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Director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art Katy Kline gave a lecture on November 2 titled "The College Museum: Bowdoin" in the Science Auditorium. Kline highlighted Bowdoin's collection as well as drew attention to the college's recent efforts to renovate and expand its current museum facility.

Dr. Richard Saunders, director of the Museum of Art at the Center for the Arts at Middlebury College, gave a lecture on Oct. 19 in the Science Center Auditorium. Titled “The College Museum: Collections and Directions,” the talk focused on Dr. Saunders’ experience with Middlebury’s collection and how the collection’s evolution relates to current museum developments at Hamilton.

Frank Anechiarico, the Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law, gave a faculty lecture titled “The Politics of Corruption Control” on Friday, Oct. 7, in the Red Pit. An analyst of constitutional law and public administration, Anechiarico has authored and co-authored numerous articles and books on political corruption, focusing most recently on finding ways to promote ethical conduct in government.

New York Times columnist Frank Rich gave a lecture titled “On Art, Culture, and Politics” in the Chapel on Saturday, October 1. Prior to his current position writing for the Times’s opinion page, Rich has written for the New York Times Magazine and the New York Post, as well as for the New York Times as a drama critic from 1980-1994.

Dr. I. James McMullen of Pembroke College, Oxford University gave a lecture titled “Sacrifices to Confucius in Edo Japan” on Thursday, Sept. 8, at Hamilton. A leader in the field of Edo Period Japanese Confucian studies, Dr. McMullen recently returned from a year in Japan researching the “Sekiten” (“Shidian” in Chinese) ritual, associated with Japanese Confucian practices.

Hamilton's annual Convocation took place on August 28th in Wellin Hall, bringing together members of the administration, faculty and students for the opening of the college’s 194th year. After being introduced by John H. O’Neill, Edmund A. LeFevre Professor of English, President Joan Hinde Stewart welcomed new and returning students alike to the new academic year.