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Raybeck Article Appears in Ethos

May 29, 2009
An invited commentary titled "Introduction: Diversity Not Uniformity," written by Professor of Anthropology Douglas Raybeck was published in the June 2009 issue of Ethos, the Journal of the Society of Psychological Anthropology. Raybeck also presented "The Nature of Human Intelligence ... and that of 'Others'?" at the 25th Annual CONTACT Conference at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif.  More ...

Chung Gives Invited Talk at Wako University

May 26, 2009
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Haeng-ja Chung was invited to give a talk at the Department of Transcultural Studies, Wako University, in Tokyo, on May 25. Her talk was titled "What Are Japanese? Who Are You?" She problematized the notion of "Japanese" nationals (kokumin) by juxtaposing the case study of the Japanese-born "foreigners" in Japan.  More ...

Williams Participates in Scholars Roundtable at National World War I Museum

May 26, 2009
Chad Williams, assistant professor of history, participated in a Scholars Roundtable titled "The Relevance and Importance of African Americans in World War I," at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City on Memorial Day, May 25. A ceremony honored African-American veterans of all wars and featured the unveiling of a painting inspired by African-American veterans.  More ...

Four Faculty Members Receive Summer Research Grants

May 26, 2009
Four Hamilton faculty members have received awards to conduct research work during the summer. Associate Professor of Sociology Steve Ellingson and Associate Professor of Economics Julio Videras and were each awarded a Class of 1963 Faculty Fellowship. Assistant Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang and Assistant Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori each received a Class of 1966 Career Development Award.  More ...

Salzillo Elected to Society of American Graphic Artists

May 25, 2009
Professor of Art Bill Salzillo has been elected to the Society of American Graphic Artists. Over the years the membership has included most of America's foremost printmakers. Membership in the society enables artists to show their work in New York City through important exhibitions with substantial awards.  More ...

Sulprizio Presents at Classical Association of Canada Meeting

May 19, 2009
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Chiara Sulprizio presented a paper at the Classical Association of Canada annual meeting in Vancouver, Canada, held May 12 – 14. Her paper was part of the American Philological Association Outreach Panel on the theme of "Borders" titled "Xerxes' Tears: Power, Narrative and Geopolitics in Herodotus' Histories."  More ...

Oldfield Presents at Princeton Conference

May 17, 2009
Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Anna Oldfield presented at a conference titled "Totalitarian Laughter: Cultures of the Comic Under Socialism" held at Princeton University on May 15-18. Her presentation was titled "Laughter and the Anxiety of Ethnicity: The New Caucasian Woman in Kavkazskaia Plennitsa and Qayinana."  More ...

Terrell Hosts Panel and Delivers Paper at Medieval Congress

May 15, 2009
Assistant Professor of English Katherine H. Terrell hosted a panel on "Scottish Literature and Identity" at the 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University on May 9. In a separate panel at the Congress, she delivered a paper titled "Propaganda, Politics, and the Anglo-Scottish Border," in which she examined portrayals of the medieval Anglo-Scottish border in historiography, cartography, and law.  More ...

Krueger Delivers Keynote Address at International Congress on Medieval Studies

May 14, 2009
Roberta L. Krueger, Burgess Professor of French, gave one of the two keynote addresses at the 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo on Friday, May 8. Krueger's talk, titled "Fictions of Conduct in Medieval France," examined the dynamic and sometimes problematic intersection of didactic prose and narrative fiction in four moral treatises written for young women and men between 1372 and 1456.  More ...

Anechiarico Co-authors Detainee Policy Paper

May 13, 2009
Frank Anechiarico, Maynard-Knox Professor of Government, has co-authored the lead article, titled "Looking Back to Go Forward: Remaking US Detainee Policy," in the March/April edition of the American Bar Association National Security Law Report. In the article, Anecharico and co-author and Lt. Col. James M. Durant III explain why and how detainee policy applied to those labeled enemy combatants collapsed and failed in 2008.  More ...

Cannavò Gives Talk at Environmentalism Conference

May 12, 2009
Peter F. Cannavò, assistant professor of government, presented a talk at the conference, "Does the Environment Have a Right?: Critical Perspectives on Environmentalism and the Left," at the University of Chicago on May 9. Cannavò's talk was titled "Civic Republicanism and the Ecological Challenges of a New Century." The conference was sponsored by the University's Program on the Global Environment.  More ...

Xu Appointed to Posts at Beijing Normal University

May 11, 2009
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Klinkner Quoted in Baltimore Sun and L.A. Times

May 11, 2009
Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Professor of Government, discussed Michael Steele's performance during his first 100 days as Republican National Committee Chairman in a Baltimore Sun article titled "For GOP's Steele, A Time To Fly Or Fall." "In fairness to Steele, I can't imagine a worse time to be chairman of the RNC. But he's only made the situation worse for himself," said Klinkner.  More ...

