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2012 International Dance Festival, International Student Association

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The 2012 Festival will be held at the Collins Center for the Arts on February l Sth and will feature matinee and evening performances. We intend to involve as many relevant campus groups and departments as possible to make this a true campus wide collaboration. As in past years this event will be free so that people of Maine have access to the cultural vitality of the University of Maine. In past years people have come from as far away as Presque Isle and Portland to enjoy this event.

Ballads In Maine Workshop, Maine Folklife Center

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Ballads in Maine Workshop consists of a panel discussion/performance and audience participation of several ballads collected in Maine. A history of ballad collecting in the British and American tradition presented by Pauleena MacDougall, Ballads as Literature presented by Sarah Harlan-Haughey and performance of ballads by musicians Julia Lane and Jeff McKeen. We will also invite the audience in advance to bring their favorite ballad and have an open discussion with the audience about ballads and ballad singing. The program will take place in three libraries: Fogler Library at the University of Maine in Orono, Belfast Public Library in Belfast, Maine …

2013 International Dance Festival, International Student Association

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The first International Dance'Festival was held in 2005 at Minsky Hall and was sponsored by the Office of International Programs, Multicultural Programs, Student Heritage Alliance Center and the international student groups across campus. The event brought all the international organizations tog'ether and created a base to share and work with each other collaboratively. The success of this event inspired the student groups involved to make this celebration of cultural diversity an annual event and to expand on the quality and depth of participation. Since then Dance Festival performers danced each year to a packed house (1500 approx.) at the Maine …

New Writing Series Spring 2013, English Department

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The amount we request-$7,500-represents just under fifty percent of the projected operating budget for the spring Series of $15,538. The majority of the financial support for the Series will be provided by the English Department through its Elliott Fund and by the National Poetry Foundation through its Thayer Fund. The Honors College provides $1000 per semester to support the Series. The detailed budget appended to this letter provides an overview of projected expenses and revenue sources. In accordance with the Committee's recent request, I have adopted the standard budget form and supplemented it with a spreadsheet that itemizes projected expenses. …

Annual Spring Dance Concert, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Dance classes are extremely popular with students and enrollments and attendance have gone up. Consequently, there are always waiting lists for students to enroll in classes, particularly beginning classes, as well as lines in the lobby at the performances. This is due to the efforts of our professional faculty and staff, who make dance at UM a significant learning experience that rounds out a student's education. Dance classes culminate in actual dance concert performances that feature jazz, ballet, tap, modern, hip hop, and international themes.

The dance program has evolved from a works-in-progress presentation in Minsky Recital Hall in the …

Howard B. Schonberger Peace & Justice Memorial Lecture, University Of Maine

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Dr. Frances Fox Piven, a distinguished sociologist, will deliver the Howard B. Schonberger Memorial Lecture on o'Ho\.v Protest Movements Change American History," on October 25 at 7:30 p.rn. in I 00 Donald P. Corbett Hall on the University of Maine campus. Professor Piven will also speak at the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series at" 12:30 p.m. on October 25 in the Bangor Room, Memorial Union on "Does Labor Power Matter: Why the Past Doesn't Predict the Future."

The Howard B. Schonberger Memorial Lecture fund was created in 1991 to honor the scholarship and activism of its namesake and has increased …

2012-2013 Philosophy Colloquium Series, Department Of Philosophy

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

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Franco Performer Series, Franco American Center

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The Franco-American Centre and Franco American Studies program are organizing a Franco American artists/performer's series on campus of four prominent Franco American artists. While on campus, the performers will interact with students and faculty; off campus community members will be invited to all events. Susan Poulin will launch the series with a book reading of her new book "Finding your Inner Moose" at the Franco American Centre on October 24,2012 at 6pm. Josée Vachon will conclude the series with a concert at the Franco American Centre on November 3'd. The series will also include a brown bag lunch visit by …

Print Portfolios, Department Of Art

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Six exhibitions are presented each year by the Department of Art in the Lord Hall Gallery. These exhibitions include work by students and faculty as well as a range of nationally known and exhibited artists. This coming spring semester, the Lord Hall Gallery will house an exhibition of print-based imagery created by artists from across the country. Coming to the gallery in the form of two portfolio collections, individual pieces have been selected in order to represent diverse approaches to conceptualizing and creating print-based works as well as the nature of distinct media forms.

