[Uwhistory] Simpson Center for the Humanties Events: May 2007 (fwd)
Lori Anthony
anthonyl at u.washington.edu
Tue May 1 13:26:03 PDT 2007
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 13:03:48 -0700
From: UW Simpson Center <uwch at u.washington.edu>
To: simpsonevents at u.washington.edu
Subject: Simpson Center for the Humanties Events: May 2007
Simpson Center for the Humanities Monthly Events Calendar
MAY 2007
The Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities is dedicated to
stimulating exchange and debate on cultural and intellectual issues among
University of Washington scholars and the citizens of the greater Puget
Sound region. We invite you to join us at the following events in the
month of May:
* Scott Hafso discusses the evolution of musical theater as an art form
(5/3)
* Adriana Petryna examines global outsourcing of clinical trials (5/3)
* Dale Jamieson and Henry Shue consider climate change as an ethical
issue (5/3)
* Robert McChesney unpacks the secrets of Tamerlane's tomb (5/10)
* A conference exploring the intersections between geography and law
(5/11-12)
* An open house featuring artwork by young people reflecting on their
experiences of childhood (5/12)
* A symposium on the boundaries of Jewish identity (5/13-14)
* A conference presenting interdisciplinary perspectives on the
imagination (5/18-20)
* An opportunity for K-12 teachers: UW Summer Quarter courses on
Pacific Northwest history and literature
Events and times are subject to change. For more details visit our web
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Pre-performance talk by Scott Hafso
Musical Theatre or Music Theatre? The Evolution of an American Art Form
Pre-Show Talk for On the Boards Performance by Cynthia Hopkins
When: Thursday, May 3, 2007 - 6:45 PM Where: On the Boards Studio
Theater Details
(Photo) Scott Hafso (Drama, UW) will present a pre-show talk for the On
the Boards opening night performance of Must Don't Whip 'Um by Cynthia
Hopkins. From its European roots through a century of social change,
Hafso will discuss how the ever-evolving American musical finds its voice
in each generation.
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Lecture by Adriana Petryna
Offshored Clinical Trials: Pharmaceutical Evidence-Making and Hidden
Harms
Part of the Critical Medical Humanities Lecture Series
When: Thursday, May 3, 2007 - 7:00 PM Where: Communications 120, UW
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(Photo) Adriana Petryna (Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania) will
investigate U.S.-based pharmaceutical research and the ways in which
cultural values and political and economic practices affect scientific
production. She is co-editor of Global Pharmaceuticals: Ethics, Markets,
Practices (2006) and is completing an ethnography of the evolving
clinical trials industry. Admission free.
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Talks by Dale Jamieson and Henry Shue
Dale Jamieson: “What’s Wrong with Climate Change”
Henry Shue: “Harming the Grandchildren”
Keynote addresses for a conference on ethics and climate change
When: Thursday, May 3, 2007 - 7:00 PM Where: Kane Hall 210, UW Details
(Photo) The public is invited to attend a pair of talks occurring in
conjunction with Ethics and Climate Change, a conference devoted to
considering climate change as an ethical issue. Dale Jamieson
(Environmental Studies and Philosophy, New York University) will discuss
why even among those who believe that human activity plays a role in
climate change, there remains sharp disagreement about how important this
is and why we should care about it. Henry Shue (Politics and
International Relations, Oxford University) will argue that failing to
deal with climate change constitutes inflicting harm on future
generations. Admission free.
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Silk Road lecture by Robert McChesney
Secrets of Tamerlane's Tomb
Silk Road Lecture Series
When: Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 7:00 PM Where: Kane Hall 110, UW Details
(Photo) Tamerlane's tomb, the Gur-i Amir in Samarkand, has been a subject
of fascination and speculation since its initial construction in 1404.
The great domed tomb complex has undergone numerous changes in the past
half millennium and those changes have helped spark legends and stories
of its secrets and mysteries. Robert McChesney (Middle Eastern and
Islamic Studies, New York University) will trace the evolution of the
tomb and the stories about it from its founding until its emergence in
the late 20th century as an iconic symbol of the modern Uzbek government.
Admission free.
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Conference
Liberalism, Governance, and the Geographies of Law
When: Friday-Saturday, May 11-12, 2007 Where: Communications Building,
UW Details
(Photo) This two-day conference features three leading scholars—Nicholas
Blomley (Geography, Simon Fraser University), Susan Coutin (Criminology,
Law & Society, University of California, Irvine), and Mona Lynch (Justice
Studies, San Jose State University)—whose work concentrates upon the
intersections between geography and law including the dynamics that arise
from current practices of politics, punishment, and culture. Admission
free.
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Exhibition open house
Constructing Childhood: A Multi-Media Installation
A Reclaiming Childhood Project Exhibition
When: Saturday, May 12, 2007 - 1:00-4:00 pm Where: Allen Library 381L,
UW Details
(photo) This multi-media installation features work by young people
reflecting on their experiences of childhood. Using a three-dimensional
model of a swing-set as an art platform, Artistic Director Cheryll
Hidalgo will include two and three-dimensional visual art, poetry,
essays, soundscapes, spoken words, and video/film by teens in the
exhibition. To arrange for other viewing opportunities, including school
and after school groups, please email rchild at u.washington.edu, or call
(206) 543-3920. Admission free.
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Symposium
Boundaries of Jewish Identity
When: Sunday-Monday, May 13-14, 2007 Where: UW Hillel Details
(Photo) This symposium brings together perspectives from literature,
Jewish law, medical anthropology, the social sciences, and popular
culture to explore who and what is "Jewish." The symposium begins on May
13 at 7:00pm with talks by Susan Martha Kahn (Center for Middle Eastern
Studies, Harvard University) on "Are Genes Jewish? Conceptual Ambiguities
in the New Genetic Age" and Gad Barzilai (Law, Society, and Justice and
Jackson School, UW) on "Who is a Jew? Categories, Boundaries,
Communities, and Citizenship Law." Admission free.
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Conference
Inventions of the Imagination
When: Friday-Sunday, May 18-20, 2007 Where: UW Campus Details
(Photo) This international conference will present interdisciplinary
perspectives on the imagination since Romanticism. Conference sessions
are organized around such themes as reason and imagination, imagination
and scientific modeling, image and imagination, and film and documentary
imagination. Admission free.
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Summer Quarter 2007 Courses
A Pair of Courses on Pacific Northwest History and Literature
A Sense of Where We Are, II: History and Literature of the Pacific
Northwest
When: Summer Quarter 2007, June 26-August 16, 2007 Where: Sieg 225, UW
Details
(Photo) Instructors John Findlay (History, UW) and Dan Lamberton
(English, Walla Walla College) will offer two linked courses featuring
visits from prominent regional writers such as Kim Barnes, Debra Magpie
Earling, Heather McHugh, Marilynne Robinson, Richard White, and Robert
Wrigley. Lamberton's "Pacific Northwest Literature" (ENGL 457A) course
will focus on literary texts by historical and contemporary writers
associated with the Pacific Northwest. Findlay's "Writing the Region: A
Documentary History of Pacific Northwest Identity" (HSTAA 433) course,
which fulfills the Pacific Northwest history requirement for
secondary-school teachers, will examine the emergence of regional
identity through diverse texts. Summer course enrollment is open to all.
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