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Public Lecture By Daniel Dennett, University Of Maine- College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences
Public Lecture By Daniel Dennett, University Of Maine- College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has organized a series of events to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin . The Origin of Species is arguably one of the most important scientific publications of the last 200 years. The implications of the theory of natural selection are still being worked out across a wide variety of disciplines in the natural and social sciences. An interdisciplinary course on Darwin (lNT 289 A Celebration of Darwin ) is being taught this semester, there will be …
Three Bands Concert Spring 2009, University Of Maine- School Of Performing Arts
Three Bands Concert Spring 2009, University Of Maine- School Of Performing Arts
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
The School of Performing Arts submitted this proposal in September, but we need to resubmit the request because the guest conductor became unavailable. This is the exact same proposal, with two exceptions: substituting the original guest conductor (Tony Maiello) with a different conductor (Denton Stokes), and we are requesting a total of $ 1,000 rather than $2,000. Mr. Stokes, although well-noted (bio is on following page), does not have the same national ranking as did Mr. Maiello.
2009-2010 Philosophy Colloquium Series, Philosophy Department
2009-2010 Philosophy Colloquium Series, Philosophy Department
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
The Department of Philosophy is seeking funding support from the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Fund for its 2009-2010 Philosophy Colloquium Series. This series of public talks will provide the opportunity for students, faculty, and community members both within and beyond the Department of Philosophy to hear and discuss stimulating lectures on a wide range of topics that are relevant both to the core themes of the department's philosophy curriculum as well as to current issues of ethical, political, social, and philosophic import. Some of the events enable collaboration and communication with other units on the campus and in the community.
Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture, The Honors College
Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture, The Honors College
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
Each spring since 2002, the Honors College at the University of Maine has endeavored to host a distinguished graduate for a several day visit. The visit typically includes in- and out-of-class conversations with Honors students as well as other students and faculty connected to our guest. The Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture is highlighted campus-wide and in many years it was also the keynote address for the University's Student Research and Creative Achievement'Week. Between 2002 and 2008, this initiative was sponsored by TIAA-CREF.
Spring 2010 New Writing Series, English Department
Spring 2010 New Writing Series, English Department
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
I write to request the Committee's support for the spring 2010 New Writing Series, an innovative literary arts program sponsored by the English Department and the National Poetry Foundation. The Series marks its tenth anniversary this academic year and our spring programming builds upon a very successful fall slate that benefited from the Committee's generous support.
Spring 2010 Women's History Celebration, Women In Curriculum & Women's Studies
Spring 2010 Women's History Celebration, Women In Curriculum & Women's Studies
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
Spring 20l0 Women's History Celebration, March 15 to This year's celebration will focus on reproductive justice and will highlight the role of women in the fight for reproductive justice in the past, present, and future. As always, we will provide an array of speakers, panels, films, and displays that will reflect the diversity of women's experiences locally, nationally, and internationally.
