Lecture Notes
Feb. 25 - March 16, 2008
"Financial Globalization and Risk Sharing: Welfare Effects and the Optimality of Open Markets"
Feb. 25, noon, 513 N. Park Ave., Bloomington -- Charles Trzcinka, IU Kelley School of Business, chairperson of the Department of Finance and James and Virginia Cozad Chair, will speak at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~workshop/.
"Transition Blues: Causes and Consequences of Post-Communist Political Alienation"
Feb. 25, 5 p.m., Woodburn 218, Bloomington -- Grigore Pop-Eleches of Princeton University will discuss the roots and implications of the remarkable post-communist deficit in political trust and satisfaction. The first part of the presentation uses data from the World Values Survey to establish the existence and importance of this trust deficit, which seems to grow over time and cannot be explained away by objective performance indicators such as economic conditions, corruption ratings and development levels. Next, several alternative explanations of post-communist political alienation, in particular the role of Western comparisons with respect of both consumption patterns and institutions will be explored. For more information, visit http://www.iub.edu/~eucenter.
Robert O'Hara to speak at IU Bloomington
Feb. 25, 5:30 p.m., Wells-Metz Theatre, Bloomington -- The Indiana University Department of Theatre and Drama welcomes award-winning playwright-director Robert O'Hara to the Wells-Metz Theatre for a public conversation about art and politics. Particular focus will be given to his play American Ma(u)l which will be performed by the Department of Theatre and Drama March 21-29. For more information, visit http://www.theatre.indiana.edu.
"Images of Julie: From Classic to Romantic"
Feb. 25, 3:30 p.m., the IMU Oak Room, Bloomington -- Intended as a sort of introduction to the study of literary illustrations, this lecture by Philip Stewart, Benjamin E. Powell professor of romance studies at Duke University, will explore a range of images of Rousseau's great novel Julie ou la nouvelle Héloïse, running from its publication in 1761 to 1852. The original series of 12 subjects was specified and detailed by Rousseau himself and drawn by Gravelot; subsequent artists sought to adapt and modify it in function of costumes and sensibilities of their own times, culminating in the visual transformation of Julie, in the first half of the 19th century, into a full-blown Romantic heroine. For more information, call 812-855-5458.
Broadcast Analyst Steve Lavin to Give Talk
Feb. 25, 6:30 p.m., Ernie Pyle Hall 220, Bloomington -- Steve Lavin, a broadcast analyst for ABC and ESPN Sports and former men's basketball coach at UCLA, will provide color commentary about what it's like to be in broadcasting. Lavin's coaching perspective was forged during his 15 years as a coach in Division I college basketball. As UCLA's head coach from 1996 to 2003, Lavin compiled a record of 145-78 and led the Bruins to the 1997 Pac-10 Championship and the NCAA Elite Eight in his inaugural season. For more information, visit http://journalism.indiana.edu.
Visiting Artist Lecture
Feb. 26, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Herron School Basile Auditorium, Indianapolis -- Join art collector, journalist and author Michael K. Corbin for a discussion of his new book, The Art of Everyday Joe: A Collector's Journal. His presentation will include photographs of art from his own collection, short readings from his current book and advice for art enthusiasts and emerging artists. For more information, visit http://www.herron.iupui.edu.
Europe and the Search for Peace in the Middle East
Feb. 26, 5:30 p.m., IMU Oak Room, Bloomington -- Daniel Benjamin, director of the Center on the United States and Europe and a senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, presents the Horizons of Knowledge lecture: "Europe and the Search for Peace in the Middle East." Benjamin's scholarly interests include American foreign policy, European affairs, terrorism and the Middle East and South Asia. From 1994-1999 he served on President Bill Clinton's National Security Council staff and from 1994-1997 served as foreign policy speechwriter and special assistant to the President. For more information, visit http://www.iub.edu/~eucenter.
Cognitive Lunch
Feb. 27, 12:10 p.m., Psychology 128, Bloomington -- IU Professor Robert Port presents "Beyond phenomes: Memory models of lexical storage." For more information, visit http://psych.indiana.edu/.
Post-War Politics and Musics
Feb. 27, 3:30 p.m., Sweeney Hall, Bloomington -- A symposium on the relationship between musical culture and Post-World-War II politics. Participants and topics include:
- Eric Drott (University of Texas, Austin): "Music and May '68 in France"
- Bruce Durazzi (Washington University, St. Louis): "Two `Committed' Cantatas: Luigi Nono and the Idea of Political Composition"
- Phil Ford (Indiana University): "Asymmetrical Consciousness: The Hipster Dialectic of Style and Politics"
- Peter Schmelz (Washington University, St. Louis): "Alfred Schnittke's Nagasaki and Soviet Cold War Cultural Politics."
