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Katie Crawford

Poetry and Poetics Building/Room: TBD. Primary Sponsor: Poem Present. Presenter: Katie Crawford. Lecture Title: Love Talk and Dirty Jokes: French Erotic Poetry and Masculinity in the Renaissance. Contact Name: Gina Olson. Contact E-mail: golson@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: (773) 702-9936. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: CSGS alumni/ae lecture. Sexually explicit vulgar verse emerged in Renaissance France just as a transcendent, romantic rhetoric of love developed in poetry as well. These poetic forms, apparently at odds, nonetheless rely on a common vocabulary base and set of syntactical assumptions. French poets came to believe that Petrarch lied about the chaste quality of his love for Laura, and concerns over Petrarch’s veracity spawned a range of highly sexualized responses. French poets insisted instead that consumm… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 9, 2012. TBD.

From the Adriatic to the Sulu Sea: Islam and Identity in Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia

Franke Institute Building/Room: International House. Primary Sponsor: CEERES. Other Sponsor(s): CSEAS (Center for Southeast Asian Studies) at Northern Illinois University; Center for International Studies; Franke Institute (application pending). Conference Title: “From the Adriatic to the Sulu Sea: Islam and Identity in Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia”. Presenter(s): Keynote speaker: Distinguished Professor Datuk Shamsul Amri Baharuddin (Malaysian National University). Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Meredith Clason. Contact E-mail: mclason@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-0866. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 9, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM. Thursday @ International House, 1414 E. 59th Street Friday & Saturday @ Franke Institute. For more info visit franke.uchicago.edu.

Noontime Concert Series: Janet Packer, violin and Anthony Padilla, piano

Music These free lunchtime concerts begin at 12:15 PM each Thursday in Fulton Recital Hall. Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performance Title: Noontime Concert Series: Janet Packer, violin and Anthony Padilla, piano. Performer(s): Janet Packer, violin and Anthony Padilla, piano. Cost: Free admission. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Janet Packer, violin and Anthony Padilla, piano. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 9, 2012, 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

“Event or Totality? Transit Passes and Questions of Governance in Treaty Port China”

CEAS East Asia: Trans-Regional Histories This workshop invites University of Chicago graduate students and faculty, as well as scholars from other academic communities, to present creative and original work that speaks across the national lines of East Asia as well as the disciplinary lines of the academic community. Joint presentations among participants that incorporate multidisciplinary and/or trans-regional historical perspectives are especially encouraged. Building/Room: SS 224. Primary Sponsor: CAS Workshops. Other Sponsor(s): CEAS. Presenter(s): Stacie Hanneman (PhD Candidate, History, U Chicago). Title: “Event or Totality? Transit Passes and Questions of Governance in Treaty Port China”. Contact Name: Jun Hyung Chae. Contact E-mail: jhchae@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 9, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. 1126 E. 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637.

EthNoise! The Ethnomusicology Workshop: Kelly Askew

Music Building/Room: JRL 264. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter(s): Kelly Askew. Title: ‘Poetry in Motion’: Ethnography vs. Cinematography in a Swahili Music Documentary. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Will Faber. Contact E-mail: wfaber@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Poetry in Motion: 100 Years of Zanzibar’s Nadi Ikhwan Safaa is a (2011) documentary film about the oldest taarab orchestra in the world: Zanzibar's Nadi Ikhwan Safaa (“The True Brotherhood Club”). Taarab is a genre of sung Swahili poetry popular along the coasts and off lying islands of Kenya and Tanzania. The music of coastal East Africa is an aesthetic manifestation of the confluence of Indian Ocean dhow trade networks with caravan trade networks from central and southern Africa for it was at the East Afr… Disability Clause: Persons with a disability who believe they may need assistance, please email Will Faber in advance at wfaber@uchicago.edu. Thursday, February 9, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Regenstein Library, 1100 East 57th Street. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

David S. Katz: The Jewish Book, Lecture 2 of 2

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies The lecture is free and open to the public. Building/Room: Special Collections. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Other Sponsor(s): The Nicholson Center for British Studies, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library. Presenter: David S. Katz (Tel Aviv University). Lecture Title: Matthew Arnold, Spinoza, the Zulus and Biblical Arithmetic in Victorian England. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Professor David S. Katz is the Abraham Horodisch Chair for the History of Books at the Department of History, Tel Aviv University. Professor Katz has been the Director of the Fred W. Lessing Institute for European History and Civilization (2006-present) and the Director, Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center (2005-2006). In 1997, he was elected permanent Fellow at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Zentrum zur Erforschung der Frühen Neuzeit, Renaissance Institut, Frankfurt, Germany. In 1993 he was e… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 9, 2012, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Special Collections Research Center, Regenstein Library 1100 E. 57th St.

Room for Another View: China’s Art in Disciplinary Perspective

CEAS Friday, Feb. 10th 8:00-8:30am: Continental Breakfast 8:30-9:00: Welcome: Derek Collins, associate dean for humanities; Opening Remarks: Matt Biro, chair of Department of History of Art; Opening Address: Martin Powers, Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures 9:00-10:45 am:  Production [Panel One] Chair: David Doris (U-M) Respondents: David Doris, John Onians (University of East Anglia), Erik Meuggler (U-M) Speakers: Patricia Ebrey (University of Washington). “Art Academies.” Cary Liu (Princeton University). “Architectural Space” J. P. Park (University of Colorado, Boulder). “Printing.” Martin Powers (U-M). “Art Production and Social Agency” 10:45-11:00: Coffee break 11:00-12:45:  Reality [Panel Two] Chair: Alex Potts (UM) Respondents: Alex Potts, David Summers (University of Virginia), Kevin Carr (UM) Speakers: Dora Ching (Princeton University). “Portraiture.” Shane McCausland (SOAS). “Figure Painting.” Katherine Tsiang (University of Chicago). “Religious Art… Building/Room: Ehrlicher Room. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): History of Art University of Michigan. Conference Title: Room for Another View: China’s Art in Disciplinary Perspective. Presenter(s): Various, see Notes. Contact Name: History of Art. Contact E-mail: histartadmiss@umich.edu. Contact Phone: 734.764.5400. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: This conference seeks to explore meta-disciplinary perspectives around such topics as academies, print, landscape, gardens, fashion, canons, and the language of art itself. Following decades of multicultural scholarship, History of Art seems poised to move beyond nation-centered narratives. For this purpose the rich record of artistic practice in China offers fertile ground for speculation. If we know, for instance, that landscape painting, art collecting, and critical writing emerged independently at tw… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 10, 2012 – Saturday, February 11, 2012. Ehrlicher Room, 3100 North Quad 105 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI. For more info visit www.lsa.umich.edu.

Residential Faculty Fellowships for 2012-2013

Franke Institute Click here to download the application cover. (Word doc). Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Contact Name: James Chandler. Contact E-mail: docj@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8247. Event Description: TO: All Faculty, Division of Humanities All Faculty, History and Anthropology Departments FROM: James Chandler, Director RE: Residential Faculty Fellowships for 2012-2013 Each year the Franke Institute for the Humanities awards a limited number of Faculty Residential Fellowships to members of the University of Chicago faculty who are engaged in interdisciplinary projects. We will make up to seven awards for 2012-2013; the deadline for receipt of applications is Friday, February 10. All tenure-t… Friday, February 10, 2012. The Franke Institute for the Humanities The University of Chicago 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-102 Chicago, Illinois 60637. For more info visit franke.uchicago.edu.

College Break

University of Chicago Academic Calendar Primary Sponsor: University of Chicago. Friday, February 10, 2012.

From the Adriatic to the Sulu Sea: Islam and Identity in Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia

Franke Institute Building/Room: JRL S-118. Primary Sponsor: CEERES. Other Sponsor(s): CSEAS (Center for Southeast Asian Studies) at Northern Illinois University; Center for International Studies; Franke Institute (application pending). Conference Title: “From the Adriatic to the Sulu Sea: Islam and Identity in Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia”. Presenter(s): Keynote speaker: Distinguished Professor Datuk Shamsul Amri Baharuddin (Malaysian National University). Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Meredith Clason. Contact E-mail: mclason@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-0866. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 10, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM. Thursday @ International House, 1414 E. 59th Street Friday & Saturday @ Franke Institute. For more info visit franke.uchicago.edu.

SGSC Literature Pedagogy Workshop

Romance Public Building/Room: Stuart Hall/101. Primary Sponsor: Romance. Contact Name: Victoria Grefer. Contact E-mail: grefer@uchicago.edu. Friday, February 10, 2012, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM. Stuart Hall 101.

SAC petitions due

NELC Friday, February 10, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. arenberg@uchicago.edu.

Graduate Student Workshop with Kelli Gardner

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies Refreshments will be served. Find more information at http://ccjsgraduateworkinggroup.wordpress.com/ or email workshop coordinators Katharine Pflaum and Joela Zeller at cjs.grad.ws@gmail.com. Building/Room: Social Science Tea Room. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Presenter(s): Kelli Gardner (Ph.D student in Hebrew Bible). Title: My Mother’s House: Validations of Female Sexuality in the Song of Songs. Open to the Public: No. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Graduate Student only workshop. Much of the same language and imagery used to discuss the strange woman of Proverbs 1-9 are also used throughout the Song of Songs to describe the love-stricken female protagonist. Despite being described in analogous (and at times identical) terms and presented as engaging in similar actions, these two women are evaluated in divergent ways, seemingly on the basis of the opposed viewpoints and agendas of their respective texts. However, it seems likely that there is a common… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 10, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. Social Science Tea Room 5730 South Ellis Avenue Chicago, IL 60637.

Workshop with David S. Katz

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Other Sponsor(s): The Nicholson Center for British Studies. Presenter(s): David S. Katz (Tel Aviv University). Title: The Nationless Nationalism of Early Modern Anglo-Jewry. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 10, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Classics 110 1010 E. 59th St.

Visiting Committee Colloquium Series: Judith Lochhead (Stony Brook University)

Music All colloquium lectures are free and open to the public. Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Other Sponsor(s): University of Chicago Department of Music Visiting Committee. Presenter: Judith Lochhead, Professor of Music History and Theory (Stony Brook University). Lecture Title: “Difference Inhabits Repetition”: Gubaidulina’s Second String Quartet. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: “Difference Inhabits Repetition”: Gubaidulina’s Second String Quartet * In conjunction with the February 15 Contempo concert. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 10, 2012, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

LECTURE: AA BRONSON

Shared Events Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: DOVA. Presenter: AA Bronson. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: AA Bronson is an artist living and working in New York City. In the sixties, he left University with a group of friends to found a free school, a commune, and an underground newspaper. This led him into an adventure with gestalt therapy, radical education, and independent publishing. In 1969 he formed the artists’ group General Idea with Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal; for the next 25 years they lived and worked together to produce the living artwork of their being together, undertaking over 100 solo exhibiti… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 10, 2012, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Classics Building, 1010 E. 59th Street, room 110. For more info visit aabronson.com.

Moya Babushka/My Grandmother

FSC Building/Room: Cobb 307. Primary Sponsor: Film Studies Center. Other Sponsor(s): Department of Cinema & Media Studies. Contact Name: Film Studies Center. Contact Phone: 773-702-8596. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Live piano accompaniment by David Drazin. Introduction by Yuri Tsivian, Department of Cinema and Media Studies. Franz Kafka meets slapstick in this riotous, scathingly anti-bureaucratic satire — a genuine piece of grotesquerie descended from Gogol and the Soviet Eccentric cinema. Noted for its anarchic styles—which include stop-motion, puppetry, exaggerated camera angles and constructivist sets—the film unspools the foibles and follies that abound when a Georgian paper pusher, modeled after American sil… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 10, 2012, 7:00 PM. Film Studies Center 5811 S. Ellis Ave. For more info visit filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu.

From the Adriatic to the Sulu Sea: Islam and Identity in Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia

Franke Institute Building/Room: JRL S-118. Primary Sponsor: CEERES. Other Sponsor(s): CSEAS (Center for Southeast Asian Studies) at Northern Illinois University; Center for International Studies; Franke Institute (application pending). Conference Title: “From the Adriatic to the Sulu Sea: Islam and Identity in Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia”. Presenter(s): Keynote speaker: Distinguished Professor Datuk Shamsul Amri Baharuddin (Malaysian National University). Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Meredith Clason. Contact E-mail: mclason@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-0866. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, February 11, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM. Thursday @ International House, 1414 E. 59th Street Friday & Saturday @ Franke Institute. For more info visit franke.uchicago.edu.

"Narrating European Art, 1945/89" Symposium and Workshop

Building/Room: CWAC 157. Primary Sponsor: Art History. Conference Title: Narrating European Art, 1945/89. Presenter(s): Christine Mehring and Ralph Ubl. Contact Name: Alex Kostiw. Contact E-mail: karenina@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-0278. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: 9:00 a.m. - Coffee 9:30-10:45 - Sebastian Egenhofer (Universitat Wien) "Kippenberger and Qehlen" Respondent Victoria Salinger (U of C) 10:45-11:00 - Break 11:00-12:15 - Stefan Neuner (eikones/Universitat Basel) "Venice Archipelago: Spatial Structures in Luigi Nono's Prometeo" Respondent Adrian Anagnost (U of C) 12:15-1:30 - Break 1:30-2:45 - Ralph Ubl (eikones/Universitat Basel) "Dieter Roth's Promiscuous Topology" Respondent Caroline Schopp (U of C) 2:45-3:45 - Rou… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, February 11, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Cochrane-Woods Art Center 157.