Climate Change: Past, Present And Future, University Of Maine - Hudson Museum
Climate Change: Past, Present And Future, University Of Maine - Hudson Museum
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
After a major renovation project, the Collins Center will be formally dedicated on October 3'd. In conjunction with the reopening of the Center, the Hudson Museum seeks support from the Cultural Affairs Committee to offer a four-part lecture series in cooperation with the Climate Change Institute and the Department of Anthropology. This series will explore the impact of climate change on civilizations and the impact of humans on climate change--one of the foremost issues of our times. All events will be held in Hutchin's Hall in the Collins Center and will be free and open to the public and the …
New Media & Intermedia Visiting Artist Speaker Program, Fall 2009, University Of Maine- New Media Department
New Media & Intermedia Visiting Artist Speaker Program, Fall 2009, University Of Maine- New Media Department
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
The New Media Department and the Intermedia MFA Program are requesting funds to help support a fall lecture series. All of the visiting artists proposed in our Fall lecture series will publicly share their expertise in the following areas: an evening public lecture with question and answer period to follow, classroom visits and direct one-on-one student meetings and/or critiques. Each of the featured 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 …
Hpschd-Public Performance, University Of Maine- Intermedia Department
Hpschd-Public Performance, University Of Maine- Intermedia Department
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
The presentation, as yet untitled, will be based on the seminal media-based performance piece HPSCHD by John Cage and Lejaren Hiller and will be overseen by faculty member Nate Aldrich as part of the IMFA with technical and facilities support from Joe Donovan and David Adkins in Theatre. The presentation will be open and free of charge to the University.community and is intended to provide an important nexus for the arts across several disciplines (Art, Theater, Music, New Media), for the IMFA program in its first year, campus-based contemporary arts in general and the University and surrounding communities as a …
The Birds By Aristophanes, University Of Maine - School Of Performing Arts
The Birds By Aristophanes, University Of Maine - School Of Performing Arts
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
The Bird.s by Aristophanes was written in 414 B.C. and has remained a classic Greek comedy that is widely produced in classic theatres and university campuses. The plot surrounds Euelpides and Pisthetærus, two old Athenians, disgusted with the litigiousness, wrangling and sycophancy of their countrymen, and how they resolve to form a new society. As the action progresses, the two Athenians go to Cloud Cukooland to seek the help of the Hoopoe, King of the Birds, as well as the rest of the birds, in their attempt to build a new city. Euelpides and Pisthetaerus may be the inspiration for …
Guest Artist- Trond Saeverud, University Of Maine- School Of Performing Arts
Guest Artist- Trond Saeverud, University Of Maine- School Of Performing Arts
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
Now in its ninth 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. In the fall concert, Dr. Silver would like to invite Trond Saeverud to perform Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in d minor. Phillip and Noreen Silver will also perform. The year 2009 is the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth and his music is being featured all over the world this coming season. He was also one of the composers most detested by the Nazis …
Academic Stimulus Policy, Graduate Student Government
Academic Stimulus Policy, Graduate Student Government
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
A recent survey by U.C. Berkeley found that 95%o of all graduate students feel overwhelmed, and over 67% have felt seriously depressed at some point in their careers. In this talk, Jorge Cham recounts his experiences bringing humor into the lives of stressed out academics, examines the source of their anxieties and explores the guilt, the myth, and the power of procrastination.
Fall 2009 New Writing Series- 10th Anniversary Edition, University Of Maine- English Department
Fall 2009 New Writing Series- 10th Anniversary Edition, University Of Maine- English Department
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
The fall Series is projected to comprise eight CA/DlS-supported events featuring six poets and two fiction writers whose work covers a wide spectrum of contemporary literary practice. As you will see from the capsule biographies of all eight writers that are appended to this letter, this is a stellar line-up, including a MacArthur grant recipient (George Saunders), many nationally known poets from a diverse range of backgrounds and with a wide range of interests (art criticism, Darwin, Melville...) and several writers who quite simply deserve to be better known.
Spring Dance Concert, School Of Performing Arts
Spring Dance Concert, School Of Performing Arts
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
The dance program has evolved from a works-in-progress presentation in Minsky Recital Hall in the Fall and a dance concert at Hauck Auditorium in the Spring to two full-fledged Hauck shows per year, plus four Emerging Dance Works showcases. Emerging Dance events were created to give aspiring student choreographers the chance to exhibit works-in-progress in an informal setting as well as providing an opportunity for individual dancers to test their performance skills in a more relaxed and supportive atmosphere. All of this work culminates in the Spring Dance Concert, which is well attended by the local and surrounding community, and …
Conjunction, Without Borders Vi: Contemporary Art Festival, New Media Department & Intermedia Mfa Program
Conjunction, Without Borders Vi: Contemporary Art Festival, New Media Department & Intermedia Mfa Program
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
Conjunctions, is the sixth iteration of the annual exhibition and festival, Without Borders Contemporary Arts Festival. The exhibition will take place in the Lord Hall Galleries from August through September of 2009. Presenting the work of UMaine Intermedia MFA graduate students as well as collaborating artists from around the country, this series highlights a wide range of work focused on exploring the spaces between culture, art, science, and technology. The festival will focus on artistic forms that utilize technology and analog materials and processes in either production or presentation of the work. It will include a main exhibition centered around …
Ozen Yula: Contemporary Turkish Politics And Its Reflections On Turkish Theatre, School Of Performing Arts
Ozen Yula: Contemporary Turkish Politics And Its Reflections On Turkish Theatre, School Of Performing Arts
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
According to the American Turkish Society, Özen Yula is an intemationally successful writer and director. Yula's plays have been translated to English, German, French, Italian, Finnish, Polish, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Japanese, and Arabic. His work is dark, comical, visually daring, and at the forefront of the avant-garde." The School of Performing Arts, together with potential support from the English Dept, and International Programs, would like to bring in Ozen Yula to speak about Turkish Politics and its effect on Theatre and the Arts. This event should have a broad appeal to the local university community in terms of its political, social, …
Hair, The Tribal Love-Rock Musical, School Of Performing Arts
Hair, The Tribal Love-Rock Musical, School Of Performing Arts
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
With a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot, Høír opened on Broadway in 1968 and forever contributed to the growth of the "Rock'o musical genre. It has had a recent resurgence with the Broadway revival that continues to sell out to packed houses. The division of Theatre/Dance will mount this production in February 2010.
