2013-2014 Faculty Lectureships Calendar

2013-2014 Faculty Lectureships Calendar INDERPAL GREWAL Monday, September 23 7:30 p.m. Community Foundation Theater Tuesday, September 24 Common Hour Peirce Lounge Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale University, Inderpal Grewal is the author of Home and Harem: Nation, Gender, Empire and the Cultures of Travel and Transnational America: Feminisms, Diasporas, Neoliberalisms. Co-sponsored by Women’s and Gender Studies and the Departments of History and Modern Languages and Literatures

MICHAEL POLLAN, “How Cooking Can Change Your Life” Wednesday, September 25 7:30 p.m. Rosse Hall Thursday, September 26 Common Hour Peirce Lounge Bestselling author, journalist, and food movement legend, Michael Pollan is the author of Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation; The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals; In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, and Food Rules. KOTO/TABLA CONCERT with YUMI KUROSAWA and DEEP SINGH Friday, October 4 7:00 p.m. Brandi Recital Hall Yumi Kurosawa began the study of the Koto at the age of three. She has performed at Carnegie Hall and the Apollo Soundstage. Percussionist Deep Singh grew up learning harmonium and vocal from his father and, as a young child, became one of the leading disciples of the late Ustad Allah Rakha Khan of the Punjab Gharana. Co-sponsored by Asian Studies and the Department of Music

DEBORAH GORDON, “How Ant Colonies Work without Central Control” Thursday, October 17 4:00 p.m. Higley Auditorium Deborah Gordon is the world’s leading expert on the organization and information flow in ant colonies. She is a professor of biology at Stanford University and is the author of Ant Encounters: Interaction Networks and Colony Behavior and Ants at Work: How an Insect Society is Organized. Co-sponsored by the Department of Biology JOHN GREEN ‘00 Monday, February 10 7:30 p.m. Rosse Hall With Paper Towns, John Green won the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. The New York Times bestselling author’s work also includes Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, and The Fault in Our Stars. John Green is the cocreator with his brother Hank of the videoblog Brotherhood 2.0.

PETER AICHER Thursday, March 27 4:10 p.m. Community Foundation Theater Peter Aicher is an associate professor of classics at the University of Southern Maine. He has published numerous articles on ancient and modern Rome, as well as two books: Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome and Rome Alive: A Source-Guide to the Ancient City. Co-sponsored by the Department of Classics and the Integrated Program in Humane Studies ZEINA ABIRACHED, “Autobiographical Comics and the Lebanese Civil War” Monday, April 7 7:30 p.m. Community Foundation Theater Illustrator and graphic novelist, Zeina Abirached was born in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War. Her graphic novel Mourir, Partir, Revenir – Le Jeu des Hirondelles (The Game of Swallows) deals with her childhood experiences during the war. Co-sponsored by the Departments of Studio Art and Religious Studies

JAY COCKS ‘67, Screening a New Film Wednesday, April 16 TBA Community Foundation Theater Jay Cocks was the film reviewer for TIME and then a screenwriter whose credits include Gangs of New York, The Titanic, and S’wonderful. Co-sponsored by the American Studies Program and the Departments of English and Dance, Drama, and Film

VERNA BLOOM in Conversation Thursday, April 17 Common Hour TBA Verna Bloom played the lead role in the film Medium Cool. She has also appeared in The Last Temptation of Christ, High Plains Drifter, and Animal House. Co-sponsored by the American Studies Program and the Departments of English and Dance, Drama and Film