Piano Program: Concerto Workshop

Music Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter(s): Svetlana Belsky, piano. Title: Piano Program: Concerto Workshop. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Piano Program students will receive critique on their performances in anticipation of the biennial University Concerto Competition. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

University Chamber Orchestra

Music Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performer(s): University Chamber Orchestra. Cost: Free admission. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Mozart 31 and highlights from the upcoming production of Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Gondoliers" (March 9-11, 2012. Mandel Hall. 773.702.9075). Tim Semanik, conductor. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, February 11, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

Borders in Jewish Thought

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies The conference is made possible by the Chicago Center for Jewish Studies, The Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Committee on Social Thought, the Department of History, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. Building/Room: Franke Institute. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Other Sponsor(s): The Franke Institute for the Humanities, Committee on Social Thought, Divinity School, History, and NELC. Conference Title: Borders in Jewish Thought. Presenter(s): Rachel Havrelock, University of Illinois, Chicago Ofri Ilani Sam Shonkoff Meredith Aska McBride Hillel Ben Sasson Adam Stern Rachel Seeling, Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Toronto Israel Yuval, Hebrew University Jerusalem. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: The conference will explore the ways in which Jews have invoked the borders of the Land of Israel as a malleable metaphor for considering a variety of issues that extend beyond geography. The Hebrew Bible presents several border schemes of the Land of Israel: some extend from the Nile to the Euphrates, while others are limited to the land of Canaan hemmed in by the Jordan; some emphasize natural boundaries while others delineate the borders according to ritual logic. Each scheme represents a different conce… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, February 13, 2012, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Franke Institute Seminar Room, East Wing of Regenstein Library 1100 E. 57th St. For more info visit lucian.uchicago.edu.

Borders in Jewish Thought

Franke Institute Building/Room: JRL S-118. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Other Sponsor(s): The Franke Institute for the Humanities, Committee on Social Thought, Divinity School, History, and NELC. Conference Title: Borders in Jewish Thought. Presenter(s): Rachel Havrelock, University of Illinois, Chicago Ofri Ilani Sam Shonkoff Rhona Seidelman, Schusterman Visiting Israeli Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Hillel Ben Sasson Adam Stern Rachel Seeling, Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Toronto Israel Yuval, Hebrew University Jerusalem. Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: The conference will explore the ways in which Jews have invoked the borders of the Land of Israel as a malleable metaphor for considering a variety of issues that extend beyond geography. The Hebrew Bible presents several border schemes of the Land of Israel: some extend from the Nile to the Euphrates, while others are limited to the land of Canaan hemmed in by the Jordan; some emphasize natural boundaries while others delineate the borders according to ritual logic. Each scheme represents a different conce… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, February 13, 2012, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Franke Institute for the Humanities 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118 Chicago, IL 60637.

Geneviève-Artigas Menant Lunchtime Talk

Romance Public Building/Room: Wb 207. Primary Sponsor: Romance. Monday, February 13, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Wb 207.

South Asian Sound Interventions Presents: South Indian Film Song Workshop with Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob

Music Part I provides a general overview of the creative process from a song's inception to its picturization on screen. In addition to gaining a deeper appreciation of the significance of song and dance scenes for South Asian film publics, participants learn about the many artistic roles and synergies engaged in setting dramatic situations musically. Guided by film music director and playback singer Jassie Gift, and keyboardist Vijay Jacob, this pair of workshops introduces the art of composing, arranging, recording, and performing songs for commercial cinema in South India. Due to the collaborative nature of the workshops, only a limited number of participants can be accommodated. Students and other members of the University community who are interested in pre-registering should contact Rehanna Kheshgi (rehanna@uchicago.edu). Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter(s): Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob. Title: South Asian Sound Interventions Presents: Cinematic Song Crafting (Part I). Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Rehanna Kheshgi. Contact E-mail: rehanna@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: South Asian Sound Interventions A balanced regional representation of classical, popular, and vernacular musical repertories, this performing arts series provides opportunities for sustained engagement with South Asian artists and art worlds in our community. Guided by professional performers renowned for their originality, these events explore intersections of pedagogy and creative innovation in musical practices situated outside the canonic traditions of the Indian subcontinent. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, February 13, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street. For more info visit lucian.uchicago.edu.

LECTURE: BARRY SCHWABSKY

Shared Events Building/Room: TBD. Primary Sponsor: DOVA. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Barry Schwabsky is the art critic of The Nation and co-editor of international reviews for Artforum. His books include the two Vitamin P surveys of contemporary painting, published by Phaidon Press, as well as a collection of essays, The Widening Circle: Consequences of Modernism in Contemporary Art (Cambridge University Press) and several collectons of poetry, among them Opera: Poems 1981-2002 (Meritage Press) and Book Left Open in the Rain (Black Square Editions/The Brooklyn Rail_. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, February 13, 2012, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Cochrane-Woods Art Center, 5540 South Greenwood Ave, room 157.

"When a Woman Ascends the Stairs"

CEAS Monday Film Series Naruse & Takamine: Of an Auteur and Actress General Admission: $5 Quarterly Membership: $30 ($28 if you present proof of membership from the previous quarter) Summer Membership: $20. Building/Room: Doc Films. Primary Sponsor: CEAS. Contact Name: Doc Films. Contact Phone: 773-702-8575. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Mikio Naruse, 1960 • Exhibiting a formal elegance and economy that’s striking even for Naruse, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs is justly acclaimed as a classic of World Cinema. Playing Keiko, a widowed bar hostess in Tokyo, Hideko Takamine gives potent and commanding performances. As we watch Kieko struggling to climb through a rigid social order, minute details are "excavated” acquiring profound psychological importance. When Naruse expands the scope of the film, the landscape that engulfs Keiko is reveal… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, February 13, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Doc Films 1212 E 59th St Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit docfilms.uchicago.edu.

South Asian Sound Interventions Presents: South Indian Film Song Workshop with Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob

Music Cinematic Song Crafting: Part II Part II invites participants to collaborate with Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob on crafting a film song in response to a dramatic situation that Jassie himself was given in one of his earlier film projects. Drawing on the group's collective body of musical skill sets and knowledge, workshop participants will develop a working outline for a song that serves a specific purpose on screen, whether it be advancing the narrative, amplifying characters or relationships, evoking wider historical and cultural frames of reference, or creating space for fantasy and transgression. The group will have an opportunity to perform their working song idea as the prelude to Jassie Gift's concert at Fulton Recital Hall on Friday evening, February 17. Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter(s): Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob. Title: South Asian Sound Interventions Presents: Cinematic Song Crafting (Part II). Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Rehanna Kheshgi. Contact E-mail: rehanna@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: South Asian Sound Interventions A balanced regional representation of classical, popular, and vernacular musical repertories, this performing arts series provides opportunities for sustained engagement with South Asian artists and art worlds in our community. Guided by professional performers renowned for their originality, these events explore intersections of pedagogy and creative innovation in musical practices situated outside the canonic traditions of the Indian subcontinent. Guided by film music d… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street. For more info visit lucian.uchicago.edu.

Music History/Theory Workshop: Andrew Westerhaus

Music Building/Room: Seminar Room 264. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter(s): Andrew Westerhaus. Title: TBA. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Mary Caldwell. Contact E-mail: marycaldwell@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Those needing additional assistance to attend this event should contact one of the graduate coordinators, Mary Caldwell (marycaldwell@uchicago.edu) or August Sheehy (aasheehy@uchicago.edu). Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Joseph Regenstein Library, 1100 E . 57th Street. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Divinity School Lectures on Chinese Religions: “Searching For a Better Return: Pre-mortem Rituals and the Economy of Salvation in Chinese Religions"

CEAS Building/Room: 3rd Floor Lecture Hall. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Divinity School. Presenter: James Robson, Associate Professor of Chinese Buddhism, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University. Lecture Title: “Searching For a Better Return: Pre-mortem Rituals and the Economy of Salvation in Chinese Religions". Contact Name: Margaret Mitchell. Contact E-mail: mmmitche@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Swift Hall 1025 E. 58th St. Chicago, IL.

Chamber Music Master Class with Artist-In-Residence Pacifica Quartet

Music Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter(s): Artist-In-Residence Pacifica Quartet. Title: Chamber Music Master Class with Artist-In-Residence Pacifica Quartet. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

History and Forms of Lyric: Roundtable on Seeing Double: Baudelaire's Modernity

Poetry and Poetics Building/Room: Social Sciences 201. Primary Sponsor: Poetry & Poetics. Presenter: Mark Payne, Alison James, and others. Lecture Title: Roundtable on Seeing Double: Baudelaire's Modernity, by Francoise Meltzer. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.834.8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: The poet Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) has been labeled the very icon of modernity, the scribe of the modern city, and an observer of an emerging capitalist culture. Seeing Double reconsiders this iconic literary figure and his fraught relationship with the nineteenth-century world by examining the way in which he viewed the increasing dominance of modern life. In doing so, it revises some of our most common assumptions about the unresolved tensions that emerged in Baudelaire’s writing during a time of pol… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Social Sciences Tea Room.

Annan Award Reading

Creative Writing Building/Room: Rosenwald 405. Primary Sponsor: Creative Writing. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM. Rosenwald 405. For more info visit creativewriting.uchicago.edu.

Screening of Malayalam film Pokkiri Raja (The Rogue King), directed by Vyshakh (2010)

Music Film screening events are often attended by directors, but rare are occasions when audiences have a chance to ask sound specialists about the roles they perform behind the screen. As part of the week-long series of events organized for the campus visit of South Indian film music director Jassie Gift, the Franke Center for the Humanities will host a screening of his film, Pokkiri Raja (2010), followed by a Q and A session that will also include Vijay Jacob, a studio musician and arranger who worked for Jassie on the project. Building/Room: First floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Other Sponsor(s): Franke Institute for the Humanities. Presenter(s): Film Music Director, Jassie Gift. Title: Screening of Malayalam film Pokkiri Raja (The Rogue King), directed by Vyshakh (2010). Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Rehanna Kheshgi. Contact E-mail: rehanna@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: South Asian Sound Interventions A balanced regional representation of classical, popular, and vernacular musical repertories, this performing arts series provides opportunities for sustained engagement with South Asian artists and art worlds in our community. Guided by professional performers renowned for their originality, these events explore intersections of pedagogy and creative innovation in musical practices situated outside the canonic traditions of the Indian subcontinent. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 E. 57th Street. For more info visit lucian.uchicago.edu.

Contempo: Celebrating Sofia Gubaidulina

Chicago Presents Building/Room: Harris Theater. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Presents. Performance Title: Contempo: Celebrating Sofia Gubaidulina. Performer(s): eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet. Cost: $25 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 312.334.7777. Ticket Web Link: http://harristheaterchicago.org. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Shulamit Ran, artistic director eighth blackbird Pacifica Quartet Tony Arnold, soprano Ricardo Rivera, baritone Collins Trier, double bass Stas Venglevski, bayan (Russian accordion) Sofia Gubaidulina: A Pilgrimage of Four (world premiere) Perception In croce This all-Sofia Gubaidulina program includes the world premiere of A Pilgrimage of Four, commissioned for Contempo by The Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress and The Koussevitzky Music Foundation, Inc. This… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive. For more info visit contempo.uchicago.edu.

EXHIBITION: FEAST- Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art

Shared Events Image: Detail of Michael Rakowitz's working sketch for the Enemy Kitchen food truck. Building/Room: Smart Museum. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Smart Museum of Art. Exhibition Title: Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art. Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: free. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: The act of sharing food and drink with others is a basic human pleasure and an enduring source of aesthetic inspiration. Today, the shared meal has become a compelling artistic medium: a surprising number of artists are using meals to advance aesthetic goals and foster critical engagement with our current culture. These artist-orchestrated meals can offer a radical form of hospitality that punctures everyday experience, using food as a means to spark encounters and perceptions that aren't otherwise poss… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:30 PM – Sunday, June 10, 2012, 5:00 PM. Smart Museum of Art, 5550 South Greenwood Avenue.

Audible Intimacies: A Symposium on Song in South Indian Cinema

Music Song and dance scenes perform several functions in South Indian film. They advance narratives, amplify characters and relationships, evoke wider cultural frames of reference, and create moments and spaces of intimacy on and beyond the screen. Despite the tremendous historical and contemporary relevance of film music in the daily lives of listeners, work on South Asian expressive cultures has only recently begun to explore the public and private intimacies film songs engender. With the intention of facilitating new research synergies in South Asian film studies, this symposium brings together a diverse group of scholars who share a common interest in considering the agents and affects of intimacies in songs that span the devotional, the nostalgic, the ordinary, the utopian, and the transgressive in South Indian cinema. Building/Room: Room 110. Primary Sponsor: Music. Conference Title: Audible Intimacies: A Symposium on Song in South Indian Cinema. Presenter(s): Keynote Address by Rolf Groesbeck. Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: Free admission. Contact Name: Rehanna Kheshgi. Contact E-mail: rehanna@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: South Asian Sound Interventions A balanced regional representation of classical, popular, and vernacular musical repertories, this performing arts series provides opportunities for sustained engagement with South Asian artists and art worlds in our community. Guided by professional performers renowned for their originality, these events explore intersections of pedagogy and creative innovation in musical practices situated outside the canonic traditions of the Indian subcontinent. Students and other membe… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 16, 2012, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM. Classics Building, 1010 E. 59th Street. For more info visit lucian.uchicago.edu.

