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Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure"
Feb 29 2008 - 8:00pm / WU South Campus Theater, 6501 Clayton Road, St. Louis, MO 63117 314 721-9228, CCT@PlacesEveryone.org
Clayton Community Theatre presents William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure." Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. February 29-March 16. Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for students/seniors and only $10 for Washington U faculty, staff and students and their guests; ticket buyer must present a valid Washington U ID.
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She Stoops to Conquer or "The Mistakes of a Night"
Mar 2 2008 - 2:00pm / A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre 935-5858
Performing Arts. Young Marlow journeys to the country to meet the beautiful Miss Hardcastle. Thinking he is lost, he becomes the victim of Tony Lumpkin's mischievous prank. Watch the "mistakes by night" unfold in this wry, witty, "laughing" comedy; one of the most delightful classic plays of the 18th century.
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Francophone Week With Professor Richard Terdiman
Mar 3 2008 - 10:00am (314) 935-5175
Professor Richard Terdiman, UCSC, will be the guest lecturer during Francophone Week, 2008. Professor Terdiman will be on campus from Monday, March 3, through Thursday, March 6.
Please contact Professor Seth Graebner for more information.
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Nasser '56
Mar 3 2008 - 7:00pm / 214 Wilson jines@wustl.edu
The Program in Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies at Washington University in St. Louis presents:
Nasser '56
Monday, March 3, 2008
7:00 PM
214 Wilson Hall
Washington University, Danforth Campus
Free Admission
Shot in black and white to match old newsreel, this film presents Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's dramatic nationalization of the Suez Canal in July 1956, an event that launched him (and Egypt) as a leader of the non-aligned and anti-colonial movements during the Cold War and that prompted an invasion of Egypt that profoundly reconfigured regional and international politics. Egyptian film star Ahmad Zaki plays the charismatic Nasser. "Produced from an Arab point of view," this film was released to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the event. Directed by Mohamed Fadel; 1996 (142 mins.; feature film; Arabic with English subtitles).
A discussion led by Nancy Reynolds, assistant professor of Modern Middle East History will follow.
This is the second of four films in a series.
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Assembly Series
Mar 4 2008 - 11:00am / Graham Chapel http://assemblyseries.wustl.edu, or call 314-935-5285
Charles Ogletree
“Race and the Roberts Court”
Issues such as reparations and affirmative action are of major importance to Ogletree, who helped defend Anita Hill during Senate confirmation hearings for Justice Clarence Thomas. The Harvard Law School scholar is the author of several books,
including “All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-century of Brown v. Board of Education.”
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Faculty Colloquium on Sufism
Mar 4 2008 - 4:15pm / 219 Ridgley jines@wustl.edu
The Program in Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies at Washington University in St. Louis
presents
A Colloquium on Sufism
Monday, March 4, 2008
4:15 PM
Ridgley 219
Professor Ahmet T. Karamustafa's book, Sufism: The Formative Period (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press & Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007) marks a breakthrough in understanding one of the most important aspects of Islam, and the Program in Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies is pleased to present a JINES faculty colloquium on this volume. Two members of the JINES faculty, Profs. Asad Ahmed and Martin Jacobs, will present their reflections on Prof. Karamustafa's book, and he will respond to their comments.
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Student Recital
Mar 4 2008 - 8:00pm / Recital Hall, 560 Trinity Ave 935-4841
Student Recital
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Assembly Series
Mar 5 2008 - 4:30pm / Whitaker Hall Auditorium http://assemblyseries.wustl.edu, or call 314-935-5285
Philip Clayton, "From Quantum to Consciousness: Does Emergence Support the Language of Spirit?"
Theologian Clayton works at the intersection of science, modern philosophy, metaphysics, and religion. Recently, he has employed the new paradigm of emergence as a way to discuss concepts such as spirituality, human freedom and moral responsibility..
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Jazz Band
Mar 5 2008 - 7:00pm / Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge 935-5566
Jazz Band
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Jazz at Holmes
Mar 6 2008 - 8:00pm / Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge 935-5566
Anita Rosamond, vocalist
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Writing in the Web of Words
Mar 18 2008 - 6:15pm / Women's Building Formal Lounge (314) 935-5106, German Department
"Writing in the Web of Words," a lecture by Yoko Tawada, Max Kade
Writer in Residence, German Department. Co-sponsored by the Department
of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures and The Committee
on Comparative Literature. This lecture will be conducted in English.
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Assembly Series
Mar 19 2008 - 11:00am / Graham Chapel http://assemblyseries.wustl.edu, or call 314-935-5285
S. Jocelyn Bell Burnell
In the late 1960s, the then Cambridge University graduate student was instrumental in discovering the existence of pulsars, which introduced a new branch of astrophysics. Throughout her career, Bell Burnell has been a champion for women in the sciences.
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History Colloquium-Phillip Deloria
Mar 20 2008 - 4:00pm / Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall Ahmet Karamustafa at akaramus@wustl.edu
The History Department welcomes you to a talk given by Professor Phillip Deloria from the University of Michigan.
His talk is entitled: "Crossing the (Color) Line: A Family Memoir"
This event is co-sponsored with History and the Buder Center for American Indian Studies.
A reception will follow the lecture.
