Lecture Notes
March 31-April 13, 2008
Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis
March 31, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 513 N. Park Ave., Bloomington -- Elinor Ostrom, co-director, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, and founding director, Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State University, will present "Sustainable Development of Common-Pool Resources." For more information or a copy of Ostrom's paper, contact ghiggins@indiana.edu.
Mariette Pathy Allen
March 31, 6 p.m., Ernie Pyle Hall 220, Bloomington -- New York artist Mariette Pathy Allen is coming to the IU campus to talk about her four decades of work as a fine art photographer. Since 1978 she has been photographing individuals in the transgender community. Allen will show her photographs and discuss her career. For more information, visit http://www.kinseyinstitute.org.
IU Art Museum Noon Talk
April 2, 12:15 p.m.-1 p.m., IU Art Museum Hexagon Gallery, Bloomington -- Jaya Gupta will speak about her involvement with AEPAN: Action for Environment, Preservation, Art, and Nature. Gupta created an extensive network of aepan practitioners and supporters, working in the region of Bhimtal and Nainital. She arranged for young people to participate in workshops and competitions to learn and display their talents. This Noon Talk is in conjunction with the current special exhibition, Sacred Hearth: Aepan-Painted Prayers to Himalayan Deities. For more information, call the IU Art Museum at 855-5445 or visit http://www.artmuseum.iu.edu.
"Why LIGO results are already interesting"
April 2, 4 p.m., Swain West 119, Bloomington -- Ben Owen, Penn State, will discuss the results from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). Recent theoretical developments indicate that rotating neutron stars might be stronger sources of periodic gravitational waves than previously thought. LIGO has a chance of detecting such a signal right now rather than next decade. Owen will survey the observational and data analysis issues associated with different LIGO searches and point to the astrophysical payoffs and describe the interactions of these searches with photon astronomy. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~iubphys/.
Zoltán Juhász: A Comparative Study of Interethnic Connections of Hungarian Folk Music in Eurasia using Artificial Intelligences
April 3, 12 p.m.-1 p.m., Morrison Hall 006, Bloomington -- Join the Department of Central Eurasian Studies and the Archives of Traditional Music for a lecture-demonstration of traditional Hungarian music by the renowned flute and bagpipe player Zoltán Juhász. Juhász has collected, studied and played traditional flute and bagpipe music since 1977. Based on his research into traditional Hungarian music, Juhász has written 3 school books for traditional flute playing of different Hungarian musical dialects, and two books about the last bagpipe and flute player herds of the Palóc (North-Hungarian) ethnic group. Juhász is in Bloomington as part of the symposium "Folk-music Revival and Dance-House Movement in Hungary," Friday-Sunday, April 4-6. For more information on the symposium and related lectures and performance events, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~ceus/.
2008 Distinguished Faculty Research Lecture
April 3, 3 p.m., the IMU Frangipani Room, Bloomington -- Since the earliest civilizations, plants and animals in their environments have been explored as sources of remedies for disease. David R. Williams looks underwater for his elixirs. "The marine ecosystem provides a rich resource for novel molecular architectures with remarkable potency," says Williams, the Harry G. Day Chair and professor of chemistry at Indiana University Bloomington. In his 2008 Distinguished Faculty Research Lecture, Williams will discuss the efforts of his laboratory group to explore the chemistry of recently discovered natural products from the marine world and how substances from those products may be transformed into new treatments for disease. For more information, visit http://www.research.iu.edu/traditions/iudfrl.html.
"Human Rights and Bioethics: Curb Your Enthusiasm"
April 3, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Ballantine 310, Bloomington -- Can we balance human rights and ethics in biomedical issues? John Arras will address these issues in the Matthew Vandivier Sims Memorial Lecture, entitled "Human Rights and Bioethics: Curb Your Enthusiasm." Arras is the Porterfield Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia, where he created and directs the undergraduate program in bioethics. In an age of pandemics, international drug trials, and genetic technology, health has gone global, and so must bioethics. In search of an ethical framework that transcends national boundaries, some have claimed that human rights should be the new lingua franca of bioethics. Although human rights provide a powerful framework for the defense of human dignity, Professor Arras will look at questions that remain about their application and adequacy as a framework for the new global bioethics. For more information, contact glmurray@indiana.edu.
Rethinking Turkish Modernization: The Dilemma of Reactionary and Progressive Forces in History
April 3, 6 p.m., Student Building 150, Bloomington -- Until the last few decades there was only one commonly accepted version of the history of Turkish modernization, the official one: War of liberation was interpreted as a great achievement of a united Turkish nation against imperialist forces; the overthrow of the Ottoman Sultanate and abolishment of the Caliphate were both necessitated by the requirements of historical progress. But, after the democratization and normalization following the 1980 coup, things began to change. An "alternative" version of Turkish history first came from the pre-coup period leftists as an intellectual (ideological) tool in their demand for democracy against the military government. Interestingly, this late leftist demand for democracy coincided with two apparently similar demands both from the outside and inside: the European or Western demand for further democratization and the internal demand for the "enlargement of religious freedoms" which were thought to be repressed hitherto under the republic. Recently, however, the originally leftist "alternative history" became crystallized in the religious critique of modernity and the modern Turkish state. For more information, call 812-855-4323.