Noontime Concert Series: Ana Fau, piano

Music These free lunchtime concerts begin at 12:15 PM each Thursday in Fulton Recital Hall. Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performance Title: Noontime Concert Series: Ana Fau, piano. Performer(s): Ana Fau, piano. Cost: Free admission. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Ana Fau, piano. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

United States 2010 Census Asian Population Surge: Effects and Opportunities

CEAS Reservations: http://www.jaschicago.org/en/events/Default.aspx?eventid=229 or call (312-263-3049) Pre-Registration required no later than February 13, 2012 Due to building security restrictions, no walk-ins will be permitted. Please leave ample time to go through security checks. Building/Room: Federal Reserve Bank. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Japan America Society of Chicago. Conference Title: United States 2010 Census Asian Population Surge: Effects and Opportunities. Presenter(s): Stephen Laue, Information Specialist, US Census Bureau Presentation on size and distribution of the Asian population in the Chicago area: trends and characteristics of the Asian population in the U.S. Hiroaki Sato, Senior Research Fellow, JETRO New York Discuss social and cultural phenomena rising from East Asian immigrants in the last decade. Tony Shu, President of the Chicago Chinatown Chamber of Commerce Provide insights on the Chinatown redistricting and political implications and discuss c… Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: $25 JASC Members; $40 Non - Members. Contact Name: Japan America Society of Chicago. Contact Phone: (312) 263-3049. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: This census is one of the most data-rich environments we have at our disposal, yet few companies go beyond the nominal level of analysis to discover what the numbers really mean. We are gathering a panel of professionals to present an overview of the most recent 2010 Census, which identifies the Asian Population in the US and Chicagoland area and to provide attendees with its social and commercial implications. 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Registration 4:00 - 5:40 p.m. Presentations 5:40 - 6:00 p.m. Questions and… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 16, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 230 S. LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60604. For more info visit www.jaschicago.org.

Meltzer Roundtable

Poetry and Poetics Building/Room: SS 201. Primary Sponsor: Poetry & Poetics. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.834.8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 16, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Social Sciences Tea Room.

Workshop by Jonathan Glade

CEAS Building/Room: Judd Hall 313. Primary Sponsor: CAS Workshops. Other Sponsor(s): CEAS. Presenter(s): Jonathan Glade. Title: TBA. Contact Name: Daniel Johnson. Contact E-mail: djohn@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Art and Politics in East Asia This workshop provides a common intellectual forum for students and scholars of diverse fields investigating the interaction of aesthetics with political economics as reflected in textual and visual media in East Asia. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 17, 2012, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Judd 313 5835 S Kimbark Ave Chicago, IL. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Visiting Committee Colloquium Series: Rolf Groesbeck (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)

Music All colloquium lectures are free and open to the public. Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Other Sponsor(s): University of Chicago Department of Music Visiting Committee. Presenter: Rolf Groesbeck, Associate Professor of Music History, Ethnomusicology and Director of the Indian Percussion Ensemble (University of Arkansas at Little Rock). Lecture Title: “Improvisation and Pedagogy (and their occasional absences) in Kerala, India". Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 17, 2012, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

Presentation by Chelsea Foxwell (University of Chicago)

CEAS Visual and Material Perspectives on East Asia This workshop serves as a critical forum for the presentation of work addressing problems in the visual and material studies of East Asia, a region defined broadly to include China, Central, Asia, Japan, Korea, and Tibet. This workshop explores if and how theories of visuality current in western contexts may be applied to East Asia, and how approaches from both Eastern and Western scholarship may be fruitfully combined in visual and material studies. Building/Room: CWAC 156. Primary Sponsor: CAS Workshops. Other Sponsor(s): CEAS. Presenter(s): Chelsea Foxwell (University of Chicago). Title: TBD. Contact Name: Jin Xu. Contact E-mail: xu.gene@hotmail.com. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Visual and Material Perspectives on East Asia This workshop serves as a critical forum for the presentation of work addressing problems in the visual and material studies of East Asia, a region defined broadly to include China, Central, Asia, Japan, Korea, and Tibet. This workshop explores if and how theories of visuality current in western contexts may be applied to East Asia, and how approaches from both Eastern and Western scholarship may be fruitfully combined in visual and material studies. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 17, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Chochrane-Woods Arts Center, Room 156 5540 South Greenwood Ave Chicago, IL. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

South Asian Sound Interventions Series: A Garland of South Indian Film Songs with Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob

Music Film music director and playback singer Jassie Gift took Malayalam commercial cinema by storm in 2004 with the songs he composed and sang for the blockbuster film, 4 the People, which was later dubbed in three other South Indian languages. In contrast with dominant classical film song aesthetics favoring raga-inspired songs with light textures that emphasize the voice, he developed a rhythmically driven sound that combined South Indian vernacular and Black Atlantic stylistic features. Drawing from sources as varied as Christian hymns, folk traditions, and more recent encounters with reggae, hip-hop, and rock idioms, he has evolved a highly eclectic musical style along the same vein as world renowned innovator A. R. Rahman, the Oscar-winning composer for the 2008 film, Slumdog Millionaire. Gift has since expanded his musical reach by composing and performing on soundtracks in the Telegu, Kannada, and Tamil film industries. Keyboardist Vijay Jacob also started his career as a Church musician before becoming… Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performance Title: South Asian Sound Interventions Series: A Garland of South Indian Film Songs. Cost: Free admission. Contact Name: Rehanna Kheshgi. Contact E-mail: rehanna@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: South Asian Sound Interventions A balanced regional representation of classical, popular, and vernacular musical repertories, this performing arts series provides opportunities for sustained engagement with South Asian artists and art worlds in our community. Guided by professional performers renowned for their originality, these events explore intersections of pedagogy and creative innovation in musical practices situated outside the canonic traditions of the Indian subcontinent. Students and other membe… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 17, 2012, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street. For more info visit lucian.uchicago.edu.

Fauré Quartett

Chicago Presents Building/Room: Mandel Hall. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Presents. Performance Title: Fauré Quartett. Performer(s): Erika Geldsetzer, Dirk Mommertz, Sascha Frömbling, Konstantin Heidrich. Cost: $35 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 773.702.8068. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, op. 45 Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, op. 25 The award winning, up and coming piano quartet continues to receive rave review from across the globe, described as having “flawless precision and breathtaking musicality” (Deustchland Radio) and “chamber music making of the highest order” (Radio Bremen). Hear them perform signature piano quartets, including the Fauré in their Chicago debut. "The Faure Quartett began their l… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 17, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street. For more info visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu.

New Music Ensemble

Music Reception to follow. Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performer(s): New Music Ensemble, Spektral Quartet, and Patrice Michaels, soprano. Cost: Free admission. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: New Music Ensemble, Spektral Quartet with Patrice Michaels, soprano featuring Univ. of Chicago composers Tomas Gueglio, Kate Pukinskis, Dylan Schneider, and Alex Stephenson. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, February 18, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

University Wind Ensemble: The Best of Bernstein

Music Building/Room: Reynolds Club. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performance Title: University Wind Ensemble: The Best of Bernstein. Performer(s): University Wind Ensemble. Cost: Free admission. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Sunday, February 19, 2012, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.

Spring Quarter Registration

NELC Please contact your department for registration instructions. Building/Room: Walker Museum, Room 111. Primary Sponsor: Dean of Students. Contact Name: Miranda Swanson, Associate Dean of Students. Contact E-mail: miranda@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8498. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/mainquad/walker.html. Monday, February 20, 2012 – Friday, February 24, 2012.

Sylvain Menant Lunchtime Talk

Romance Public Building/Room: Wb 207. Primary Sponsor: Romance. Monday, February 20, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Wb 207.

Music History/Theory Workshop: Trent Leipert

Music Building/Room: Seminar Room 264. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter(s): Trent Leipert. Title: TBA. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Mary Caldwell. Contact E-mail: marycaldwell@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Those needing additional assistance to attend this event should contact one of the graduate coordinators, Mary Caldwell (marycaldwell@uchicago.edu) or August Sheehy (aasheehy@uchicago.edu). Monday, February 20, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Joseph Regenstein Library, 1100 E . 57th Street. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Divinity School Lectures on Chinese Religions: "The Other as My Future's Past: Strong Misreadings of Kumarajiva's Lotus Sutra Translation in Tiantai Buddhism and their Interaxiological Implications"

CEAS Building/Room: 3rd Floor Lecture Hall. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Divinity School. Presenter: Brook A. Ziporyn, Associate Professor Department of Religious Studies Department of Philosophy Northwestern University. Lecture Title: "The Other as My Future's Past: Strong Misreadings of Kumarajiva's Lotus Sutra Translation in Tiantai Buddhism and their Interaxiological Implications". Contact Name: Margaret Mitchell. Contact E-mail: mmmitche@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, February 20, 2012, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Swift Hall 1025 E. 58th St. Chicago, IL.

Alvin Rosenfeld: The 2012 Gossett Lecture

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies Alvin H. Rosenfeld, Professor of English and Jewish Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, received his Ph.D. from Brown University in 1967 and has taught at Indiana University since 1968. He holds the Irving M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies and is Director of the university’s Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism. He founded Indiana University's well-regarded Borns Jewish Studies Program and served as its director for 30 years. The editor of William Blake: Essays (1969) and the Collected Poetry of John Wheelwright (1972), he is also the author of numerous scholarly and critical articles on American poetry, Jewish writers, and the literature of the Holocaust. Indiana University Press published his Confronting the Holocaust: The Impact of Elie Wiesel (co-edited with Irving Greenberg) in 1979 and, in 1980, published his A Double Dying: Reflections on Holocaust Literature (the book has since appeared in German, Polish, and Hungarian translations). With his wife, Erna Rosenfeld, he tr… Building/Room: Swift Hall, Common Room. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Presenter: Alvin Rosenfeld (Indiana University). Lecture Title: Primo Levi and the Germans: Is Forgiveness Possible after Auschwitz? Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: In four decades of thinking and writing about the Holocaust following his liberation from Auschwitz, Primo Levi carried on an intense moral and intellectual engagement with Germany and the Germans. His greatest wish was to understand the people who had been his persecutors, to judge them, and, if possible, to forgive them. But despite many years of probing reflection on the Nazi crimes and those who had perpetrated them, Levi came to the conclusion that he was a failure. This lecture will examine Levi’s sus… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, February 20, 2012, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Swift Hall, Common Room 1025 E. 58th St.

"Daughters, Wives and a Mother"

CEAS Monday Film Series Naruse & Takamine: Of an Auteur and Actress General Admission: $5 Quarterly Membership: $30 ($28 if you present proof of membership from the previous quarter) Summer Membership: $20. Building/Room: Doc Films. Primary Sponsor: CEAS. Contact Name: Doc Films. Contact Phone: 773-702-8575. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Mikio Naruse, 1960 • Displaying a crowning mastery of 'Scope and color, Daughters, Wives and a Mother, raises the familial tensions recurrent in Naruse's oeuvre to a sublime plane. A melodrama of considerable vastness, with a psychological depth worthy of Henry James, and a strong ensemble of Japanese stars of the era (including Setsuko Hara at the center), it also has one of the great transcendental endings in all of cinema. Hara plays Sanae Sakanishi, whose recently-deceased husband left her a sizable ins… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, February 20, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Doc Films 1212 E 59th St Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit docfilms.uchicago.edu.

Talk with Santiago Fernandez Mosquera

Romance Public Building/Room: TBA. Primary Sponsor: Romance. Event Description: “Las razones de la reescritura en Quevedo: el crisol de Providencia de Dios”. Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM. TBA.

“Local Governance, Informal Institutions and Authoritarian Survival: The Politics of Protestant House Churches in China”

CEAS Building/Room: Pick Lounge. Primary Sponsor: CAS Workshops. Other Sponsor(s): CEAS. Presenter(s): Marie-Eve Reny, Postdoctoral Fellow of Political Science, University of Chicago. Title: “Local Governance, Informal Institutions and Authoritarian Survival: The Politics of Protestant House Churches in China”. Contact Name: Yang Zhang. Contact E-mail: yangzhang@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: East Asia: Politics, Economy, Society, Culture This workshop focuses on current social science research on East Asian societies, particularly Mainland China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. The scope of the workshop is truly interdisciplinary, attracting students and faculty from economics, political science, sociology, international studies, and various other areas. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM. Pick Lounge 5828 S University Ave Chicago, IL. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Dissertation Proposal: Samuel Boyd

NELC Primary Sponsor: NELC. Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM. LaSalle Banks (OI).

Perception and Understanding of Music Workshop: Lawrence Zbikowski (University of Chicago)

Music Building/Room: Classroom 205. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter(s): Lawrence Zbikowski, Associate Professor, Department of Music (University of Chicago). Title: TBA. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Stephen Hedger. Contact E-mail: shedger@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Goodspeed Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

TO BE RESCHEDULED: Emerging Writers, Nonfiction: Joshuah Bearman

Creative Writing A writer and editor at LA Weekly, Joshuah Bearman has contributed to The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Rolling Stone, Harper’s, Wired, The Believer, McSweeney’s, as well as This American Life. Building/Room: Homeroom, I-House. Primary Sponsor: Creative Writing. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: RESCHEDULED. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM. RESCHEDULED. For more info visit creativewriting.uchicago.edu.

Noontime Concert Series: Jazz Combo

Music These free lunchtime concerts begin at 12:15 PM each Thursday in Fulton Recital Hall. Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performance Title: Noontime Concert Series: Jazz Combo. Performer(s): Jazz Combo. Cost: Free admission. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Jazz Combo. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 23, 2012, 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

Workshop by Helen Findley

CEAS East Asia: Trans-Regional Histories This workshop invites University of Chicago graduate students and faculty, as well as scholars from other academic communities, to present creative and original work that speaks across the national lines of East Asia as well as the disciplinary lines of the academic community. Joint presentations among participants that incorporate multidisciplinary and/or trans-regional historical perspectives are especially encouraged. Building/Room: SS 224. Primary Sponsor: CAS Workshops. Other Sponsor(s): CEAS. Presenter(s): Helen Findley (PhD Candidate, EALC, U Chicago). Title: TBA. Contact Name: Jun Hyung Chae. Contact E-mail: jhchae@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 23, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. 1126 E. 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637.

