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College of Arts & Sciences
E-Newsletter
October 2006
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-- Events
-- Publications
-- Scholarly Presentations & Professional Service
-- Achievements & Awards -- Alumni News
Dear Colleagues,
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Events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Anna Deavere Smith, September 21, 2006. Photo
courtesy of Ken Martin.
On Campus: - Glenn Loury, economist and social theorist, gave this year?s first lecture in the Pearl Lecture Series. His talk, ?Are Black Americans a People?? was given on Monday, October 2, 2006 at 4 p.m. in the Poetry Center. - Vivian Pinn, M.D., Director for Research on Women?s Health, National Institutes of Health gave a lecture, ?Research on Women?s Health and Biomedical Careers for Women in the 21st Century? on Thursday, October 5, 2006 at 1 p.m. in Archer 365. - Prof. Helen Vendler, Harvard University gave a lecture, ?Last Things: The Later Work of Several Major Poets,? on Thursday, October 5, 2006 at 1 p.m. in Donahue 311. A reception followed at the Poetry Center (Sawyer Library, 73 Tremont Street). - ?Art Nouveau Furniture ? a contrast and comparison of furniture designed in France and Belgium at the turn of the 19th century? by Sarah Mattern. Thursday, October 5, 2006, 1-2:15 p.m., at the New England School of Art & Design, 4th floor gallery (75 Arlington Street) - Prof. Edith Clowes, University of Kansas gave a lecture, ?The Russian Concept of Self and Its German Roots: Kant, Nietzche, Solovyov , Berdyaev,? with commentary by Prof. E. Cherkasova of the Philosophy Department on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 in the Munce Conference Room. This event was co-sponsored by the departments of Humanities & Modern Languages and Philosophy. - October 12-15, 2006, Family Weekend One-Act Play Festival Studio Theatre Thursday & Friday @ 8:00 Saturday @ 2:00 & 8:00 Sunday @ 2:00 & 7:00 Tickets are free. For reservations call 617.573.8680 or see Natalie in the Studio Theatre. --Loyalties By Murphy Guyer Directed by Purnima Baldwin (?07) During a time of war, families must decide between staying true to their beliefs or destroying their relationship. --Full Circle Written and directed by Rachel Kelsey (?08) While visiting her family home, a young woman unexpectedly reveals deeply held secrets. --Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You By Christopher Durang Adapted and directed by Amy Frizzi (?08) One of America?s foremost satirists unleashes his bitter, controversial comedy about religious fanaticism. - October 16-20, 2006 Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Beatrice Lazzarini Tuesday, October 17, 1-2:30 p.m., Donahue 311, "Some Like it Soft: Fundamentals of Soft Computing." Wednesday, October 18, 1-2:30 p.m., McDermott Conference Room, "Soft Computing: Basics and Applications." - Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at 4 p.m. in the Kings Chapel Conference Room (12th floor, 73 Tremont Street) Miguel Schor, Suffolk University Law School will be giving a lecture on ?Squaring the Circle: Democratizing Judicial Review and the Counter Constitutional Difficulty,? as part of the Quinn Dickerson Series. Light refreshments will be served. - Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 4 p.m. in the C. Walsh Theatre, as part of the Partnership Series sponsored by Public Affairs, James Carroll will be reading from his new book House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power. A book signing will follow. - Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 1:00 ? 2:15 p.m., ?The Process of a POE ? Case Study: Suffolk University?s Nathan Miller Hall? by Jessica Koff and Jen Pompa at the New England School of Art & Design, 4th floor gallery (75 Arlington Street). - On Monday, October 23, 2006 at 4 p.m. a panel discussion, ?Relations Between Turkey and West Europe Today,? featuring Professor Roberto Dominguez (Govt. Dept), Professor Judy Dushku (Govt. Dept), and Prof. Jay Rosellini (Humanities & Modern Languages Dept.) will be held in conjunction with an evening concert on Friday, October 27th, with Dunya and the Boston Camerata on the theme of the influence of Turkish janissary bands on Mozart. Also, on Tuesday, October 24th at 1 p.m. in the McDermott Conference Room, Mehmet Ali Sanlikol will be giving a lecture, ?How Did ?The Turk? Become a Part of Western Music?: A Story of a ?Natural Synthesis.?? - On Tuesday, October 24, 2006 George Kalogeris & Richard Fein will be celebrating their new books in the Poetry Center (Sawyer Library, 73 Tremont Street) from 1-2:30pm with a reception to follow. - On Thursday, October 26, 2006 in the C. Walsh Theatre at 6:30 p.m. there will be a film screening, ?Medicine, Film & Transparency? with reception to follow. Please contact Nicole Vadnais at 617-305-6316 or nvadnais@suffolk.edu for more information. - November, 2006 (exact date & time TBA), David Hacin of Hacin & Associates will be giving a lecture as part of the Interior Design Gallery Talks at the New England School of Art & Design, 4th floor gallery (75 Arlington Street). - On Thursday, November 2, 2006 1:30 p.m. in Donahue 311, Michael Dukakis will be giving a lecture, "Rail Transportation in New England: The Region's Top Transportation Priority for the Next Decade," co- sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program and the Government Department. - The