Plate Lectures in New York City

May 11, 2009
Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Rodriguez Plate made a multimedia presentation at the Museum of Biblical Art in Manhattan on May 7. The presentation, titled "The Altar and the Screen," was part of the Museum's exhibit, "Reel Religion: A Century of the Bible and Film." The exhibit has received positive reviews in The Los Angeles Times, Time Out New York, Christianity Today, The Jewish Daily, among others.  More ...

Domack and McCormick Attend NSF Meeting

May 10, 2009
The LARISSA team met at National Science Foundation for a Principal Investigators meeting on May 5 and 6 in Washington, D.C. LARISSA is a National Science Foundation-funded initiative that joins an international, interdisciplinary team together to address a significant regional problem with global change implications, the abrupt environmental change in Antarctica's Larsen Ice Shelf System. Lead Principal Investigator (PI) and Project Director Eugene Domack, the J. W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies, and Principal Investigator and Associate Professor of Biology Michael McCormick attended along with several representatives from National Geographic Magazine.  More ...

Goldberg Publishes Essay in Catalog

May 5, 2009
Associate Professor of Art History Stephen J. Goldberg has written the essay for the catalog, New Traces of The Brush: Calligraphy and Painting by André Kneib. The essay appears in both English and Chinese. The exhibition of the French artist, André Kneib, is currently on show at Contrasts Gallery in Shanghai, China.  More ...

Omori Publishes Article on Modernist Literature by Japanese Silent Film Narrator

May 4, 2009
Assistant Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori published an article titled "Narrating the Detective: Nansensu, Silent film Benshi Performances and Tokugawa Musei's Absurdist Detective Fiction" in Japan Forum (21:1), Routledge. This article discusses how Tokugawa Musei, arguably the most famous benshi or silent film narrator/commentator, undermined conventions of detective fiction by adding aspects of benshi narration to the typical formulae of detective novels. By doing so, Musei supplemented the main narrative with a perspective external to the diegetic narrative.  More ...

Chung Gives Invited Talk at City University London

May 4, 2009
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Haeng-ja Chung was invited to give a talk at the symposium "Human Security and Business: Focusing on Conflicts, Human Mobility, and Governance" on April 27 at City University London. Her talk was titled "The Korean 'Hostess' Club 'Rose' in Japan and Human Security."  More ...

Hall Publishes Novella All The Day's Sad Stories

May 2, 2009
Assistant Professor of English Tina May Hall's novella, All the Day's Sad Stories, has been published by Caketrain Press. The novella is a collection of 48 short short stories that trace a year in the life of a couple trying to conceive a child.  More ...

Elgren Lectures at University of Rhode Island

May 1, 2009
Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren gave a lecture titled "Harnessing the Power of an Enzyme: Catalytically Active Biomaterials" on April 27 as part of the University of Rhode Island Chemistry Department's seminar series. Elgren presented the work of several of his Hamilton undergraduate collaborators, including Trevor Pedrick '10, Sydney Fasulo '09, Christina Clark '10, Nick Berry '09, and Senior Fellow Amy Barrows '08, who have contributed to their ongoing efforts to trap enzymes in functional materials.  More ...

Beck and Jones Present at 74th Society for American Archaeology Meeting

May 1, 2009
Professors of Anthropology Charlotte Beck and Tom Jones presented a paper titled "A Case of Extinction in Paleoindian Lithic Technology" at the 74th Society for American Archaeology Meeting in Atlanta on April 23. The paper is a continuation of Beck and Jones's research on the earliest colonists of North America and discusses the ultimate disappearance of a particular technology used initially by these early colonists.  More ...

Rivera Presents Paper at NY Political Science Association Conference

April 29, 2009
Assistant Professor of Government Sharon Werning Rivera presented a paper titled "The Militarization of the Russian Elite under Putin: How Deep and What Impact?" at the 63rd Annual Conference of the New York State Political Science Association, held in New York City, April 24-25.  More ...

Jin Lectures in Hong Kong and Beijing

April 29, 2009
Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin recently presented lectures and workshops in Hong Kong and Beijing. She was invited to the College of Education at Hong Kong University to give a guest lecture on "The Role of Negotiation of Meaning and L2 Acquisition in a Classroom Setting" on April 18. The lecture was attended by 50 K-16 educators in the Hong Kong area specializing in foreign language education.  More ...

Chambliss Gives Keynote at Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting

April 29, 2009
Dan Chambliss, the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology, recently gave the keynote plenary address at the annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society in Des Moines, Iowa. Chambliss's talk was titled "How College Works: Why Standard Approaches to Improving Undergraduate Education Typically Fail."  More ...

Goodale Organizes Invited Symposium at Society for American Archaeology Meeting

April 29, 2009
Nathan Goodale, assistant professor of anthropology, co-organized a symposium titled "Lithic Technological Systems: Evolutionary Approaches to Understanding Stone Tools as a Byproduct of Human Behavior," at the 74th Society for American Archaeology meeting, held in Atlanta, April 22-26.  More ...

