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Associate Professor of History Shoshana Keller presented recent research, titled "Public Morality in Soviet Central Asia: Did Islam Matter?" at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies held in November in Boston. This paper is part of a larger project on the creation of modern childhood in Central Asia.

What is experiential education? What, if anything, are the benefits? These questions and others were addressed in an hour-long workshop presented by seven students in the Glen House on Nov. 12.

Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven published a response to the talk/essay of Alex Rosenberg, professor of philosophy at Duke University, on The Disenchanted Naturalist’s Guide to Reality. The work is part of "On the Human: a Project of the National Humanities Center." View both Rosenberg's essay and Ravven's response essay.

Arthur and Jennifer Smith will present Ice Bears of the Beaufort (2008) in the Hamilton F.I.L.M series on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m., in KJ Auditorium. The screening is free and open to the public.

Associate Professor of Art History Stephen J. Goldberg conducted a two-day workshop, Frames of Engagement: Looking at Asia Through Art, at Middlesex Community College, on Nov. 7-8. The event was supported by the Asian Studies Development Program, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai’i.

Frank Anechiarico '71, the Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law, presented papers at several conferences recently. He gave the opening talk, titled "Assessing Government Performance in Terms of Both Integrity and Effectiveness," at the inaugural conference of the Institute for Corruption Studies at Rutgers University on Nov. 9.

On the 20th anniversary of the destruction of the Berlin Wall, both sides of the city are still grappling with reconstruction issues dating back to World War II. In a recent essay that he contributed to an upcoming book, Professor of Art History Rand Carter addresses one of these buildings located in the east/west section of the city.

Pakistani novelists Kamila Shamsie '94 and Tariq Ali participated in a panel on “Art, History, and Politics of the Novel” on Nov. 12. The lecture was part of The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center 2009-10 series “Crisis: Danger and Opportunity,” and was moderated by Hamilton’s Assistant Professor of English Tina Hall.

Almost as if posing the question directly to the members of the audience, historian and author Tariq Ali began his lecture on the Iraq War by asking: “So how many more troops to send?” After a moment of silence, his quick answer was a firm and resounding “none.” He remembered how, during the Vietnam War, famed General William Westmoreland once mistakenly stated that “all we need is more troops and we’re going to win the war.” And in many ways, the Vietnam and Iraq Wars have run parallel: because while the United States’ sheer military power certainly cannot be matched, “no one can win.”

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