Wednesday, September 26
The Pilgrims Had No Green Cards: Comments on U.S. Immigration
Martha Saenz ’65
12:15pm, Carr Hall
CAFECITO HOUR LECTURE SERIES
Wednesday, September 27
Rowland Abiodun Reception
5:00-6:30 pm, Carr Hall
Beyond the Object: The Concept of Power in African Art
7:30 P.M., Dana Auditorium
In this slide lecture, Rowland Abiodun—John C. Newton Professor of Fine Arts and Black Studies and Chair of the Fine Arts Department at Amherst College, and author of many scholarly articles on African art—explores the “inner eye” of the African artist, the special aesthetic consciousness through which he strives to capture the life force of his subject in the form, color, and rhythm of the completed work. Cosponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art, the Department of History of Art and Architecture, the Office for Institutional Diversity, and the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs.
Monday, October 1
Lehman Brothers Diversity Student Luncheon
12:15-1:15 pm, Mitchell Green Lounge
Christopher Brown ’03, Associate in Investment Banking and Fernando Coronado, Assistant Vice President for Global Diversity Recruiting are hosting a lunch with students to discuss opportunities at Lehman Brothers—a leading firm in global finance, diversity and inclusion.
Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos and the Color Line
Adrian Burgos Jr.
7:30 pm, Robert A. Jones House Conference Room
Adrian Burgos Jr. is Assistant Professor of History at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He was a contributing author to Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African American Baseball (2006), served on the Screening and Voting Committees for the National Baseball Hall of Fame's 2006 Special Election on the Negro Leagues, and consulted on the Hall's ¡Béisbol_Baseball! The Shared Pastime project.
Wednesday, October 10
Psychology, Culture, and the College Experience
Virginia Logan, Gary Margolis, Shirley Ramirez, and Carlos Velez
12:15 pm, Carr Hall
Panelists will discuss themes of culture, trauma, alcohol use, and stress. They will also share their personal paths to their careers as professors, administrators, and counselors.
CAFECITO HOUR LECTURE SERIES
Duda Penteado Residency October 8-13
Visiting Twilight Scholar and Brazilian Fine Artist Duda Penteado brings an interesting fusion of culture, art, spirituality, and social justice to Middlebury’s campus through a series of class visits, lectures, student gatherings, and overall presence on campus. Penteado’s latest work called Beauty for Ashes Project is an investigation of the consequences of September 11, 2001 in the face of the increasing globalization developing since the 1980s, and his re-consideration of some of the key elements of this topic six years later. The Beauty for Ashes Project—a touring exhibition that engages art students and their ideas—currently on exhibit at the Jersey City Museum until February 24, 2008, and will be recreated in Brazil, Spain, and China in the coming years. Duda Penteado’s week-long residency is sponsored by the Office for Institutional Diversity, Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life, PALANA Academic Interest House, L.I.F.T., and Intervarsity Christian Fellowship.
Tuesday, October 9
Spiritual and Cultural Identity Chat w/ Duda Penteado
4:30 pm, Carr Hall
Duda will lead a discussion with students on the role spirituality and faith has played in his body of work as a Brazilian-born fine artist living in the United States for more than 10 years.
Saturday, October 13
A Vision for Social Change at Middlebury
Duda Penteado, Visiting Twilight Scholar and Fine Artist
4:30 pm, Carr Hall
In April 2007, Duda Penteado held a workshop with a diverse group of students using art to create dialogue and investigate Middlebury’s role in global engagement. In this talk, Penteado will discuss the creative process behind the mural project A Vision for Social Change at Middlebury, which is the product of the spring workshop.
