political event that calls attention to the rising death toll at the U.S.-Mexico border caused by changes in U.S. border enforcement policies. She analyzes the Posada as a collective ritual, and examines the meanings it holds for its varied participants. Divisions of citizenship and race remain in place, but a religious discourse of Christian kinship, unity and shared humanity constitute one of the key forces animating the post-national challenge to nation-state border and citizenship policies. Sponsored by: Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program In conjunction with: Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, Department of Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Gender and Women's Studies Program, Global Crossroads Living and Learning Community, Latina/o Studies Program This presentation is given in conjunction with the WGGP symposium Gender, Immigration, and Human Security in the Midwest, March 17-18. For more information, please access www.ips.uiuc.edu/wggp/symposium.html

The Broken Promise of Brown
April 2, 2004
Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Smith Memorial Hall
805 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Julian Bond
Chairman, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Department of History, University of Virginia

The grandson of slaves, son of an educator and a major participant in the civil rights movement, Julian Bond discusses the promise of the Brown v Board of Education decision, explaining how and why it was broken, and why it matters.

Bond provides the larger historical context for Brown, comparing its significance with that of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He then examines the current state of the civil rights struggle, and on what issues this struggle will likely focus in the future.

Sponsored by:
College of Education
College of Law

In conjunction with:
Asian-American Studies Program, Brown v. Board of Education Committee, Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology, Department of English, Latina/Latino Studies Program, Office of the Provost.

This talk is held in conjunction with the conference Promises to Keep? Brown v. Board and Equal Education Opportunity sponsored by the College of Education and the College of Law on April 1-3. For more information, please access
www.conferences.uiuc.edu/brown

		A Unified Theory for Post-Suburban Planning April 7, 2004 Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Atrium, Temple Hoyne Buell Hall 611 East Lorado Taft Drive, Champaign University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Andres Duany Principal, Duany Plater-Zyberk Co. and Co-founder, Congress for the New Urbanism
New Urbanism is a community planning movement that encourages compact, transit oriented, pedestrian friendly, sustainable neighborhoods. One of the leaders of this movement, Andres Duany, discusses his proposals to end suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment by combining neighborhood design with environmental concerns. Sponsored by: Department of Urban and Regional Planning In conjunction with: College of Fine and Applied Arts, Office of Public Engagement and Institutional Relations, School of Architecture

		Iranian Politics and US Foreign Policy April 8, 2004 Thursday, 4:00 p.m. Third Floor, Levis Faculty 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ervand Abrahamian Distinguished Professor of History, Baruch College
An acknowledged expert on Middle Eastern affairs discusses political developments in Iran and their implications for Iran-US relations under current conditions. Sponsored by: Program in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies In conjunction with: Asian American Studies Program, Center for International Business Education and Research, Department of Anthropology, Department of Economics, Department of History, Global Crossroad Living-Learning Community, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, International Programs and Studies , Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, Women and Gender in Global Perspective Program

		The University and Its Publics: Global Challenges of the 21st Century April 16, 2004 Friday, 4:00 p.m. Third Floor, Levis Faculty 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Michael Burawoy Department of Sociology, University of California at Berkeley
The world—and the university, in particular—is at risk from privatization, corporatization, and regulation. To meet these challenges, the disciplines must first, recognize and constitute publics apart from the policy world; second, critically reflect on their place in a global context; and third, forge connections within and among themselves while conserving their redemptive powers, such as they are. Sponsored by: Department of Sociology In conjunction with: Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, Center for Global Studies, Department of Anthropology, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Department of Geography, Department of History, Ethnography of the University, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Institute of Communications Research, International Studies Program, Russian, East European and Eurasian Center, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. There will be a follow-up discussion, The University and Our Publics: Responses from Across the University, Saturday, April 17 starting at 10am, room 406, Levis Center. Panelists include Nancy Abelmann (Anthropology and the Ethnography of the University project), Cary Nelson (English), Assata Zerai (Sociology and Afro-American Studies), and Charles Zukoski, (Vice Chancellor for Research and William H. and Janet G. Lycan Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering).

Geography of Thought
April 21, 2004
Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory, Urbana
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Richard Nisbett
Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor, Co-Director, Culture and Cognition Program, University of Michigan

Richard Nisbett presents his latest work on reasoning comparing East Asians with Westerners. He has found that Western thought is analytic, meaning that there is a focus on salient objects and their attributes, together with a propensity to categorize and find rules. However, Asian thought is holistic, meaning there is a broader focus on the field as a whole, as well as a concern with relationships and similarites between objects.

Sponsored by:
Department of Psychology

In conjunction with:
African-American Cultural Program, Beckman Institute, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, Center for Global Studies, Center on Democracy in a Multicultural Society, College of Communications, Department of Anthropology, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Department of Educational Psychology, Department of History, Department of Human and Community Development, Department of Political Science, Department of Sociology, Department of Speech Communication, Gender and Women's Studies Program, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, School of Social Work, Spurlock Museum, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program

Lyle Lanier Lecture

Established in 1986, this lectureship is in honor of Lyle Lanier who served as Head of Psychology, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Provost at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Consumption and Narratives of the Feminine Self
April 26, 2004
Wednesday, 4:00 p.m.
Third Floor, Levis Faculty
919 West Illinois Street, Urbana
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Valerie Walkerdine
Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

Valerie Walkerdine examines the importance of feminine subjectivity for neoliberalism by exploring, though a series of case studies of young women, the way neoliberalism invites us to constantly remake and re-invent ourselves through practices of consumption.

Sponsored by:
College of Communications
Institute of Communications Research

In conjunction with:
Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, Department of Anthropology, Department of Educational Psychology, Department of Speech Communication, Gender and Women’s Studies Program, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Media Studies Program, Office of Women’s Programs, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program

		“This Woman has been Sentenced to Death by Stoning;” Media Coverage of Zina Cases in Nigeria April 29, 2004 Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Room 405, Levis Faculty Center 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ayesha Imam Founding director, BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights, Nigeria Distinguished recipient, 2002 John Humphrey Freedom Award, The International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development
Ayesha Imam has worked in the fields of human rights, women’s rights and democratic development for over twenty years. Her courage and commitment to protect women’s rights under customary, secular and religious law in Nigeria have won her worldwide recognition. Ayesha Imam will speak on how the media has covered cases of zina (illicit sexual intercourse) in Nigeria since the passing of the Sharia Penal Codes in some of the country’s northern states. Sponsored by: Center for African Studies In conjunction with: Afro-American Studies and Research Program, Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, Department of Anthropology, Department of English, Department of History, Department of Human and Community Development, Department of Sociology, Gender and Women’s Studies Program, Global Crossroads Living and Learning Community, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, International Programs and Studies, Mortenson Center for International Library Programs , Program in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, School of Social Work, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory.

		Carrie Mae Weems: A Reflection on My Work May 5, 2004 Wednesday, 4:00 p.m. Twentieth Century Gallery Krannert Art Museum 500 W. Peabody Dr., Champaign University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Carrie Mae Weems Artist, PPOW Gallery, New York
Carrie Mae Weems is one of the leading artists working in the United States today. She is best known for her thoughtful and provocative meditations on race and African-American experience. Her photographs and installations have dealt with such subjects as the significance of skin color with African-American society, the Gullah people of South Carolina, and the architecture and landscapes of the Slave Coast of Africa. In this lecture she will discuss her recent work. Sponsored by: Art and Design Program Krannert Art Museum In conjunction with: African-American Cultural Program, Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Lorado Taft Lecture Fund

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