Williams Discusses Thomas Nast for Library Group

April 29, 2009
Jay Williams, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religion, gave a talk titled "Thomas Nast's Vision of America" to the Friends of the Dolgeville Library on April 26. Nast was America's foremost political cartoonist of the 19th century, active from 1857 until his death in 1902. Williams has an extensive collection of Nast's pictures.  More ...

Williams Presents Talk on Sand Plains

April 28, 2009
Ernest Williams, the Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of Biology, gave an illustrated talk on April 26 at the Holland Patent library for the Trenton Greenbelt Committee. The title was "Sand Plains, Lupines, and Butterflies." This event was sponsored by the town of Holland Patent.

Boutin Publishes Research Article

April 25, 2009
Associate Professor of Mathematics Debra Boutin recently published a research article "Small label classes in 2-distinguishing labelings" in Ars Mathematica Contemporanea. In her paper Boutin describes a set of vertices that can be used to to disrupt all symmetries in a network and presents her results on how surprisingly small such a set of vertices can be in some well-known network families.  More ...

Knop Presents Talks on PageRank

April 25, 2009
Larry Knop, professor of mathematics, recently presented two talks on "Google's PageRank, the Simple Version." The talks described the mathematics underlying the ranking method Google uses to determine the order in which web pages are displayed when you request a web search, which is by finding the dominant eigenvector of an 8 billion by 8 billion matrix.  More ...

Chung Gives Invited Talk at the University of Tokyo

April 25, 2009
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Haeng-ja Chung gave an invited talk in Japanese at the Association for the Study of Korean Culture and Society at the University of Tokyo, Hongo, on April 2. Her talk was titled "Passing: Korean-Origin Hostesses in Japan."  More ...

Christopher Hill Elected to SEWHA Executive Council

April 24, 2009
Christopher Hill, visiting assistant professor of history, has been elected to the executive council for the South East World History Association. SEWHA was established 20 years ago as an affiliate of the World History Association, headquartered in London. It promotes the study of history that transcends national, regional and continental boundaries.  More ...

Jones Presents at Helsinki Center of Economic Research

April 24, 2009
On Wednesday, April 22, Derek C. Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, presented "Firm and Employee Effects of an Enterprise Information System: Micro-econometric Evidence" with Panu Kalmi and Antti Kauhanen from the Hanken School of Economics (HSE) in Helsinki, Finland at the Helsinki Center of Economic Research at the University of Helsinki. Jones also presented "The Nature and Effects of Corporate Governance in Co-operatives" on the same day at HSE.  More ...

Guttman Poetry Reading in Saratoga Springs

April 23, 2009
Naomi Guttman, associate professor of English, will give a reading on Saturday, April 25, at 3 p.m., in the Saratoga Springs Public Library, H. Dutcher Community Room, 49 Henry St. The reading, "Mothers of Invention," is a celebration of pregnancy, birth, nursing and motherhood in poetry.  More ...

Aguilar Gives Keynote Address at Filipino American Student Conference

April 23, 2009
Delia D. Aguilar, visiting Irwin Chair and associate professor of women's studies, gave a keynote address, "Beyond the Model Minority," at the annual conference of the Northwest Filipino American Student Association held in Washington State University from April 17-19. Aguilar also conducted a workshop on the Filipino diaspora, its problems and prospects in a time of global crisis.  More ...

Werner Presents at Symposium on The Philosophy of Nonviolence

April 22, 2009
Richard Werner, the John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy, gave a paper, Pragmatism, Fallibilism, and War," at the University of Rochester on April 18. It was part of a symposium in honor of Professor Robert L. Holmes who is retiring from the University of Rochester Philosophy Department after 47 years. Professor Holmes is Werner's mentor.  More ...

Austin Briggs Elected to James Joyce Foundation Board

April 22, 2009
Austin Briggs, the Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English Literature emeritus, has been elected to a term on the board of trustees of the International James Joyce Foundation. Located at the Ohio State University, it was created in 1967 at the first international James Joyce Symposium in Dublin.  More ...

Garrett Presents at Frontiers in Science Education Research Conference

April 21, 2009
Jinnie Garrett, professor of biology, participated in an international conference "Frontiers in Science Education Research" held in Famagusta, North Cyprus. She presented a paper "Ethical Imperative of Teaching ELSI (ethical, legal and social implication of science) to Bioscience Majors." The conference proceedings, edited by A. Bilsel and M. Garip, have been published by the Eastern Mediterranean University Press.
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Associated Press Quotes Seager in Article on Buddhism

April 21, 2009
An Associated Press article that focused on a Buddhist retreat center in Texas quoted Richard Seager, the Bates and Benjamin Professor of Classical and Religious Studies. "This tension between old and new is not unique to Buddhism," said Seager, author of Buddhism in America. "My sense is that the need to reinterpret for and in the West is seen increasingly to be the wise option," Seager said in Miller Puts His Twist On Buddhism.  More ...