For more information, contact rsebben@indiana.edu.
AdS/QCD and Novel Phenomena in Hadron Physics
Feb. 27, 4 p.m., Swain West 119, Bloomington -- Stanley Brodsky will present the Joseph and Sophia Konopinski Colloquium lecture "AdS/QCD and Novel Phenomena in Hadron Physics." One of the most interesting recent advances in hadron physics has been the application of the AdS/CFT correspondence to quantum chromodynamics. Although QCD is not a conformally invariant field theory, one can nevertheless use the mathematical representation of the conformal group in five-dimensional anti-de Sitter space to construct an analytic first approximation to the theory. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~iubphys/.
Department of Anthropology Colloquia Series
Feb. 27, 4-5:30 p.m., Student Building 159, Bloomington -- Professor Della Cook, IU Department of Anthropology, will present "The 'African Queen': The sues of race in bioarcheology." For more information, contact cook@indiana.edu.
Building Bridges: Developing a Language for Discussing Race
Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m., the IMU Georgian Room, Bloomington -- The IU Department of Sociology presents "Building Bridges: Developing a Language for Discussing Race," a public seminar fostering progressive race-centered interactions within the university setting. Recent decades have witnessed increasing levels of diversity across a variety of university settings. Representation in the classroom, however, does not necessarily lead to increased engagement in social, professional and/or cultural activities. Academics of color, and their allies, often face interpersonal environments plagued with tension, misunderstandings and myths concerning race. "Building Bridges," an inaugural segment of the Beyond Diversity Series, seeks to explore the uneasy connection between race, language, and interaction through a public seminar designed to foster dialogue among diverse students and faculty. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~soc/index.shtml.
Discovery of Captain Kidd's Shipwreck
Feb. 27, 5:30-7:30 p.m., DeVault Alumni Center, Bloomington -- The Monroe County Chapter of the IU Alumni Association is pleased to present Charles Beeker, director of the academic diving and underwater science programs, with IU's School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, as he shares stories, slides and artifacts from his November 2007 discovery of the 1699 Captain Kidd shipwreck, off the coast of Catalina Island, in the Dominican Republic. For more information, visit http://alumni.indiana.edu/chapters/monroe.
Oral Historian Rivas-Rodriguez to give talk
Feb. 27, 7 p.m., Kresge Auditorium, Kokomo -- Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez presents "Taking the Lessons to Heart: The Latino Challenge to the PBS/Ken Burns Documentary on WWII." Rivas-Rodriguez began teaching in the University of Texas at Austin journalism school in 1998, armed with more than 17 years of daily news experience, mostly as a reporter for the Boston Globe, WFAA-TV in Dallas and the Dallas Morning News. Since 1999, Rivas-Rodriguez has spearheaded the U.S. Latino and Latina World War II Oral History Project, which has collected interviews with more than 630 men and women throughout the country. For more information, contact efaunce@iuk.edu.
Writers on Writing
Feb. 27, 7-9 p.m., Lilly Library, Bloomington -- The Hutton Honors College presents "Writers on Writing: Translation, Collaboration, and Transformation with Breon Mitchell, Angelo Pizzo and Scott Russell Sanders." Join three award-winning writers -- translator and scholar Breon Mitchell; screenwriter and producer Angelo Pizzo; and novelist, essayist and children's book writer Scott Sanders -- for a discussion of the struggles and rewards of the writing life and the challenges of translation, collaboration and transformation. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~iubhonor/hdextra/spring08/wrtsonwrtg.php.
Health Care Ethics Seminars
Feb. 28, 4-5:15 p.m., Poynter Center, 618 E. Third St., Bloomington -- Professor Helen Gremillion, Department of Gender Studies, will speak on "Talk Therapy as Cultural Practice: A 'Narrative' Approach to Culture, Power, and Change." "Narrative therapy," developed in the 1980s by Australian Michael White in collaboration with New Zealander David Epston, is an approach to talk therapy that explores the sociopolitical contexts of all clients' lives and relationships. Narrative work grew out of a critique of supposed cultural and interpersonal "neutrality" or "objectivity" within mainstream therapeutic practice. This talk presents narrative work as an alternative to standard therapies for anorexia nervosa in particular. For more information, visit http://poynter.indiana.edu/medethics.shtml.