Unlike exhibitions where the work comes …

Culturefest 2012, International Student Association

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Culturefest is an annual event hosted by the International Student Association and the Office of International Programs. This day-long celebration of countries and cultures from around the world, is a place for our international students to showcase their cultural traditions. US students from multicultural backgrounds also take part and celebrate their families' heritage. Each country or region will have a table to exhibit their traditional items brought from home. There will be a talent show with music, dances, and other performance art from different cultures and in different languages. We also have a fashion show for students to introduce their …

Spring Visiting Researchers And Artists Series, Department Of New Media And Intermedia Mfa Program

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The New Media Department and Intermedia MFA Program are requesting funds to help support a spring lecture series. The following visiting artists will share their expertise in the following areas: an evening lecture with a question and answer period to follow, classroom visits, direct one-on-one student meetings and or critiques and performances or other public presentations. The following artists have been selected because of the quality and'engaging nature of their work. The artists'desire to interact with the students in a learning environment and to engender excitement about the arts on campus was another qualifying factor in their selection. The spring …

Spring Awakening: The Musical, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Spring Awakening is a rock musical adaptation of the controversial 1891 German play of the same title by Frank Wedekind. It features music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater. Set in late-l9th century Germany, it concerns teenagers who are discovering the inner and outer tumult of sexuality. The original play was banned in Germany for some time due to its frank portrayal of abortion, homosexuality, rape, child abuse and suicide. In the musical, alternative rock is employed as part of the folk-infused rock score. Spring Awakening received eleven 2007 Tony Award nominations, winning eight, including …

How I Learned To Drive By Paula Vogel, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel premiered on March 16,1997 Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre. Vogel received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work. It was written and developed at the Perseverance Theatre Juneau, Alaska, Molly Smith, artistic Director. The story follows the strained, sexual relationship between Li'l Bit and her aunt's husband, Uncle Peck, from her adolescence through her teenage years into college and beyond. Using the metaphor of driving and the issues of pedophilia, incest, and misogyny, the play explores the ideas of control and manipulation.

Monday Noon Research Colloquium, Diane Keeling, Communications & Journalism

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Summary of program requiring funding (title; featured artist(s); speaker(s); scheduled date(s): Diane Keeling, "I Am a Cyborg, and So Are You," April 12 from 12:10-1:00. Professor Keeling is a new PhD from CU-Boulder who will be joining CMJ for a one-year, fixed-length appointment starting in Fall 2012. She is an outstanding and innovative young scholar. CMJ is bringing her to campus to share research from her dissertation, which is focused on reconceptualizing the relationship between language, image, and the body. Posthumanist philosophy challenges pre-existing divisions assumed between the body and symbols in contemporary rhetorical theory. Professor Keeling's research agenda is …

Dr. Vaughn Bryant Visit Plus Two Lectures, Climate Change Institute

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

I am requesting funding for Dr. Vaughn Bryant's recent visit (March 19-21) to UMaine where he met with a diversity of researchers across campus and presented two lectures on his areas of expertise. Vaughn is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Palynology Laboratory at Texas A&M University. He is internationally known for his research in forensic pollen analysis, prehistoric diet reconstruction, honey research, and in the reconstruction of paleoenvironments. Dr. Bryant conducts extensive forensic palynological investigations for the CIA, DOE, and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). He pioneered efforts in three new and emerging areas of pollen research including: …

Guest Conductor Eric Thomas, Music Department

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Guest conductor Eric Thomas will direct a group of UMaine faculty members in a full performance of Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire on the School of Performing Afts' Oct. 13, 2012 Cadenzato Faculty Chamber Music concert. His work with the UMaine faculty will include two weeks of rehearsals in addition to the performance.

An Evening With Gideon Bok, Department Of Art

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Since earning his MFA from Yale University, Gideon Bok has gone on to receive a 2004 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship as well as the Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Fund Purchase Award through The American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2005. Gideon has received extensive reviews ín The New York Times, Time Out New York, ARTnews, Art New England, and The Boston Globe. Alpha Gallery in Boston represents him currently. His current works, depicting domestic and public interiors, present painterly visions giving his audiences a phenomenologically charged sense space. His lecture will benefit our students particularly well, yet …

Fall 2012 Visiting Researchers And Artists Series, New Media Department

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The New Media Department and Intermedia MFA Program are requesting funds to help support a fall lecture series. The following visiting artists will share their expertise in the following areas: an evening lecture with a question and answer period to follow, classroom visits, direct one-on-one student meetings and/or critiques and performances or other public presentations. The following artists have been selected because of the quality and engaging nature of their work. The artists' desire to interact with the students in a learning environment and to engender excitement about the arts on campus was another qualifying factor in their selection. The …

John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar In Ethics, The Honors College

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar in Ethics Series was first hosted by the Honors College during the 2002-2003 academic year, coinciding with the Honors College's inauguration. Since then, the Honors College has selected, invited, and coordinated visits of scholars who have addressed ethical issues of national importance on an annual basis. Each year, the selected speaker is asked to conduct seminars, meet with University of Maine students, and present a public lecture which the entire student body and the public at large is encouraged to attend. The 2012 Visiting Scholar in Ethics lecture will be given en April 19 …

Umaine/ University Of New Brunswick Graduate History Conference, History Graduate Student Association