Oldfield Presents Paper at the British Forum for Ethnomusicology

April 20, 2009
Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Postdoctoral Fellow Anna Oldfield presented a paper titled "Reimagining the Caucasus: Minstrel Music and Multicultural Identities in Northern Azerbaijan" at the British Forum for Ethnomusicology annual conference held at John Moores University in Liverpool, England, April 16-19.

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Xu Presents Workshop on Incorporating Technology into Instruction

April 20, 2009
Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu was invited to give a three-hour workshop on CALL Practice and Incorporating Technology into Day-to-Day Instruction at the Center for Advancement of Chinese Language Education and Research (CACLER), Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong on April 17.  More ...

MacDonald Presents at San Francisco Exploratorium

April 20, 2009
Visiting Professor of Film History and F.I.L.M. Director Scott MacDonald, on-leave this semester, spoke on cinema and the American landscape at the San Francisco Exploratorium and delivered the inaugural presentation at the new storefront theater of San Francisco's Studio for Urban Projects on March 27.  More ...

Carter Presents Paper at University of Massachusetts

April 18, 2009
Associate Professor of Africana Studies Donald Carter presented a paper as part of the W. E. B. Du Bois Black Europeans: Race and the New Europe lecture series at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, on April 6. His paper was titled "Blackness over Europe: Meditations on Migrancy, Culture and Belonging."  More ...

Adair Gives Presentation at University of Texas San Antonio

April 15, 2009
Vivyan Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Associate Professor of Women's Studies, gave a presentation, "The Missing Story of Ourselves: Women, Poverty and the Politics of Feminist Representation," at the University of Texas San Antonio on April 7.

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McConnell Speaks at Cornell University

April 15, 2009
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Shelley McConnell will speak at Cornell University on Wednesday, April 15, on "The Collective Protection of Democracy or Old-Fashioned Interventionism? Lessons from Nicaragua." Her talk will focus on the use of the Inter-American Democratic Charter to frame an international response to Nicaragua's constitutional crisis in 2005.  More ...

Krueger Is Respondent in Mellon-Sponsored Manuscript Review

April 14, 2009
Roberta L. Krueger, the Burgess Professor of French, was one of three scholars invited to respond to the work of Susan J. Dudash in a seminar sponsored by the Mellon Foundation at the Medieval Institute of Notre Dame University on April 4. Krueger gave a formal response to Dudash's book manuscript, titled "Giving Voice to the People: Poetic and Theological Responses to Social Class Conflict in Medieval France, 1270-1422."  More ...

Cotten Speaks at Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference

April 14, 2009
Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten presented a research talk at the international Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (ENC), March 29-April 3, in Asilomar, Calif. In her talk,  "High-Resolution Solid-State NMR Structural and Topological Studies of Antimicrobial Piscidin Bound to Aligned Lipid Bilayers," Cotten explained how her research group has used modern advances in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to obtain atomic-level information on highly potent antimicrobial peptides.  More ...

Plate Begins Column at Religion Dispatches

April 13, 2009
Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Rodriguez Plate was recently made a continuing columnist for Religion Dispatches, a publication funded through the Ford Foundation. Plate's column is titled "Pop-Eye," which he says, "provides commentary on the latest trends and games, videos and films that matter to religion. And how and why religion matters to popular culture."  More ...

Pellman Presents Work at Society of Composers Conference

April 13, 2009
Professor of Music Samuel Pellman presented his work "The Home Planet," comprised of digitally processed environmental sounds, on April 2, in Santa Fe at the national conference of the Society of Composers. Included with the presentation was video art by Lauren Koss '00.  More ...

Nancy S. Rabinowitz Presents Paper at British Classical Association Meeting

April 11, 2009
Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, the Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature, presented a paper titled "Orestes and Oedipus, White and Black: Greek Tragedy and the U.S. Civil War," at the British Classical Association's annual meeting in Glasgow, Scotland on April 4.  More ...

Janack Publishes Article on Rorty and Feminism in Ideas y Valores

April 11, 2009
Marianne Janack's paper, "To Philosophize or Not to Philosophize? Rorty's Challenge to Feminists" (" ¿Filosofar o no filosofar? El desafio de Rorty a las feministas") was published in the December, 2008, edition of Ideas y Valores, a journal of philosophy published by the National University of Columbia.  More ...

Doran and Garrett Present Papers at Global Conference

April 10, 2009
Katheryn Doran, associate professor of philosophy, gave a paper titled "Building Better People? Three Secular Arguments Against Germline Genetic Engineering," and Professor of Biology Jinnie Garrett presented the paper "Preventing the Emergence of Evil in the 'New Eugenics'" at the 10th Global Conference on Perspectives on Evil. in Salzburg, Austria.   More ...

McConnell Interviewed for Associated Press Article

April 10, 2009
Shelley McConnell, visiting assistant professor of government, was interviewed for an Associated Press article (4/9/09) about a U.S. Coast Guard drug seizure in Venezuela. The article noted that it is unusual for Venezuela for offer credit to the U.S., having suspended cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2005 under president Hugo Chavez.  More ...