"Breaking the Silence: Music in Afghanistan"
April 3, 7:30 p.m., Swain East 105, Bloomington -- The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures presents a screening of the award-winning documentary "Breaking the Silence: Music in Afghanistan." Following the film will be a discussion with the director Simon Broughton. The Taliban's prohibition of music was the most severe in history. Apart from unaccompanied chants, all music was banned and instruments were broken and burnt. This film documents the remarkable moment when the country was reconnected with its musical culture. Shot in Kabul and Peshawar (Pakistan) in January 2002, two months after the fall of the Taliban, this film is an introduction to the music of Afghanistan and the way it's been caught in the crossfire of conflicting regimes over the past 25 years. For more information, contact nelc@indiana.edu.
Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis
April 4, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 513 N. Park Ave., Bloomington -- Arthur Arinaitwe, consultant, Faculty of Agriculture, Makerere University, Uganda, and Visiting Scholar, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, will present "Where do forest and environmental incomes come from?" Forest and environmental incomes support about 350 million of the world's rural people (World Bank, 2004). These vital income sources are rarely highlighted by development planners, which puts the livelihoods of the rural poor at risk. Arinaitwe explores the share of income from different forest tenures and wild areas: including private forests; protected forests; community forests and other wild areas such as fallows and wetlands. For more information, contact ghiggins@indiana.edu.
Kinsey Institute Interdisciplinary Seminar
April 7, 12 p.m.-1 p.m., Kinsey Institute Conference Room, Morrison Hall, Bloomington -- Sven-Axel Mĺnsson, visiting scholar at The Kinsey Institute, will present "The whore, the kind-hearted comforter and another kind of sex: Men's images and fantasies of the prostitute." Mĺnsson's research focuses on prostitution in contemporary and historical context. For more information, contact kinsey@indiana.edu.
Tips and Insights into Academic Publishing
April 7, 2:30 p.m., Ernie Pyle Hall Lounge, Bloomington -- Patrick Washburn, Ohio University, will talk about his work as a journal editor and provide insight into the world of academic publishing. For the past seven years, he has been the editor of Journalism History, this country's oldest mass communication history journal. Washburn is considered one of this country's leading scholars on the Black Press. He has written extensively on this area of journalism history. For more information, visit http://journalism.indiana.edu.
U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass
April 7, 5 p.m., the IMU Solarium, Bloomington -- Robert Hass is an award-winning poet whose dedication to knowing and protecting the environment is interwoven with a lifetime of eloquent writing. He is founder of River of Words, an organization that promotes environmental and arts education in affiliation with the Library of Congress Center for the Book. As U.S. Poet Laureate in 1995-97 he traveled the country to speak and hold workshops with the aim of increasing literacy and spreading the message that "imagination makes community." For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~cahi/upcoming.shtml#solitude.
"Color, Design, and Ritual in Japan's Heian Court"
April 7, 7:30 p.m., Radio and TV 251, Bloomington -- Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts Textiles Area welcomes Sachio Yoshioka, Master dyer & specialist on Japanese Ritual Textiles from Kyoto. Sachio Yoshioka is a fifth-generation dyer from Kyoto, Japan, specializing in ancient ritual textiles. Mr. Yoshioka researches and creates religious and court textiles using traditional natural dyes. The author of numerous books, he has lectured worldwide on the subject of Japanese art, textiles, and culture. Mr. Yoshioka will explain the process of extracting dyes from plants and insects used to color both Heian Period textiles and his own work. He will discuss color, design and ritual in the Imperial court, and illuminate how ancient court rituals have continued down to the present-day imperial family. Also join Yoshioka on April 8 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. for a demonstration of natural dyes on paper in Fine Arts 230. For more information, contact easc@indiana.edu.
"Dialogues in the Vernacular: A Pragmatic Approach to Muslim-Non-Muslim Relations"
April 7, 7:30 p.m., the IMU Frangipani Room, Bloomington -- The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures would like to announce the Sixth Annual Victor Danner Memorial Lecture in Islamic Studies. Professor Vincent Cornell of Emory University will be presenting "Dialogues in the Vernacular: A Pragmatic Approach to Muslim-Non-Muslim Relations." This lecture will explore the anthropological notion of "vernacular religion" as an approach to interreligious understanding. The social and political contextualization of Muslim approaches to other religions and their adherents, including legal and scriptural interpretations, serves to "vernacularize" virtually all such encounters in actual practice. Examples of religious vernaculars will be drawn from Islamic history and will include ritual practices, political accommodations, cultural analyses, and legal and theological debates. The lecture will conclude with general observations on the prospects of vernacular religion as a pragmatic aid to Muslim-Non-Muslim understanding. For more information, call 812-855-4323.
