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Calendar of Events: Thursday Lecture Series
Fall 1994
Thursdays at 12:15
All lectures are held in the Common Room on the second floor of the Heyman Center, which is located in the East Campus Residential Center of Columbia University. Lectures are free and lunch is provided.
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September 29 |
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"Culture and Anthropology--The Practice of Theory: The Penultimate Version"
Michael Taussig, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University. Discussion chair: Alicyn Warren, Society of Fellows/Lecturer in Music |
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October 6 |
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"Culture and Sociology--Is A Politics of Regret Possible? Normalizing the German Past Before and After 1989"
Jeffrey Olick, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Columbia University. Discussion chair: David L. Pike, Society of Fellows/Lecturer in French and Comparative Literature |
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October 20 |
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"Multiculturalism and the Core Curriculum"
William Theodore de Bary, John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University, Emeritus. Discussion chair: James Mirollo, Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature |
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October 27 |
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"Divided or Diverse? How Multicultural Studies Affect Students’ Lives"
Moderator: Allyson Baker (CC ’95), Columbia College Student Council President. Discussants: Bryonn Bain (CC ’95), Chair, United Students of Color Council; Emily Hu (CC ’95), Vice-chair, United Students of Color Council; Udit Kondal (CC ’95), Editor and Founder of FOLKUS Magazine; Yvonee Maldonado (CC ’95), Chair, Latino Heritage Month; Sejal Patel (CC ’95), Co-student Director, Whitney Young Program; Jessica Zimmerman (CC ’95), Jewish Women’s Affairs |
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November 3 |
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"Enlightenment 'Universals' and Multiculturalism"
Danielle Haase-Dubosc, Associate Provost and Director, Reid Hall, Paris. Chair: Michael Riffaterre, University Professor |
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November 10 |
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"The Two Cultures: Representations of Human Diversity"
Robert Pollack, Professor of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, and Priscilla Wald, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University |
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November 17 |
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"Identity and Identification"
Moderated by Esther Pasztory, Co-chair, Society of Fellows and Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
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December 1 |
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"The Shin’enkan Collection"
At a special luncheon for the governing board and the fellows, Joe D. Price, a private collector of Japanese art of the Edo period, talked about the history of his collection. |
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