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

For the past fourteen years the University of Maine and University of New Brunswick have hosted a collaborative graduate student conference to showcase the scholarship of emerging graduate students in the fields of history and Canadian-American studies. The conference is hosted biannually by the University of Maine History Department, and organized by the History Graduate Student Association (HGSA). The next conference will be at the University of Mainet. on October 12th-14th,2012. Out conference theme for this year is "On the Margins," and will include such areas as gender history, public history, and North American borderlands history. We have formed an …

The Fate Of The Humanities In The Public University, University Of Maine Humanities Initiative

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The University of Maine Humanities Initiative IUMHI] seeks funding to support a keynote.lecture that will be part of its series of lectures and seminars in Spring 2012 that will be offered under the broad theme of "The Contemporary Role of the Humanities." Focal points for this keynote lecture include the relationship between the humanities as they are understood by practitioners in the academic community and by the community at large in Maine, the region, and globally. The UMHI Advisory Committee invited an internationally recognized scholar to offer a public presentation on the current state of the humanities with a particular …

Guest Composer Peter Westergaard, Music Department

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Guest composer peter Westergaard,the William Shubael Conant Professor of Music, Emeritus, at Princeton University, wiú be on campus at llMaine during the week of March 19,2013, coaching the premiere of a new work for óiarinet, ,cello and piano, composed for and premiered by UMaine faculty members Noreen Silver, Phillip Silver and Beth Wiemann. He will meet with students informally (particularly students with an interest in composing) during this residency, and will attend and speak at the public recital on March 21

The New Writing Series Fall 2012, English Department & National Poetry Foundation

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The fall 2012 line-up will feature ten writers-seven poets and three fiction writers-in CADLS-supported events. This is one of the most ambitious, diverse, and exciting lineups we've offered in some time and is, I would like to believe, evidence of the continued vitality of the Series as it enters its twelfth consecutive year.

History Department Symposium Series, Spring 2012, History Department

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

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Archaeology And Climate Change; Lessons From Prehistory, Hudson Museum

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Funding is requested for a lecture by Brian Fagan, author of some of the best known for books on archaeology and climate change. Fagan will present the 2012 David C. Smith lecture as part of the Borns Symposium, which is hosted by the Climate Change Institute each April, His lecture, "Archaeology and Climate Change: Lessons from Prehistory¡" will be held in Hutchins Hall, Collins Center for the Arts on Thursday¡ April 5 at 7:00 p.m, This event is free and open to the University community and the general public.

Guest Artists Thomas Gansch/ Umaine Jazz Esemble, Music Division, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Thomas Gansch is one of the most recognizable trumpeters in the world today. As the lead trumpet/singer in the Austrian cult brass ensemble, Mnozil Brass, he has performed in over 40 countries and has become a YouTube legend for the Mnozil Brass cover of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. Gansch is also the co-composer of two Mnozil Brass operettas (German language theater pieces), which have been performed throughout Germany and Austria, including as part of the famous Salzburg Festival, and the stage of Berliner Ensemble, founded by Bertold Brecht.

Stanley Sue Distinguished Diversity Lecture Series, Clinical Psychology Diversity Committee

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

IN 2006, the Clinical Psychology Diversity Committee was established in order to develop more consistency within the clinical psychology department in terms of the amount of attention paid to diversity issues across courses, research programs, clinical settings, and individual students. Since then, the diversity committee has been heavily involved in the enhancement of efforts to recruit and retain ethnically and culturally diverse faculty and students (graduate and undergraduate) in both the psychology program, and university-wide. Additionally, we seek to expand links with external practicum placements that serve diverse populations, while also establishing working relationships with diversity related groups on campus. …

My Life As A Poet, Public Presentation, English Department

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

This proposal requests $600 in support of our effort to bring Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair to campus for a two-day visit Spring 2012 semester, most likely on a Wednesday-Thursday in April. McNair has expressed enthusiastic interest in doing a multi-media public presentation and book signing, as well as visiting Maine literature and creative writing courses and meeting informally with creative writing students. The English Department through the Lloyd Elliott fund and the University Bookstore will be contributing to the cost of this visit; the DLS grant would fund the portion of the honorarium devoted to the public presentation.

Monday Noon Research & Class Visit, Department Of Communications & Journalism

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Communication & Journalism will bring Greg Goodale, Associate Professor of Rhetoric at Northeastern University, to campus for a lecture and a class visit in Spring of 2012, April2-3. Professor Goodale is an emerging star in the study of rhetoric, in particular on the place of sound in Communication. His 201 I book, Sonic Persuasion: Reading Sound in the Recorded Age, is groundbreaking. For his visit, Professor Goodale will present from his book in the CMJ Spring Colloquium Series on Monday, April 2. On Tuesday, he will guest teach in CMJ 201 (introduction to rhetorical theory) on sound and violence.