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Sex in the Sistine Chapel: The Nakedness of Noah in Judaism and Christianity
Mar 24 2008 - 4:00pm / Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Room 203 Sarah Massey 314-935-8677 or smassey@wustl.edu
The talk explores the iconographic and exegetic foundations within Judaism and Christianity that influenced Michelangelo’s depiction of a drunk naked Noah unprecedentedly surrounded by three naked sons. It places this first fresco set over the lay entrance to the Chapel within Michelangelo’s Sistine project as a whole, as well as within the related problems of theologenitalia in Christianity, Judaism, and paganism. A confluence of seemingly unrelated events and trends—including religious polemic within and between Judaism and Christianity, the cults of Osirus and Dinoysius, the incarnation, the blood libel and other forms of religious persecution, the sex lives of Florentine males, Michelangelo’s own tortured psychology, and Renaissance antiquarianism—effected this image. Now placed in the very heart of the Church, in the Pope’s own chapel, this version of the Noah story which hinted at sodomy and castration intimately signaled the struggles over sex and the nature of Jesus Christ that have plagued Christianity since its early centuries.
Benjamin Braude, Boston College, is currently completing Sex, Slavery, and Racism: The Secret History of the Sons of Noah, which examines the construction of attitudes toward color and identity from the ancient Near East and the classical world to the present.
This lecture is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Departments in History and Art History, and the Programs in Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies, Religious Studies, and Women and Gender Studies.
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Cairo Station
Mar 24 2008 - 7:00pm / Wilson 214 jines@wustl.edu
We are happy to announce the third film in our Middle East Film Series:
Cairo Station
(1958)
directed by Youssef Chahine
Wilson 214
Free Admission
Nancy Reynolds, assistant professor of modern Middle East history, will lead a discussion following the film.
Youssef Chahine produced and starred in this 1958 film, which is set in Cairo's main railroad station (Bab al-hadid) and uses the station's community to represent a microcosm of Egyptian society. The film follows the drama of a newspaper vendor's obsession with a beautiful lemonade seller. "A blend of sensuality and film noir, set against a backdrop of lower-depths neorealism, Cairo Station is essentially an underclass psycho-thriller" (David Chute, LA Weekly). (76 mins; feature film; Arabic with English subtitles).
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Assembly Series
Mar 25 2008 - 4:00pm / Umrath Lounge http://assemblyseries.wustl.edu, or call 314-935-5285
Carl Phillips
With nine volumes of poetry published and several major literary awards, Phillips' distinction as a great poet is firmly established. The professor of English and African and African0American studies at WUSTL has been twice nominated for the National Book Award.
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Lecture by Dr. Doris Bachmann-Medick
Mar 25 2008 - 6:15pm / Wilson Hall, Room 214 German Department, Jennifer Jodell, jjodell@wustl.edu
**This is a revision to her title**
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
LECTURE
Speaker: Dr. Doris Bachmann-Medick, Permanent Senior Research Fellow at the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) at the University of Gießen
Title: "Rückkehr des Autors? Literatur und kulturelle Autorität in der interkulturellen Kommunikation"
Language: German
More information: Please call 935.5106
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Assembly Series
Mar 26 2008 - 4:00pm / Graham Chapel http://assemblyseries.wustl.edu, or call 314-935-5285
Strobe Talbott, "The Great Experiment: The Old World Order, the New World Order, and the Next World Order"
Talbott is a statesman, diplomat, author, and current president of The Brookings Institution, With his sharp intellect, gifted writing, and wide-ranging experience, the former deputy secretary of state under President Clinton has written books that capture an insider's view of the United States' foreign policy and its relationship to other nations, especially Russia.
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African Film Festival
Mar 27 2008 - 7:00pm / Brown Hall, Rm. 100 935-7879
All screenings are free and open to the public and begin at 7 p.m. each evening in Brown Hall, Room 100. A postshow discussion and reception will follow Sunday's films.
Thursday, March 27
"Meokgo and the Stick Fighter" and "Juju Factory."
Friday, March 28
"Mama Put" and "Bamako."
Saturday, March 29
"Menged" and "Clouds Over Conarky."
Sunday, March 30
"Growing Stronger" and "A Love During the War."
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Buddhist Perspectives on Death and Dying
Mar 28 2008 - 11:00am / Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall Religious Studies Program 314-935-8677 or smassey@wustl.edu
This talk concentrates on the Buddhist doctrinal teachings, meditative techniques, and ritual practices related to death and dying. Dr. Komarovski will discuss how various forms of Buddhism approach the issues of rebirth and transformation of consciousness in the process of dying, the state between death and rebirth and related visions, meditations on death, and specific practices utilizing the death process during one’s life. In particular, the teachings of Tantric Buddhism will be discussed, including the book popularly known as the “Tibetan Book of the Dead.” Also addressed will be ethical and bioethical dimensions of death and dying. Even though the talk focuses on death and dying, expect it to be lively and engaging.
Yaroslav Komarovski is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison where he teaches Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist philosophy, and Buddhist ritual systems. Dr. Komarovski studied in Tibetan monastic universities in Asia for nine years, and served as an interpreter for Buddhist scholars and teachers from different Tibetan traditions. He earned his Ph.D. in History of Religions from the University of Virginia in 2007. His current research focuses on intellectual developments in 15th century Tibet and their impact on subsequent intellectual history.
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Young Choreographers Showcase
Mar 28 2008 - 8:00pm / Annelise Mertz Dance Studio Mallinckrodt Center 935-5858
The third edition of this biannual dance event will feature the choreographic talent of Washington University's best student artists. Join us for an evening of engaging new dance works, representing excellence and diversity of style from our Dance Program.
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YouTube and Political Rhetoric
Mar 31 2008 - 4:00pm / Women's Building Formal Lounge 608-1497
Gephardt Institute for Public Service Lecture
Sam Coppersmith and Bob McEwen, former U.S. congressmen
Co-sponsored by WU Votes
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