Guest Artist: Dennis Fisher, Three Bands Concert, School Of Performing Arts
Guest Artist: Dennis Fisher, Three Bands Concert, School Of Performing Arts
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
The Three Bands Concert is an event that brings nearly 1000 people to campus to see performances by the University of Maine Concert Band, plus a local high school and middle school band. The concert will be held in the Collins Center for the Arts. We are requesting funding to bring a guest artist to conduct each of the bands.
Teatro Anatomico: Spectacle Of The Anatomy Theatre, Department Of Art
Teatro Anatomico: Spectacle Of The Anatomy Theatre, Department Of Art
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
The Department of Art cultural programming will consist of three related events: 1) a major exhibitior\ Teatro Anqtomico: Spectacle of the Anatomy Theatre, by Cristin Millett; 2) a public lecture by Millett during which she will talk about Teatro Anatomico but will focus primarily on related and newer work; and 3) a gallery talk by Millett to be held during the opening reception for the exhibition.
Re-Creating Post-War Germany In Iraq: A Tale Of Two Occupations, History Department
Re-Creating Post-War Germany In Iraq: A Tale Of Two Occupations, History Department
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
"Re-Creating Post-War Germany in lraq: a Tale of Two Occupations," a lecture by Carolyn Eisenberg on October 22 at 7:30p.m. in 100 D. P. Corbett Hall as part of the Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Memorial Lecture Seriès. Eisenberg will also present a luncheon talk for the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series on October 22 on 'When Scholarship and Activism Collide: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Question of Needless Wars." Both talks will address the historical roots of significant contemporary U.S. foreign policy problems.
Culturefest 2009, Office Of International Programs
Culturefest 2009, Office Of International Programs
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
Culturefest is an annual event hosted by Office of International Programs and International Student Association. This is a daylong celebration of various cultures from many different countries. This is a place for international students from all over the world to showcase their cultures. Each country will have a table to exhibit their traditional items brought from home. There will be a talent show with music, dances, etc... from different cultures and in different languages. V/e also have a fashion show for students to introduce their traditional clothing. For many, the best part of Culturefest is the food court which will …
2010 International Dance Festival, International Student Association
2010 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 intemational student groups across campus. The event brought all the international organizations together 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 (1200 audience in aprox.) …
Dance Concert Spring 2009, School Of Performing Arts
Dance Concert Spring 2009, School Of Performing Arts
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
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Franco Fiddler And Friends, Franco-American Centre
Franco Fiddler And Friends, Franco-American Centre
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
We are inviting to the University of Maine a third generation Franco-American fiddler, Donna Hébert, who has received numerous honors and awards for her Franco-American music, including the Massachusetts Cultural Council 2008 Artists' Fellowship in the Folk Arts. Hébert will be accompanied by, Max Cohen, a folk guitarist, as well as Lionel Ducas, Eddie Michaud, and Germaine Cormier, playing the accordion, spoons, and piano.