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Ludmilla Lifson And Eda Shlyam, School Of Performing Arts Nov 2006

Ludmilla Lifson And Eda Shlyam, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Guest artists, Ludmilla Lifson and Eda Shlyam perform for the public.


Ferdinand Liva And Deborah Cook, School Of Performing Arts Nov 2006

Ferdinand Liva And Deborah Cook, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Extraordinarily intense sequence known as Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok live on stage.


Rethinking Communication In Changing Global Contexts, Department Of Communication And Journalism Nov 2006

Rethinking Communication In Changing Global Contexts, Department Of Communication And Journalism

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Department of Communication and Journalism will be hosting a Summer Conference on contemporary critical/cultural Communication Studies (CCCS). The conference will also be the concluding part of a national graduate seminar, The Leading Edge of CCCS, that will be offered through the month of June.


War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, Honors College Nov 2006

War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, Honors College

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Lecture by Chris Hedges, the 2007 John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar in Ethics and author of the 2006-2007 Honors College Read, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning. His lecture included his arguments about American attitudes and portrayals of war, as well as anecdotes from his experience as a war correspondent.


Globalization, Immigration, And Borderlands, Women In Curriculum And Women's Studies Program Sep 2006

Globalization, Immigration, And Borderlands, Women In Curriculum And Women's Studies Program

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Expenses for bringing Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall to campus to be the plenary speaker for the 21st annual Maine Women's Studies Conference. The theme of the conference is "Global, Immigration, and Borderlands." The title of her talk will be "Global Black Feminisms."


Dance Concert, School Of Performing Arts Sep 2006

Dance Concert, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The dance program is stronger than ever, evidenced by the number of students enrolled in classes and by audience sizes, which have steadily increased over the past five years.


Spring 2007 New Writing Series, English Department Sep 2006

Spring 2007 New Writing Series, English Department

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The primary objectives of the New Writing Series are (i) to make contemporary poetry and fiction a valued part of the cultural life at the University of Maine, (ii) to broaden the University's local, national, and international reputation as a site of vibrant cultural exchange and creativity, and (iii) to cultivate links within the University was well as between the University and area secondary schools that foster imaginative approaches to thinking about contemporary literary practices. Whereas developing an audience for individual events can be difficult, a Series creates an ongoing context for the exploration of contemporary writing and signals a …


Les Sacrees Monologues, Franco-American Centre Franco-Americain Sep 2006

Les Sacrees Monologues, Franco-American Centre Franco-Americain

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

"Les Sacrees monologues", Franco-American Theatre Troupe Presentation. Gregoire Chabot is a bilingual playwright who has also had experience in prose, directing, acting, researching, teaching, copy writing, and advertising.


2006-2007 Philosophy Colloquium, Department Of Philosophy Sep 2006

2006-2007 Philosophy Colloquium, Department Of Philosophy

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Philosophy Colloquium Series for 2006-2007 with the emphasis on interdisciplinary topics and approaches. These programs will allow the Philosophy Department to reach out to other departments and programs on campus.


John Laband Lecture, Department Of History Sep 2006

John Laband Lecture, Department Of History

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Application to support The History Department's 2006-2007 Colloquium Series. Its annual series of talks is designed to support both the curricular and scholarly interests of undergraduates, graduates and faculty in History and to reach out to interested faculty and students in other disciplines at the University of Maine. This would be the first speaker the History Department has brought to campus (in our institutional memory) who has lectured on a topic of African history.


Thwarted Voices - Guest Artist Deborah Cook, School Of Performing Arts Mar 2006

Thwarted Voices - Guest Artist Deborah Cook, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Now in it's sixth season, Dr. Phillip Silver's Thwarted Voices concert series provides an opportunity to present what is called "forgotten music" composed by Jewish musicians victimized by the Nationalist Socialist racist policies of the Holocaust in Europe. Some composers perished in Nazi concentrations camps and others escaped by fleeing, in some cases to America. But much of their music has remained unperformed over the years. In the fall concert, Dr. Silver will perform works by Arnold Schoenberg, who was forced into exile by the Nazis in 1933 and emigrated to Paris. Dr. Silver will be accompanied by Deborah Cook, …


Fall 2006 New Writing Series, English Department Mar 2006

Fall 2006 New Writing Series, English Department

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The primary objectives of the New Writing Series are (i) to make contemporary poetry and fiction a valued part of the cultural life at the University of Maine, (ii) to broaden the University's local, national, and international reputation as a site of vibrant cultural exchange and creativity, and (iii) to cultivate links within the University as well as between the University and area secondary schools that foster imaginative approaches to thinking about contemporary literary practices. Whereas developing an audience for individual events can be difficult, a Series creates an ongoing context for the exploration of contemporary writing and signals a …


Dahr Jamail Lecture, Schonberger Memorial Lecture Committee Mar 2006

Dahr Jamail Lecture, Schonberger Memorial Lecture Committee

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

"The Invasion and Occupation of Iraq: Exposing the Lies and Reporting the True Story Behind the Iraq War." A lecture by Dahr Jamail. ...many past Schonberger lectures have focused on global political topics, including feminist theory, the fate of indigenous peoples, and the interconnections between the U.S. and the rest of the world. The committee has always tried to provide rich perspectives on current issues and events that affect the U.S. or over which the U.S. has considerable influence, including perspectives of academic researchers, journalists, scholar-activities, and knowledgeable leaders from communities struggling for peace and justice here and around the …


Wintertime, School Of Performing Arts Mar 2006

Wintertime, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Charles Mee's Wintertime is an unusual piece, one of his re-creations of ancient plays. Mee believes firmly that nothing is original - Shakespeare borrowed from the Greeks, modern entertainment borrows from Shakespeare. He pulls together disparate elements from past theatrical works and meshes them with contemporary aspects, creating a play that is contemporary but never strays from its historical roots. As such, Wintertime is, by Mee's own description, "a sweet, dreamy, romantic comedy from the world of The Winter's Tale and The Cherry Orchard and Moliere and Magritte."


Kenro Izu: Sacred Places, Museum Of Art Mar 2006

Kenro Izu: Sacred Places, Museum Of Art

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Kenro Izu: Sacred Places is the first comprehensive museum exhibition devoted to the work of this renowned contemporary Japanese-born photographer. From Asia to the islands of the Pacific, from the Middle East to Europe, Kenro Izu's images, made over the course of the last 22 years, depict religious sites that have been in use for millennia.


Marjane Satrapi, Women In The Curriculum And Women's Studies Program Mar 2006

Marjane Satrapi, Women In The Curriculum And Women's Studies Program

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Marjane Satrapi, author of autobiographical graphic novels about growing up in Iran will present reflections on her life and work.


Pablo Menendez, Peace Studies Program Feb 2006

Pablo Menendez, Peace Studies Program

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

As part of our ongoing public education events on campus, Peace Studies will be offering a mini residency for Pablo Menendez, who was born in the US, retains his US citizenship, and has lived in Cuba for 36 years. Mr. Menendez will present a multimedia show of Cuban music styles and will talk about historical and current connections and conflicts between the United States and Cuba. This interdisciplinary presentation will broaden our understanding of Cuban culture and continues our commitment to educating Americans about the US/Cuba situation.