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February 6
Virginia Scharff
"The Women Jefferson Loved"
7:30 p.m., Lied Center Pavilion
*Co-sponsored by the Gender Seminar
February 7 Angela Davis "Feminism and Political Activism"
5:00 p.m., Budig 120 *Tickets required. Free tickets can be obtained by students from SUA in the Kansas Union, or faculty and staff may retrieve them from Bailey 213. *Co-sponsored by Student Union Activities; the Office of the Chancellor; the Office of the Provost; the Deans of CLAS; the Clifford P. Ketzel Fund; the School of Social Welfare; the School of Law; KU Honors Program; the Department of Theatre; and the Hall Center. With contributions from the Office of Minority Affairs and the Departments of African and African-American Studies, American Studies, Film & Media Studies, History, Philosophy, and Sociology.February 7
Chris Weaver
Digital Humanities Seminar
"Emerging Opportunities for Visual Analytics in the Digital Humanities"
3:30 p.m., Hall Center Seminar Room February 11
Jazz Piano Concert
7:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall
*Co-sponsored by the School of Music & the Hall Center
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The Commons
Urban Palimpsest Film Festival
Sunday, January 29, 3:00-9:30 p.m.
The Commons, Spooner Hall
 Germany Year Zero (1948)
3:00 p.m.
Partially filmed among the rubble of post-World War II Berlin, Germany Year Zero follows the life of thirteen-year-old Edmund Kohler (Moeschke) and his destitute family as they struggle with life in the aftermath of the War.
Dark City (1998)
4:30 p.m.
A futuristic drama, Dark City is set in an urban environment that never emerges from the darkness of night.
 Carl Deal, Filmmaker
6:15 p.m.
*Co-sponsored by the Commons and the Honors Program
Carl Deal, co-director and co-producer of the 2008 documentary, Trouble the Water, will speak about his experience making the film. Following his remarks, there will be time for questions before the screening of Trouble the Water.
 Trouble the Water (2008)
7:00 p.m.
An Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary, Trouble the Water follows the story of residents of the Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the district.
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New Faculty Workshop
"Time Balance: Teaching, Research, Service"
Marta Caminero-Santangelo, English, and Jane Gibson, Anthropology
Friday, February 3, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Hall Center Seminar Room
The goal of these workshops is to help new faculty members in the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts negotiate the first three years at KU. Participants will meet other new faculty from different departments and have the opportunity to question a number of senior faculty and staff about any concerns they may have regarding teaching, research and service. The workshops are an interactive forum in which speakers will provide a short talk before taking questions. All workshops will be held in the Hall Center Seminar Room. Lunch will be provided, but RSVP is required no later than January 27. To register, click the title of the workshop above.
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Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Workshop
Cedric Burrows
"Re-Reading Readers: The Construction of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X in Composition Textbooks" Friday, February 10, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Hall Center Seminar Room 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. Lunch is provided, but RSVP is required no later than February 3. Click here to register.
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Upcoming Seminars
Feb 3 Peace, War and Global Change Seminar Richard Anderson
"Mixing Spanners with Wrenches: SPOBS and the Establishment of an Anglo-American Aircraft Maintenance Program in Britain During World War II"
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Reminder: Award Opportunity Deadlines
Richard and Jeannette Sias Graduate Fellowship in the Humanities
Deadline: Monday, February 20
This fellowship provides the successful applicant with one academic year of support to focus entirely on the dissertation. The primary goal of the Fellowship is to ensure the completion of the dissertation by the end of the academic year during which the fellowship is held.
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