Center for Teaching Excellence Committee invites all faculty to save the date, Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 12 p.m. for a luncheon reception with guest speaker, Dr. Stephen Brookfield. The event will be held in the Kennedy Room at the Omni Parker House. Please contact Christina DiRico, cdirico@suffolk.edu or at x8222 with any questions. - On Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 1 p.m. in the Munce Conference Room, Prof. Michael Geisler , Dean of Language Schools at Middlebury College will be giving a lecture, ?National Symbols as Sites of Memory.? - On Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at 3- 4:15 p.m., there will be a film screening of Prof. Gerry Perry?s film ?For the Love of Movies: the Story of American Criticism.? A reception will follow. - On Saturday, November 11, 2006, from 5- 7:30, James Behrle (Suffolk Alum) and Del Ray Cross will be reading from their new books of poetry with a reception to follow in the Poetry Center (Sawyer Library, 73 Tremont Street). - On Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 1-2:30 p.m. in Archer 365 and on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 2-3:30 p.m., location TBA, Jacqueline Springer will be giving the first two lectures in a series called ?Hip Hop and Politics.? A reception will follow Wednesday's lecture at 3:30 p.m. in the McDermott Conference Room. - On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 Grace Paley, award winning fiction writer, will be reading from her work from 1-2:30 p.m. in Archer 365.
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Publications ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Birthday Cake, September 21, 2006. Photo
courtesy of Ken Martin.
- Sandra Barriales-Bouche Articles: -?Los límites de la representación del yo: el Diario de Frida Kahlo? in the collective volume "La ansiedad autorial. Formación de la autoría femenina en América Latina: los textos autobiográficos" (Caracas, Venezuela: Equinoccio) in July 2006.
- Sebastian Royo
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Scholarly Presentations & Professional Service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fred Marchant & Emilio Aragon, September 21,
2006. Photo courtesy of Ken Martin.
-Professor Richard Chambers (Theatre) designed the scenery for productions of The Beard of Avon, starring Juliet Mills, and Lydiia, starring Linda Dano, at The Cape Playhouse this past summer. He also designed the New York Fringe Festival production of Zayd Dorn's Permanent Whole Life, directed by Professor Wesley Savick (Theatre), lighted by Steven McIntosh (Theatre) and stage managed by Heather Mumford (Theatre, class of 2005). -Sebastian Royo (CAS Dean's Office/Govt. Dept) presented "Spain and Portugal in the European Union: Lessons" at the Short Course, Putting Spain and Portugal into the Political Science Syllabus, which Professor Royo also helped organize, at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) in Philadelphia on August 30, 2006. - Michael Basseches (Psychology) gave the following invited presentations during the past year:
- On September 25, 26, and 27th Dr. Patricia Hogan, Dr. Igor Kreydin, Nataliia Perova, and students, John Hamm and Nicholas Hennigar from the Physics Department attended the Third Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON 2006). The group presented a poster titled "Work on Multi-Channel Gas Analyzer with Wireless Data Transmission as an Educational Tool for Learning Science Concepts" and gave a demonstration titled, "University/Industry Collaboration for Development of a Wireless Network of Multi-channel, Multi-sensor Analyzers for Environmental and Industrial Monitoring."
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Achievements & Awards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dean Kenneth S. Greenberg & Anna Deavere
Smith, September 21, 2006. Photo courtesy of Ken
Martin.
- Congratulations to Dean Kenneth S. Greenberg whose film, Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property will be debuting at the Louvre in November and on the Italian television network, RAI, for the next three years! -Congratulations to Peter Jeffreys of the English Department! Prof. Jeffreys has been appointed as a Research Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Athens, Greece, the exclusive repository of the C.P. Cavafy Archive. His position entails compiling and maintaining the 21st Century Cavafy web-bibliography which has just been inaugurated as part of the center's official Cavafy website, http://www.cavafy.c om. The project and bibliography were written up in a feature article in the Athens daily, To Vima of 16 July, 2006.
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Alumni News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aaron Petre, September 21, 2006. Photo courtesy of Ken Martin. - Aaron Petre (class of 2006) appeared in Lorraine Hainsbury's A Raisin in the Sun, gave a solo performance of the new Alma Mater at the Centennial Celebration, and he will be the lead in the Salem State College Center for Celebration production of Six Degrees of Separation, November 16-December 3. Please see http://www.salemstate.edu/arts/ for more information. Congratulations Aaron!
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Nicole L. Vadnais ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email:
nvadnais@suffolk.edu
phone:
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