EthNoise! The Ethnomusicology Workshop: Suzi Wint

Music Building/Room: Classroom 205. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter(s): Suzi Wint. Title: TBA. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Will Faber. Contact E-mail: wfaber@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Persons with a disability who believe they may need assistance, please email Will Faber in advance at wfaber@uchicago.edu. Thursday, February 23, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Goodspeed Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Michael Segal, The Writing On the Wall: Dreams and Riddles in the Book of Daniel

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies Dr. Michael Segal is the Chair of the Department of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (on sabbatical during the 2011-12 academic year), and also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Hebrew University Bible Project. His research interests center upon Jewish literature of the Second Temple Period, including the late Biblical books, Dead Sea Scrolls, Apocrypha, and Pseudepigrapha; the textual history of the Hebrew Bible; and ancient Jewish Biblical interpretation. His first book, entitled The Book of Jubilees: Rewritten Bible, Redaction, Ideology and Theology (English: Brill; Hebrew: Magnes; 2007), was awarded the Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality in the Humanistic Disciplines (2008). He is currently writing two books on the Book of Daniel. The first will consist of a collection of interpretive studies of central passages in the book. The second will be a complete, critical commentary of Daniel and the Additions to Daniel for the Anchor Yale Bible Series. Building/Room: TBA. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Other Sponsor(s): American Friends of the Hebrew University (Midwest Region). Presenter: Michael Segal. Lecture Title: The Writing On the Wall: Dreams and Riddles in the Book of Daniel. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 23, 2012, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM. TBA.

Graduate Student Workshop with Sam Brody

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies Refreshments will be served. Find more information at http://ccjsgraduateworkinggroup.wordpress.com/ or email workshop coordinators Katharine Pflaum and Joela Zeller at cjs.grad.ws@gmail.com. Building/Room: Social Science Tea Room. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Presenter(s): Sam Brody (Ph.D student in History of Judaism). Title: A Jewish Solution to the Zionist Problem, or, Why Martin Buber Considered Isaiah 30:15 More Realistic than Rifle Practice. Open to the Public: No. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Graduate Student only workshop. This paper argues that Buber’s career as a public intellectual raises and sharpens the question of the opposition between “realism” and “utopianism” in politics. This can be seen on two levels: the level of the reception of Buber as a political thinker, and the level of his actual engagement with and impact on the public through speeches, editorials, and activism. On the first level, the paper argues that Buber’s reputation as a political thinker has suffered from a tenden… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 24, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. Social Science Tea Room 5730 South Ellis Avenue Chicago, IL 60637.

Alexander Technique Workshop with MaryJean Allen

Music Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter(s): MaryJean Allen. Title: Alexander Technique Workshop with MaryJean Allen. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 24, 2012, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

Seminar sponsored by Center for the Study of Ancient Religions

Building/Room: Classics 21. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Center for the Study of Ancient Religions. Presenter: Matthew Canepa, Richard Payne, and Touraj Daraee. Lecture Title: Religion, cosmology and empire in Sasanian Iran. Contact Name: Clifford Ando. Contact E-mail: cando@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: (773) 834-6708. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 24, 2012, 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Classics Building 1010 East 59th St.

Workshop by Ji Young Kim

CEAS Building/Room: Judd Hall 313. Primary Sponsor: CAS Workshops. Other Sponsor(s): CEAS. Presenter(s): Ji Young Kim. Title: TBA. Contact Name: Daniel Johnson. Contact E-mail: djohn@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Art and Politics in East Asia This workshop provides a common intellectual forum for students and scholars of diverse fields investigating the interaction of aesthetics with political economics as reflected in textual and visual media in East Asia. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 24, 2012, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Judd 313 5835 S Kimbark Ave Chicago, IL. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Visiting Committee Colloquium Series: Jan Philipp Sprick

Music All colloquium lectures are free and open to the public. Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Other Sponsor(s): University of Chicago Department of Music Visiting Committee. Presenter: Jan Philipp Sprick, Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Rostock, and the Universität der Künste, Berlin, and Visiting Professor (University of Chicago). Lecture Title: “Can Music Theory Be Historical?". Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 24, 2012, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

“From Spirit Tablets to Portraits: Ancestor Worship and Portraiture in Korea”

CEAS Visual and Material Perspectives on East Asia This workshop serves as a critical forum for the presentation of work addressing problems in the visual and material studies of East Asia, a region defined broadly to include China, Central, Asia, Japan, Korea, and Tibet. This workshop explores if and how theories of visuality current in western contexts may be applied to East Asia, and how approaches from both Eastern and Western scholarship may be fruitfully combined in visual and material studies. Building/Room: CWAC 156. Primary Sponsor: CAS Workshops. Other Sponsor(s): CEAS. Presenter(s): Cho Inso (Korea National University of Arts). Title: “From Spirit Tablets to Portraits: Ancestor Worship and Portraiture in Korea”. Contact Name: Jin Xu. Contact E-mail: xu.gene@hotmail.com. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Visual and Material Perspectives on East Asia This workshop serves as a critical forum for the presentation of work addressing problems in the visual and material studies of East Asia, a region defined broadly to include China, Central, Asia, Japan, Korea, and Tibet. This workshop explores if and how theories of visuality current in western contexts may be applied to East Asia, and how approaches from both Eastern and Western scholarship may be fruitfully combined in visual and material studies. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 24, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Chochrane-Woods Arts Center, Room 156 5540 South Greenwood Ave Chicago, IL. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Poetics Workshop: Michael Hansen

Creative Writing Building/Room: Rosenwald 405. Primary Sponsor: Poetry & Poetics. Other Sponsor(s): Creative Writing. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.834.8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 24, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Rosenwald 405.

PHENOMENOLOGIES OF PROJECTION, AESTHETICS OF TRANSITION: ANTHONY MCCALL 1970-79, 2001—

FSC The exhibition at Experimental Station is open to the public from 6-10pm on Friday, 2/24 and Saturday, 2/25 - no reservations necessary. Building/Room: Experimental Station. Primary Sponsor: Film Studies Center. Other Sponsor(s): The University of Chicago Arts Council, The Nicholson Center for British Studies, The Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, Tom Gunning Mellon Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award, The Franke Institute for the Humanities, The Karla Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture, The Department of Cinema and Media Studies, The Department of Visual Arts, The Department of English Language and Literature, The New Media Workshop, The Mass Culture Workshop, The Theatre and Performance Studies Workshop, The C… Exhibition Title: PHENOMENOLOGIES OF PROJECTION, AESTHETICS OF TRANSITION: ANTHONY MCCALL 1970-79, 2001—. Presenter(s): Anthony McCall. Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: none. Contact Name: Film Studies Center. Contact Phone: 773-702-8596. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Using atmospheric haze and film projectors, artist Anthony McCall creates beautiful, visually captivating light sculptures that explore ideas of architecture, duration and embodiment. Invoking comparisons to natural formations like waterfalls and moonlight, McCall’s slowly moving luminous projections invite visitors to step into the light, using their bodies to alter the shimmering forms. Experience the subtle poetics of McCall’s rarely exhibited 'Solid Light’ films at a special two-day event at the Uni… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 24, 2012, 6:00 PM – Saturday, February 25, 2012, 10:00 PM. Experimental Station 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. For more info visit filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu.

CONFERENCE: Phenomenologies of Projection, Aesthetics of Transition Anthony McCall 1970-79, 2001—

Shared Events Image: (detail) Anthony McCall, Sprueth Magers / Ambika P3 exhibition (London 2011). Building/Room: Cobb Hall. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Conference Title: Phenomenologies of Projection, Aesthetics of Transition Anthony McCall 1970-79, 2001—. Open to the Public: Yes. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Using atmospheric haze and film projectors, artist Anthony McCall creates beautiful, visually captivating light sculptures that explore ideas of architecture, duration and embodiment. Invoking comparisons to natural formations like waterfalls and moonlight, McCall’s slowly moving luminous projections invite visitors to step into the light, using their bodies to alter the shimmering forms. Experience the subtle poetics of McCall’s rarely exhibited 'Solid Light’ films at a special two-day event at the Univ… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 24, 2012, 6:00 PM – Saturday, February 25, 2012, 10:00 PM. Film Studies Center, 5811 South Ellis Avenue, room 307 & Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. For more info visit filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu.

What does the J in J-Pop Stand For?: A workshop for K-12 educators

CEAS Building/Room: Room 302. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago (JCCC) Foundation’s Japanese Language Education Grant. Title: What does the J in J-Pop Stand For?: A workshop for K-12 educators. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Miho Matsugu. Contact E-mail: mmatsugu@depaul.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: DePaul University’s Department of Modern Languages and Japanese Studies Program, in collaboration with the Office of Language and Cultural Education, Chicago Public Schools, presents the Teaching Japan for K-12 series: Explore the Pedagogical Possibilities. We invite you to attend our Saturday, February 25, 2012 workshop entitled “What Does the J in J-Pop Stand For?” with Michael K. Bourdaghs (The University of Chicago). This workshop will look at Japanese popular music from the 1930s through the present… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, February 25, 2012, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Levan Center 2322 N. Kenmore Chicago, IL.

PHENOMENOLOGIES OF PROJECTION, AESTHETICS OF TRANSITION: ANTHONY MCCALL 1970-79, 2001—

FSC Reservations are required for the Symposium, and may be made at filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu. Building/Room: Cobb 307. Primary Sponsor: Film Studies Center. Other Sponsor(s): The University of Chicago Arts Council, The Nicholson Center for British Studies, The Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, Tom Gunning Mellon Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Open Practice Committee, The Karla Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture, The Franke Institute for the Humanities, The Department of Cinema and Media Studies, The Department of Visual Arts, The Department of English Language and Literature, The New Media Worksh… Conference Title: PHENOMENOLOGIES OF PROJECTION, AESTHETICS OF TRANSITION: ANTHONY MCCALL 1970-79, 2001—. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Film Studies Center. Contact Phone: 773-702-8596. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Using atmospheric haze and film projectors, artist Anthony McCall creates beautiful, visually captivating light sculptures that explore ideas of architecture, duration and embodiment. Invoking comparisons to natural formations like waterfalls and moonlight, McCall’s slowly moving luminous projections invite visitors to step into the light, using their bodies to alter the shimmering forms. Experience the subtle poetics of McCall’s rarely exhibited 'Solid Light’ films at a special two-day event at the Uni… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, February 25, 2012, 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM. Kersten Physics Teaching Center 5720 S. Ellis. For more info visit filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu.

Concert: A Feast of Songs

Music Building/Room: Smart Museum of Arts. Primary Sponsor: Music. Other Sponsor(s): Smart Museum of Art. Performance Title: Concert: A Feast of Songs. Cost: Free admission. Contact Name: Smart Museum of Art. Contact Phone: 773.702.0200. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Listen to songs about food, drink, and feasting by classical composers from J.S. Bach to George Gershwin and Lee Hoiby. The program is curated and directed by soprano Patrice Michaels, Director of Vocal Studies, and pianist Amy Briggs, Director of Chamber Music for the University of Chicago’s Department of Music, and features singers and pianists from the Department of Music’s Performance Program. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art, on view at t… Disability Clause: Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate in this event should contact the event sponsor for assistance. For events on http://event.uchicago.edu/students/, please contact ORCSA at (773) 702-8787. Sunday, February 26, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM. Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue. For more info visit smartmuseum.uchicago.edu.

Frolic Architecture: David Grubbs and Susan Howe

Creative Writing Building/Room: The Renaissance Society. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Poem Present, Committee on Creative Writing. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Grubbs and Howe return for a performance of their third and most recent release Frolic Architecture. Frolic drops the listener into a soundworld that germinates wildly from this most multiple and heterogeneous of Howe's celebrated collage poems. For long stretches, it is impossible to separate Howe's real-time performance of her fragment-strewn text from Grubbs's further deformations, scatterings, and layerings. These aberrant vocalizations are placed in a landscape in which individual pitches pulse autonom… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Sunday, February 26, 2012, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM. The Renaissance Society.

As the Incense: A midwinter meditation

Music Part of the Quire and Place choral concert series. Building/Room: Sanctuary. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performance Title: As the Incense: A midwinter meditation. Performer(s): The Decani. Cost: Individual tickets are $25 general, $5 student or a series pass for two performances at $40. A limited number of free student tickets will be available at the Rockefeller Chapel front desk in advance of each concert. Ticket Web Link: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/115570. Contact Phone: 773.702.2100. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Featuring the music of Thomas Tallis, including the Lamentations performed by the Decani, the professional chamber group of the Rockefeller Chapel Choir, and the iconic Spem in alium for forty voices. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Sunday, February 26, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue. For more info visit rockefeller.uchicago.edu.

"A Wanderer's Notebook"

CEAS Monday Film Series Naruse & Takamine: Of an Auteur and Actress General Admission: $5 Quarterly Membership: $30 ($28 if you present proof of membership from the previous quarter) Summer Membership: $20. Building/Room: Doc Films. Primary Sponsor: CEAS. Contact Name: Doc Films. Contact Phone: 773-702-8575. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Mikio Naruse, 1962 • According to actress Hideko Takamine, this was among Naruse’s favorite of their many collaborations as actress and director. Based on Fumiko Hayashi’s autobiographical first novel, A Wanderer's Notebook follows Hayashi’s difficult early life in poverty through to her adulthood, where she is an acclaimed writer. Sticking with ‘scope but eturning to black and white, Naruse imbues every image with significance, with a marmoreal stateliness. He crafts lyrical compositions that use a sensiti… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, February 27, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Doc Films 1212 E 59th St Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit docfilms.uchicago.edu.

Dissertation-Year Fellowship applications due

NELC Primary Sponsor: NELC. Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. arenberg@uchicago.edu. For more info visit nelc.uchicago.edu.

