Humanities Week Fuels Your Passions with Community Lectures  

 
The University of Arizona College of Humanities welcomes the community to a series of presentations by its distinguished faculty and guests, November 15-19, 2010.

Plan to enjoy a range of stimulating topics from the broad spectrum of disciplines offered in the College of Humanities.

Most presentations are free* and take place in the Dorothy Rubel Room of the Helen S. Schafer Building, 1508 E. Helen Street. This building is home to the UA Poetry Center, and is north of Speedway, at the corner of Helen and Vine. Parking is available at cost in the Highland Parking Garage, also at Helen and Vine. After 5:00pm, parking is free at meters on the street and on surface lots in the immediate area.

The Distinguished Lecture, the German film, the Milton Marathon, and UA Reads are the only Humanities Week events not held in the Helen S. Schaefer Building. Check these entries below for exact locations. *The November 18 Distinguished Lecture, a lecture/luncheon at the Arizona Inn, carries a fee. Registration details are in attached PDF.

For general information: (520) 626-4319

Quick Week in Review (Scroll down for full event information)

 
Monday, November 15
Composing Goya:  Martin Bresnick Reflects on his Composition Caprichos Enfáticos
Professor Martin Bresnick, Yale School of Music
Helen S. Schaefer Bldg (UA Poetry Center), 1508 E. Helen St.
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
 
A History of the Cannes Film Festival
Olivier Barrot, French Journalist and Writer – Presentation in French, + bilingual Q&A
Helen S. Schaefer Bldg (UA Poetry Center), 1508 E. Helen St.
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
 
Tuesday, November 16
Tango Itineraries:  Travels in the Transnational Imaginary
Professor Melissa Fitch, UA Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Helen S. Schaefer Bldg (UA Poetry Center), 1508 E. Helen St.
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
 
The Humanities are dead. Long live the Humanities!
Digital Technologies, Play, and the Rebirth of a Discipline
Professor Ken McAllister, UA Department of English
Helen S. Schaefer Bldg (UA Poetry Center), 1508 E. Helen St.
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm
 
Wednesday, November 17
The History of Wonder in the New World
Professor Alex Nava, UA Religious Studies Program
Helen S. Schaefer Bldg (UA Poetry Center), 1508 E. Helen St.
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
 
Tolstoy:  The Man Behind Those Big Books
Professor Adele Barker, UA Department of Russian and Slavic Studies
Helen S. Schaefer Bldg  (UA Poetry Center), 1508 E. Helen St.
5:45 pm – 6:45 pm
 
Thursday, November 18

Kick-Off for UA Reads, UA’s Common Read Program
Co-sponsors: College of Humanities and UA Bookstore
UA Bookstore, Student Union Memorial Center
9:30 am

Change:  Expect the Unexpected
Donna Swaim, Senior Lecturer Emerita, UA Religious Studies Program
Arizona Inn, 2200 E. Elm St. - $45/person fee for lecture/lunch.
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
 
Women and Politics in the Italian Renaissance
Professor Aileen Astorga Feng, UA Department of French and Italian
Helen S. Schaefer Bldg (UA Poetry Center), 1508 E. Helen St.
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
 
Teaching Classics Today:  Sparta and Athens as Classroom Models
Professor Mike Lippman, UA Department of Classics
Helen S. Schaefer Bldg. (UA Poetry Center), 1508 E. Helen St.
5:45 pm – 6:45 pm
 
German Film Screening:  Nordwand / North Face   (In German with English subtitles)
Hosted by Professor Barbara Kosta, UA Department of German Studies
Integrated Learning Center 150 (under the campus Mall)
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
 
Friday, November 19
13^th Annual Milton Marathon
Hosted by Professor John Ulreich, UA Department of English
University of Arizona Library, Special Collections, Room C205
8:00 am – 8:00 pm
 
Reading and Book Signing with Author Gary L. Stuart
Innocent Until Interrogated: The True Story of the Buddhist Temple Massacre and the Tucson Four
Hosted by the University of Arizona Press and the College of Humanities
UA Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen Street
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
For detailed information please download the listing as a PDF below. The PDF contains information about the presenters as well as detailed event information.