Garcia Presents Paper at 100 Years of Richard Wright Conference

April 9, 2009
Michael Garcia, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Arts and Humanities and visiting assistant professor of English, presented a paper titled "The Existential Ethnic Self of Richard Wright's Black Boy" at the 100 Years of Richard Wright Conference held at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, April 2-5.  More ...

O'Neal Publishes Article on the Marquis de Sade

April 8, 2009
The Spring 2009 issue of Eighteenth-Century Fiction includes an article by Professor of French John C. O'Neal on the controversial writer of the Spätaufklärung the marquis de Sade. The article, titled "Sade's Justin: A Response to the Enlightenment's Poetics of Confusion, is part of a book project on the period's progressive poetics of confusion, in which O'Neal attempts to show the myriad ways the philosophes rejected dogmatic thinking and embraced complexity.  More ...

Kamiya Authors Chapter in New Book

April 7, 2009
Masaaki Kamiya, assistant professor of East Asian languages and literatures, contributed a chapter, "Movement of Arguments and Negative Feature" to the book Explorations of Phase Theory: Features and Arguments, edited by Kleanthes K. Grohmann. The chapter by Kamiya investigates syntax and phonology interface.   More ...

Ravven Participates in Emory's Science and Religion Roundtable

April 7, 2009
Heidi Ravven, professor of religious studies, participated in a roundtable on science and religion held at Emory University on March 31-April 1. The goals of the roundtable were to think about science and religion and plan for future discussion about related emerging issues that will arouse public debate and division in the next 10-20 years.  More ...

Goldberg Presents Lecture at Asian Studies Symposium

April 6, 2009
Associate Professor of Art History Stephen J. Goldberg delivered a lecture at an Asian Studies Development Program National Symposium, Crossing Borders: Identities, Insights, and Expressions in East Asia, held at the Tufts University Jean Mayer Research Center on April 4. His lecture was titled "Differencing the Visible: How Experience is Made Visible in Chinese and Japanese Art."    More ...

Barry Presents Paper at Appalachian Studies Conference

April 5, 2009
Joyce M. Barry, visiting assistant professor of women's studies, presented her paper "Remembering the Past, Working for the Future: West Virginia Women fight for Economic Justice and Environmental Heritage in the Age of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining" at the 32nd annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference on March 27-29.  More ...

Williams '54 Gives Talk at Utica College Barrett Gallery

April 5, 2009
Jay Williams '54, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religion, gave a gallery talk at the Barrett Gallery at Utica College in connection with his exhibit there on April 1. The exhibit features 19th century wood engravings by such notables as Alfred Waud, Thomas Nast, Sol Eytinge, Winslow Homer and Frederick Remington. The gallery is named after Edith Barrett, the wife of Edwin Barrettt, a long-standing professor of English at Hamilton.  More ...

Snyder and Students Present Research at American Chemical Society Meeting

April 3, 2009
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nicole L. Snyder and Hamilton students Ben Van Arnam '09, Kathie Alser '09, Gail Corneau '10 and Lydia Rono '11 presented their research during the 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition held March 22 through March 26 in Salt Lake City.  More ...

Kinnel Presents Talk, "The Palau'amine Chronicles," at AASU

April 3, 2009
Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry, presented a talk to the Savannah Section of the American Chemical Society titled "The Palau'amine Chronicles" at Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) on March 26. The talk reviewed the 30-year history of investigation of a widely distributed orange Pacific sponge called Stylotella with which Kinnel has been intimately involved.  More ...

Guyot-Bender Presents Paper at French Studies Colloquium

April 3, 2009
Professor of French Martine Guyot-Bender presented a paper at the XXth-XXIst century French Studies International Colloquium at the University of Minnesota in March. After attending the Festival du Réel at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, one of the most prominent festivals/conferences on contemporary film documentary, Guyot-Bender traveled to Minneapolis, to present her paper on the new forms of contemporary militant documentary.  More ...

Media Scholarship Collaboration is Topic of Two Presentations

April 2, 2009
Hamilton's Faculty Support Specialist Janet Simons, Director of Instructional Technology Support Service Nikki Reynolds and Director of Public Service Carolyn Carpan, and Dave Baird of Colgate University, presented on the Media Scholarship Collaboration among Hamilton, Colgate University, and St. Lawrence University at two recent conferences.  More ...

Bradfield and Woods Participate in Glimmerglass University at Otesaga

April 2, 2009
James Bradfield, the Elias W. Leavenworth Professor of Economics, and Professor of Music Michael "Doc" Woods participated in Glimmerglass University at the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown on March 28. Proceeds from the one-day "Food For Thought" program benefited the Cooperstown Food Bank.   More ...

