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January 27 Nicole Perry Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Workshop "Intimate Interviews: Using Technology to Understand the Sexual Histories of Female Prisoners in 1920s and 30s Kansas" 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Hall Center Seminar Room *RSVP required by January 20. Click on the link above to register. |
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Spring 2012 Humanities Lecture Series
Founded in 1947, the series has consistently been a hallmark for quality, providing a forum for interdisciplinary dialogue between renowned speakers, the university and the surrounding communities.
   Jeff Moran Alain de Botton Jamaica Kincaid
Jeff Moran
KU Associate Professor of History
"The Antievolution Controversies and American Culture"
Thu, February 16, 7:30 p.m.
The Commons, Spooner Hall
*Sponsored by the Friends of the Hall Center
Alain de Botton
Philosopher of everyday life and author, The Consolations of Philosophy
"Religion for Atheists"
Wed, March 14, 7:30 p.m.
The Commons, Spooner Hall
Additional Event: "Living Architecture: A Conversation with Alain de Botton"
Thu, March 15, 10:00 a.m.
Hall Center Conference Hall
Jamaica Kincaid
Josephine Olp Weeks Chair and Professor of Literature, Claremont McKenna College
"Landscapes and Memory"
Tue, April 10, 7:30 p.m.
Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
Additional Event: "A Conversation with Jamaica Kincaid"
Wed, April 11, 10:00 a.m.
Hall Center Conference Hall
*The Frances and Floyd Horowitz Lecture devoted to issues related to our multi-cultural society
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Emily Taylor and Marilyn Stokstad Women's Leadership Lecture
Sarah Weddington
"Some Leaders are Born Women!"
March 27, 7:30 p.m.
Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
Sarah Weddington is an attorney, lecturer, and public leader most famous for her role as one of Jane Roe's defense attorneys in Roe Vs. Wade, the controversial 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion rights. Defending this landmark decision at only 26, Weddington is the youngest attorney to have won a Supreme Court case. She is well-known for her ongoing work-as an attorney, legislator, Presidential advisor, and professor-on issues affecting women. She is the author of the bestseller, A Question of Choice, a memoir of her experience arguing the Roe v. Wade case. She holds several honorary doctorates and has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Margaret Sanger Award from Planned Parenthood, the National Public Health Hero Award, and the International Athena Award. In 1999, she was honored as a "Texas Woman of the Century" by the Women's Chamber of Commerce of Texas. |
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Lawrence Jackson
English and African American Studies, Emory University
"The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics"
April 23, 3:30 p.m.
Hall Center Conference Hall
"My Father's Name: A Black Virginia Family After the Civil War"
April 24, 3:30 p.m.
Hall Center Conference Hall
*Co-sponsored by the Department of English
Lawrence Jackson's The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics 1934-1960 (2010) is the first narrative history of the neglected but essential period of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights era. Jackson's forthcoming publications include My Father's Name: A Black Virginia Family After the Civil War (2012), which is "ultimately a reflection on what it means for a black person to revisit the places where an intense violation occurred," on which his April 24th lecture will focus.
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Resident Fellows Seminars
Once each month, the resident fellows of the Hall Center will meet as a seminar. On each occasion, one of the fellows will offer remarks on some aspect of his/her work-in-progress. These seminars are open to all interested faculty and graduate students. All seminars will take place in the Hall Center Seminar Room. Lunch will be provided, but RSVP is required at least one week in advance. Click on the links below to register to each individual event. You should receive a confirmation email indicating that you've registered successfully.
  
Jason Roe Maria Carlson Tanya Hartman
Jason Roe, History, Sias Graduate Fellow
"'Third Rails' and 'Sacred Cows': Controversies in the Entitlement of Senior Citizens in the United States"
Fri, February 24, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Maria Carlson, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Humanities Research Fellow
"Stalking the Primordial Vampire"
Fri, March 30, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Tanya Hartman, Visual Art, Creative Work Fellow
"So That I Might Carry You with Me"
Fri, April 13, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
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Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Workshop
All graduate students are invited to attend these workshops, directed by the four students who received Hall Center Graduate Summer Research Awards. The talks will incline more to method, problem, or theory than to subject content, to increase their appeal to a wider audience. All workshops will be held in the Hall Center Seminar Room. Lunch is provided, but RSVP is required at least one week in advance. To register for each individual event, click on the links below. You should receive a confirmation email indicating that you've registered successfully.
Co-directors:
Hilary Hungerford, Geography
Kendra Fullwood, English
Nicole Perry, Sociology
John Schneiderwind, History
Nicole Perry, Sociology
"Intimate Interviews: Using Technology to Understand the Sexual Histories of Female Prisoners in 1920s and 30s Kansas"
Fri, January 27, 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Rescheduled from Fall 2011
Cedric Burrows, English
"Re-Reading Readers: The Construction of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X in Composition Textbooks"
Fri, February 10, 12:30-2:00 p.m.
John Schneiderwind, History
"Popular Culture as Texts: Japanese Identity and Transnationalism"
Thu, March 8, 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Heather Aldersey, Beach Center for Disabilities/African Studies
"Gaining Entreé: The Challenges of Doing Fieldwork in a New Site"
Thu, April 12, 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Kendra Fullwood, English
"Qualitative Research Methods for Studying Rhetorical Invention in Composition and Rhetoric"
Fri, April 27, 12:30-2:00 p.m.
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