History and Forms of Lyric: Mutlu Blasing

Poetry and Poetics Building/Room: TBS. Primary Sponsor: Creative Writing. Other Sponsor(s): History and Forms of Lyric. Presenter: Mutlu Blasing. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.834.8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: This lecture is free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. TBD.

Dissertation Proposal: Jacqueline Vayntrub

NELC Building/Room: Rosenwald 405. Primary Sponsor: NELC. Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Rosenwald 405.

Noontime Concert Series: Piano Showcase

Music These free lunchtime concerts begin at 12:15 PM each Thursday in Fulton Recital Hall. Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performance Title: Noontime Concert Series: Piano Showcase. Cost: Free admission. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Piano Showcase. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 1, 2012, 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

Smart Lecture: David Morgan

Art History Building/Room: CWAC 157. Primary Sponsor: Art History. Presenter: David Morgan. Contact Name: Alex Kostiw. Contact E-mail: karenina@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 702-0278. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 1, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.

Keynote lecture for "Understanding Sexual Violence in Conflict: Gendered Dynamics of Victimization," Elisabeth Wood

Franke Institute Building/Room: JRL S-118. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, Human Rights Program. Presenter: Elisabeth Wood, Professor of Political Science, Yale University. Lecture Title: "Understanding Sexual Violence in Conflict: Gendered Dynamics of Victimization". Contact Name: Sarah Tuohey. Contact E-mail: stuohey@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-2365. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Keynote lecture for “Understanding Sexual Violence in Conflict: Gendered Dynamics of Victimization,” symposium in connection with the CSGS Sawyer Seminar “International Women’s Human Rights: Paradigms, Paradoxes, and Possibilities”. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 1, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. The Franke Institute for the Humanities 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118 Chicago, IL 60637.

Nili Sacher Fox: The Matter of Israelite Religion, Lecture 4 of 4

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Other Sponsor(s): Divinity School. Presenter: Nili Sacher Fox (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion). Lecture Title: Fashion vs. Ideology: Biblical Laws Pertaining to Israelite Dress. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Nili Sacher Fox is Professor of Bible and Director of the School of Graduate Studies at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Fox teaches Bible, Archaeology, Ancient History and Languages, and is co-director of the Graduate Summer-in-Israel Program. She has written on various topics relating to the history and culture of ancient Israel, including: In the Service of the King: Officialdom in Anc… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 1, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Classics 110 1010 E. 59th St.

"Understanding Sexual Violence in Conflict: Gendered Dynamics of Victimization"

Franke Institute Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, Human Rights Program. Conference Title: "Understanding Sexual Violence in Conflict: Gendered Dynamics of Victimization". Presenter(s): Faculty Presenters: Dara Cohen, Professor of Political Science, Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota Jocelyn Kelly, Director of the Women in War Program for Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University Graduate Student Presenters: Amanda Blair, Political Science Mackenzie Israel-Trummel, Political Science, Stanford Jonathan Shaw, History, University of Michigan. Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Sarah Tuohey. Contact E-mail: stuohey@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-2365. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: A symposium in connection with the CSGS Sawyer Seminar “International Women’s Human Rights: Paradigms, Paradoxes, and Possibilities”. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 2, 2012, 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM. Classics 110 1010 East 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637.

Medical Pluralism in Soviet and Post-Soviet Eurasia

Franke Institute Building/Room: JRL S-118. Primary Sponsor: CEERES. Other Sponsor(s): Norman Wait Harris Fund of the Center for International Studies. Presenter(s): Sarah Phillips (Indiana University); Alaina Lemon (U. Michigan); Danuta Penkala-Gawecka (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland); Michele Rivkin-Fish (UNC-Chapel Hill); Justine Buck Quijada (Wesleyan University; Eugene Raikhel (U. Chicago); Sheila Fitzpatrick (U. Chicago); Michael David (U. Chicago); Robert Bird (U. Chicago); Larisa Jasarevic (U. Chicago); Tatiana Chudakova (U. Chicago); Nelly Samoukova Leavitt (U. Chicago). Title: "Medical Pluralism in Soviet and Post-Soviet Eurasia". Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Meredith Clason. Contact E-mail: mclason@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-0866. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Many observers have noted the multiplicity of approaches to healing that have emerged in post-Soviet Eurasia over the past 20 years. Aside from transformations in the domain of biomedicine, these range from healing practices linked to religions traditionally associated with the region (such as Russian Orthodoxy and Buddhism) to those derived from new religions, “occult practices” or New Age spirituality to self- and mutual-help movements such as Alcoholics Anonymous. While these developments have often be… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 2, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Franke Institute for the Humanities 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118 Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit ceeres.uchicago.edu.

Stanley Cavell’s Aesthetic Criticism in Modernity

Franke Institute Building/Room: Various. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Other Sponsor(s): Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on German Literature and Culture, Department of Philosophy, Prof. Arnold Davidson. Conference Title: Stanley Cavell’s Aesthetic Criticism in Modernity. Presenter(s): Sarah Beckwith (English, Duke) Michael Fried (Humanities Center/Art History, Johns Hopkins University) Arata Hamawaki (Philosophy, Auburn) Andrew Klevan (Film Studies, Oxford) Toril Moi (Literature and Romance Studies, Duke University) Richard Moran (Philosophy, Harvard University) Yi-Ping Ong (The Humanities Center, Johns Hopkins University) Robert Pippin (Philosophy, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Gilad Nir. Contact E-mail: giladnir@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Workshop on Stanley Cavell’s Aesthetics, Criticism and Conception of Modernity. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 2, 2012, 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM. Friday, March 2nd: 9:30am-12:30pm - Stuart 101; 2pm-6pm - Harper 140 Saturday & Sunday, March 3-4th: Franke Institute. For more info visit cavell.sites.uchicago.edu.

Around1948 Symposium: Post-World War II Trials and the Reconstruction of European States

Franke Institute Building/Room: Multiple. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Conference Title: The Post-World War II Trials and the Reconstruction of European States. Presenter(s): Devin Pendas (Boston College) Ben Frommer (Northwestern University) Francine Hirsch (University of Wisconsin, Madison). Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Susan Gooding. Contact E-mail: ssg4@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 715-790-2389. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: An afternoon symposium devoted to discussion of Central and European cases in which courts served as key sites in the post-WWII purging of Nazi collaborators and war criminals in Central and Eastern Europe, and to the role played by this “juridification of war” in the reconstruction of modern Europe and contemporary European legal culture. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 2, 2012, 2:00 PM – 5:15 PM. John Hope Franklin Room (224) and Social Sciences Tea Room (201), Social Sciences Research Building, 1126 E. 59th St. For more info visit around1948.uchicago.edu.

Workshop by Reginald Jackson

CEAS Building/Room: Judd Hall 313. Primary Sponsor: CAS Workshops. Other Sponsor(s): CEAS. Presenter(s): Reginald Jackson. Title: TBA. Contact Name: Daniel Johnson. Contact E-mail: djohn@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Art and Politics in East Asia This workshop provides a common intellectual forum for students and scholars of diverse fields investigating the interaction of aesthetics with political economics as reflected in textual and visual media in East Asia. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 2, 2012, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Judd 313 5835 S Kimbark Ave Chicago, IL. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Visiting Committee Colloquium Series: Jairo Moreno

Music Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter: Jairo Moreno, Associate Professor of Music, Yale University. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Jairo Moreno’s work addresses the production of knowledge of music and the sonic in modernity. He has written a major study of the history of listening in early modern and modern music theory and analysis, Musical Representations, Subjects, and Objects: The Construction of Musical Thought in Zarlino, Descartes, Rameau, and Weber (Indiana University Press, 2004). He has also published on jazz performance poetics, the politics of aesthesis, and Latin-American popular music in the U.S during the long 20 th cen… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 2, 2012, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

“The Rhetoric of the Trace: Photography, Place, and History in Republican Nanjing”

CEAS Visual and Material Perspectives on East Asia This workshop serves as a critical forum for the presentation of work addressing problems in the visual and material studies of East Asia, a region defined broadly to include China, Central, Asia, Japan, Korea, and Tibet. This workshop explores if and how theories of visuality current in western contexts may be applied to East Asia, and how approaches from both Eastern and Western scholarship may be fruitfully combined in visual and material studies. Building/Room: CWAC 156. Primary Sponsor: CAS Workshops. Other Sponsor(s): CEAS. Presenter(s): Catherine Stuer (PhD candidate, University of Chicago). Title: “The Rhetoric of the Trace: Photography, Place, and History in Republican Nanjing”. Contact Name: Jin Xu. Contact E-mail: xu.gene@hotmail.com. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Visual and Material Perspectives on East Asia This workshop serves as a critical forum for the presentation of work addressing problems in the visual and material studies of East Asia, a region defined broadly to include China, Central, Asia, Japan, Korea, and Tibet. This workshop explores if and how theories of visuality current in western contexts may be applied to East Asia, and how approaches from both Eastern and Western scholarship may be fruitfully combined in visual and material studies. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 2, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Chochrane-Woods Arts Center, Room 156 5540 South Greenwood Ave Chicago, IL. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Prior Quarter Grades Due for Graduating Students

NELC Primary Sponsor: University Registrar. Contact Phone: 773-702-7891. Event Description: Grades for any incomplete courses, MA papers/theses, exams, language requirements from previous quarters are due to the Registrar's Office. Friday, March 2, 2012, 4:00 PM. For more info visit registrar.uchicago.edu.

Isabel Bayrakdarian & Serouj Kradjian

Chicago Presents Building/Room: Mandel Hall. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Presents. Performance Title: Isabel Bayrakdarian & Serouj Kradjian. Performer(s): Isabel Bayrakdarian, Serouj Kradjian. Cost: $35 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 773.702.8068. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Works by Liszt, Ravel, Obradors, Gomidas, Heggie, and Berlioz Isabel Bayrakdarian burst onto the international opera scene after winning first prize in the 2000 Operalia competition founded by Plácido Domingo. Since then she has performed in many of the world’s major opera houses and concert halls, including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and has been critically acclaimed for her memorable song recitals. “…make sure you get a ticket to hear soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian the next time she comes to town, no… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 2, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street. For more info visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu.

Stanley Cavell’s Aesthetic Criticism in Modernity

Franke Institute Building/Room: Various. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Other Sponsor(s): Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on German Literature and Culture, Department of Philosophy, Prof. Arnold Davidson. Conference Title: Stanley Cavell’s Aesthetic Criticism in Modernity. Presenter(s): Sarah Beckwith (English, Duke) Michael Fried (Humanities Center/Art History, Johns Hopkins University) Arata Hamawaki (Philosophy, Auburn) Andrew Klevan (Film Studies, Oxford) Toril Moi (Literature and Romance Studies, Duke University) Richard Moran (Philosophy, Harvard University) Yi-Ping Ong (The Humanities Center, Johns Hopkins University) Robert Pippin (Philosophy, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Gilad Nir. Contact E-mail: giladnir@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Workshop on Stanley Cavell’s Aesthetics, Criticism and Conception of Modernity. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, March 3, 2012, 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM. Friday, March 2nd: 9:30am-12:30pm - Stuart 101; 2pm-6pm - Harper 140 Saturday & Sunday, March 3-4th: Franke Institute. For more info visit cavell.sites.uchicago.edu.

University Symphony Orchestra

Music Reception to follow. Building/Room: Reynolds Club. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performer(s): University Symphony Orchestra. Cost: Donations: $10/$5 Students. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Works by Beethoven and Piston, plus Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 7. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, March 3, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.

Pictures and Sounds

FSC Building/Room: Cobb 307. Primary Sponsor: Film Studies Center. Other Sponsor(s): WHPK. Contact Name: Film Studies Center. Contact Phone: 773-702-8596. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Pictures and Sounds, the annual multimedia showcase hosted by WHPK and the Film Studies Center, presents re-imagined and improvised soundtracks to new video work and classics of silent, experimental, and outsider film. Live performances from a selection of artists spanning the spectrum of avant noise and free playing. Performers TBA. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, March 3, 2012, 8:00 PM. Film Studies Center 5811 S. Ellis. For more info visit filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu.

Stanley Cavell’s Aesthetic Criticism in Modernity

Franke Institute Building/Room: Various. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Other Sponsor(s): Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on German Literature and Culture, Department of Philosophy, Prof. Arnold Davidson. Conference Title: Stanley Cavell’s Aesthetic Criticism in Modernity. Presenter(s): Sarah Beckwith (English, Duke) Michael Fried (Humanities Center/Art History, Johns Hopkins University) Arata Hamawaki (Philosophy, Auburn) Andrew Klevan (Film Studies, Oxford) Toril Moi (Literature and Romance Studies, Duke University) Richard Moran (Philosophy, Harvard University) Yi-Ping Ong (The Humanities Center, Johns Hopkins University) Robert Pippin (Philosophy, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Gilad Nir. Contact E-mail: giladnir@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Workshop on Stanley Cavell’s Aesthetics, Criticism and Conception of Modernity. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Sunday, March 4, 2012, 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM. Friday, March 2nd: 9:30am-12:30pm - Stuart 101; 2pm-6pm - Harper 140 Saturday & Sunday, March 3-4th: Franke Institute. For more info visit cavell.sites.uchicago.edu.

The State of American Jewish Belief Revisited: At the Edge of a Crisis or at a New Threshold?

