Vanishing (Portraits)
Photographs by
Stephen Sharnoff
On Exhibit:
August 28 -
December 31, 2008
Portals
Paintings and
prints by
Julie Oppermann
On Exhibit:
September 5 -
December 15, 2008
Fall 2008 Program
David Simon, Writer and Creator of "The Wire"
"The Wire: The Audacity of Despair"
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
5:00 pm | Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall
5:00 pm | Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall
David Simon is a Baltimore-based author, journalist and writer-producer of television, specializing in criminal justice and urban issues. Most recently, he is the creator, executive producer and head writer of the critically acclaimed original HBO series "The Wire." Part of the Forum on the Humanities and the Public World
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Una’s Lecture 2008-2009
Quentin Skinner
Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities
at Queen Mary, University of London
Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge
“A Genealogy of Liberty”
Monday, September 15, 2008
7:30pm | Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall
Follow-up panel discussion with Quentin Skinner
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
4:00-6:00 pm | Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall
Panelists: Shannon Stimson (Political Science) and Susan Maslan (French)
Quentin Skinner is Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities at Queen Mary, University of London (2007–2008) and takes up the Barber Beaumont Chair in the Humanities at Queen Mary from 2008–2009. He is also currently the Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge.
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Tony Lawson
Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge
"What is Wrong with Modern Economics?”
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
4:00 pm | Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall
Tony Lawson is at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is organizer of the Cambridge Social Ontology Group and the Cambridge Realist Workshop, and until recently, he was Executive Director of the Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies. Dr. Lawson is a Townsend Resident Fellow funded by the Avenali Endowment.
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Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars (2005)
Directed by Zach Niles and Banker White
Monday, September 22, 2008
7:00 pm | Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall
Refugee All Stars follows a group of musicians living in a refugee camp in Sierra Leone as they come together to form an impromptu touring group, composing songs that reflect the experiences of refugees in the camps. Part of the Depth of Field Film + Video Series: Music on Film.
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Andrija Dimitrijevic Vice Dean of Film Studies, Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
"Film Kinesthesia"
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
4:00 pm | Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall
Scholar, filmmaker and editor, Andrija Dimitrijevic is Vice Dean and Full Professor of Film Studies at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, Serbia. Mr. Dimitrijevic is a Townsend Resident Fellow funded by the Avenali Endowment.
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Seymour Hersh, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
“Journalism and Human Rights”
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
8:00 pm | Zellerbach Hall
One of the most influential and acclaimed investigative reporters of the past 50 years, Seymour Hersh commands respect for his ongoing and incisive examinations of the abuse of power in the name of national security. Part of the Forum on the Humanities and the Public World.
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The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun (2007)
Directed by Pernille Rose Grønkjær
Monday, October 20, 2008
7:00 pm | Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall
Worlds collide and tempers flare when Mr. Vig, an 82-year-old recluse who has never known love, and Sister Amvrosija, a headstrong nun, join forces to transform Mr. Vig's run-down castle into a Russian Orthodox Monastery. Part of the Depth of Field Film + Video Series: Architecture on Film.
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War Dance (2007)
Directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
Monday, November 17, 2008
7:00 pm | Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall
War Dance follows a group of Ugandan school children competing in an annual nationwide dance competition. As the group works its way toward the championship, the film weaves each child’s biography together with performance footage. Part of the Depth of Field Film + Video Series: Dance on Film .
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Anna Deavere Smith
Actress, playwright, and author
“We Are What We Say”
Thursday, November 20, 2008
4:00 pm | Berkeley Art Museum Theater
2621 Durant Ave. (access via sculpture garden)
Anna Deavere Smith's work in the theater explores American character and our multifaceted national identity by combining the journalistic technique of interviewing subjects with the art of interpreting their words through performance. Ms. Smith is on currently the faculty at New York University in the Tisch School of the Arts. Part of the Forum on the Humanities and the Public World.
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