Wednesday, October 24
The Importance of the State: The Political Dimensions of Non-Governmental Organizations’ Network Connections in Oaxaca, Mexico
Rachael Neal, Sociology/Anthropology Department
12:15 pm, Carr Hall
CAFECITO HOUR LECTURE SERIES
Homecoming Events
Friday, October 26
Designing Greener Synthesis through Mechanochemistry
James Mack ’95, Visiting Twilight Scholar and Assistant Professor of Chemistry at University of Cincinnati
12:15 pm, McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216
Leaders of Diversity Career Discussion and Dinner
6:00 pm, Redfield Proctor
Please join Middlebury Alumni, Students, Faculty and Staff over dinner for an informal career panel. Distinguished panelists will be available to discuss their career paths with interested students in the following areas:
Education/Non-Profit
Ofelia Barrios ’93 and Athenia Fischer ’04
Finance/Business
Lemar Clarke ’08, Michael Cooper ’07
Higher Education Administration
Carol Tonge ’95 and Shirley Ramirez, Dean for Institutional Diversity
Sciences/Research
James Mack ’95 and Rachael Joo, Assistant Professor of American Studies
Medical/Health Professions
Arlinda Wickland, Director of Student Fellowships and Health Professions Advising
Law Marcus Hughes ’06 and Leroy Nesbitt ’82, Senior Advisor for Institutional Diversity
Students need to RSVP with ID # and career path of choice to jherrera@middlebury.edu by Thursday, October 25.
Saturday, October 27
OID Open House
3:00-5:00 pm, Carr Hall
Come meet Dean for Institutional Diversity Shirley Ramirez, members of her team, and faculty and student leaders working on diversity initiatives at Middlebury. This will be an opportunity to hear about the Intercultural Center at Carr Hall, PALANA Academic Interest House, and other key community initiatives.
Black Pearl Ball Open Mic
7:30 pm, Gamut Room
In collaboration with Kareem Khalifa's Middlebury Monthly Open Improv group. For more information or to sign up to perform, contact: Morgane Richardson mvrichar@middlebury.edu
Black Pearl Ball
10:00 pm, Coltrane Lounge
5th Annual Women of Color semi-formal dance party featuring music by ABR.
Friday, November 2
Towards a Meat-Eating Ethos for the 21st Century
Kelley Swarthout, Spanish Department
4:30 pm, Carr Hall
Professor Swarthout will discuss the environmental, economic, health and moral problems associated with industrial animal production.
CAFECITO HOUR LECTURE SERIES
Layaali Arabic Music Ensemble Concert
8:00 pm, McCullough Social Space
Layaali is a Massachusetts-based group of talented musicians whose love and dedication to Arabic music have earned them wide acclaim from both ethnomusicologists and audiences at sold-out performances throughout the U.S. and internationally. The ensemble is committed to performing the traditional music of the Arab world and to preserving the rich legacy of Arabic culture through soulful vocals, hypnotic instrumental improvisations, electrifying percussion, and faithful renditions and recordings of master works. The musicians and vocalist, who come from four Arabic countries--Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Morocco--are Jamal Sinno (qanun and vocals), Muhammed Mejaour (nay and percussion), Kareem Roustom (oud), Michel Moushabeck (tabla, riqq, daff), and Geena Ghandour (vocals).
--Sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs, International Studies, Academic Enrichment Fund, Foreign Language Enrichment Fund, Office for Institutional Diversity, the departments of Arabic and Music, and Cook Commons.
Saturday, November 3
Yaya
9:00 pm, McCullough Social Space
Yaya is a women’s collective dedicated to preserving and promoting the rich, cultural legacies and African-based musical traditions of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Founded in 2002, Yaya honors the vibrant musical heritage represented in Puerto Rican bomba and Dominican salve traditions through live performances, workshops, and female-led creative ciphers. Recognizing the contributions of women in preserving and transmitting these traditions, Yaya honors the mothers, known as yayas (Creole/Kongo origin), who have helped shape our histories, traditions, and legacies of resistance.
-- Co-sponsored by the Office for Institutional Diversity, Women’s and Gender Studies, Alianza Latinoamericana y Caribeña. In conjunction with Wonnacott Commons' Global Rhythms. Global Rhythms, 7:00 pm, McCullough Social Space
Tuesday, November 6
Mars and Venus -- or Planet Earth: Men and Women in a New Millennium
Dr. Michael Kimmel—Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook
7:30 pm, McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216
This lecture addresses a variety of issues confronting men and women, on college campuses and in our society -- including identities, working life, friendship, family, and sexuality. How are women and men changing, and how can men embrace these changes in their lives?
