Lecture Notes
April 23 - May 6
Reflections on an Unfinished Painting by Kalidou Sy
April 24, 12:15 p.m.-1 p.m., IU Art Museum, first floor, Bloomington -- Patrick McNaughton, Chancellor's Professor of African Art History and an admirer of Kalidou Sy's work, has found one of Kalidou Sy's last paintings to be especially evocative and moving. Join him as he shares his reactions and insights. For more information, visit www.artmuseum.iu.edu.
"Healthcare Inequality"
April 25, 12 p.m., Neal-Marshall Center Grand Hall, Bloomington -- As part of National Cover the Uninsured Week, Dr. Adewale Troutman, director of the Louisville Metro Health Department, will present a public lecture on healthcare inequality and the need for a universal healthcare plan. For more information, contact marshall@indiana.edu.
Dark energy or modified gravity?
April 25, 4 p.m., Swain West 119, Bloomington -- Edmund Bertschinger, MIT department of physics, will speak at the final Joseph and Sophia Konopinski Colloquia Series lecture of the semester. For more information, visit http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~colloquium/index.shtml.
"The Cinema of Carl Dryer in Film and Art Historical Context"
April 25, 7 p.m., Wylie Hall 015, Bloomington -- University of Copenhagen Associate Professor Jens Toft will present the Horizons of Knowledge lecture, "The Cinema of Carl Dryer in Film and Art Historical Context." For more information, contact dof@indiana.edu.
"Visual and Verbal Representation: Image and Text, Person and Power in Antiquity"
April 26, 5:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m., Sycamore 200, Bloomington -- Professor James Frances, University of Kentucky, specializes in the history and culture of the later Roman Empire, particularly in the relationship between religion and culture. He will present "Visual and Verbal Representation: Image and Text, Person and Power in Antiquity" as part of the Ancient Studies Colloquia series. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~ancient.
Power of Identity: The Life and Work of West African Photographer Tijani Sitou
April 26, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m., Woodburn Hall 120, Bloomington -- Candace Keller, guest curator of Mopti à la Mode: Portrait Photographs by Tijani Sitou and Ph.D. candidate in the Department of the History of Art, will discuss how Sitou's photographs speak to the importance of different forms of identity -- cultural, ethnic, social, religious and professional -- for both the artist and his clients. For more information, visit www.artmuseum.iu.edu.
Musicology Colloquium Series
April 27, 12:30 p.m., Music Library Seminar Room M267, Bloomington -- Professor Sheryl Zukowski will present "Fantasy of modernism: Mahler's conflicted hermeneutics and contemporary musical understanding." For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/apps/prelude/new.
"Headache All Day": Henry James Clark at Agassiz's Museum
April 27, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Ballantine Hall 003, Bloomington -- Professor Christoph Irmscher, department of English, will share a work in progress from his biography of Louis Agassiz and the relationship with his assistant Henry James Clark. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~engweb/index.htm.
The Human Brain Evolving: Papers in Honor of Ralph L. Holloway
April 27-28, the IMU Whittenberger Auditorium, Bloomington -- The Stone Age Institute will feature two days of presentations by major researchers on aspects of brain evolution in honor of Professor Ralph L. Holloway of Columbia University. For more information and to register, visit www.stoneageinstitute.org.
South Bend Nonprofits: Scope and Dimensions
May 1, 8 a.m., Student Activity Center Room 225, South Bend -- Nonprofit organizations account for 17.4 percent of all employment in the South Bend metropolitan region, providing nearly $714 million in wages annually, according to research led by Kirsten Grønjberg, professor in IU Bloomington's School of Public and Environmental Affairs and Efroymson Chair in Philanthropy at the Center on Philanthropy at IU. Grønjberg will discuss the scope and dimensions of South Bend's nonprofit sector and its impact on the region's economy as part of the Make a Difference Michiana Philanthropy Summit. For more information, contact ecandrew@indiana.edu. Please RSVP to Cheryl Ashcraft at 574-520-4132 or ashcraft@iusb.edu, by April 26th.
FTC's Harbour to Address Class of 2007
May 5, 3 p.m., IU Auditorium, Bloomington -- Pamela Jones Harbour, 1984 alumna and currently a commissioner with the Federal Trade Commission, will share her wisdom as the IU School of Law's 2007 commencement speaker. Peer-elected student speaker Peter Wozniak, editor of the Indiana Law Journal, will join Harbour in the spotlight. The ceremony is open to the public. For more information, visit www.law.indiana.edu.
Special Tour: A Library Lives
June 16, 2 p.m.-3 p.m., Hope School of Fine Arts Library, Reading Room, Bloomington -- Join B.J. Irvine, director of the IU Fine Arts Library and a key member of the original team that worked with I.M. Pei & Partners in the design of the Art Museum building, will give the 25th Anniversary tour of the Fine Arts Library, offered in conjunction with the special exhibition, A Building Lives, currently on display in the Hexagon Gallery. For more information, visit www.artmuseum.iu.edu.
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