IAS
Tunisia in the Imperial Mediterranean at the Turn of the 20th Century - Mediterranean Exchanges Workshop Keynote by Mary Lewis, History, Harvard University
1210 Heller Hall
La Casa Rosa: Fighting for a Future in a Free Trade World - A presentation by Patricia Ybarra
Organized by the Institute for Advanced Study and the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota.
Biocultural Diversity, Language, and Environmental Endangerment - Panel discussion with Winona LaDuke, Luisa Maffi, and K. David Harrison
Winona LaDuke is a Native American activist, environmentalist, and writer. K. David Harrison is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Linguistics at Swarthmore University and author of The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages.
Compose, Design, Advocate - Roundtable Discussion with Anne Wysocki and Dennis Lynch
Tumblr, Facebook, or html? Video argument? Animated writing? Email or txt? We all -- students in our classes and we who teach writing -- face proliferating rhetorical situations for composing. When to use words, when to use pictures, when to use video -- and when to follow, make, or break conventions?
Mapping Water—Pat Nunnally and Mary deLaittre
The Mississippi River above St. Anthony Falls is perhaps the least "legible" part of the river in Minneapolis. Join Pat Nunnally and Mary deLaittre for a highly visual "tour" of this poorly understood section of the city. Over time, the region has seen an abundance of industrial sites and a scarcity of the amenity values that have made the Mississippi River Gorge and St.
Fénelon's Gods, al-Tahtawi's Jinn: Trans-Mediterranean Fictionalities - A talk by Shaden Tageldin
1210 Heller Hall
Presentation by Indonesian filmaker Gotot Prakosa
Filmmaker Gotot Prakosa will screen a selection of his short works and excerpts of Kantata Takwa, and discuss his work, his experimental aesthetics, and the conditions of working in Indonesia since the 1970s.
Communication and Cooperation in Early Imperial China - Presentation by Charles Sanft
Government in early imperial China, especially under the famous First Emperor of Qin, is often viewed as totalitarian and cruel. At the same time, many ancient political philosophers argued for essentially non-coercive government.
Home Sweet Home - Presentation by Richard Altenbaugh
Richard Altenbaugh presents work from his current project, "Children and Disease: The Cultural Impact of Polio in Twentieth-Century America." This presentation will focus on the return of children disabled by polio to their families. He analyzes the impact on the entire household, exploring physical impediments, emotional turmoil and abuse, financial burdens, and sibling relationships.
Kantata Takwa (Indonesia 1992/2008) Introduced by Director Gotot Prakosa with a Q&A following the screening
Gotot Prakosa's best known and recently re-released film Kantata Takwa (Cantata of Devotion, 2008) is an incisive, epic combination of rock opera, film-poem, and Islam-infused political protest.
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