ArtsWeek Censorship Panel
Feb. 28, 5-6:45 p.m., School of Law, Room 121, Bloomington -- An ArtsWeek headlining event will focus on "Censorship in the Arts." The panel will be moderated by Professor Fred H. Cate and will include Bruce Fein of the Washington Times and former general counsel to the Federal Communications Commission; Janet Allen, artistic director at the Indiana Repertory Theatre; James Fitzpatrick, JD'59, Arnold & Porter; and Breshaun Joyner, Bloomington Playwrights Project. The discussion will focus on how censorship has shaped public perceptions and artistic expression, and will be followed by a question-and-answer period inviting audience participation, and then a reception. For more information, visit http://www.artsweek.indiana.edu.
Women in Politics Panel Discussion
Feb. 28, 6 p.m., IU Auditorium Foyer, Bloomington -- In celebration of Evita and ArtsWeek, IU Auditorium hosts a panel discussion on the topic of "Women in Politics." Panelists for the discussion include: Jillian Kinzie, chair of the City of Bloomington Commission on the Status of Women; Charlotte Zietlow, economic development coordinator at Middle Way House Inc., and Susan Sandberg, Bloomington City Council president and vice chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus. For more information, call 812-855-0640.
Clinical Science Colloquium
Feb. 29, 10 a.m., Psychology 137C, Bloomington -- Jonathan Plucker, Indiana University, will present "Education Evaluation: Where Research and Policy Intersect." For more information, visit http://psych.indiana.edu/.
Development Working Group Lecture Series
Feb. 29, noon, 513 N. Park Ave., Bloomington -- Joseph Bahati, lecturer, Uganda Forestry Resources and Institutions Center, will speak on "Assessing the Implication of Decentralization on Livelihood, Biodiversity, and Ecological Sustainability in Uganda: A Preliminary Analysis of the Pilot Sanrem/IFRI Site." For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~workshop/.
L'avventura del cavaliere rinascimentale
Feb. 29, 2:30 p.m., College Arts & Humanities Institute, 1211 E. Atwater Ave., Bloomington -- The Department of French and Italian presents a lecture by Sergio Zatti, Università di Pisa. This talk, presented in Italian, will focus on the turning point the Renaissance epic has represented for the concept of adventure, especially in relation to the Greek and Arthurian novel. Zatti will examine the evolution of this concept until its exhaustion in the 19th- and 20th-century novel. For more information, contact ipiedmon@indiana.edu.
Animal Behavior Colloquium
Feb. 29, 4 p.m., Myers Hall 130, Bloomington -- Thomas Coombs-Hahn of the University of California-Davis will present "Evolution of environmental cue response systems in birds: Patters and mechanisms." For more information, visit http://psych.indiana.edu/.
Scientific Representation and Microscopy
Feb. 29, 4-6 p.m., Ballantine 003, Bloomington -- Otavio Bueno, University of Florida, will present "Scientific Representation and Microscopy." Physicists, chemists and biologists often describe the results of experiments that use various kinds of microscopes in terms of "observation." Given the unobservable nature of some of the objects that are studied (nanoparticles, viruses and bacteria), one wonders how we should make sense of this way of speaking. Underlying this way of speaking is a particular cluster of epistemological views regarding the reliability and adequacy of microscopes. Bueno will try to uncover key epistemological assumptions that may be in place, and discuss whether we have good reason to maintain them. The idea is to articulate the initial steps of an epistemology for microscopy. And in order to do that, the connections between scientific representation and microscopy will be explored. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~hpscdept.
MacArthur Genius Fellow Robert Sapolsky to Visit IU Bloomington
March 3, 5 p.m., Chemistry 122, Bloomington -- Renowned neuroscientist and author Robert Sapolsky will visit present "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers." Sapolsky is professor of biological sciences and neurology at Stanford University and has been named a MacArthur Foundation "genius fellow." Sapolsky is an expert in the development of stress-related diseases, and his talk will focus on how other animals respond to stress differently from humans, and what we can learn from such species as the zebra to reduce the harmful effects of stress in our own lives. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~cahi/lectures.shtml.
Commedia dell'arte comes to IU Bloomington
March 4, 6 p.m., Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Grand Hall, Bloomington -- Mace Perlman, classically trained mime and actor, will bring to life the traditional mask-characters of the commedia dell'arte, using leather masks created in Vicenza, Italy. Many of us may never have heard of Pantalone, the original merchant of Venice, or of Arlecchino, his servant "just off the boat" from Bergamo, but are surprised to find that we recognize them nonetheless -- whether we first made their acquaintance through the Marx Brothers or through Laurel and Hardy, in the plays of Shakespeare or Molière, or in a classic episode of "Seinfeld." As we get to know Brighella, Arlecchino's fellow zany from the hills of Bergamo, the Dottore from the famed University of Bologna, and various Captains from lands real and imaginary -- all through the interpretive art of Perlman -- we may unexpectedly find ourselves reminded of someone we once saw on the subway, know from our workplace, or even recognize as a member of our own family. Historical insight and theatrical entertainment will go hand-in-hand as Perlman explores one of the most influential cultural phenomena of modern Europe, whose archetypes are universal and whose myth and legacy are still with us today: the commedia dell'arte. For more information, contact ipiedmon@indiana.edu.