Atelier Four Exhibits at Herkimer County Community College

April 1, 2009
Atelier Four will exhibit 40 intaglio prints in the group's last exhibition of the academic year at the Herkimer County Community College (HCCC) Cogar Gallery from April 3 through May 15. An opening reception will be held Wednesday, April 8 from 6-8 p.m.
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Wall Street Journal Quotes Walker '62 on Israel's New Foreign Minister

April 1, 2009
In a March 16 Wall Street Journal (Europe edition) article, Edward S. Walker '62, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Hamilton government professor, discussed the possible influence that Israel's new foreign minister, nationalist Avigdor Lieberman, might have on the peace process. Walker, the Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Global Political Theory, served as ambassador to Israel in 1997-1999, overlapping with the years in which Netanyahu first served as prime minister,  More ...

Morgan Gives Invited Talk at International Colloquium in France

April 1, 2009
Associate Professor of French Cheryl Morgan gave an invited talk, "Entre le vrai et le vraisemblable: enjeux de l'écriture romanesque de Sophie Gay, 1830-1845" on March 25 in Toulouse, France, at the international colloquium, "La littérature en Bas-Bleus. Romancières sous ls Restauration et la Monarchie de Juillet."  More ...

Carter Center Invites McConnell to Campaign Finance Discussion

March 31, 2009
The Carter Center invited Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Shelley McConnell to join with other experts on election observation and campaign finance monitoring in developing democracies in a "shirtsleeves" meeting March 31. Organized by the center's Democracy Program, the group explored practical means for systematic collection of information on campaign finance laws and their enforcement, political party practices and problems related to vote buying and the use of the media and state finance during campaigns.  More ...

Aguilar Presents Paper at World History Conference

March 30, 2009
Visiting Irwin Chair and Associate Professor of Women's Studies Delia Aguilar gave a paper titled "Class and Global Feminism" at the World History and Historical Materialism Conference held at the University of Manitoba from March 12-14.  More ...

Haley Participates in Ancestors Project of Classical Association of Atlantic State

March 29, 2009
Professor of Classics Shelley Haley represented Anna Julia Cooper as part of the Ancestors Project of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States on March 21. The presentation was sponsored by the Columbia University Classics Department and by the New York Classical Club.  More ...

MacDonald's Interview with Gustav Deutsch Included in Monograph

March 28, 2009
Scott MacDonald's interview with Austrian filmmaker, installation artist and architect Gustav Deutsch has just been published in a book titled Gustav Deutsch and edited by Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg and Michael Loebenstein. Deutsch has added new dimensions to what is called "recycled cinema" or "found-footage film," that is, films made from other films.  More ...

Isserman Speaks at Montana State University

March 28, 2009
Maurice Isserman, the James L. Ferguson Professor of History, spoke on the history of mountaineering on March 27 at Montana State University. The co-author of Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, Isserman was invited to speak by the university's department of history and philosophy.  More ...

Westmaas Presents Paper at Atlanta University Center

March 26, 2009
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Nigel Westmaas presented a paper at the 6th Annual Walter Rodney Symposium held at the Atlanta University Center on March 20 under the central theme "Genderizing Political Activism." His paper, "Gender Relations and Issues in a Political Movement: Reflections of a Male Activist," drew on his experience as a member of Working People's Alliance (WPA) of Guyana while that organization was centrally involved in the Guyanese opposition movement.  More ...

Plate Lectures on Blasphemy at the College of Charleston

March 26, 2009
Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies Brent Rodriguez Plate gave a public lecture at the College of Charleston on March 19. The lecture, "Blasphemous Events: The Human Body Meets the Visual Arts," is a continuation of the research he began with his 2006 book Blasphemy: Art that Offends. While in Charleston Plate also guest lectured in a class on "Religion and Film."  More ...

Trinkauske Presents at Syracuse University

March 26, 2009
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Eglute Trinkauske spoke as an invited lecturer for the Religion and the Natural Environment class at Syracuse University on March 26. She presented "Seeing the Swarming Dead: of Mushrooms, Trees, and Bees," a talk focused on the continuation of indigenous tradition in Lithuania.  More ...

WIlliams '54 to Discuss Thomas Nast in Imagining America Series

March 25, 2009
Jay Williams '54, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religion, will discuss "Thomas Nast and the Making of Modern America" in the Imagining America series on Wednesday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. at The Other Side, a community center located next to the Cafe Domenico, 2011 Genesee St., Utica (across from the Uptown Theater).  More ...

Jaksch Awarded Fulbright Scholarship to Tanzania

March 24, 2009
Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies Marla Jaksch has been awarded a J. William Fulbright Scholarship in Sub-Saharan Africa for 2009-2010. Her placement is with the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. She will be teaching graduate classes on gender and development and feminist post-development theories and doing research in northeastern parts of the country.  More ...

Austin American-Statesman Quotes Seager

March 24, 2009
Richard Seager, the Bates and Benjamin Professor of Classical and Religious Studies, was interviewed for an article in the Austin American-Statesman that examined the growth in Buddhism in the United States. In "American Lama Puts his Twist on Buddhism" published on March 23, Seager said that "the need to reinterpret for and in the West is seen increasingly to be the wise option."  More ...