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies Building/Room: Spertus Institute. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Other Sponsor(s): The Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion at the University of Chicago, The Karla Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture. Conference Title: The State of American Jewish Belief Revisited: At the Edge of a Crisis or at a New Threshhold? Presenter(s): Speakers include: Rachel Adler (Professor of Modern Jewish Thought and Judaism and Gender, Hebrew Union College-Los Angeles) Saul Berman (Yeshiva University, Founder of Edah) Arnold Eisen (Chancellor, Jewish Theological Seminary) David Ellenson (President, Hebrew-Union College) Arthur Green (former President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Seminary; Dean, Non-denominational Rabbinical School of Boston Hebrew College) Riv-Ellen Prell (Professor and Chair of American Studies, University of Minnesota). Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: free, but registration is required at uofcconference@spertus.edu. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Recent studies point to declining synagogue membership and denominational identification as signs of crisis in American Judaism. This symposium focuses attention on theological dimensions of the perceived crisis. Six leading thinkers come together to share their unique vantage points on a series of questions: Is American Judaism theologically bankrupt or is it at the cusp of a radically new beginning? How should we diagnose this perceived crisis and what proposals might counter it? How can American Judaism… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Sunday, March 4, 2012, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Spertus Institute 610 South Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605-1901. For more info visit spertus.edu.

University Chorus: Harmonies

Music Building/Room: Sanctuary. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performance Title: University Chorus: Harmonies. Performer(s): University Chorus. Cost: $10 donation requested, students free. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Under the direction of Mollie Stone, the University Chorus offers repertoire representing diverse settings of sacred texts, with music from South Africa, Corsica, the Republic of Georgia, and Bulgaria, as well as from American traditions including shape-note songs, Gospel quartet music from the 1930s and 1940s, and traditional spirituals. $10 donation requested, students free. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Sunday, March 4, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue. For more info visit rockefeller.uchicago.edu.

"Yearning"

CEAS Monday Film Series Naruse & Takamine: Of an Auteur and Actress General Admission: $5 Quarterly Membership: $30 ($28 if you present proof of membership from the previous quarter) Summer Membership: $20. Building/Room: Doc Films. Primary Sponsor: CEAS. Contact Name: Doc Films. Contact Phone: 773-702-8575. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Mikio Naruse, 1964 • Perhaps the most devastating of Naruse’s late melodramas, this neglected treasure sees Hideoko Takamine once again playing a widow. Rieko (Takamine) runs a small grocery store owned by the mother of her late husband. When a supermarket opens just down the street, the store falls into dire financial trouble. After Koji, her delinquent brother-in-law, confesses his love to her, Rieko decides to flee to her hometown. However, Koji follows Reiko. Over the course of train ride, the two find… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, March 5, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Doc Films 1212 E 59th St Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit docfilms.uchicago.edu.

Music History/Theory Workshop: Pete Smucker

Music Building/Room: Seminar Room 264. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter(s): Pete Smucker. Title: TBA. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Mary Caldwell. Contact E-mail: marycaldwell@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Those needing additional assistance to attend this event should contact one of the graduate coordinators, Mary Caldwell (marycaldwell@uchicago.edu) or August Sheehy (aasheehy@uchicago.edu). Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Joseph Regenstein Library, 1100 E . 57th Street. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

“Extra-Budget Funds in China: Source of Corruption or Good Governance?”

CEAS Building/Room: Pick Lounge. Primary Sponsor: CAS Workshops. Other Sponsor(s): CEAS. Presenter(s): Yeonju Lee, Doctoral Student of Political Science, University of Chicago. Title: “Extra-Budget Funds in China: Source of Corruption or Good Governance?”. Contact Name: Yang Zhang. Contact E-mail: yangzhang@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: East Asia: Politics, Economy, Society, Culture This workshop focuses on current social science research on East Asian societies, particularly Mainland China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. The scope of the workshop is truly interdisciplinary, attracting students and faculty from economics, political science, sociology, international studies, and various other areas. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM. Pick Lounge 5828 S University Ave Chicago, IL. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Imagination and Expertise in Composition -- SIX WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES

Music Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter(s): Performers: Alison Attar, Julia Bentley, Gregory Beyer, Amy Briggs, Constance Volk, and Austin Wulliman. Title: Imagination and Expertise in Composition -- SIX WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Professor Augusta Read Thomas. Contact E-mail: arthomas@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.834.9935. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: This workshop/recital will showcase NEW works by the students in Professor Augusta Read Thomas' Course 36700, IMAGINATION AND EXPERTISE IN COMPOSITION. World premieres by Andrés Carrizo, Andrew McManus, Alex Stephenson, David Shonberg, Francisco Castillo Trigueros, and Phil Taylor. Admission is free. Reception to follow. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

Perception and Understanding of Music Workshop: Sarah Iker

Music Building/Room: Classroom 205. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter(s): Sarah Iker, PhD Student in Music History/Theory. Title: TBA. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Stephen Hedger. Contact E-mail: shedger@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Goodspeed Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

LECTURE: MARK GODFREY

Shared Events Building/Room: CWAC 157. Primary Sponsor: DOVA. Presenter: Mark Godfrey. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Mark Godfrey is Curator of Contemporary Art at the Tate Modern. He formerly held the post of lecturer in History and Theory of Art at The Slade School of Fine Art, University College London. He has written exhibition catalogue essays on the work of Tacita Dean, Matthew Buckingham, Sharon Lockhart, Fiona Tan, and Eva Hesse, and a survey essay for the Phaidon monograph on Anri Sala. He has curated exhibitions for Catherine Yass, Douglas Huebler,Matthew Buckingham and recently co-curated the exhibition, "… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Cochrane-Woods Art Center, 5540 South Greenwood Avenue, room 157.

Winter Reading Period

University of Chicago Academic Calendar Primary Sponsor: University of Chicago. Thursday, March 8, 2012 – Friday, March 9, 2012.

Noontime Concert Series: Svetlana Krasnova, piano

Music These free lunchtime concerts begin at 12:15 PM each Thursday in Fulton Recital Hall. Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performance Title: Noontime Concert Series: Svetlana Krasnova, piano. Performer(s): Svetlana Krasnova, piano. Cost: Free admission. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Svetlana Krasnova, piano, performs the works of Haydn, Schumann, and Liszt. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 8, 2012, 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

Exemplarity/Singularity

Franke Institute March 8: 1 pm to 6 pm March 9: 10 am to 6 pm March 10: 9 am to 12.30 pm. Building/Room: JRL S-118. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Other Sponsor(s): The Center for Interdisciplinary Research on German Literature and Culture, The Department of Classics and the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Chicago, Memoria Romana, the Rhetoric and Poetics Workshop. Conference Title: Exemplarity/Singularity. Presenter(s): Organizers: Michèle Lowrie (Classics, Chicago), Susanne Lüdemann (German, Chicago) Participants: Clifford Ando (Classics, Chicago), Jim Chandler (English, Chicago), Alex Dressler (Classics, Wisconsin), Paul Fleming (German, Cornell), Christiane Frey (German, Princeton), Jan Goldstein (History, Chicago), Barbara Hahn (German, Vanderbilt), Rebecca Langlands (Classics, Exeter), Simon Malloch (Classics, Nottingham), David Martyn (German, McCalister), Michael Peachin (Classics, NYU), Matthew Roller (Cla… Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Susanne Luedemann. Contact E-mail: sluedemann@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: This interdisciplinary conference considers antique and modern forms of exemplarity and their role in constructing subjectivity. It deals with the transformation of textual genres such as casus and exemplum, anecdote, and novella from antiquity to modernity and with the ways in which these genres shape the relationship between exemplarity and singularity. At issue are knowledge formation and transmission, memory and its media, the pragmatics of telling stories, the structure of the disciplines, and the inte… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 8, 2012, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM. The Franke Institute for the Humanities 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118 Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit german.uchicago.edu.

Workshop by Noriko Yamaguchi

CEAS East Asia: Trans-Regional Histories This workshop invites University of Chicago graduate students and faculty, as well as scholars from other academic communities, to present creative and original work that speaks across the national lines of East Asia as well as the disciplinary lines of the academic community. Joint presentations among participants that incorporate multidisciplinary and/or trans-regional historical perspectives are especially encouraged. Building/Room: SS 224. Primary Sponsor: CAS Workshops. Other Sponsor(s): CEAS. Presenter(s): Noriko Yamaguchi (PhD Candidate, History, U Chicago). Title: TBA. Contact Name: Noriko Yamaguchi. Contact E-mail: jhchae@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 8, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. 1126 E. 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637.

Jazz X-tet

Music Reception to follow. Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performer(s): University Jazz X-tet. Cost: Free admission. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 8, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

Dan Laor

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Presenter: Dan Laor, Tel-Aviv University. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 8, 2012, 11:30 PM – Friday, March 9, 2012, 1:00 AM. Classics 110 1010 E. 59th St.

Current Quarter Grades Due for Graduating Students

NELC Primary Sponsor: University Registrar. Friday, March 9, 2012.

Workshop on Greek Linguistics

Franke Institute Building/Room: Classics 314. Primary Sponsor: Linguistics. Other Sponsor(s): Franke Institute. Title: Workshop on Greek Linguistics. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Anastasia Giannakidou. Contact E-mail: giannaki@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-9819. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: This workshop provides a platform for the presentation of papers by researchers working on the Greek language in all its stages and from all perspectives; it is inclusive and ecumenical, ranging from traditional philological research to formal semantic analysis, with the explicit goal of crossing traditional boundaries and encouraging researchers to learn from each other. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 9, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Classics Building, Room 314 1010 E. 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637.

Workshop on the Structure & Constituency in the Languages of the Americas

Franke Institute Building/Room: Ida Noyes West Room. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Other Sponsor(s): Dean of the Humanities Division, Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, Scherer Center for the American culture, Department of Linguistics, Department of Anthropology. Conference Title: Workshop on the Structure & Constituency in the Languages of the Americas. Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Alan Yu. Contact E-mail: wscla17@gmail.com. Contact Phone: 773-702-8528. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: The Workshop on Structure and Constituency in the Languages of the Americas (WSCLA) is an annual linguistics conference, which started in 1995. The central objective of WSCLA is to bring together linguists who are engaged in research on the formal study of aboriginal languages of the Americas in order to exchange ideas across theories, language families, generations of scholars, and across the academic and non-academic communities who are involved in language maintenance and revitalization. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 9, 2012, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Ida Noyes Hall West Room 1212 East 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit sites.google.com.

Exemplarity/Singularity

Franke Institute March 8: 1 pm to 6 pm March 9: 10 am to 6 pm March 10: 9 am to 12.30 pm. Building/Room: JRL S-118. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Other Sponsor(s): The Center for Interdisciplinary Research on German Literature and Culture, The Department of Classics and the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Chicago, Memoria Romana, the Rhetoric and Poetics Workshop. Conference Title: Exemplarity/Singularity. Presenter(s): Organizers: Michèle Lowrie (Classics, Chicago), Susanne Lüdemann (German, Chicago) Participants: Clifford Ando (Classics, Chicago), Jim Chandler (English, Chicago), Alex Dressler (Classics, Wisconsin), Paul Fleming (German, Cornell), Christiane Frey (German, Princeton), Jan Goldstein (History, Chicago), Barbara Hahn (German, Vanderbilt), Rebecca Langlands (Classics, Exeter), Simon Malloch (Classics, Nottingham), David Martyn (German, McCalister), Michael Peachin (Classics, NYU), Matthew Roller (Cla… Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Susanne Luedemann. Contact E-mail: sluedemann@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: This interdisciplinary conference considers antique and modern forms of exemplarity and their role in constructing subjectivity. It deals with the transformation of textual genres such as casus and exemplum, anecdote, and novella from antiquity to modernity and with the ways in which these genres shape the relationship between exemplarity and singularity. At issue are knowledge formation and transmission, memory and its media, the pragmatics of telling stories, the structure of the disciplines, and the inte… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 9, 2012, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM. The Franke Institute for the Humanities 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118 Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit german.uchicago.edu.

Graduate Student Workshop with Elayne Oliphant

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies Refreshments will be served. Find more information at http://ccjsgraduateworkinggroup.wordpress.com/ or email workshop coordinators Katharine Pflaum and Joela Zeller at cjs.grad.ws@gmail.com. Building/Room: Social Science Tea Room. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Presenter(s): Elayne Oliphant (Ph.D student in Anthropology). Title: The Risks of Historical Memory: Inter-Religious Dialogues in Present-Day Paris. Open to the Public: No. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Graduate student only workshop. This paper explores examine a series of unsuccessful Catholic-Jewish dialogues between “cultural” Jewish and Catholic organizations in Paris that attempted to find unity in the common text of the “Old” Testament, without leaving space to account for the effects of a very fraught history in this conversation. This chapter also examines the paradoxical role played by Paris’ recently deceased and very popular archbishop–Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger–who was born to Jewish parent… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 9, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. Social Science Tea Room 5730 South Ellis Avenue Chicago, IL 60637.

MA Degree Approval Forms Due

NELC The MA Degree Approval Form is available electronically from the Dean of Students Office. Primary Sponsor: Dean of Students. Contact Name: Miranda Swanson. Contact E-mail: miranda@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 772-702-8498. Event Description: Degree-granting departments and committees must report approval for the MA degree no later than Friday of ninth week of the quarter in which a student has applied to receive an MA. The completed form should be signed by the Chair. Friday, March 9, 2012, 4:30 PM. Walker Museum.

A Bitter Taste of Freedom: An Evening with Marina Goldovskaya

FSC Building/Room: Cobb 307. Primary Sponsor: Film Studies Center. Contact Name: Film Studies Center. Contact Phone: 773-702-8596. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Russian documentary filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya presents this soulful homage to her close friend Anna Politkovskaya, the fearless investigative reporter, who was murdered on her doorstep by an unknown assailant in 2006, presumably for her outspoken criticism of the government-sanctioned war in Chechnya. Recipient of an Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism, A Bitter Taste of Freedom evades the conventions of reportage, instead weaving contextual archive and in-the-field photos wit… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 9, 2012, 7:00 PM. Film Studies Center 5811 S. Ellis. For more info visit filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu.

Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers

Music Thrisa Hodits, Director Tim Semanik, Conductor All proceeds benefit the University of Chicago Department of Music Performance Program. Building/Room: Reynolds Club. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performance Title: Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers. Performer(s): Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company and the University of Chicago Chamber Orchestra. Cost: $20 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 773.702.9075. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 9, 2012, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.

What March 11 Means to Me: A Symposium in Honor of Norma Field

CEAS Building/Room: Swift 3rd Fl. Primary Sponsor: CEAS. Other Sponsor(s): EALC. Conference Title: What March 11 Means to Me: A Symposium in Honor of Norma Field. Presenter(s): (Speaking in Japanese): Ryusawa Takeshi, Yokoyu Sonoko, Takahashi Tetsuya, Komori Yoichi, and Amamiya Karin (Translating into English): Sarah Frederick, Justin Jesty, Mika Endo, Adrienne Hurley, Yuko Miyamoto, Tomomi Yamaguchi, Sam Perry, Miho Matsugu, Heather Bowen-Stuyk and Jim Fujii. Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: Free. Contact Name: Sarah Arehart. Contact E-mail: sarehart@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-2715. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: This symposium has been organized to honor the legacy of Norma Field, the Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor in Japanese Studies in East Asian Languages and Civilizations, who is retiring at the end of this academic year. Scholars from Japan and the U.S. will present papers reflecting on the March 11 disaster in Japan and the impact it has had on their lives and scholarship. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, March 10, 2012 – Sunday, March 11, 2012. Swift Hall 3rd Floor Lecture room 1025 East 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637.

Exemplarity/Singularity

Franke Institute March 8: 1 pm to 6 pm March 9: 10 am to 6 pm March 10: 9 am to 12.30 pm. Building/Room: JRL S-118. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Other Sponsor(s): The Center for Interdisciplinary Research on German Literature and Culture, The Department of Classics and the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Chicago, Memoria Romana, the Rhetoric and Poetics Workshop. Conference Title: Exemplarity/Singularity. Presenter(s): Organizers: Michèle Lowrie (Classics, Chicago), Susanne Lüdemann (German, Chicago) Participants: Clifford Ando (Classics, Chicago), Jim Chandler (English, Chicago), Alex Dressler (Classics, Wisconsin), Paul Fleming (German, Cornell), Christiane Frey (German, Princeton), Jan Goldstein (History, Chicago), Barbara Hahn (German, Vanderbilt), Rebecca Langlands (Classics, Exeter), Simon Malloch (Classics, Nottingham), David Martyn (German, McCalister), Michael Peachin (Classics, NYU), Matthew Roller (Cla… Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Susanne Luedemann. Contact E-mail: sluedemann@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: This interdisciplinary conference considers antique and modern forms of exemplarity and their role in constructing subjectivity. It deals with the transformation of textual genres such as casus and exemplum, anecdote, and novella from antiquity to modernity and with the ways in which these genres shape the relationship between exemplarity and singularity. At issue are knowledge formation and transmission, memory and its media, the pragmatics of telling stories, the structure of the disciplines, and the inte… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, March 10, 2012, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM. The Franke Institute for the Humanities 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118 Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit german.uchicago.edu.

Workshop on the Structure & Constituency in the Languages of the Americas

Franke Institute Building/Room: Ida Noyes West Room. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Other Sponsor(s): Dean of the Humanities Division, Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, Scherer Center for the American culture, Department of Linguistics, Department of Anthropology. Conference Title: Workshop on the Structure & Constituency in the Languages of the Americas. Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Alan Yu. Contact E-mail: wscla17@gmail.com. Contact Phone: 773-702-8528. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: The Workshop on Structure and Constituency in the Languages of the Americas (WSCLA) is an annual linguistics conference, which started in 1995. The central objective of WSCLA is to bring together linguists who are engaged in research on the formal study of aboriginal languages of the Americas in order to exchange ideas across theories, language families, generations of scholars, and across the academic and non-academic communities who are involved in language maintenance and revitalization. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, March 10, 2012, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Ida Noyes Hall West Room 1212 East 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit sites.google.com.

Baroque Performance Master Class with Jory Vinikour, harpsichord

Music Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter(s): Jory Vinikour, harpsichord. Title: Baroque Performance Master Class with Jory Vinikour, harpsichord. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, March 10, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers

Music Thrisa Hodits, Director Tim Semanik, Conductor All proceeds benefit the University of Chicago Department of Music Performance Program. Building/Room: Reynolds Club. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performance Title: Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers. Performer(s): Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company and the University of Chicago Chamber Orchestra. Cost: $20 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 773.702.9075. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, March 10, 2012, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.

Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers

Music Thrisa Hodits, Director Tim Semanik, Conductor All proceeds benefit the University of Chicago Department of Music Performance Program. Building/Room: Reynolds Club. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performance Title: Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers. Performer(s): Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company and the University of Chicago Chamber Orchestra. Cost: $20 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 773.702.9075. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Sunday, March 11, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.

Middle East Music Ensemble: Music of Turkey

Music The Middle East Music Ensemble explores a variety of classical, neo-classical, and popular forms from throughout the Middle East, encompassing compositional and improvisational techniques unique to non-Western musical culture. Members perform on traditional instruments, often in company with noted guest artists, in multiple concerts both on and off campus. Building/Room: Assembly Hall. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performance Title: Music of Turkey. Performer(s): Middle East Music Ensemble. Cost: Free admission. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Wanees Zarour, director http://meme.uchicago.edu/Middle_East_Music_Ensemble_@_University_of_Chicago/Home.html. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Sunday, March 11, 2012, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM. International House, 1414 E. 59th Street.

Dissertation Defense -- Volkan Stodolsky

NELC Primary Sponsor: NELC. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/mainquad/pickhall.html. Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM. Pick Lounge.

Martin Marty Center Visiting Scholars Symposium

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies Thomas Meyer focuses on modern German philosophy and the history of ideas. He has published broadly on Ernst Cassirer as well as on Jewish philosophy and theology of the 20th Century. Currently he is working on an intellectual biography of Leo Strauss. He received his Doctorate in 2003 and hisHabilitation in 2009, both from Ludwig Maximilians-University. Since then, he has held visiting professorships at ETH Zurich and Karl-Franzens University of Graz. Building/Room: Swift Common Room. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Divinity School. Presenter: Dr. Thomas Meyer. Lecture Title: From Kirchhain to Annapolis: Leo Strauss’s intellectual biography. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 15, 2012, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Divinity School, The University of Chicago 1025 E. 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637.

Winter Convocation

University of Chicago Academic Calendar Building/Room: Rockefeller Chapel. Primary Sponsor: University of Chicago. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/eastquad/rockefel.html. Friday, March 16, 2012, 3:00 PM. For more info visit www.uchicago.edu.

Winter Quarter Ends

University of Chicago Academic Calendar Primary Sponsor: University of Chicago. Saturday, March 17, 2012.

The Newberry Consort and The King's Noyse/Piffaro

Music Pre-concert lectures begin one hour before each performance. Building/Room: Sanctuary. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performer(s): The Newberry Consort, The King's Noyse/Piffaro. Cost: At the door: $35 general/$5 students (cash only). Ticket Phone: 312.890.2553. Ticket Web Link: http://www.newberryconsort.org/currentseason/. Contact Phone: 312.890.2553. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: This special event for our 25th season is truly special. Come hear the world’s foremost early string and wind ensembles, The King’s Noyse (directed by David Douglass) and Piffaro (directed by Joan Kimball and Robert Weimken) together with soprano Ellen Hargis join forces in a gorgeous program of music that entertained the late Renaissance nobles of Ferrara. Works by composers Cipriano de Rore, Carlo Gesualdo, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, and their compatriots will showcase the adventurous music which ushered in the… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Sunday, March 18, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue. For more info visit www.newberryconsort.org.

Spring Break

University of Chicago Academic Calendar Primary Sponsor: University of Chicago. Monday, March 19, 2012 – Friday, March 23, 2012.

Spring Quarter Begins

University of Chicago Academic Calendar Primary Sponsor: University of Chicago. Monday, March 26, 2012.

Steven Zipperstein: Mythology, Historicity, and the 1903 Kishinev Pogrom: How a Riot Changed 20th Century Jewish History

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies Steven J. Zipperstein, Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History at Stanford University, has published widely in European Jewish history and literary biography. Among his books are: Elusive Prophet: Ahad Ha'am and the Origins of Zionism (1993); Imagining Russian Jewry: Memory, History, Identity (1999); and Rosenfeld’s Lives: Fame, Oblivion, and the Furies of Writing (2008) His books have garnered the National Jewish Book Award, the Smilen Prize, and the Leviant Prize of the Modern Language Association. He is an editor of the journal Jewish Social Studies, a series editor of Jewish Lives project at Yale University Press, and Chair of the Academic Advisory Council of the Center for Jewish History, in New York. For sixteen years, he was Director of the Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford. Zipperstein writes often for general as well as specialized publications, and has published in The New York Times Sunday Book Review, The New Republic, Dissent, Chronicle of Higher Education, and… Building/Room: Rosenwald, room 405. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Other Sponsor(s): The Committee on Social Thought, History of Judaism Club. Presenter: Steven Zipperstein. Lecture Title: Mythology, Historicity, and the 1903 Kishinev Pogrom: How a Riot Changed 20th Century Jewish History. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 29, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Rosenwald 405 1101 E. 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637.

David Stern: The Haggadah, Lecture 1 of 4

Around1948 Public Lecture and Workshop: Title TBA

Franke Institute Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Presenter: Lydia Liu (Chinese and Comparative Literature, Columbia University). Contact Name: Susan Gooding. Contact E-mail: ssg4@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 715-790-2389. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, April 5, 2012, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Classics 110 1010 E. 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit around1948.uchicago.edu.

Mercury 13 Workshop Production

Jewish Studies Building/Room: Reynold's Club. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): TAPS/UT. Contact Name: Heidi Coleman. Contact E-mail: coleman@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 11:00 AM – Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 12:00 PM. TAPS/UT.

TBA Residency Workshop

The Chicago Humanities Forum Presents James Sparrow

Franke Institute This event is open to the public. Please RSVP by Friday, April 6, 2012. You may call (773)702-8274 or email franke-humanities@uchicago.edu. You may also register online through this calendar application. Building/Room: Gleacher Center, Room 621. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Presenter: James Sparrow is Associate Professor, Department of History and the College. Lecture Title: “Warfare State: World War II Americans and the Age of Big Government ”. Contact E-mail: franke-humanities@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8274. Campus Map: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/visit/gleacher/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM. Gleacher Center 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Room 621 Chicago, IL.

The Medieval Globe: Communication, Connectivity, and Exchange

CEAS See http://www.medieval.illinois.edu/events/conferences.html for more information. Building/Room: Levis Faculty Center. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Conference Title: The Medieval Globe: Communication, Connectivity, and Exchange. Presenter(s): Jonathan Conant (Brown Univ.): "The Carolingians and the Ends of Empire" Kathleen Davis (Univ. of Rhode Island) "Imagining the Past Globally: Questions and Possibilities for the Now and the Future" Margot Fassler (Notre Dame) Geraldine Heng (Univ. of Texas at Austin) "Early Globalities: Projects, Questions, Methods" Linda Komaroff (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) "Genghis Khan Faces West: Transmission and Dissemination of a New Visual Language" Sharon Kinoshita (Univ. of California Santa… Open to the Public: Yes. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, April 12, 2012 – Saturday, April 14, 2012. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Levis Faculty Center. For more info visit www.medieval.illinois.edu.

Rebel Ensemble

Chicago Presents Building/Room: Mandel Hall. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Presents. Performance Title: Irregular Pearls: Baroque Music from European Courts & Chambers. Performer(s): Matthias Maute, Jorg-Michael Schwarz, Karen Marie Marmer, John Moran, Dongsok Shin. Cost: $35 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 773.702.8068. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Works by Vivaldi, Rossi, Bertali, Mealli, Corelli, Telemann, Mancini and Leclair. Hailed by the New York Times as “sophisticated and beguiling” the New York-based Baroque ensemble Rebel has earned an impressive international reputation for their provocative approach to Baroque and Classical repertoire. Tonight also marks Mattias Maute's return to Mandel Hall after a triumphant debut with Ensemble Caprice during the 07/08 season. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 13, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street. For more info visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu.

The Newberry Consort: Les Caractères de la Danse

Music Pre-concert lectures begin one hour before each performance. Building/Room: Assembly Hall. Primary Sponsor: Music. Other Sponsor(s): Co-sponsored by International House Global Voices Program. Performance Title: The Newberry Consort: Les Caractères de la Danse. Performer(s): The Newberry Consort. Cost: At the door: $35 general/$5 students (cash only). Ticket Phone: 312.890.2553. Ticket Web Link: http://www.newberryconsort.org/currentseason/. Contact Phone: 312.890.2553. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Baroque dancers Paige Whitley-Bauguess and Thomas Baird return with a delightful program featuring diverse characters that graced the 18th-century stage: shepherds, harlequins, nymphs, and sailors. The Virgina Gazette calls their movements, "stylish, exacting, deliberate and elegant...effortlessly executed." With accompaniment by The Newberry Consort on violin, harpsichord, and cello-along with a few vocal gems-Les Caractères de la Danse promises to be a tantalizing performance. Prepare to be entertained li… Disability Clause: Persons with disabilities that may need assistance should contact the Office of Programs & External Relations in advance of the program at 773-753-2274. Saturday, April 14, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM. International House, 1414 E. 59th Street. For more info visit www.newberryconsort.org.