Saturday and Sunday, November 10-11
Sex! Gender! Race! Reading and Writing Identity Performance
Janice Perry
1:00-5:00 pm, Chateau 005, REGISTRATION REQUIRED
This workshop is an invitation to consider ways in which sexuality, gender, race, and body are performed and interpreted. What is "identity"? Who and what defines your identity for you? How do you define your own racial, social, sexual, cultural, national, gendered, embodied "self"? How do you read “others?” Who is your audience and for whom are you the audience? Create and develop individual and collaborative creative work. Cross disciplines and use multi-media to support text, theory, performance and visual art. Co-sponsored with Women's and Gender Studies and Atwater Commons
Wednesday, November 14
Piecing Us Together: American Quilting Stories
Deb Evans, American Studies Department
12:15 pm, Carr Hall
CAFECITO HOUR LECTURE SERIES
Friday, November 30
Obamamania: The Great American Hope, or a Passing Fancy? A Historical Perspective
Bill Hart, History Department
4:30 pm, Carr Hall
CAFECITO HOUR LECTURE SERIES
Sunday, December 2
Death and the King’s Horseman
2:00 pm, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
Esau Pritchett, François Clemmons, Alexander Draper ’88, and others from the college community will perform a dramatic staged reading of a work by 1986 Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian playwright, poet, and novelist Wole Soyinka. The tragic drama tells the real-life story of Elesin, a Yoruba chief who, upon the death of the king he serves, is himself expected to die. Elesin’s trip to the next world is postponed when an English officer intervenes to save him, setting in motion a clash of values and cultures. Directed by playwright in residence Dana Yeaton and produced in coordination with the Middlebury College Museum of Art’s fall exhibit Resonance from the Past: African Sculpture from the New Orleans Museum of Art. Cosponsored by the Department of Theatre and Dance, the Office for Institutional Diversity, Ross Commons, and the Middlebury College Museum of Art.
Wednesday, December 5
The Athlete Poet: Two Identities, One Voice
Gary Margolis, Counseling Center/English and American Literature Department
12:15 pm, Carr Hall
CAFECITO HOUR LECTURE SERIES
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Weekend January 18-21
Friday, January 18
Went Looking for Africa: Performing Diasporic Identities in Gloria Naylor’s Mama Day
Folashade Alao, American Studies and English/American Literature Departments
4:30 pm, Carr Hall
CAFECITO HOUR LECTURE SERIES
Saturday, January 19
Day of Service
Middlebury College community members will participate in daylong community service projects to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Sunday, January 20
Middlebury Community Events TBA
Monday, January 21
On Commitment: Considerations on Political Activism on a Shocked Planet
Vijay Prashad, Director and Professor of International Studies and George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History at Trinity College
7:00 pm, Mead Chapel
Wednesday, February 20
Disability Awareness Panel
12:15 pm, Carr Hall
CAFECITO HOUR LECTURE SERIES
February 25
"A Healing Journey"
Houston Baker and Charlotte Pierce-Baker, Visiting Twilight Scholars
7:00 pm, Dana Auditorium
Friday, February 29
Erik Bleich, Political Science Department
12:15 pm, Carr Hall
CAFECITO HOUR LECTURE SERIES
Friday, March 7
Juana Gamero de Coca, Spanish Department
4:30 pm, Carr Hall
CAFECITO HOUR LECTURE SERIES
Wednesday, March 19
Nadia Horning, Political Science Department
12:15 pm, Carr Hall
CAFECITO HOUR LECTURE SERIES
Friday, April 4
Immigration and the Ethnic Song, 1900-1920
Larry Hamberlin, Music Department
4:30 pm, Carr Hall
CAFECITO HOUR LECTURE SERIES
Friday, April 25
Social Justice and Mathematics: A Natural Partnership
Priscilla Bremser, Math Department
4:30 pm, Carr Hall
CAFECITO HOUR LECTURE SERIES
Wednesday, April 30
John Hamilton Fulton Lecture in the Liberal Arts
Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
8:00 pm, Mead Chapel