Weekly Bulletin

Christine Ingebritsen to Speak in Scandinavian Impulses Series Oct. 22

This fall semester the German and Scandinavian Studies Program is sponsoring its second Scandinavian Impulses lecture series, focusing on the theme of "Vengeance and Violence."

On Oct. 22, Christine Ingebritsen will talk on “Transformations in the Scandinavian Welfare State: Real or Imagined?” at 4:30 p.m. in 301 Herter.

Ingebritsen is director of the Center for West European Studies at the University of Washington, where her specialty is the position of small states in international relations.

Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series Presents 'What is Baroque?' Oct. 17

Richard O’Brien will present a talk,  “What is Baroque?” on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 4 p.m. in the Reading Room of the Renaissance Center.

The Renaissance Center is located at 650 E. Pleasant St. in Amherst. The talk is free and open to the public. No reservations are needed. Refreshments to follow.

Student Union Art Gallery reception for Laurie LeBreton is Oct. 18

The Student Union Art Gallery is hosting the opening reception for artist Laurie LeBreton on Thursday, Oct. 18 from 5-7 p.m. LeBreton will give a talk at 6 p.m.

Her exhibit, "ELUSIVE," is on display from Oct. 15 through Friday, Nov. 2.

LeBreton makes sculptures with handmade paper. Her artwork includes nontraditional books made with traditional binding techniques and paper sculptures constructed on armatures, with saturated, vibrant colors.

LeBreton examines ideas of impermanence, the role of chance, the interplay of joy and sorrow and the futility of control.

Doctoral oral exams for Oct. 22-26

The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:

Daniel Kita, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology. Monday, Oct. 22, 2 p.m., 153 Goessmann. Dissertation: “Feronia: A Malectin-Like Domain Containing Receptor Kinase in Arabidopsis Insights into Polarized Cell Growth, Pollen Tube-Pistil Interactions, and Sugar Signaling.” Alice Cheung, chr.

Bruce David Tyler, Ph.D., Sport Management. Monday, Oct. 22, 4 p.m., 208E Isenberg School of Management.

ISI hosts residency by anthropologists Jean and John Comaroff

Anthropologists Jean and John Comaroff are presenting two lectures this week as the inaugural scholars of the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute’s (ISI) residency, which is focused on the theme of “Theory From the South.”
 
For the past 30 years, the Comaroffs’ work has influenced a generation of scholars interested in questions of identity and resistance in both colonial and postcolonial cultures in Africa and elsewhere. Writing both separately and together, their recent work has ventured into the intersections of law and ethnicity as well as relations between the global north and south.

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