Global Ancient Art Conference

Art History Primary Sponsor: Art History. Contact Name: Alex Kostiw. Contact E-mail: karenina@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 702-0278. Event Description: Details to be announced. Sunday, April 15, 2012.

Gretchen Parlato Quartet

Chicago Presents Building/Room: Mandel Hall. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Presents. Performance Title: Gretchen Parlato Quartet. Performer(s): Gretchen Parlato, Taylor Eigsti, Alan Hampton, Kendrick Scott. Cost: $20 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 773.702.8068. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Jazz program to be announced from stage First place winner of the Thelonious Monk Int'l Jazz Vocals Competition (2004), Gretchen Parlato has been a rising jazz star described as having a "deep, almost magical connection to the music," by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. Saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter said that, "in an inconspicuous way, Gretchen plays the same instrument as Frank Sinatra. There’s no one out there like Gretchen.” This event is sponsored by The Julie and Parker Hall Endowment For Jazz… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Sunday, April 15, 2012, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street. For more info visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu.

History and Forms of Lyric: Sharon Cameron

Poetry and Poetics Building/Room: Social Sciences 201. Primary Sponsor: Creative Writing. Presenter(s): Sharon Cameron. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicgo.edu. Contact Phone: 773.834.8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Sharon's bio via her faculty website at Johns Hopkins: http://english.jhu.edu/bios/sharon-cameron/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, April 16, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM. Social Sciences Tea Room, University of Chicago.

Deadline for 2012-13 East Asia Fellowship Applications

CEAS Primary Sponsor: CEAS. Contact Name: Theresa Couch. Contact E-mail: tcouch@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8647. Monday, April 16, 2012, 3:00 PM. Center for East Asian Studies Judd Hall 302 5935 S. Kimbark Ave. For more info visit ceas.uchicago.edu.

History and Forms of Lyric: Sharon Cameron

Poetry and Poetics Building/Room: Social Sciences 201. Primary Sponsor: Creative Writing. Presenter: Sharon Cameron. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicgo.edu. Contact Phone: 773.834.8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Social Sciences Tea Room, University of Chicago.

New Work Week

Jewish Studies Building/Room: Reynold's Club. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): TAPS/UT. Contact Name: Heidi Coleman. Contact E-mail: coleman@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: TAPS/UT showcases original work of students. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 20, 2012, 11:00 AM – Friday, April 27, 2012, 12:00 PM. TAPS/UT.

Pacifica Quartet

Chicago Presents Building/Room: Mandel Hall. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Presents. Performance Title: Pacifica Quartet. Performer(s): Simin Ganatra, Sibbi Bernhardsson, Masumi Per Rostad, Brandon Vamos. Cost: $25 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 773.702.8068. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Haydn: Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76, no. 4 “Sunrise” Weinberg: String Quartet No. 6, op. 35 Beethoven: String Quartet in C major, op. 59, no. 3 Surrounded by string quartet masters Haydn and Beethoven, the Pacifica Quartet performs the rarely heard Sixth String Quartet by Moishe Weinberg, a prolific Soviet composer and contemporary of Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Sunday, April 22, 2012, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street. For more info visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu.

Marc Michael Epstein: The Haggadah, Lecture 2 of 4

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies Building/Room: Special Collections. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Other Sponsor(s): Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library; Divinity School. Presenter: Marc Michael Epstein (Vassar College). Lecture Title: Birds Head Revisited: Identity, Politics and Polemics the Birds' Head Haggadah. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Marc Michael Epstein has been teaching at Vassar since 1992, and was the first Director of Jewish Studies. He is a graduate of Oberlin College, received the PhD at Yale University, and did much of his graduate research at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He has written on various topics in visual and material culture produced by, for, and about Jews. His most recent book, The Medieval Haggadah: Art, Narrative, and Religious Imagination (Yale, 2011) was selected by the London Times Literary Supplement as… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Sunday, April 22, 2012, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Special Collections Research Center, Regenstein Library 1100 E. 57th St.

Around1948 Conference: The Legacies of 1948

Franke Institute Building/Room: JRL S-118. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Conference Title: The Legacies of 1948. Presenter(s): * Keynote: Timothy Mitchell (Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University) * Fred Cooper (History, NYU), * Manu Goswami (History, NYU), * Laura Gotkowitz (History, University of Pittsburgh), * Nancy Kates (award-winning documentary filmmaker), * John Kelly (Anthropology, University of Chicago), * Efren Rivera-Ramos (University of Puerto Rico Law School). Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Susan Gooding. Contact E-mail: ssg4@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 715-790-2389. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, April 26, 2012, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. The Franke Institute for the Humanities 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118 Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit around1948.uchicago.edu.

Poem Present: Brenda Hillman

Poetry and Poetics Building/Room: Social Sciences 201. Primary Sponsor: Poem Present. Author: Brenda Hillman. Reading From: her work. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.834.8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: As part of the popular Poem Present series, this event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, April 26, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Social Sciences Tea Room (201), University of Chicago.

A Conversation and Reading: Etgar Keret

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies http://www.chicagohumanities.org/Genres/Literature/2012-Keret-Etgar.aspx Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, Etgar Keret is the author of six bestselling story collections, most recently Suddenly, a Knock on the Door. His writing has been published in Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times, The Paris Review, and Zoetrope. Jellyfish, his first movie as a director along with his wife, Shira Geffen, won the Camera d’Or prize for best first feature at Cannes in 2007. In 2010 he was named a Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters. Nathan Englander is the author of the forthcoming collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank (advance praise here), as well as the internationally bestselling story collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, and the novel The Ministry of Special Cases (all published by Knopf/Vintage). Translated into more than a dozen languages, Englander was selected as one of “20 Writers for the 21st Century” by The New Yorker, received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a PEN/Malamud Awa… Building/Room: Chicago Sinai Congr. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Other Sponsor(s): The Writing Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago,The Crown Family Center for Jewish Studies, Northwestern University, and the Spertus Institute. Author: Etgar Keret. Reading From: Suddenly, a Knock on the Door. Contact Name: Miller Prosser (contact Chicago Humanities Festival for tickets). Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Tickets for this program are sold by the Chicago Humanities Festival and will be available to members in the member bundle beginning January 9, 2012. Single tickets will be available to members and the general public on March 5, 2012. CHF Member: $5.00 General Admission: $10.00 Equal parts Franz Kafka and Kurt Vonnegut, and suffused with inimitable and absurdist hilarity, Israeli writer Etgar Keret is a singular voice in contemporary literature. His masterful short stories, at once dark and delightfu… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, April 26, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM. Chicago Sinai Congregation 15 W. Delaware Chicago, IL 60610.

“East Asia in Performance” Graduate Student Conference in East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago

CEAS Limited travel subsidies are available for selected participants. Lodging and most meals will be provided. Please send abstracts (approx. 250 wds.) to eastasiachicago@gmail.com. Deadline for submission of abstracts is January 15, 2012. Any additional questions may be addressed to the conference organizers: John Person (jperson@uchicago.edu) and Helen Findley (hfindley@uchicago.edu). Building/Room: I-House. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Presenter(s): Keynote Speaker: Mark Driscoll, Associate Professor, Japanese Media and Cultural Studies, University of North Caroline-Chapel Hill. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Whether viewed as a discrete sociopolitical sphere of influence or a distinct field of academic inquiry, the putative unity suggested by the term “East Asia” belies much of the historical and social fluidity that has marked its construction and transformation in time throughout the modern period. Performance, here broadly understood as a process of communication, provides an important lens through which to examine the multiplicity and heterogeneity which mark the emergence of “East Asia” as both object and… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 27, 2012 – Saturday, April 28, 2012. International House 1414 East 59th Street Chicago, IL.

Around1948 Conference: The Legacies of 1948

Franke Institute Building/Room: JRL S-118. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Conference Title: The Legacies of 1948. Presenter(s): * Keynote: Timothy Mitchell (Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University) * Fred Cooper (History, NYU), * Manu Goswami (History, NYU), * Laura Gotkowitz (History, University of Pittsburgh), * Nancy Kates (award-winning documentary filmmaker), * John Kelly (Anthropology, University of Chicago), * Efren Rivera-Ramos (University of Puerto Rico Law School). Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Susan Gooding. Contact E-mail: ssg4@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 715-790-2389. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 27, 2012, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. The Franke Institute for the Humanities 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118 Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit around1948.uchicago.edu.

Workshop on Writing/Graphic Films with Etgar Keret

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies Building/Room: TBA. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Other Sponsor(s): The Chicago Humanities Festival. Presenter(s): Etgar Keret. Title: TBA. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 27, 2012, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM. TBA.

Poem Present: Brenda Hillman

Poetry and Poetics Building/Room: RO 405. Primary Sponsor: Poem Present. Presenter: Brenda Hilman. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.834.8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Brenda Hillman will deliver a lecture on the craft as part of the Poem Present series. This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 27, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM. Rosenwald 405, University of Chicago.

Visiting Committee Colloquium Series: Arnie Cox

Music Rescheduled from January 13. Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Primary Sponsor: Music. Presenter: Jairo Moreno, Associate Professor of Music, Yale University. Lecture Title: Theorizing Musical Affect. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Abstract: The bases of emotional responses to music remain largely mysterious despite the wealth of psychological and philosophical writings on the subject. One of the challenges in theorizing musical affect is, arguably, that we do not even have a clear picture of the overall scope of the problem. In this talk I describe eight sources, or avenues, whereby music shapes our affective state and produces both “garden variety” emotions as well as the more ineffable feelings that shape musical experience. Thi… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 27, 2012, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.

June and Harold Patinkin Lecture

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies Building/Room: Swift Hall, Common Room. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Presenter: Raymond Cohen, June and Harold Patinkin Visiting Professor. Lecture Title: TBA. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Swift Hall, Common Room 1025 E. 58th St.

Around1948 Public Workshop: Title TBA

Franke Institute Building/Room: JRL S-118. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Other Sponsor(s): Cosponsored with the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality’s Sawyer Seminar Conference “Engendering Rights in India: The Colonial Encounter and Beyond” (May 3-4). Presenter(s): Rajeswari Sunder Rajan (English, New York University). Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Susan Gooding. Contact E-mail: ssg4@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 715-790-2389. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Held in conjunction with the Franke Center for Disciplinary Innovation course “Postcolonial Intersections: The Middle East and South Asia” taught by Sawyer Seminar faculty Leela Gandhi & Lisa Wedeen. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 2:00 PM – 5:15 PM. The Franke Institute for the Humanities 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118 Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit around1948.uchicago.edu.

Poem Present: Fred Moten

Poetry and Poetics Building/Room: Rosenwald 405. Primary Sponsor: Poem Present. Other Sponsor(s): CSPRC. Reading From: his work. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicgo.edu. Contact Phone: 773.834.8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Read Fred's bio from the Poetry Society of America: http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/new_american_poets/fred_moten/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, May 3, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Rosenwald 405, University of Chicago.

Poem Present: Fred Moten

Poetry and Poetics Building/Room: Rosenwald 405. Primary Sponsor: Poem Present. Other Sponsor(s): CSPRC. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicgo.edu. Contact Phone: 773.834.8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu. Event Description: Read Fred's bio from the Poetry Society of America: http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/new_american_poets/fred_moten/. Friday, May 4, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM. Rosenwald 405, University of Chicago.

The Atomic Age II: Fukushima

CEAS Building/Room: TBD. Primary Sponsor: CEAS. Contact Name: Sarah Arehart. Contact E-mail: sarehart@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-2715. Event Description: Save the date! Atomic Age II will be held at the University of Chicago on Saturday, May 5. Principal speakers will include Professor Hiroaki Koide of the Kyoto University Reactor Research Institute, Ms. Ruiko Muto, an anti-nuclear activist based in Fukushima and a member of a citizens’ group, Hairo Action Fukushima, along with Professor Robert Rosner, Astronomy & Astrophysics & Physics, University of Chicago (former Director of the Argonne National Laboratory), and Dr. Jeffrey Patterson of Physicians for S… Saturday, May 5, 2012, 8:30 AM – 6:30 PM. TBD. For more info visit lucian.uchicago.edu.

New Music Ensemble with Group Motion Dance Company

Music Building/Room: Sanctuary. Primary Sponsor: Music. Performer(s): New Music Ensemble with Group Motion Dance Company. Cost: Donations: $10 / $5 students. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Graduate student composers showcase new works. Program also includes Andrea Clearfield's "Lung-Ta" (The Windhorse) with Group Motion Dance Company. The title, Lung-Ta (The Windhorse), refer to the Tibetan Buddhist Prayer flag, as well as a quality of inner vibratory power. Incorporating text written for this work by a senior lama of Lo Monthang, the multidisciplinary piece is a prayer for the planet, performed with visual art and dance. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, May 5, 2012, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue.

Vanessa Ochs: The Haggadah, Lecture 3 of 4

German-Jewish Echoes in the Contemporary Middle East

Chicago Center for Jewish Studies Building/Room: Franke Institute. Primary Sponsor: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Conference Title: German-Jewish Echoes in the Contemporary Middle East. Contact Name: Miller Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-7108. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Under what guises do the German-Jewish past and German-Jewish thought and literature appear in the Middle East today? How might they operate as a productive reference point in understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the broader cultural and political context that surrounds the conflict in the Middle East? And how does the context of the Middle East allow us to better understand German-Jewish literature and thought and to rethink the enduring legacy of the German-Jewish encounter, in both its prod… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, May 7, 2012 – Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Franke Institute 1100 E. 57th St. Chicago, IL 60637.

Kestnbaum Writers in Residence: Michael Ondaatje

Creative Writing Building/Room: Performance Penthouse. Primary Sponsor: Creative Writing. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.834.8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, May 7, 2012, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Performance Penthouse, Logan Center.