Lacsamana Invited Speaker for AAUW Annual Reception

March 24, 2009
Anne E. Lacsamana, assistant professor of women's studies, was invited by the NYC branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to present her research on the Philippines women's movement at their annual Educational Foundation tea and reception March 22.  More ...

Jin Presents Invited Graduate Seminars in Taiwan

March 23, 2009
Hong Gang Jin, the William R. Kenan Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, gave a series of invited graduate seminars in Taiwan from March 18-22.  More ...

Yao Gives Lecture at Binghamton University

March 22, 2009
Steven Yao, associate professor of English and associate dean of faculty for diversity initiatives, gave a lecture at Binghamton University as part of the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies Department Spring Visiting Lecture Series. Titled "Transplantation and Modernity: The Chinese/American Poems of Angel Island," the talk was drawn from his book Foreign Accents: Chinese American Verse and the Counterpoetics of Difference in the U.S., 1910-Present, which will be published by Oxford University Press.  More ...

Domack and Fried '10 Embark on Antarctic Expedition

March 20, 2009
Eugene Domack, J. W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies, and Mason Fried '10 left on Friday, March 20, on a National Science Foundation-funded expedition to Antarctica on the U.S. Antarctic Program's research and supply vessel LM Gould. The three-week expedition will include visits to several locations along the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula including Palmer Station.  More ...

Jin Presents Graduate Seminars at China's Zhongshan University

March 19, 2009
Hong Gang Jin, the William R. Kenan Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, presented a series of graduate seminars at China's Zhongshan University in March.  More ...

Owen Comments Included in National Public Radio Business Report

March 19, 2009
Following the Federal Reserve's most recent announcement, reporters from National Public Radio, Dow Jones Newswire and Voice of America asked Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen for her analysis of the Fed's decisions.  More ...

Gant Presents Work to Grrl Action

March 16, 2009
Ella Gant, chair and associate professor of art, presented her work to Grrl Action, a program of the Austin-based theatre company, Rude Mechanicals. Rude Mechanicals are perhaps best-known for their off-Broadway run and national tours of Greil Marcus', "Lipstick Traces."  More ...

Gant Gives Talk at University of Texas, Austin

March 13, 2009
Ella Gant, chair and associate professor of art, returned to her alma mater, the art department of the University of Texas at Austin, to present her work to students studying Transmedia. Gant was invited by William Lundberg, Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial Professor in Art and Art History, to discuss interconnections among video, film, performance, installation and digital technology as evidenced through her work with these media over the past 25 years.

Balkan and Rutz Co-author Book on Istanbul's Middle Class

March 13, 2009
Professor of Economics Erol Balkan and Professor of Anthropology Emeritus Henry Rutz have co-authored "Reproducing Class: Education, Neoliberalism, and the Rise of the New Middle Class in Istanbul," published in January. Focusing on the families of Istanbul's new middle class, the authors address questions about the social construction of middle-class reality in the context of the rapid changes that have come about through recent economic growth in global markets and the global diffusion of information technology.  More ...

Xu Presents Lectures in China

March 12, 2009
Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu was invited to give two plenary talks at the annual Conference of Chinese Education last summer in China. He presented "The Crucialty of Learning Classical Chinese" at the Hainan session at Hainan Normal University, and "The First Step to Raise One's Reading and Writing Ability" at the conference's Wuhan Session at Hu Bei University.  More ...

Carter Presents Lecture on Sinan and Ottoman Architecture

March 12, 2009
Professor of Art History Rand Carter delivered a public lecture sponsored by the Landmarks Society of Greater Utica on March 11. The title of his presentation was "Sinan and the Golden Age of Ottoman Architecture."  More ...

Eight Hamilton Faculty Members Awarded Tenure

March 12, 2009
Eight Hamilton College faculty members were approved for tenure by the College's Board of Trustees during their recent meeting. The Board granted tenure to Heather Buchman (music), Jennifer Irons (sociology), Masaaki Kamiya (East Asian languages and literatures), Katherine Kuharic (art), Mike McCormick (biology), Tara McKee (psychology), Kyoko Omori (East Asian languages and literatures) and Sharon Werning Rivera (government).   More ...

Pfitsch and Williams Publish Rome Sand Plains Research in Restoration Ecology

March 11, 2009
Associate Professor of Biology William A. Pfitsch and Ernest H. Williams, the Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of Biology, have published the article "Habitat restoration for lupine and specialist butterflies" in Restoration Ecology 17(2):226-233.  More ...

MacDonald Presents on Filmmaking

March 10, 2009
Scott MacDonald, currently on leave teaching with the Visual and Environmental Studies Department at Harvard, was a keynote speaker at "Avant-Doc," a conference organized by the graduate students in cinema at the University of Iowa on March 6. MacDonald's talk, "When Worlds Collide," reviewed the history of the intersections between documentary filmmaking and avant-garde filmmaking.  More ...

