Weekly Bulletin

Rockefeller University researcher to present Sinauer Lecture Nov. 28

Cori Bargmann, the Torsten N. Wiesel Professor at Rockefeller University, will speak on "Using fixed circuits to build flexible behaviors" on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 4 p.m. in the Engineering Lab 2 auditorium.
 
Her talk is the annual Sinauer Lecture in the Biology Department in coordination with the Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program and the Neuroscience and Behavioral Program.
 
Light refreshments will follow the talk.
 
 

Murray to discuss engaging history in fiction writing

This semester’s Honors Faculty Lecture Series concludes with “The Writer’s Perspective: Literary Imagination and Living History” by English professor Sabina Murray on Monday, Nov. 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Auditorium.
 
Fiction is not always a story of pure imagination. Personal history and the public past inspire the works of fiction writers, including Murray. She has written the novels “Forgery,” “A Carnivore’s Inquiry” and “Slow Burn” as well as the screenplay for the film “Beautiful Country.” Her latest book, “Tales of the New World,” was recently published by Grove/Black Cat.

Early childhood and care scholar Judith Duncan speaks Nov. 28

Early childhood and care scholar Judith Duncan will present the lecture “Standardization and Conformity: A Critique of New Zealand’s Early Childhood Neoliberal Politics” as part of the Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture Series on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 3:30 p.m. in 917 Campus Center
 
An associate professor of social and cultural studies in education at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, Duncan’s research influences policy for young children and their families in New Zealand and abroad.

Olympic agent and marketing executive Peter Carlisle speaks Nov. 27

Olympic agent and marketing executive Peter Carlisle, managing director of Octagon’s Olympic and Action Sports division, will be the next executive-in-residence at the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management in the Isenberg School of Management.
 
Carlisle, who most notably managed the career of Olympic swimmer and gold medalist Michael Phelps, will speak on "Marketing an Olympic Icon: Behind the Business of a Global Sports Superstar" on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Campus Center Auditorium.
 
A member of the Sports Business Journal’s Forty-Under-40 Hall of Fame, Carlisle has

Author Alison Brown to present Classical Legacy Lecture Nov. 27

This year's Classical Legacy Lecture at the Renaissance Center will be given by writer Alison Brown, author of "The Renaissance, The Medici in Florence: The Exercise of Language and Power, and The Return of Lucretius to Renaissance Florence," on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 4 p.m.

Brown's talk is titled “Transgression and Modernism in the Thinking of Lucretius and Machiavelli.”

The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served after the lecture.

The Renaissance Center is located at 650 East Pleasant St. and can be reached at 577-3600.

Yale scholar leads Five College Renaissance Seminar

Brian Walsh of Yale University's English department will give a lecture, “Local Reformations and London City Comedy: Middleton’s The Puritan Widow," on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 4:30 p.m. n the Renaissance Center's Reading Room.

The event is free and open to the public.

The Renaissance Center is located at 650 East Pleasant St. and can be reached at 577-3600.

Flags lowered for former congressman Joseph D. Early

Gov. Deval L. Patrick has ordered that the U.S. and Commonwealth flags be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings until sunset on Wednesday, Nov. 14 in honor of former congressman Joseph D. Early, who died Nov. 9.

Sidney's 'New Arcadia' is topic of Renaissance lecture

David Katz will discuss one of the Renaissance Center's hidden treasures in a lecture,  "The Countess of Pembroke's Hybrid: A presentation on the publication history of Sidney's New Arcadia" on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. in the center's Reading Room.
 
The event is free, open to the public, and no reservations are needed. There will be light refreshments after the talk.

The Renaissance Center is located at 650 East Pleasant St.  and can be reached at 577-3600.

Renaissance Games Night planned for Nov. 16

A Renaissance Games Night is being held Friday, Nov. 16 from 7-9 p.m. in the Renaissance Center's Reading Room at 650 East Pleasant St.

Sponsored by the Ren Rats, the center's reading group, the evening features food, drink, and Renaissance-era board games. There will also be door prizes.

The event is free and open to the public.
 
For information, call 577-3600

Kidd Pivot’s ‘Tempest Replica’ comes to FAC Nov. 18

Kidd Pivot, based in Vancouver, B.C. and under the direction of Crystal Pite, will perform “The Tempest Replica” on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall.
 
In her latest dance piece, Pite blends the narrative of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” with a cinematic approach to dance. The work begins with a cast of “replicas,” dressed in all white, delivering the general plot points of the play.

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