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Blacks In and Out
of the Left: Lecture Series
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Michael
Dawson
"Blacks In and Out of the Left: Past, Present
& Future"
September 22, 2009 - September 24, 2009
Start Time: 4:00 pm
End Time: 5:30 pm
W. E. B. Du Bois Lecture Series
Tuesday, September 22: Foundational Myths: Recovering &
Reconciling Narratives of Resistance
Wednesday, September 23: Power to the People?
Thursday, September 24: Modern Myths: Constructing Visions of
Future Dreams
Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
http://www.michaeldawson.net/
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Orhan Pamuk Public
Lecture:
"What Happens to Us as We Read Novels"
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Norton Lectures by Orhan Pamuk
Winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature
"The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist"
Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138
4:00 pm
Tuesday, September 22
"What Happens to Us as We Read Novels"
Tuesday, September 29
"Mr. Pamuk, Did You Really Live All This?"
Tuesday, October 13
"Character, Time, Plot"
Tuesday, October 20
"Pictures and Things"
Monday, October 26
"Museums and Novels"
Tuesday, November 3
"The Center"
Open to the public
No tickets required
Seating is limited
Please direct inquiries to humcentr@fas.harvard.edu
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Colloqium: Dixie on
the Rhine
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Professor
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
cordially invites you to attend the
W. E. B. Du Bois Institute Colloquium
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Vera Grant
Executive Director,
W. E. B. Du Bois Institute
for African and African American Research
Ph.D. Candidate in Modern European History,
Stanford University
Dixie on the Rhine:
Blackface, Brutality, and Race Games in the American Occupation Zone
in Germany, 1918-1923
Thompson Room, Barker Center
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A question and answer period will follow the lecture.
Please feel free to bring a lunch.
http://dubois.fas.harvard.edu/
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Opening Reception:
Vistas del Pueblo
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Vistas del Pueblo
Images of Community from Nicaraguan Villages
Opening Reception: September 24, 2009 , 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Exhibit runs September 24 - December 18, 2009
98 George P. Hassett Drive ˇ Medford, MA 02155
The Angel Art Program was founded as a way to help some of the
poorest communities in Nicaragua by teaching children and adults how
to create, exhibit, and sell their artwork locally and abroad. In the
spring of 2009 the program's founder, David Chatowsky, traveled to
various remote villages of Nicaragua and taught art to over 300
students. This exhibit is made up of the work of those students as
well as several talented Nicaraguan artists who have joined the Angel
Art Program. The predominant image in these paintings is the artist's
representation of his or her community. This might consist of an
individual engaged in a daily task, an entire village gathered at a
market, or the iconic image of a single house under a yellow sun.
This exhibit is an extraordinary collection of work by artists of all
ages, unified by strong cultural roots, revelry in color, and an
inspiring sense of optimism in the face of poverty.
All work will be for sale, unless otherwise noted.
The gallery is open during normal business hours, Mon-Fri, 8:30 am to
6:00 pm (except holidays). It is also open evenings and weekends when
other programs are in session.
For more information, please visit: http://www.springstep.org/
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20 Questions at the
Humanities Center
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The
Humanities Center at Harvard invites you to play
20 Questions
with Greil Marcus
author of Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth
Century,
The Old, Weird America: The World of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes,
and The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice
and
Werner Sollors
Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature and
Professor of African and African American Studies
discussing their new book
A New Literary History of America
Friday, September 25, 2 p.m.
2 p.m.
Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street
Open to the public. Seating is limited.
In conjunction with the "Writing Cultural History Today"
symposium
( http://writingculturalhistory.eventbrite.com/)
Moderated by:
Homi Bhabha
Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities
Director of the Humanities Center at Harvard
Questioners include:
Lawrence Buell
Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature
Glenda Carpio
Professor of African and African American Studies and of English
Lizabeth Cohen
Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies
Alexander Keyssar
Matthew W. Stirling, Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy
Kennedy School of Government
Judith Tick
Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Music
Northeastern University
SPONSORED BY THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION
This 20 Questions event is part of the symposium
"Writing Cultural History Today."
For more information about the symposium, or to register for it,
please visit: http://writingculturalhistory.eventbrite.com/
The 20 Questions event is open to the public. No registration required.
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Abreu Fellowship
for El Sistema
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Become an Abreu Fellow and use your art to change the world!
The Abreu Fellows Program seeks highly skilled post-graduate
musicians, inspired by the El Sistema phenomenon, whose passions are
leading them to devote themselves to a life of musical service to
underserved or at-risk children and communities.
El Sistema is a tested model of how a music program can both create
great musicians and dramatically change the life trajectory of
hundreds of thousands of a nation's neediest kids. Among its
graduates, El Sistema has nurtured international musicians such as
Edicson Ruiz and Gustavo Dudamel and the world-renowned Simón Bolívar
Youth Orchestra.
The Abreu Fellows Program at New England Conservatory provides
tuition-free instruction and a living stipend for 15 to 20
outstanding young postgraduate musicians, "passionate for their
art and for social justice," who seek to guide the development
of El Sistema programs in the U.S. and beyond. The curriculum provides
the Abreu Fellows with in-depth knowledge of the mission and musical
methodology of the El Sistema vision, in addition to practical skills
in leadership, communication, cultural understanding, behavioral
management, organizational development, fundraising and working with
underserved and at-risk youth and communities. In addition, Fellows'
skills as "teaching artists" will be developed through
study, observation and coaching.
Upon completion of the program, graduates are expected to join the
staff of an El Sistema-inspired program for a period of at least one
year. They will become members of an ever-expanding network of Abreu
Fellows, mentoring other leaders and teachers while developing their
own local programs.
For more information, please visit:
http://elsistemausa.org/the-fellows/become-a-fellow/
Or contact: Stephanie.Scherpf@necmusic.edu
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Save the Date!
Cultural Agents
and
Human Rights
Welcome
Reception
Faculty Club
Thursday, Sept 24
5 pm
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The
University Committee on Human Rights Studies Welcome Reception
The Cultural Agents Initiative will be featured at the reception,
along with special guests focusing on Freshmen, Arts and Human
Rights.
Speakers include:
Diana Sorensen, Dean of Arts and Humanities
and
Tom Dingman
Dean of Freshmen.
Thursday, Sept 24, 2009
5 pm
Harvard Faculty Club
20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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