Marcus Publishes Sketch in The Reasoner

March 9, 2009
Russell Marcus, the Chauncey Truax Post-Doctoral Fellow in philosophy, is the author of a short sketch of mathematician and philosopher David Hilbert's philosophical views in the March issue of The Reasoner. The publication is an interdisciplinary monthly digest highlighting research on reasoning, inference and method in philosophy, logic, artificial intelligence, statistics, cognitive science, law, psychology, mathematics and the sciences.  More ...

Cotten Presents at Biophysical Society Meeting

March 9, 2009
Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten recently presented a research talk at the 53d annual Biophysical Society Meeting in Boston. Her talk titled "High-Resolution Structure of Piscidin in Aligned Lipid Bilayers: Implications for Antimicrobial Mode of Action" was part of a platform on membrane-active peptides.  More ...

Oldfield Presents at Women's History Conference

March 8, 2009
Anna Oldfield, Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow and visiting assistant professor of comparative literature, presented at the 11th annual Women's History Conference "Gender and Power in the Muslim World" at Sarah Lawrence College on March 6-7.  More ...

McConnell Speaks at Utica College

March 6, 2009
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Shelley McConnell spoke on U.S.-Cuba relations and the prospects for reform under the Obama administration at Utica College on March 4. She discussed the shake-up of Raul Castro's cabinet in which he fired eight ministers closely associated with Fidel Castro and replaced them with former military officers who are personally loyal to Raul.  More ...

Jones Presents Talk at Spain's Mondragon University

March 6, 2009
Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, gave a talk titled "The Economic Impact of Offline Teams" at ETEO, Mondragon University, in Oñate, Spain, on March 5. Jones' presentation was based on a paper written with Colgate professor Takao Kato available as a working paper from the Institute for the Study of Labor.  More ...

Chambliss Publishes Third Edition of Making Sense of the Social World: Methods of Investigation

March 4, 2009
Dan Chambliss, the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology, recently published the third edition of his social science research methods textbook, Making Sense of the Social World: Methods of Investigation. The book, co-authored with Russell K. Schutt of the University of Massachusetts, is used in courses at more than 100 colleges and universities across the United States and United Kingdom, including the University of California, Berkeley, Georgetown University, and Amherst College.  More ...

Wood Engravings from Williams' Collection on Display at Utica College Gallery

March 4, 2009
An exhibition of 19th century wood engravings from the collection of Jay G. Williams recently opened at the Barrett Art Gallery of Utica College.  The collection includes works from the 1850s, when wood engraving became popular as a form of illustration, until such illustrations were largely replaced by photographs in the late 1880s. The exhibition will be open until April 2.  More ...

Urgo Publishes Essay in ADFL Bulletin

March 4, 2009
Acting President and Dean of Faculty Joseph Urgo published an essay in the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) Bulletin (fall 2008, vol. 40, no. 1). In "Counting to One is Not Counting," Urgo questions why the Spellings commission did not consider the humanities in its report. "It is not simply that the Spelling commission report fails to mention the humanities as a factor in higher education; the report itself is devoid of a humanities perspective on what it means to be an educated human being."  More ...

Krueger Publishes Essay in The Companion to Arthurian Literature

March 4, 2009
Roberta L. Krueger, Burgess Professor of French, has published an essay titled "Chrétien de Troyes and the Invention of Arthurian Courtly Fiction" in The Companion to Arthurian Literature, edited by Helen Fulton (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).  More ...

Salzillo and Muirhead Works Accepted in South Shore Art Center Show

March 4, 2009
Professor of Art Bill Salzillo's intaglio, The Cabinet, is one of 63 works chosen for the exhibition, White, Black, and Shades of Gray at the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, Mass. Professor of Art Bruce Muirhead  had two etchings accepted. They are "Power Station" and "Smoker."  More ...

Murtaugh Exhibiting Work at Nashville Gallery

March 4, 2009
Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh is exhibiting the work "Directed Perspectives" at the Estel Gallery in Nashville, Tenn., in the show titled "Rock Paper Scissors." This group exhibition opened on Feb. 6 and runs until March 14.  More ...

Artwork by Almanas Featured in Photo District News Magazine

March 4, 2009
Artwork by Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Kathryn Parker Almanas was featured in PDN (Photo District News) Magazine, PDN's 30 2009: Gallery (March 2009). Each year the magazine selects 30 "new and emerging photographers to watch." Almanas' work was selected and highlighted within the piece.  More ...

Omori Publishes Book Chapter

March 1, 2009
Assistant Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori published a book chapter titled "Rajio hôsô no sengo: 'Hanashi no izumi' to 'Nichiyô goraku-ban'" (The Allied Powers' Education and Censorship Strategies in Post-WWII Japan: Radio Broadcasting in the late 1940s). In this chapter, Omori focuses on two Japanese radio shows, "Fountain of Talk" and "Sunday Entertainment Edition."  More ...