"Darwin and the Consciousness of Others"
April 8, 7:30 p.m., Rawles Hall 100, Bloomington -- Professor Gillian Beer, King Edward VII Professor of English Literature and President of Clare Hall (ret.), University of Cambridge, will discuss Darwin's fascination throughout his life by consciousness across a whole variety of life forms. There will be an examination of his early private notebooks where he explored the relations between sentience and reason, emotion and reflection, instinct and intent, as well as in his later works, such as The Descent of Man and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, where he works with observations and anecdotes as much as with abstractions -- a way of going about things that may often seem odd now. The lecture will investigate Darwin's imaginative capacities and will explore the ways in which his skepticism and his empathy combine to produce particularly fruitful methods of enquiry. This lecture is free and open to the public with generous funding from the William T. Patten Foundation. For more information, visit http://patten.indiana.edu.
Friends of The Kinsey Institute; Graduate Student Grantees Research Panel
April 9, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m., Kinsey Institute Conference Room, Morrison Hall 2nd Floor, Bloomington -- Join the Kinsey Institute for a presentation from four of the 2007-2008 emerging IU scholars who received sexuality research grants from the Friends of The Kinsey Institute. Kathryn Macapagal, Psychological and Brain Sciences, will present "The Influence of Personality, Context, and Cognition on Sexual Decision Making." Sonya Satinsky, Applied Health Science, HPER, will present "Sexual Status of Women who Attend In-Home Sex Toy Parties: An exploration of the Effects of Body Weight, Sexual Subjectivity, and Sexual Function." Laura Hamilton, Sociology, will present "Gendered Sexuality in Emerging Adulthood: Double Binds and Flawed Options." Laurie Legocki, Applied Health Science, HPER, will present "Young Women's Constructions of Meaning in the Context of Vulvovaginal Pain." For more information call 812-855-7686.
IU Art Museum Noon Talk
April 9, 12:15 p.m.-1 p.m., IU Art Museum Hexagon Gallery, Bloomington -- Professor David Haberman, Department of Religious Studies, will discuss "Theistic Hinduism." Professor Haberman studies a wide range of South Asian religions with a specialization in Hinduism. This Noon Talk is in conjunction with the current special exhibition, Sacred Hearth: Aepan-Painted Prayers to Himalayan Deities. For more information, call the IU Art Museum at 855-5445 or visit http://www.artmuseum.iu.edu.
The Return of Merlin
April 10, 4 p.m., the IMU Federal Room, Bloomington -- An "agrégée des lettres" and a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Anne Berthelot is now professor of French and Medieval Studies at the University of Connecticut. Berthelot will discuss "The Return of Merlin." From Of Arthour and Merlin to Herry Lovelich's Merlin and the 1450 Prose Merlin, the end of the Middle Ages in England sees a sudden influx of texts focusing on the figure of the prophet-enchanter whose probable origin may be Welsh, but whose literary career has until then mainly been French. The return of Merlin to his country of origin (more or less) does not go as smoothly as could be hoped for, however. For more information, call 812-855-5458.
Baghdad Hospital: Inside the Red Zone
April 10, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Radio and TV 251, Bloomington -- The Department of Communication and Culture, Film and Media Studies, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and the School of Journalism present a screening of HBO's "Baghdad Hospital: Inside the Red Zone" followed by a question and answer session with director Dr. Omer Salih Mahdi. "Baghdad Hospital: Inside the Red Zone" is the story of Mahdi, who put himself and his colleagues at risk to film inside Al-Yarmouk hospital, whose emergency room is too dangerous for an American crew. Given permission by hospital authorities to use a hand-held camera inside the emergency room, Mahdi reveals some of the horrific injuries sustained by Iraqi men, women and children, and exposes the substandard conditions, low morale and danger that its doctors and nurses endure on a daily basis. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~cmcl/.
"Darwin's 'filthy heraldries:' Why Did Darwin's Theories Cause Scandal?"
April 10, 7:30 p.m., Rawles Hall 100, Bloomington -- Professor Gillian Beer, King Edward VII Professor of English Literature and President of Clare Hall (ret.), University of Cambridge, will address a number of questions in light of the perspective that even though Darwin was the most pacific of men, his theories caused scandal. Many of his contemporaries experienced profound disturbance, and sometimes disgust, in the face of his theories. What was particularly repellent to those who resisted? And what can those debates tell us about responses now? How did Darwin's emphasis on kinship across species impact the idea of the family? What happens when memory loses its significance for natural history? This lecture will draw on reviews, letters, Punch cartoons, and poetry to explore the reactions of diverse nineteenth century peoples to the changed world that Darwin's ideas proposed. In particular, Beer shall explore the response of some women writers, Constance Naden, Mathilde Blind, May Kendall and Emily Pfeiffer, who invoked satire and tragedy as means of questioning the human position in the wake of Darwin. This lecture is free and open to the public with generous funding from the William T. Patten Foundation. For more information, visit http://patten.indiana.edu.
Animal Behavior Colloquium
April 11, 12:15 p.m., Psychology 128, Bloomington -- Jonathon Crystal of the University of Georgia will present "Oscillator representations of time." For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~animal/.
Psychological and Brain Sciences Colloquium
April 11, 3:30 p.m., Psychology 101, Bloomington -- John Monahan, University of Virginia, present "Contextual Evidence of Gender Discrimination: The use of 'Social Frameworks.'" For more information, visit http://bl-psy-appsrv.ads.iu.edu:8080/.
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