The Odyssey: physics at the TeV scale
March 5, 4 p.m., Swain West 119, Bloomington -- The exploration of the fundamental components of matter has been the major task of particle physicists for the past 50 years. Although our knowledge has evolved over this time, the basic method to explore matter is still deeply rooted in Einstein's most famous equation relating energy to mass. Manuella G. Vincter, Carleton University, will explain that high-energy collisions provide the means to convert energy into new forms of matter not existing on this earth. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~iubphys/.
Sexual Health Seminar
March 6, 12-1 p.m., the Indiana Memorial Union Oak Room, Bloomington -- Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Mary A. Ott, M.D., Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, will present "Will boys really be boys? A developmental approach to relationships and sexuality among adolescent men." For more information, contact cshp@indiana.edu.
Miller Lecture in Plant Molecular Biology
March 6, 4-5 p.m., Myers Hall 130, Bloomington -- The fifth Carlos O. Miller Lecture is "Cytokinin Signaling: From Autoclaved DNA to a Two-Component Response Pathway," presented by Professor Joseph Kieber of the Department of Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kieber's research focuses on the plant hormones cytokinin and ethylene. Hormones influence nearly every aspect of plant growth and development. Understanding the molecular mechanisms controlling the biosynthesis and perception of these hormonal signals and how these signals are integrated with each other and with other developmental and environmental signals remain fundamental questions in plant biology. For more information, visit http://development.bio.indiana.edu/miller_lecture.htm.
Usage-based models of science: Applications to community mapping and scholarly assessment
March 7, 3-4 p.m., Informatics 107, Bloomington -- Scholarly usage data holds great potential as a tool to study the dynamics of scholarship in real time and to develop novel metrics of scholarly impact. However, there exists no formal groundwork to reliably and validly exploit usage data. As a consequence, the exact nature, meaning and applicability of usage-based metrics is poorly understood. The MESUR project was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to build a large-scale, semantic model of the scholarly community and to perform a survey of a wide range of usage-based metrics of scholarly impact on that basis. This lecture by Johan Bollen, Los Alamos National Laboratory, will discuss the MESUR's project efforts to obtain large-scale usage data sets, its data processing and storage architecture, its analysis methodology and a set of preliminary results. For more information, visit http://www.informatics.indiana.edu.
Information Exchange and the Scientific Revolution: Moving about and finding things out?
March 4, 4-6 p.m., Ballantine 003, Bloomington -- Harold (Hal) Cook, University College London, will present the Department of History and Philosophy of Science Westfall Lecture. Viewed from the perspective of the Dutch Golden Age, the major changes in natural philosophy that go under the rubric of the scientific revolution were due not to a few big ideas but to many, many incremental changes. These changes were rooted in more, and more accurate, descriptions of the material things of the world, down to their tiniest parts. In this process of the discovery of the unknown, the systems of exchange fostered by the commercial economy and its need for accurate information underpinned the shift in values toward fact rather than speculation. It was engagement with the real world, not disinterested contemplation, that created the new science. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~hpscdept.
Geyh to Participate in IU Authors' Series
March 8, 10-11:30 a.m., DeVault Alumni Center Kelley Dining Room, Bloomington -- Professor Charles Geyh, John R. Kimberling Chair in Law, will discuss his book When Courts & Congress Collide: The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System. Throughout American history, Congress and the courts have collided over judicial decisions that infuriated the public. Although occasionally threatening to retaliate by impeaching judges, packing the courts, or stripping the judiciary of the jurisdiction to hear controversial cases, Congress has rarely followed through with those threats. Geyh will discuss why not, and why there is a call for greater political control of the judiciary. Geyh's work on judicial independence, accountability, administration, and ethics has appeared in two books, over 30 articles, book chapters, and reports. Geyh is one of three authors participating in the series. The cost is $12 per speaker or $30 for all three sessions. Complimentary continental breakfast is included. For more information or to register, visit http://www.continue.indiana.edu or call 812-855-5108.
Economics and the Commercialization of German Heritage
March 12, 7:30 p.m., The Athenaeum, 401 E. Michigan St., Indianapolis -- Brian Greer, student of German and history at IUPUI, will give a presentation on "Economics and the Commercialization of German Heritage." He will discuss how communities have utilized their German heritage to achieve touristic success while building community spirit. For more information, contact ghoyt@iupui.edu.
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